Merlins Rest Pub

Tonight: Kilt Night with Live Irish Music
Time: 8:30 pm
Stay warm and happy with the sounds of traditional Irish music and the taste of premier pub food and perfectly poured pints. We’ve got it all for you on Fridays.
Join us for the weekly hoolie, friends, and the live Irish music in the traditional Isles-pub style: no [...]

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Tonight: Music from Cooker John
Time: 9:00 pm
Tonight, we’re cookin’! Cooker John returns for his monthly third Thursday gig.
Cooker John is one of the Twin Cities’ finest musicians. He plays finger-style and slide guitar, mixing folk, blues and originals that reflect a performing experience of over 40 years. Pop in for a tincture and at the [...]

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Tonight: Watkins Wednesday Pub Quiz
Time: 7:30 pm
Tonight, join a bevvy of good people and our good friend (and pub designer) Bill Watkins, he of many pub quizzes. It’s the Merlins Rest Wednesday Pub Quiz! Bill and his feverish brain will provide 25 questions and a great deal of levity. It really is a wonderful time. [...]

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Tonight: Folk Jam
Time: 7:30 pm
It’s Tuesday and the instruments are out! Join a host of friends up here as they jam without amps or mics. It’s a little thing we like to call the Folk Jam. The line-up changes week to week, but you can usually find the likes of Roadie, Bill Watkins, Chas and [...]

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Tonight: Open Mic with Harrison Matthews
Time: 8:00 pm
Crickey! That was a brutal awakening this morning, wasn’t it? But like the post office, we sally on regardless. We’re a pub, afterall. We’re an escape!
We start off the week with the Open Mic, hosted by Harrison Matthews. The ever-changing participants of this event deliver an eclectic mix [...]

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