Pinkshift: Saccharine 5 Year Anniversary Tour — live event on Aug 16, 2026

Pinkshift: Saccharine 5 Year Anniversary Tour

Pinkshift: Saccharine 5 Year Anniversary Tour at Underground Music Cafe, Minneapolis on Sun, Aug 16, 7:00 PM. Tickets from $27.12. Lineup, start time and tickets on Ckord.

During a pit stop while traveling between shows in 2023, Pinkshift found a huge fallen redwood tree. The three of them (Vocalist Ashrita Kumar (they/them), guitarist Paul Vallejo (he/him) and drummer Myron Houngbedji (he/him) lay down on the trunk, staring up at the canopy of leaves from the trees around them. What followed is an experience Kumar describes as almost psychedelic. They felt as if the trees were inviting them to stay there forever. “I heard these voices telling me that I’m welcome here,” they recall, “and everything I could ever want is in this space.” That beautiful, perspective-altering moment of stillness and peace that grounded them in the present was a reminder of how much nature can teach us, if only we slow down, connect to it and open ourselves up to its wisdom. “I think nature is really inspiring,” they explain. “It’s the biggest and most incredible creative force that we witness as people. Nature is always moving forward. It's always creating, it's always changing, it's always evolving. We have a lot to learn from that. I feel like there's sacrifices that nature makes for the for the world – animals die, plants die, then something takes its place.” Shortly after, they wrote the words ‘earth keeper’ in their journal. They felt, in that moment, that they had rediscovered their life’s meaning. I know why I am here.

Starts: Sun, Aug 16, 7:00 PM

Ends: Sun, Aug 16, 11:00 PM

Where: 408 North 3rd Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55401, United States

Price: $27.12

Venue: Underground Music Cafe

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