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Minneapolis: August 21 to August 23, 2024

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08/21 Bilmuri with Driveways at Fine Line Read More Bilmuri Bilmuri, recordBar, $15 Singer/songwriter Johnny Franck is the main contributing member of alternative indie-pop band Bilmuri as well as progressive post-hardcore band The March Ahead and also a former member of …

08/21/2024 Wednesday

Bilmuri
with Driveways
at Fine Line
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The Columbus, OH singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and producer Bilmuri (a.k.a. Johnny Franck) is headlining the Fine Line, in Minneapolis, on August 21, 2024, in support of American Motor Sports.

Tour dates:

July 26 / San Diego / SOMA

August 7 / Boston / Brighton Music Hall

August 8 / Philadelphia / The Foundry

August 9 / New York City / TV Eye

August 11 / D.C. / Union Stage

August 13 / Cleveland / Grog Shop

August 14 / Detroit / The Shelter

August 15 / Chicago / Subterranean

August 17 / Minneapolis / 7th St Entry

August 19 / Denver / Marquis

August 21 / Boise / Shrine Social Club

August 22 / Seattle / The Vera Project

August 23 / Portland / Polaris Hall

August 24 / San Francisco / Great American Music Hall

November 22 / Los Angeles / Echoplex

08/23 jjuujjuu with Good Doom and Van Glow Light Show at Turf Club Read More JJUUJJUU JJUUJJUU rocked out so hard core, complete with Phil giving a heartfelt thank you to all of the Dazers for being patient as they clean up the mishaps from the unforeseen forecast. … Good Doom Local bands Good Doom, Stanley, and Double Grave will be playing some music at the 7th Street Entry on Wednesday. …

08/23/2024 Friday

jjuujjuu
with Good Doom and Van Glow Light Show
at Turf Club
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Los Angeles-based experimental collective jjuujjuu is currently on tour. The band will stop by the Turf Club, in St Paul, on August 23rd, 2024.

JJUUJJUU at Desert Daze Festival (12 Oct 2019)

We saw jjuujjuu in Oct 2019 and wrote, “JJUUJJUU got the crowd amped as they graced the stage in all their desert glory…white doctor coats included. “This feels pretty damn good right? We work all year for this weekend! My name is Phil and I work for YOU!” Phil Pirrone screams into the mic. It’s not about selling tickets for him. It’s about getting bunch of good people together to listen to good bands in a good place…that’s it. I attest to this because I have seen it over and over- the good people, the good bands and the good places. He brings life to music and the energy together for the fans and for musicians alike. And they also put on one hell of a show. JJUUJJUU is not only an act not to be missed, it’s an experience, a recognition that makes you believe that rock is indeed not dead. As the festival grows, this band grows…and what a sight it is to see.”

Good Doom at 7th Street Entry (08 April 2023)

Good Doom and Van Glow Light Show to open. We saw Good Doom in April 2023 and wrote, “Opening the show was Good Doom, who played some songs from their albums Shocking Cloud and Welcome to the Ghost, under extreme blood red lighting. They seemed really grateful when Avey Tare booked the band for the show. They drew out their 30-min set, hardly speaking and concentrating on playing their pyschwave songs. When they did speak, it’s to answer someone in the audience that they’re from Minneapolis.”

Tour Dates:

7/30 Fort Collins, CO - Aggie Theater #

7/31 Denver, CO - Larimer Lounge

8/01 Vancouver, BC - The Pearl

8/02 Seattle, WA - Tractor Tavern

8/02 - 04 Portland, OR - Pickathon

8/06 Atlanta, GA - The Earl

8/9 Verbier, Switzerland - Palp 2024

8/10 Portugal - Sonic Blast 2024

8/17 Wales - Green Man 2024

8/23 St. Paul, MN - Turf Club

11/10 Seattle, WA - Freakout Fest 2024

% = w/ Boy Harsher, Seablite, Lucy (Cooper B Handy)
* = w/ A Place To Bury Strangers, SUUNS
@ = w/ JMB Motherfuckers & Company (featuring Geologist from Animal Collective)
# = w/ Pink Fuzz

08/23 Emo Nite at Fine Line Read More Emo Nite The Emo Nite party continues this February 9th, 2024, at the Fine Line Music Café, in Minneapolis. It would seem that this dance club will be a regular event in the Minneapolis area. ...

08/23/2024 Friday

Emo Nite
at Fine Line
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Emo Nite, the event started by three friends (Babs Szabo, T.J. Petracca, and Morgan Freed) at a small dive bar has grown into a full-blown phenomenon.

There is a strict 4 ticket limit. Any attempt to exceed the ticket limit of 4 per customer or household, or to game the system in any way, will result in cancellation of orders without notice.

Tour dates:

Jul 5 Austin, TX, US Vulcan Gas Company

Jul 5 Chicago, IL, US Subterranean

Jul 5 Los Angeles (LA), CA, US Avalon Hollywood

Jul 5 Portland, OR, US Holocene

Jul 6 San Antonio, TX, US Paper Tiger

Jul 11 Berkeley, CA, US Cornerstone - CA

Jul 12 Richmond, VA, US The National

Jul 12 Seattle, WA, US Neumos

Jul 12 Albuquerque, NM, US Launchpad

Jul 12 Dallas, TX, US South Side Music Hall

Jul 12 Costa Mesa, CA, US Time Nightclub

Jul 12 Louisville, KY, US Headliners Music Hall

Jul 12 Dallas, TX, US Gilley's

Jul 13 St Louis, MO, US Off Broadway

Jul 13 Palm Springs, CA, US Pretty Faces Nightclub

Jul 18 Orlando, FL, US The Beacham

Jul 19 Atlanta, GA, US The Masquerade

Jul 19 San Diego, CA, US Casbah

Jul 20 Memphis, TN, US Growlers

Jul 20 Setúbal, Portugal Unknown venue

Jul 26 Sacramento, CA, US Ace of Spades

Jul 27 Sparks, NV, US The Ranch House

Jul 27 Boise, ID, US Knitting Factory

Jul 27 Kalamazoo, MI, US Back Room

Aug 3 Des Moines, IA, US Wooly's

Aug 3 Philadelphia, PA, US Underground Arts

Aug 3 Houston, TX, US Warehouse Live

Aug 9 Baltimore, MD, US Ottobar

Aug 9 Ferndale, MI, US The Magic Bag

Aug 16 Oklahoma City, OK, US Tower Theatre - Okc

Aug 16 Oklahoma City, OK, US Tower Theatre - Okc

Aug 16 Los Angeles (LA), CA, US Exchange LA

Aug 16 Omaha, NE, US The Waiting Room

Aug 17 Norfolk, VA, US The NorVa

Aug 17 Tulsa, OK, US Cain's Ballroom

Aug 17 Athens, GA, US Georgia Theatre

Aug 23 Minneapolis, MN, US Fine Line

Aug 23 Tucson, AZ, US Club Congress

Aug 24 Milwaukee, WI, US The Rave/Eagles Club

Aug 24 Pomona, CA, US The Glasshouse

Aug 29 Columbia, SC, US The Senate Aug 30 Honolulu, HI, US The Republik

Sep 1 Pioneertown, CA, US Pappy & Harriet's Pioneertown Palace

Sep 6 Ann Arbor, MI, US Blind Pig

Sep 6 San Marcos, TX, US The Marc

Sep 7 Cleveland, OH, US The Asylum

Sep 14 Denver, CO, US Summit Music Hall

Sep 14 Phoenix, AZ, US Crescent Ballroom

Sep 14 Grand Rapids, MI, US Elevation

Sep 15 Outdoor San Bernardino, CA, US Glen Helen Amphitheater

If your band is coming to the Minneapolis/St Paul area, please email details to [email protected] with a good lead time. Thank you.

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Avey Tare at 7th Street Entry, Minneapolis (08 April 2023)

04/08 Avey Tare at 7th St Entry Avey Tare Setlist Midnight Special The Musical Lips at Night Hey Bog Ghost of Books Neurons Ms. Secret Coral Lords Mystical Invisible Darlings Saturdays (Again) Chocolate Girl (Animal Collective song) Read More Avey Tare Avey Tare (a.k.a David Portner), one third of influencial experimental band Animal Collective is headlining the Amsterdam Bar & Hall on Sunday, April 7th. Avey Tare’s latest album Cows On Hourglass Pond …

New York’s Avey Tare headlined the 7th Street Entry on Saturday night in support of his fourth album 7s.

Opening the show was Good Doom, who played some songs from their albums Shocking Cloud and Welcome to the Ghost, under extreme blood red lighting.

They seemed really grateful when Avey Tare booked the band for the show. They drew out their 30-min set, hardly speaking and concentrating on playing their pyschwave songs. When they did speak, it’s to answer someone in the audience that they’re from Minneapolis.

As you may have already known, Avey Tare is part of Animal Collective, the popular experimental pop band. Like many music collective, sometime a songwriter may have an idea that doesn’t exactly fit in the Animal Collective sound… so that’s why we have Noah Lennox doing solo project as Panda Bear, Josh Dibb working as Deakin, Brian Weitz releasing projects under Geologist… and David Portner working as Avey Tare.

Seeing Portner work on this tour is pretty amazing. Avey Tare is responsible for playing the live music, he’s programmed the background music, set up the art stage (with two alligators), put together the video projection, has all his guitars pre-tuned and ready to go… he is basically the ultimate one-man-band. Unfortunately, due to the tight programming, it also meant that the set is basically the same night after night… but it has to be so everything can go according to plan.

As you can see from the setlist, they’re all solo Avey Tare material, with the exception for the last song. For the truly diehard fans who stuck around, they’re awarded with the Animal Collective song, “Chocolate Girl”. The song is a personal song co-written by Avey Tare and Panda Bear, about growing up and losing innocence.

Remaining Tour Dates

4/27: Henry Miller Memorial Library – Big Sur, CA
4/28: The Chapel – San Francisco, CA
4/29: HopMonk Tavern – Novato, CA
5/01: Polaris Hall – Portland, OR
5/02: The Crocodile – Seattle, WA
5/03: Biltmore Cabaret – Vancouver, BC
5/05: Urban Lounge – Salt Lake City, UT
5/06: Lost Lake Lounge – Denver, CO
5/08: Meow Wolf – Santa Fe, NM
5/09: Valley Bar – Phoenix, AZ
5/10: Casbah – San Diego, CA
5/13: Lodge Room – Los Angeles, CA

Good Doom

Good Doom

Avey Tare

Avey Tare at 7th St Entry, Minneapolis (08 April 2023)

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Minneapolis: December 13 to December 25, 2017

Here are some shows taking place in the Minneapolis/St Paul area from December 13 to December 25, 2017.

Read more: Minneapolis Music Guide.

Read More Semisonic The majority of the show is about Semisonic and Dan Wilson. The band doesn't regularly release music or go on tour, but once in a while, Wilson and company will play a show here and there. …

SEMISONIC
Turf Club
Wed 12/13/2017 (7pm/$35/Sold Out)
turfclub.net

SEMISONIC
+ Johnny & Molly
First Avenue
Fri 12/15/2017 (7pm/$35/Sold Out)
Sat 12/16/2017 (7pm/$35/Sold Out)
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Local favorites Semisonic is playing a couple hometown shows. The warmup show will be at the Turf Club on Wednesday. For Friday and Saturday, the group will be playing their record Feeling Strangely Fine in its entirety.

Johnny & Molly from Communist Daughter to open.

Let’s hope there’s not another slipping on ice this time around.

Semisonic writes:

Welcome back, friends and fans!

Those shows in June were a blast, but Semisonic’s 2017 isn’t over!

More soon.

Dan, John, and Jake

Read More The Score Blue October is back in town. The last time they were here, it was in June 2016. The Score to open. 7pm, $29.50. …

Other shows in the area:

THE SCORE
+ Castlecomer
7th Street Entry
Thu 12/14/2017 (7pm/$10)
first-avenue.com

Los Angeles rock band The Score (Eddie Anthony and Edan Dover) is on their “The Only One” tour with Castlecomer.

Tour Dates:

12/10 Philadelphia, PA Trocadero Balcony*
12/12 Ferndale, MI The Magic Bag*
12/13 Chicago, IL Schubas Tavern*
12/14 Minneapolis, MN 7th Street Entry*
12/16 Kansas City, MO The Record Bar*
12/17 Denver, CO Ophelia’s *
12/19 Salt Lake City, UT Kilby Court*
4/4 San Francisco, CA Regency Ballroom^
4/6 Portland, OR Wonder Ballroom^
4/7 Seattle, WA Neptune Theatre^
4/10 Salt Lake City, UT The Depot^
4/11 Englewood, CO Gothic Theatre^
4/13 Minneapolis, MN First Avenue^
4/14 Chicago, IL Metro^
4/15 Saint Louis, MO Delmar Hall^
4/17 Indianapolis, IN Deluxe ^
4/18 Detroit, MI Magic Stick^
4/19 Columbus, OH Newport Music Hall^
4/20 Cleveland, OH House of Blues^
4/22 Toronto, Canada Phoenix Concert Theatre^
4/26 Boston, MA Royale^
4/27 Philadelphia, PA Theatre of Living Arts^
4/28 New York, NY Irving Plaza^
4/29 Washington, DC 9:30 Club^
5/1 Atlanta, GA Variety Playhouse^
5/2 Nashville, TN 3rd & Lindsley^
5/4 Dallas, TX Granada Theater^
5/5 Houston, TX White Oak Music Hall^
5/6 Austin, TX Emo’s^
5/8 Mesa, AZ The Marquee^
5/11 San Diego, CA Music Box^
5/12 Los Angeles, CA Fonda Theatre^

*The Only One Tour Dates
^Inside A Dream Tour w/Echosmith

BAD BAD HATS
7th Street Entry
Sat 12/16/2017 (5pm/$15)
Sat 12/16/2017 (9pm/$15/Sold Out)
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Local Bad Bad Hats sold out the late show (with Jessica Manning) … so they booked an earlier 5pm show with Idle Empress.

ST PAUL SCHOOL OF ROCK
7th Street Entry
Sun 12/17/2017 (1pm/$10)
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The St Paul School Of Rock presents the music of Led Zeppelin and CBGB.

Please note time: 1pm.

LIL PUMP
+ Devon Reason
First Avenue
Mon 12/18/2017 (6:30pm/$27/Sold Out)
first-avenue.com

Florida’s Lil Pump sold out his First Avenue’s mainroom show next Monday. It’s easy to see how he sold out his show, the superstar’s self-titled debut album rocketed to #1 on the Billboard Emerging Artists Chart and his YouTube channel had over 260+ million views.

Tour dates:

12/11 Wallingford, CT The Dome
12/12 New York, NY Playstation Theater
12/13 Buffalo, NY Town Ballroom
12/15 Cleveland, OH Agora Theatre
12/16 Detroit, MI Majestic Theatre
12/17 San Bernardino, CA Rolling Loud So Cal
12/18 Minneapolis, MN First Avenue
12/19 Milwaukee, WI The Rave
12/21 Las Vegas, NV Brooklyn Bowl
12/22 Santa Ana, CA The Observatory
12/23 San Diego, CA The Observatory

THE IRREPLACEABLES
Skyway Theatre
Tue 12/19/2017 (4pm/$35)
skywaytheatre.com

The girls from Dance Moms (billed as The Irreplaceables) will be in town at the Skyway Theatre to demonstrate some proper stretch, warm-up technique, and unique dance lessons.

Waivers will need to be submitted online prior to entry. Special entry price available for parent/guardian accompanying a minor.

Package includes:

• First-look and buy at The exclusive IRREPLACEABLES Merch Pop-up.
• Access to prime, up-front viewing position in the venue.
• Meet & Greet- The Irreplaceables will be taking photos with fans on a special red carpet in front a limited-edition step-and-repeat.

Tentative Schedule

4:30-5:00PM – Dance Workshop Check-in
5:00-6:00PM – Workshop/class
6:00-7:00PM – Exit venue/cue up for GA or VIP line
6:30PM – VIP Doors/merch store opens
7:00PM – GA doors
7:30-9:00PM – Show time
9:30-10:30PM – M&G

GOOD DOOM, STANLEY, and DOUBLE GRAVE
7th Street Entry
Wed 12/20/2017 ( 7:30/$8)
first-avenue.com

Local bands Good Doom, Stanley, and Double Grave will be playing some music at the 7th Street Entry on Wednesday.

NELLY / T.I.
Myth
Thu 12/21/2017 (7pm/$60)
mythlive.com

The co-headlining tour of Nelly and T.I. will take place at the Myth on Thursday.

TRAILER TRASH
Turf Club
Fri 12/22/2017 ($22/Sold Out)
Sat 12/23/2017 ($22)
turfclub.net

Trailer Trash presents “The Trashy Little XMas Show”.

Trailer Trash got its start as a regular attraction at Lee’s Liquor Lounge, in downtown Minneapolis. With the popularity of retro-country music and swing-dancing in the mid-90s, the band found a following among new generations of music lovers.

Friday’s show is sold out.

CHRISTMAS EVE
Sun 12/24/2017

CHRISTMAS DAY
Mon 12/25/2017

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Minneapolis: May 12 to May 16, 2017

Here are some concerts taking place in the Minneapolis/St Paul area from May 12 to May 16, 2017.

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Read More Charly Bliss New York's Charly Bliss opened up the show, a tad later than advertised. But we soon discovered that it was well worth the wait, the young band had a very 90s alt girl ....

CHARLY BLISS
at 7th Street Entry
Friday 05/12/17, 8pm ($8)
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New York’s Charly Bliss will be headlining the 7th Street Entry in support of their album, Guppy (Barsuk Records).

We caught the band with Veruca Salt in 2015 and wrote, “New York's Charly Bliss opened up the show, a tad later than advertised. But we soon discovered that it was well worth the wait, the young band had a very 90s alt girl rock (think Eve's Plum). It's hard not to like the band, especially seeing singer Eva get really excited about playing their songs.”

Strange Relations and See Through Dresses will open.

Tour dates:

5/05 - Los Angeles, CA @ The Echo <3
5/07 - San Francisco, CA @ Rickshaw Stop <3
5/08 - Portland, OR @ Mississippi Studios
5/09 - Seattle, WA @ Vera Project
5/12 - Minneapolis, MN @ 7th Street Entry ~
5/13 - Chicago, IL @ Schubas ~
5/14 - Lansing, MI @ Mac's ~
5/15 - Cleveland, OH @ Beachland Tavern ~
5/17 - Philadelphia, PA @ Boot and Saddle !
5/18 - Brooklyn, NY @ Baby's All Right !
6/15 - Washington, DC @ Black Cat !
6/16 - New Haven, CT @ Cafe Nine !

~ with See Through Dresses
<3 with Upset
! with Yucky Duster

Read More Mono Not to be confused with the defunct French band, this Mono is a Japanese instrumental shoegaze band. Their last album, called Hymn to the Immortal Wind, which was three years ago … DIIE Minneapolis four piece DIIE who are described as a tasty blend of psych-rock and desert jazz with an emphasis on shredding. Yesssssssssss. …

KIKAGAKU MOYO
at 7th Street Entry
Sunday 05/14/17, 7:30pm ($10)
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Tokyo’s Kikagaku Moyo (幾何学模様) is making a rare Minneapolis appearance (that is to say I don’t think they’ve ever been in Minneapolis) at the 7th Street Entry in support of their album House In The Tall Grass. The record came out April 21st via Guruguru Brain, with a vinyl release from Stone Garden.

The experimental band (who’s name translates to “geometric patterns”) recently opened up for Mono, which we mentioned in April.

Diie and Good Doom to open.

Tour dates:

05.05.16 – Winooski, VT @ Waking Windows
05.06.16 – Montreal, QC @ Bar le Ritz
05.07.16 – Boston, MA @ Great Scott
05.09.16 – Cleveland, OH @ Mahall’s
05.10.16 – Pittsburgh, PA @ Spirit
05.11.16 – Detroit, MI @ Marble Bar
05.12.16 – Chicago, IL @ Empty Bottle
05.13.16 – Milwaukee Psych Fest
05.14.16 – Minneapolis, MN @ 7th Street Entry
05.17.16 – Portland, OR @ Doug Fir
05.18.16 – Vancouver, BC @ The Cobalt
05.19.16 – Seattle, WA @ Sunset Tavern
05.20.16 – Eugene, OR @ Hi Fi Music Hall
05.21.16 – San Francisco, CA @ Independent
05.22.16 – Los Angeles, CA @ Echoplex
05.23.16 – San Diego, CA @ Hideout
05.24.16 – Tucson, AZ @ Flycatcher
05.26.16 – Austin, TX @ Scottish Rite
05.27.16 – Dallas, TX @ The Foundry
05.28.16 – Memphis, TN @ Growler’s
05.29.16 – Asheville, NC @ Mothlight
05.30.16 – Nashville, TN @ High Watt
05.31.16 – Atlanta, GA @ The Earl

Read More Black Angels The crowd only slightly thinned as visuals were cued up and Austin, TX psych/garage rockers The Black Angels entered, opening with ‘Mission District’ and its droning, guitar-driven pulse … Neil Hamburger America's favorite funnyman Neil Hamburger is coming back to Minneapolis at the Cedar Cultural Center this August 21st (additional details available at thecedar.org). I know a few fans who… Northern Invasion Northern Invasion (09 May 2015) Concerts start to ramp up as the weather warms with Slipknot and friends staging a headbanging Northern Invasion in nearby Somerset, WI on May 9. .… Coheed and Cambria Progressive rock band Coheed and Cambria's In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth: 3 is being re-issued on vinyl on Equal Vision Records/Columbia Records/Legacy Recordings on October 21st. …

Other shows in the area:

05/12/17 Singer/songwriter Amy Helm will be playing at the Dakota Jazz Club & Restaurant. Cindy Cashdollar to open. 7pm, $33.

05/12/17 Texas R&B singer and songwriter SoMo is playing the Skyway Theatre in support of his second LP The Answers (Republic Records). 7pm, $27.50.

05/12/17 America’s Funnyman Neil Hamburger will be poorly telling tasteless jokes at Turf Club this Friday. The show is sold out. 7pm, $18 / Sold Out.

05/12/17 Psych band The Black Angels and A Place To Bury Strangers to play First Avenue’s mainroom. Show up early to check out APTBS’ newest member, drummer Lia Simone (formerly of Ostrich Eyes and Peter Pants). 8pm, $20.

05/13-05/14/17 Northern Invasion will once again be at Somerset Amphitheater (in Wisconsin). It’s a few hours to drive there, but might be fun to get away for the weekend. 3pm, $89.50 (two days).

05/13/17 Coheed and Cambria is back at First Avenue. The Dear Hunter to open. The show is sold out. 7:30pm, $35.

05/13/17 Näive Sense’ last show will be at the Triple Rock Social Club. Joining in the celebration is Chicago’s Typesetter, Hive (not to be confused with Sweden's The Hives), Another Heaven., and Wretch. 8pm, $10.

05/15/17 Olympia punk band RVIVR will be rocking out at Triple Rock Social Club. 8pm, $10.

05/16/17 Metal band Conan (not to be confused with Conan the Barbarian or Conan O’Brien) will be at Triple Rock Social Club. North and Flintlock will open. 8pm, $12.

05/16/17 Punk band Flogging Molly will be headlining the new Palace Theatre in St Paul. Dylan Walshe to open. 7pm, $38.

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