Alt-Folk Heroes Showcase: Jim Byron (LP release) • Simon Calder (all new songs) • Hayley Anne • TBA

Fri Oct 17 2025 at 06:30 pm to 09:00 pm UTC-05:00

2916 Lyndale Ave S, Minneapolis, MN | Minneapolis

James Ballentine \
Publisher/HostJames Ballentine "Uptown" VFW - Post 246
Alt-Folk Heroes Showcase: Jim Byron (LP release) \u2022 Simon Calder (all new songs) \u2022 Hayley Anne \u2022 TBA
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Alt-Folk Heroes Showcase : 15th Anniversary of The Inception of Jim Byron — ‘The Lost Session’ Album Release”
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6:30pm doors
7pm: Hayley Anne (Ditch Pigeon) - SPECIAL SOLO ACOUSTIC SET
7:30pm: Dr. Simon R. Calder (ITF / Cut a Rug / Sunshine Emblem) - SPECIAL SOLO PREMIERE OF NEW SONG SERIES + READING FROM FORTHCOMING BOOK
8pm: TOP SECRET SPECIAL GUEST
8:30pm: Jim Byron: SET CELEBRATING THE 15th Anniversary of The Inception of Jim Byron + THE RELEASE OF JIM'S ‘The Lost Session’ LP
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Come one, come all! Friday October 17th 2025 marks the 15th Anniversary of when Jim Byron changed their name to what it is today, stepping forward to a new life as a musician, singer-writer, and recording artist. Since then, they’ve released several dozen albums, mostly recorded in Minneapolis Minnesota.
Join Jim, Dr. Simon R. Calder, Hayley Anne (Ditch Pigeon), and a mystery guest (whose identity shall remain secret until the week of the show) at Minneapolis' Uptown VFW on that day at 6:30 PM for an evening of celebration and song presented by Alt-Folk Heroes in collaboration with Alt-Indie Legends.

It’s also the release party for Jim’s first studio recording which was produced in the late summer of 2010, “The Lost Sessions”. This was the first official Jim Byron album ever recorded but it’s only now being officially put out.
(There is also a late show that night - CITY OF ACID: Acidbat (live) • Jobot • Andy Fargo (live): https://www.facebook.com/share/1BHfKuFwiP/ - doors for which are 10pm)
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Friday, October 17
James Ballentine "Uptown" VFW Post 246
Doors 6:30pm :: Music 7:00pm :: 21+
$10 Box-Office / $12.16 Online / $15 Door
TICKETS ON SALE NOW
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BOX-OFFICE Tickets Are Available at Uptown VFW Box-Office (Open During Shows) & The Zen Arcade (Open During Hours of Operation.) For More Information visit www.ZenArcadeTHC.com
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