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Coffee Break: Your favorite Rock the Garden moments

by Anna Reed

June 17, 2016

Silversun Pickups on stage at Rock the Garden 2013.
Silversun Pickups on stage at Rock the Garden 2013.MPR / Nate Ryan

Rock the Garden, "the real start to summer" as Jill Riley calls it, is tomorrow.

If you haven't snagged tickets yet, unfortunately you're out of luck as tickets are officially sold out! But it doesn't mean the fun has to stop.

Let's spend today's Coffee Break looking back at some of your favorite performances from past Rock the Gardens.

Let us know the bands and songs you liked the best, and we'll see what we can dig up for you. Happy summer!

Songs played


The Hazards Of Love 1 (The Prettiest Whistles Won't Wrestle the Thistles Undone) - The Decemberists
I Learned the Hard Way - Sharon Jones and The Dap-Kings
Synthetica - Metric
Skinny Love - Bon Iver
Green Onions - Booker T. Jones
Wait So Long - Trampled by Turtles

Do you deserve a Coffee Break? We at Oake & Riley think you do, and we want to bring coffee and treats from Black Coffee and Waffle Bar to your workplace. Let us know why you'd like a Coffee Break - or request your own idea for a future topic.

Coffee Break: Your favorite Rock the Garden moments