🎨 Art-A-Whirl 2025: LIVE FROM A-MILL ARTIST LOFTS 🎶
Minneapolis, clear your calendars. The cultural heartbeat of the city returns this May 16–18 as A-Mill Artist Lofts explodes with a full weekend of live music, film, food, and art.
Tucked inside the exposed brick and industrial beauty of the historic A-Mill building, this year’s Art-A-Whirl 2025 performance lineup blurs the boundaries between genres, generations, and geography — a true celebration of creativity without limits.
Here’s your full backstage pass:
🎬 FRIDAY, MAY 16 — OPENING NIGHT: CINEMA & SOUND
Kick off with indie films, cinematic storytelling, and sonic dreamscapes:
5pm - 5:30pm - The In-Between + Flush (Nick Larner) [downstairs]
5:30 pm - 7:00pm - American Rescue Squad (Elliot Diviney) [downstairs]
7:00 pm - 7:30pm - ELL: California Story + Driver Confessional
(Elliott Graber: Graber Productions, LLC) [downstairs]
7:30 pm - 8:30 pm - Turning Tables + Filter (Jennifer Prettyman) [downstairs]
8:30 pm - 9:00 pm - Yevhen Rosso - YEV [downstairs]
9:00 pm - 9:30 pm - A Night of Charade (Roger Goff III: The 3rd Films) [downstairs]
9:30 pm - 10:00 pm - Machination + Charlie + Plumber Crack (Michael Cox) [downstairs]
🎤 SATURDAY, MAY 17 — THE LIVE MUSIC MARATHON
The amps crank up and the beats drop. Saturday belongs to the bands.
11am - 12pm - Leslie Vincent (Jazz) [downstairs]
12pm - 1pm - Daniel Gilbert: The Violinist (R&B Pop Hits) [downstairs]
1pm - 3pm - Elliott Graber (Pop Folk) + Adri Mehra + Anthony Thomas + Sasha Alexandra + Daniel Gilbert + Landyn Banx (EDM Techno) [downstairs]
3pm - 4pm - Elliot Teppen (Experimental) [downstairs]
4pm - 5pm - Zoya (Acoustic Pop) [upstairs]
4pm - 5pm - Alek Glauvitz (Pop Rock) [downstairs]
6pm - 7pm - Bryan Casey [upstairs]
6pm - 7pm - Alan Anderson (Grunge/Punk Rock) [downstairs]
7pm - 8pm - Amy Leerae (Pop/Folk) [downstairs]
🎸 SUNDAY, MAY 18 — SOULFUL SENDOFF
SUNDAY, MAY 18th
11am - 12pm - Bryan Casey (Country) [downstairs]
12pm - 1pm - Andrea White (Jazz) [downstairs]
1pm - 3pm - Elliott Graber + Adri Mehra + Anthony Thomas + Lev Frayman (Pop Folk) + Landyn Banx (EDM Techno) [downstairs]
3pm - 4pm - Common Cents (Folk Duo) [downstairs]
4pm - 5pm - Todd Xioung (Classical Piano) [downstairs]
🎟 WHY YOU CAN'T MISS THIS:
60+ visual artists & vendors.
Multiple floors of exhibitions and installations.
Live music on two stages.
Food trucks. Coffee carts. Brewery pop-ups.
Historic A-Mill Museum Tours with Doors Open Minneapolis.
Admission is FREE. The memories? Priceless.
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