The Current presents Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats with special guests Thee Sacred Souls at Surly Brewing Festival Field on Saturday, August 12 (sold out) and Sunday, August 13 (second show added!).

Doors 5:30 p.m. | Show 7 p.m. | 18+

Tickets on sale Friday, April 21, at 10 a.m. CDT.

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Two awesome chances to win!

We’re thrilled to offer you two ways to win entry to this incredible event.

Giveaway 1: Saturday, August 12

The Current is pleased to offer a ticket giveaway to Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats on Saturday, August 12. Enter by 12 p.m. (CDT) on Wednesday, August 9, for a chance to win a pair of tickets to this event. FIVE (5) winners will receive two (2) tickets to Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats and must respond to confirm. Please use an email address you check because winners will be contacted by email.

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Giveaway 2: Sunday, August 13

The Current is pleased to offer a ticket giveaway to Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats on Sunday, August 13. Enter by 12 p.m. (CDT) on Wednesday, August 9, for a chance to win a pair of tickets to this event. FIVE (5) winners will receive two (2) tickets to Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats and must respond to confirm. Please use an email address you check because winners will be contacted by email.

This entry is now closed. Congratulations to the lucky winners!

You must be 13 or older to submit any information to Minnesota Public Radio. The personally identifying information you provide will not be sold, shared, or used for purposes other than to communicate with you about things like our programs, products and services. See Terms of Use and Privacy. 

Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats

It took Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats less than five years to become one of the most recognizable new forces in contemporary rock ’n’ roll. Since 2015, Rateliff has led his denim-clad, horn-flanked Night Sweats, supplying the zeal of a whiskey-chugging Pentecostal preacher to songs about this world’s shared woes. They’ve had hits, sure, but their combustible mix of soul and rock quickly cemented them as the rare generational band who balanced ecstatic live shows with engrossing and rich records. To wit, is there any other modern act capable of revving up stadium crowds for The Rolling Stones while also appearing on Saturday Night Live and CMT Crossroads and at NPR’s Tiny Desk in short order?

When Rateliff returned from his pandemic-truncated solo tour in March 2020, he struggled with the same question that vexed so many of us then—what now? Fortunately, he returned to his Colorado homestead and penned a set of songs that synthesized his introspection with his anthemic inclinations. The result is The Future, the third Night Sweats album but the first to capture this octet’s true depth and breadth. An instant classic of 11 songs, the album presents something more sustainable, interesting, and indeed open—a songwriter and band growing into bigger questions and sounds, into a future that allows them to remain recognizable but be so much more compelling than some denim-clad caricature.

Thee Sacred Souls

For Thee Sacred Souls, the first time is often the charm. The band’s first club dates led to a record deal with the revered Daptone label; their first singles racked up more than ten million streams in a year and garnered attention from Billboard, Rolling Stone, and KCRW; and their first fans included the likes of Gary Clark Jr., The Black Pumas, Princess Nokia, and Timbaland. Now, the breakout San Diego trio is ready to deliver yet another landmark first with the release of their self-titled debut. “Every step of the way has just been so organic,” says drummer Alex Garcia. “Things just seem to happen naturally when the three of us get together.”

Indeed, there’s something inevitable about the sound of Thee Sacred Souls, as if Garcia and his bandmates—bassist Sal Samano and singer Josh Lane—have been playing together for a lifetime already. Produced by Bosco Mann (aka Daptone co-founder Gabriel Roth), Thee Sacred Souls is a warm and textured record, mixing the easygoing grace of sweet ’60s soul with the grit and groove of early ’70s R&B, and the performances are utterly intoxicating, with Lane’s weightless vocals anchored by the rhythm section’s deep pocket and infectious chemistry. Hints of Chicano, Philly, Chicago, Memphis, and even Panama soul turn up here, and while it’s tempting to toss around labels like “retro” with a deliberately analog collection like this, there’s also something distinctly modern about the band that defies easy categorization, a rawness and a sincerity that transcends time and place.