Minneapolis-based Kiernan's first stop on their midwest tour, with Chicago songweavers Beauty Saloon, Ester, Damsel. Indie music for the people. Kiernan is the Minneapolis-based indie folk project of Laura Kiernan. Their music can be described as "sounds for when you're feeding the pigeons" -- in other words soft, spacious, and best done with others. Their latest single, "Small Part of Me" is just that, an ode to their friends. Named one of the Best New Bands of 2024 by First Avenue, they are currently on tour promoting their newest EP, "Take It." Here, take it--you're gonna love it! Beauty Saloon is an alternative rock band from Chicago Illinois, fresh off of an over 3-year hiatus. Fronted by the band’s songwriter Mike Molitor (Sick Day, Sylvia Ivy), Beauty Saloon delivers a wild energy to their sets, perhaps attributable to having yearned for a return to the stage for so long. The band features a new lineup including drummer Robby Kuntz (Red Scarves, Old Joy, Olive Avenue), Ben Baran (Busy Bodies), and Brian Samuelson (Mydge). Beauty Saloon’s recently released the five-track “$25,000 EP"; their first album “BS” dropped in May 2025, and was included in Uproxx.com’s “Best Indie Albums of 2025” list. Ester is the newest evolution of songwriter Anna Holmquist‘s music. This Chicago-based songwriter draws easy comparisons to the English folk-inflected tunes of Bonnie "Prince" Billy, Joanna Newsom, or even the poignant vocal work of Kate Bush, but brings an urgent intimacy to their lyrics that weaves a whole little world into three minutes and forty-three seconds. Initially the solo project of lead singer and songwriter Christina Henson, the members of damsel. first came together as a supporting band for the release show of her debut album “soft animal”. After a year of performing and writing together, the band knew that this former solo project had turned into a full blown band - a labor of love that couldn’t be achieved without all five members. Made up of Christina Henson (Vocalist and Guitarist), Peyton Meacham (Vocalist), Dan Wanner (Guitarist), Mike Pitz (Bassist) and Corbin Wyatt (Drummer), damsel. is rooted in the love these friends found for each other and making music together.