Merlins Rest Pub

Look at this glorious weather today! Sunny, ABOVE zero. It’s really quite pleasant.
Speaking of pleasant: so is the Hot Club of East Lake! Join us for some outstanding jazz this evening starting at 9 pm. And who knows? You may get to hear Papa John too. Great guys, great music.
And why not pop up for […]

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Happy days, friends! It’s that time of year to once again break out the poetry and songs of Robert Burns and give Scotland a good ol’ celebration. We’re doing it up here at Merlins Rest British Isles-style with a Robert Burns Appreciation Night. And it just so happens that Friday is always our Kilt Night, […]

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Rabbie Burns festivities are coming up fast, friends. We recommend you get yourself primed with a pint of Belhaven and a pie here at Merlins.
A number of you in Minnesota’s many Scottish organizations–see the Scottish section of our Links page for a number of opportunities–have commitments on Saturday night, so we’re doing our Burns things […]

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It’s the midweek, so we’re breaking out some instruments and having a jam. Join it, enjoy it, ignore if you like. Arm yourself with guitars and mandolins. Whathave you. It’s informal and fun. It pairs wonderfully with a pie and a pint, and all in all reminds us that the midweek is not the time […]

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Look out! Here it comes! Pandemonium! Chaos! BEDLAM!
Join those occasionally bearded wonders–and I don’t mean ZZ Top–tonight at Merlins Rest. Bedlam has plenty of Irish and Scottish folk influence and good dose of jamming sensibilities. They like their whisky, and they love their work. And to judge by the audience reaction each week, Bedlam’s efforts […]

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