Merlins Rest Pub

Tonight: Live, Traditional Irish Music
Time: 8:30/9:00 pm
It’s the weekend! And to keep one of our patron’s heads from exploding, we’ll refer to the Friday night music as Irish. (It is. Agreed.) We’ve generally deferred to Celtic, though, not to draft on the popular touring shows or slickly produced singers (and their marketing departments) but in [...]

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Tonight: Birds & the Beers Gathering
Time: 6:00 pm
Music: Cooker John
Time: 9:00 pm
You may have seen Sharon Stiteler, a.k.a., the Birdchick, on KARE 11. Tonight, you can see her in the pub. She’s hosting the monthly Birds & the Beers gathering.
Even if your interest in birding is only casual, even if you know little beyond the [...]

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Tonight: Specialist Pub Quiz
Time: 7:30 pm
Holy smokes! Tonight we’ve got the Specialist Pub Quiz at 7:30 pm. It’s the other side to Dingley’s Torture, the first being his Sunday night quiz.
The Wednesday Specialist Pub Quiz has a guiding theme or topic…but that topic is announced only as a surprise at the outset of the quiz. [...]

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Tonight: Music from Misplaced
Time: 9:00 pm
Saints alive! I nearly lost the day before it had even begun. Alas, here I am finally posting the site update. Right!
Our Tuesday night band, Misplaced, will be in the pub tonight at 9:00 pm. Pop out for a mid-week tincture and enjoy the tunes! They’re always in fine form.
And [...]

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Tonight: Open Mic with Harrison Matthews
Time: 8:00/8:30 pm
Have you got a poem, story, song or version of someone else’s song? Share it! Bring your guitar or mandolin. Bring your tap shoes. Whatever it is that you reach for to stay creative, share it with us, friends.
Harrison Matthews hosts our weekly Open Mic. It’s a great [...]

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