

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Erik Koskinen Band + Special Guests
- **Event Start and End Date**: Sat, 07 Feb, 2026 at 08:00 pm – Sat, 07 Feb, 2026 at 11:00 pm
- **Event Description**: Erik Koskinen Band
Full-Band Honky-Tonk Show

Night one of a two-night residency on the North Shore, the weekend opens with a full-band honky-tonk show led by Erik Koskinen at UpYonder, joined by very special guests including Martha Scanlan, Jon Neufeld, and more. It’s a chance to move, gather, and shake off the winter—music that swings, stretches out, and brings the room together.

Erik Koskinen is a lights-out guitarist and bandleader, and his full band is as good and locked-in as you’ll hear anywhere—responsive, driving, and built to play a room. Raised in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula and shaped by northern landscapes and Finnish roots, Koskinen brings a plainspoken, sharply observed voice to American country and folk music. The Minneapolis Star Tribune has called him “the best country songwriter in Minnesota,” which feels less like praise and more like the truth you arrive at by listening. 

Songwriter Jeffrey Foucault describes Koskinen’s songs as having “the diamond-hard clarity and simplicity of Tom Petty,” noting his ability to sing a literal statement and “make it move like poetry.” He writes about an America that doesn’t get much play anymore—where working people live hard lives and hard loves, with wit, dignity, and grit. With a cracking live band and familiar collaborators onstage, the focus stays on feel and connection—songs played live, stretched just enough, and shared in real time.

The weekend continues the following night with a separate, ticketed concert (sliding scale pricing tiers) at the 4-H Log Cabin, where Erik Koskinen joins Martha Scanlan &amp; Jon Neufeld for an intimate seated show.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/grand-marais/erik-koskinen-band-special-guests/200029557761429
- **Event Categories**: music, entertainment, concerts, art, literary-art, live-music, country-music-festivals
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 64

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: https://www.simpletix.com/e/erik-koskinen-band-special-guests-tickets-254578?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=grand+marais-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: Grand Marais
- **state**: MN
- **country**: United States
- **location**: 1615 west hwy 61, Grand Marais, MN
- **lat**: 47.74986
- **long**: -90.35488
- **full address**: 1615 west hwy 61, Grand Marais, MN, United States

## Event Organizer details

- **affiliate_id**: 2
- **organizer**: Up Yonder  (https://allevents.in/org/up-yonder/26682463)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Sat, 07 Feb, 2026 at 08:00 pm
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** 1615 west hwy 61, Grand Marais, MN, United States
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Up Yonder
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** music, entertainment, concerts, art, literary-art, live-music, country-music-festivals
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Erik Koskinen Band + Special Guests ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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