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Join us Saturday, July 28, as Classical MPR's Pop Up Classical series presents the Twin Cities Beer Choir at the Loring Park Art Festival.

Stop by the festival, grab a beer and a Beer Choir "Hymnal" at the Lakes and Legends Beer Garden (located in the southeast corner of the park near 15th & Willow), and sing with us at this free event.

 Loring Park Art Festival; Lakes and Legends Beer Garden (southeast corner of the park, near 15th & Willow)

Prefer a digital Beer Choir "Hymnal"? Download it 

Joe Trucano is the production assistant for Pipedreams from American Public Media. He is an active organist, cellist and pianist in the Twin Cities with degrees from the Eastman School of Music and Concordia College, Moorhead.


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Have a hankering for good drink and great song? Come raise your glass with the Twin Cities Beer Choir on Saturday, July 28, during the Loring Park Art Festival. It's part of Classical MPR's Pop Up Classical series.


Twin Cities Beer Choir hits Loring Park Art Festival as part of Pop Up Classical

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