The age-old technique of using images to promote music is as popular as ever. More and more of the artworks, however, exist solely as compressed digital images for use on the internet rather than taking up space in the physical world as actual “posters” taped to restroom walls and thumbtacked to bulletin boards. Either way, they’re all JPEGs on Perfect Duluth Day.

Behold below our traditional year-ending gallery of gig posters. As usual, it’s by no means a comprehensive collection, nor is it a carefully curated archive of the best. It’s just a few images we pulled out to mark another year in the local music scene.

Click on any thumbnail to see the full poster. Use the left or right arrow keys to browse the collection. If you are on a stupid phone, you can tap to see a full poster, but you can’t swipe to browse. That’s just how it is.