CRUNCHING
THE
NUMBERS

68

Number of venues with regularly-programmed live music.

152

Average number of Chippewa Valley music events per month.

$69,670

Successfully pledged on Kickstarter to local music projects to date.

38

Average number of original local bands who play for a crowd of roughly 2,000 people on Thursdays each summer in Phoenix Park.

21

Number of bands with deep Eau Claire ties that have received recent attention from major music media (NPR, Pitchfork, MTV, etc.), 17 of whom did not include Justin Vernon.

An Outside Look

musicians from outside the valley reflect on their time in the place we call home

Aaron Dessner

Brooklyn
The National

Alan Sparhawk

Duluth
LOW / Retribution Gospel Choir

Jon Mueller

Milwaukee
Volcano Choir

Josh Scott

Minneapolis
Aero Flynn / Former Eau Clairian

Sam Lloyd

Los Angeles
The Blanks

The Staves

London
The Staves

Bradley Cook

North Carolina
Hiss Golden Messenger / William Tyler

Chris Porterfield

Milwaukee
Field Report

Lorie Line

Minneapolis

Michael Perry

Eau Claire
New York Times Bestselling Author / Vocals & Guitar, Mike Perry and the Long Beds

 

Essay by Michael Perry »

  30 SECOND SONG SAMPLER

Join us on an audio tour as we only skim the surface of Eau Claire's deep music scene. This sampler provides a brief glimpse into 33 active bands featuring performers from the Eau Claire, WI area, presenting a wide variety of genres including rock, jazz, blues, folk, bluegrass, hip hop, metal, and pop. Those featured here were picked somewhat at random, as we could easily quadruple the band count if we had time...

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Dig Deeper

get your hands dirty unearthing the Eau Claire music scene





Justin Vernon

Eau Claire
Bon Iver / Volcano Choir / Shouting Matches

 

Interview with Justin Vernon »

UPDATE WPR Covers the Economic Impact of Eau Claire's Music Scene

Do yourself a favor and listen to Volume One co-managing editors Tom Giffey and Eric Christenson on Wisconsin Public Radio's Central Time (which aired August 10, 2015). They were invited on to discuss the economic impact of Eau Claire's Music scene, as outlined in our huge Music Capital of the North issue.

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THIS IS EVERYTHING

EXTRA FEATURES

EXTRA: Music Videos

Watch music videos from current and former Eau Claire bands & alumni.

EXTRA: Searching for the Eau Claire Sound

Watch full interviews with musicians, fans, and producers about what makes up the Eau Claire sound.

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