February 7th, 7:30pm Brian Wicklund and the Fiddle Pals band. Tickets $9 advance sale and $12 at the door. Teens $8 and kids twelve and under free.

Sponsored by Minnesota Bluegrass and Old Time Music Association and the Whistle Stop Bed and Breakfast

A native of Minnesota, Brian Wicklund has carved out a name for himself with his fiddle and mandolin mastery and his stagecraft. For decades he’s traveled internationally as a sideman playing with professionally touring bluegrass bands Stoney Lonesome, Kathy Kallick, Chris Stuart, and Kane’s River, and his debut recording with the Rocky Mountain based acoustic power trio, Brother Mule, won the best Americana CD of 2005 by Indiemusic.com. Now Wicklund is excited to perform his own music with his own group of top notch Minnesota-based musicians, the FiddlePals. Bassist Pete Mathison and guitarist David Peterson have been integral players in the acoustic music scene in the Midwest for decades, and percussionist Jerry Montie joins the three playing acrobatic rhythm on a box-shaped drum called a cajon. Together Brian Wicklund & The FiddlePals play traditional and original American roots music with spontaneous musicality and uncommon fun.