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OXBEAUX III Lineup (w/ Jenny Lewis and The Shouting Matches) + Exclusive Shouting Matches Video

V1 Staff, photos by Luong Huynh |

2018's OXBEAUX II
2018's OXBEAUX II

OXBEAUX – downtown Eau Claire’s annual summer street concert – returns for its third installment on Friday Aug. 9 and Saturday Aug. 10, expanding the lineup while adding another full night of live music to the mix.

Hosted by The Oxbow Hotel, OXBEAUX III will once again shut down a full block of Galloway Street to offer up headliners like Jenny Lewis and The Shouting Matches (featuring Justin Vernon, Phil Cook, and Brian + Jill Moen). That all happens on Saturday, while the Friday night performances will take place in the hotel's courtyard area and serve as a kind of local band showcase. Check out the full lineup:

FRIDAY in the Courtyard / Gates at 5pm

• Drunk Drivers
• Arms Aloft
• Pit Wagon
• North of Dixie Bluegrass Band

SATURDAY on the Street / Gates at 3pm

• Jenny Lewis 
• The Shouting Matches (featuring Justin Vernon, Phil Cook, and Brian + Jill Moen)
• Flock of Dimes (featuring Jenn Wasner of Wye Oak)
• Alpha Consumer
• Sniffle Party
• Sanborn/Rosenau (featuring Nick Sanborn of Sylvan Esso and Chris Rosenau of Volcano Choir)

TICKETS are $10 for Friday night only, $25 for Saturday only, or $30 for a weekend pass, and will be available here starting at 10am on Friday, June 14.

Expect beer, cocktails, sodas, and food. Gates open at 5pm on Friday with music at 6pm. Gates open at 3pm on Saturday with the show at 4pm. The Oxbow Hotel is at 516 Galloway Street, Eau Claire.

Volume One is a sponsor of OXBEAUX III.

EXCLUSIVE VIDEO: Watch The Shouting Matches LIVE at OXBEAUX 2017

On Thursday, June 15, 2017 – on the eve of the 2017 Eaux Claires Music & Arts Festival – The Oxbow Hotel in downtown Eau Claire shut down a city block to stage their first-ever OXBEAUX concert, headlined by the Shouting Matches, featuring Justin Vernon (Bon Iver), Phil Cook, and Brian & Jill Moen. (Video by Anthony Casanova with camerawork from Joel Pearish and  Jon Hamblin)