It’s been a great summer. Here at Refrain, we’re bringing you some great photos of events that happened in the region.  This is what happened on hot night at the Nestor in Fargo. The fifth annual Nestfest was the first Refrain Presents Event this year.  It was a wonderful buffet of eight musical talents, with some of them swapping players on stage and swapping instruments.

I’ll try to take you through some of it.  It was hot–in the 90s and the Nestor pulled everything inside. Becaus of that, the lineup was switched around a bit.

Classical Chill

Starting out was Classical Chill. Drummer Alec Koch was working that night, sitting in not only on this group but also the Fillers and Nick Taylor. 

Tom Johnson from The Johnson Family Band was pulled in to join Nick Taylor, the Fillers, and Inside Out Strings. We usually see him playing a dobro, but here he was was doing double duty on guitar and pedal steel. Sweet stuff.

Tom Johnson

Nick Taylor came on board and brought some friends from the Fillers along with Tom Johnson. 

Nick Taylor

Joey Kuntz added some very sweet blues harmonica licks.

Joey Kuntz

Later, Joey charmed everybody when he did his set with the Fillers.

One of The Fillers

The Insideout Strings were up next.

Inside Out with Tom Johnson

Insideout Strings

Pat Lenertz-Heavy Iz the Head

Heavy Iz the Head

Jon Shea-Heavy Iz the Head

Bonnie-Elephant Revival

Bridget and Sage-Elephant Revival

Dan-Elephant Revival

 Sovereign Sect closed out the night.

It was a wonderful Nestfest. We at Refrain look forward to covering it again next year.

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