As mentioned in my Metroblog post, this weekend is the St. Paul Art Crawl.

It’s a self-guided tour of 200 artists’ studios across 20 buildings in downtown and lowertown St. Paul, complete with shuttle bus. There’s tons of parking, a few stairs to climb (note: elevators are SLOW in these old warehouses) and unbelievable local art to view/purchase.

The St. Paul artist community is very cool. Hours are Friday 5-10 p.m., Sat 12-7 p.m., Sun 12-5 p.m. Download the flyer with map and shuttle bus stops here (pdf).

I did my best to pull together a listing of the many musical groups performing, but being typical artist-types, they haven’t helped me out by promoting themselves. Here’s what I was able to dig up:

Friday:
-Zietgeist @ Studio Z
-Rad @ Lowertown Wine & Spirits
-Northern Roots @ Aroma’s Arthouse Café (The Rossmor) 7:30-9pm

Saturday:
-Rumba Eterna (Cuban Latin Ensemble) @ Black Dog Café
-Rad @ Lowertown Wine & Spirits
-The Black Blondies @ Aroma’s Arthouse Café (The Rossmor) 4-6:30 p.m.
-Tyler Cochran @ Aroma’s Arthouse Café (The Rossmor) 7:30-9pm

Pictured is Wil Rohan’s”Return of the True”