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The Basilica Block Party is an annual two-day music festival that takes place in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The event is hosted by the Basilica of St. Mary and described by City Pages as "summertime's hottest church party". The festival is the largest music festival held within the city of Minneapolis.
The event is in its third decade, with past headlining artists including Ryan Adams, Weezer, Imagine Dragons, Ray LaMontagne, Panic! at the Disco, Trampled by Turtles, Spoon, Ziggy Marley and The Wallflowers.
The party is a fundraiser to help pay for the structural restoration of the Basilica.
History
The event serves to raise money toward the ongoing restoration of the Basilica of St. Mary. The event is in its 24th summer and draws approximately 25,000 attendees to downtown Minneapolis every summer.
The event "started off with controversy" in 1995, according to The Star Tribune, as "people questioned using beer and rock music to raise money for a historic Catholic church." It began as a fundraiser to pay for a $9.5 million structural restoration of the Basilica of St Mary, the first basilica established in the United States of America. Five percent of the proceeds from the event go toward the St. Vincent de Paul outreach program, which provides services to those in need.
In its opening year, it drew more than 15,000 people, raising over $100,000.
In 1995, the majority of the bands were local. Since then, the roster has evolved, with past performers including Semisonic, The Wallflowers, The Avett Brothers, Weezer, AWOLNATION, and Ryan Adams.
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Minnesota the block party was cancelled in 2020. The 2021 event happened on September 10–11. The 2021 event required either a negative COVID test or proof of vaccination. Shortly before the event, scheduled headliners, the Avett Brothers were forced to withdraw because of exposure to COVID. Attendance for the 2021 event was roughly half of a typical successful event for the Basilica Block Party. It was cancelled in 2022 and 2023.
On February 15, 2024, it was announced the event would come back for the summer of 2024. Due to construction nearby on the festival's typical grounds at the Basilica of Saint Mary, the festival
was instead hosted at Boom Island Park in 2024. Boom Island Park is a larger space than the Basilica's usual ground and organizers are considering using Boom Island Park for future Basilica Block Parties.
Lineups
= 2019
=Friday July 12
Kacey Musgraves
Semisonic
Dawes
The Jayhawks
Anderson East
Ruston Kelly
Yam Haus
Kiss The Tiger
Annie Mack
McNasty Brass Band
Saturday July 13
Flora Cash
Jason Mraz
CHVRCHES
Hanson
Metric
Johnnyswim
Lissie
Michael Shynes
The Bad Man
Static Panic
= 2018
=Friday July 6
Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit
Fitz and the Tantrums
John Butler Trio
The Revolution
Delta Rae
Now, Now
TABAH
Lena Elizabeth
Kid Dakota
LadyLark
Saturday July 7
CAKE
Andy Grammer
BORNS
Judah & the Lion
Third Eye Blind
Early Eyes
Flint Eastwood
Lazy Scorsese
The Shackletons
Reina del Cid
= 2017
=Friday July 7
Brandi Carlile
The Shins
Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness
Needtobreathe
Cobi
John Paul White
The Roosevelts
Nick Jordan
Jaedyn James & The Hunger
Night Moves
Saturday July 8
WALK THE MOON
AWOLNATION
Gavin DeGraw
Ben Rector
Walk Off the Earth
Julia Brennan
Enemy Planes
Nook Jones
Jackson & The Roosters
J.S. Ondara
= 2016
=Friday July 8
Death Cab for Cutie
Gary Clark Jr.
American Authors
Cold War Kids
X Ambassadors
Andra Day
Gospel Machine
Fort Wilson Riot
Saturday July 9
The Fray
Ryan Adams & The Shinning
Phillip Phillips
Milky Chance
Matt Nathanson
Craig Fin
Ron Pope
Eric Mayson
Holiday
Farewell Milwaukee
= 2015
=Friday July 10
Weezer
O.A.R
Nate Ruess of Fun.
Mat Kearney
Motion City Soundtrack
Matthew Sweet
Zoo Animal
Rupert Angeleyes
TYTE JEFF
Saturday July 11
Wilco
Fitz and the Tantrums
Jason Isbell
Echosmith
Rachel Platten
Jenny Lewis
Fly Golden Eagle
Aero Flynn
Southside Desire
American Scarecrows
= 2014
=Friday, July 11
Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros
Michael Franti & Spearhead
Panic! at the Disco
Delta Rae
Eric Hutchinson
Crash
The Weeks
Black Diet
Carroll
Sterol Confessions
Black Diet
Saturday July 12
Train
Ben Harper & Charlie Musselwhite
Ingrid Michaelson
The Wild Feathers
Caroline Smith
Alpha Rev
Serena Ryder
Jillian Rae
BBGUN
= 2013
=Friday July 12
Grace Potter & The Nocturnals
Matt Nathanson
Father John Misty
ZZ Ward
Mayer Hawthorne
Family of the Year
Churchill
Actual Wlf
The Cactus Blossoms
Southwire
Saturday July 13
Matchbox Twenty
Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings
Goo Goo Dolls
Walk the Moon
Cloud Cult
Kate Earl
additional local bands
= 2012
=Friday, July 6
Train
Cake
The Head and the Heart
Imagine Dragons
Mat Kearney
Tyrone Wells
additional local artists
Saturday, July 7
The Avett Brothers
O.A.R
Fitz and the Tantrums
Graffiti6
The Lumineers
Stuart D'Rozario
additional local artists
= 2011
=The Jayhawks
David Gray
Ray LaMontagne
Lissie
= 2010
=Weezer
Spoon
Barenaked Ladies
Grace Potter and the Nocturnals
References
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- Basilica Block Party
- Basilica of Saint Mary (Minneapolis)
- Block Party
- Paisley Park
- The Jayhawks
- Continued Silence EP
- Minneapolis–Saint Paul
- Semisonic
- Fitz and the Tantrums
- Minneapolis Armory
