good times @ The Gardens – Trevor & Mary with Dan Lowinger

$5 Entrance Fee. The Gardens booked couples for 2023 & 2024 (maximum two tickets) get in free. Check-in at the entrance.

DJ Music 3:30-5:30 PM

Band: Trevor McSpadden & Mary Cutrufello with Dan Lowinger

Bio: It’s the early 90s in Austin, Texas. Honky-tonkers and roots rockers alike are filling clubs every night of the week. Mary Cutrufello barrels into town from Connecticut, slinging a yellow Telecaster and spitting fire. Trevor McSpadden is starting high school and two-stepping at any roadhouse that will let him in.
Mary moves up the ranks of the Austin scene, soon to be catapulted to nationwide acclaim. Trevor begins to pay way more attention to the bands than the dancers. Over the next 30 years, Trevor and Mary walk wildly different musical paths, although both are deeply informed by their time in Texas.

Those paths converge in St. Paul, Minnesota, in the summer of 2020, a time when, tragically, there is no live music. Out of desperation, Trevor begins to play on his front porch for the neighbors. He happens to see Mary’s name around town, makes an introduction, and she comes over to play. In a matter of weeks, the best show in town is at Trevor’s house on Saturday nights.

Summer chills and darkens into fall; winter sets in. Trevor and Mary begin to gather around a kerosene heater on the porch, keeping a Covid-safe distance and working on new songs. Once they discover a near-mutual January birthday, the obvious way to celebrate is to mask up and get into a recording studio. The resulting 4-song EP, “Yes Instead of No,” is their calling card as live music resumes in 2021.

Later that summer, the duo begins a residency at the White Squirrel, the newest, hippest little bar on St. Paul’s West 7th Street. Adding Dan Lowinger on bass, with a rotating cast of drummers and other instrumentalists, the club and the band create a scene together on Tuesday nights. In March of 2022, Trevor, Mary, Dan, and drummer Greg Schutte make a live recording there. It captures all the loose-limbed fun of those Tuesday nights, with a full dose of Trev and Mary’s Buck-Owens-meets-the-BoDeans harmonies.

From parking lots to patios, breweries to barrooms, the duo lay down a mighty groove, embraced by music lovers across Minnesota who can’t help but love this potent combo of roots rock and country crooning.

HOW DOES IT WORK?
1. This outdoor event takes place the following Wednesdays in in June, July & August (excluding June 21st) at The Gardens of Castle Rock, 26601 Chippendale Ave, Northfield, MN 55057. Event moves inside the tent during rain.
2. The self-service style of this event is meant to be relaxed and laid back. Do not expect traditional restaurant service.
3. Carpooling is encouraged because many guests are single riders coming from work. Parking is available in The Gardens parking lot. Please follow signs.
4. $5.00 Entrance fee is payable upon arrival / check-in at the front entrance. The fee helps us cover the cost of hosting this event and helps maintain a sustainable guest count. Our wedding couples receive complimentary entrance- be sure to notify the entrance attendant.
5. Cash or credit/debit cards accepted
6. Full bar service is available under the Garden Pavilion.
7. Food orders are placed and prepared in the Main Assembly Building. Woodfired nachos will be delivered to your table when ready.
8. Please send any questions or concerns to [email protected]

SEATING
1. Seating is first come, first serve.
2. Please do not move the large cedar tables.
3. Feel free to move the small and large round tables to accommodate your group because these tables are removed at the end of the evening.
4. We encourage you to bring your own blanket or comfortable lawn chairs to relax while you wait for a table to open or when you leave your table for another guest.

MUSIC/ENTERTAINMENT
1. DJ music will be provided from 3:30-5:30 pm
2. Live Acoustic music will be playing from 5:30-8:00 pm
3. Live music will be located on the lawn, near the tent.
4. The music will move inside the tent if it rains.

FOOD & BEVERAGE
1. We promote a self-served relaxed service style.
2. Cash or credit/debit cards accepted
3. Full bar service is available under the Garden Pavilion.
4. Food orders are placed and prepared in the Main Assembly Building. Woodfired nachos will be delivered to your table when ready.
5. Street tacos with chips & salsa, woodfire nachos & fresh salads are available.

TRASH / CLEANING
1. Please dispose of your empty beverage containers in the trash or recycle before you leave.
2. Please dispose of your food containers in the trash receptacles.
3. Please let our team know if you would like a table to be wiped or sanitized. In addition, with the amount of waste receptacles can fill quickly. Please be patient and let us know if they are full and we will empty them promptly.

WHAT ABOUT THE KIDS & PETS?
Good Times at The Gardens is a live music event just for adults. We want everyone to be able to relax and enjoy a night away. The atmosphere isn’t intended for small children or pets, so call your favorite sitter and join us for the perfect summer night out.
1. No Pets / Small Children (16+ age event)
2. You are not allowed to bring your own food or beverages.
*All music and artists subject to change.