Who: Music lovers, Basilica supporters, and anyone else looking for a warm way to spend two perfect summer evenings
What: Cities 97 Basilica Block Party
Where: Corner of 16th Street and Hennepin Avenue, outside the Basilica of St. Mary
When: July 8 and 9, 2011
Why: We love a good fundraiser, especially when it involves music, food, drinks, and sweltering heat.
I can’t lie. I’ve never been to the Basilica Block Party before. (insert gasp here). I know, I feel as though I’ve missed out on the last 16 years of good old-fashioned fun (the party began in 1995 as a means to raise money for the beautiful building’s structural restoration). I’ve heard of it, many times, but I’m relatively new to Minnesota and over these past few years, I’ve always either been out of town, preoccupied, or at a wedding while this illustrious concert commenced down the street. I’ve heard tales of the rowdiness; I’ve read reviews on the entertainment; I’ve seen the hung-over aftereffects of my friends, but I’ve never witnessed the event first hand. So you can imagine my excitement and anticipation as I prepared myself for what was sure to be a rockin’ good time of a weekend.
What: Cities 97 Basilica Block Party
Where: Corner of 16th Street and Hennepin Avenue, outside the Basilica of St. Mary
When: July 8 and 9, 2011
Why: We love a good fundraiser, especially when it involves music, food, drinks, and sweltering heat.
I can’t lie. I’ve never been to the Basilica Block Party before. (insert gasp here). I know, I feel as though I’ve missed out on the last 16 years of good old-fashioned fun (the party began in 1995 as a means to raise money for the beautiful building’s structural restoration). I’ve heard of it, many times, but I’m relatively new to Minnesota and over these past few years, I’ve always either been out of town, preoccupied, or at a wedding while this illustrious concert commenced down the street. I’ve heard tales of the rowdiness; I’ve read reviews on the entertainment; I’ve seen the hung-over aftereffects of my friends, but I’ve never witnessed the event first hand. So you can imagine my excitement and anticipation as I prepared myself for what was sure to be a rockin’ good time of a weekend.
