Merlins Rest Pub

Some of the musicians tuning up ahead of last night’s folk jam. The Old Molly’s Folk Jam is an every-Wednesday event. More information and photographs later in today’s entry.
Area paper The Bridge has posted a nice article about Merlins Rest! Thanks for that. We appreciate it. Get a free copy of the issue in [...]

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It’s Wednesday, friends, and that means the Old Molly’s Folk Jam will be going on. Come join the fun at the pub as a handful of musicians will gather here informally. They’ll have a beverage or two and provide some music. Let it be the background of your evening! Also, yer man Bill Watkins will [...]

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Every Tuesday night John Sjogren and his band Bedlam are in the house. It’s one of our most popular gatherings. Good tunes and fine times. All are welcomed. Music starts around 9 pm.
GROUPS WELCOMED!
Merlins Rest is able to accomodate large parties, both on the quick and for special events, book clubs, society gatherings, and [...]

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Some of the session players who popped in to share their music with the pub. You can find it here every Friday.
Thank You, St Andrew’s Society!
The St. Andrew’s Society, one of Minnesota’s grand Scottish culture groups, held their first pub night of the summer here on Friday, May 25. It was a lovely time. The [...]

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It’s Friday, yes, but this week it has even greater weight at Merlins Rest. Friday’s here are always a good time, certainly, characterized as they are by the appearence of the sesssion players–Celtic musicians who set up pretty much where they please and play on in the background to the delight of everyone’s eve–and loads [...]

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