New Primitives: Silver Bay Concert Series 2025 (Friday, Aug. 1)
Friday, August 1
7:30 pm
City Center Park
24 Shopping Center Rd Silver Bay MN 55614
New Primitives
August 1: Free and open to everyone
August 2: Benefit House Concert
About this Event
August 1 is a FREE concert that will be held on the City Center Stage near City Hall in Downtown Silver Bay. This is an all-weather event. In the case of inclement weather, the concerts will be moved indoors to the Reunion Hall, 97 Outer Drive, Silver Bay. Rocky Wall Entertainment is a Silver Bay based 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization producing and promoting live music in Silver Bay and on Lake Superior’s North Shore from Duluth to Grand Portage. This is our fifth year of bringing the best of Americana Music to the North Country for enjoyment by residents and visitors alike.
People are encouraged to bring a lawn chair and blanket for comfort.
August 2 is a benefit concert to support Rocky Wall Entertainment.
Check out the full series here.
New Primitives
New Primitives was founded in Minneapolis in 2003 by drummer, singer, and songwriter Stanley Kipper. When he lived in southern California, Stan played, toured, or recorded with Minnie Riperton, The Bee Gees, Joe Walsh, Bill Withers, former Eagle Randy Meisner, Jay Ferguson, Andrew Gold, Karla Bonoff, Melanie, and Gypsy. The hits these artists made influenced Stan in making his own music: funky R&B/American Reggae with world music influences.
The band's first two records, New Primitives and American Nomads, received nationwide airplay, including top ten chart positions across America and Canada. Stan holds a 2020 Midwest Rock and Country Hall of Fame Lifetime Achievement Award, and he and Chico were inducted into the St. Louis Classic Rock Hall of Fame for the band Gypsy.
In 2018, New Primitives recorded their third album, a live offering recorded at A440 studios in New Hope, a suburb of Minneapolis. This latest record, Primitive Road, was released on November 8, 2024.
About Rocky Wall Productions
Rocky Wall Productions is a Minnesota 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization established for the purpose of producing high quality live Americana Music outdoor concerts, house concerts and events in the City of Silver Bay and on Lake Superior's North Shore. We are also committed to providing resources to assist in the design and construction of an outdoor performance stage in Silver Bay, MN.
In their first three years of operation, they have produced twenty-one very successful live outdoor concerts attracting nearly 8,000 attendees over the course of three concert seasons.