Rocktober: October 21 to October 22

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10/21 This Is The Kit with Gruff Rhys at Turf Club Read More This Is The Kit On this tour, This Is the Kit (Kate Stables) is joined by bassist Jesse Vernon and drummer Jamie Whitby-Coles. She started off with a solo song ‘Easy on the Thieves’, then as a trio …

10/21/2023 Saturday

This Is The Kit
with Gruff Rhys
at Turf Club
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British musician This is the Kit is headlining the Turf Club in St Paul on Oct 21.

This is the Kit (19 Oct 2017)

We caught This is the Kit in Oct 2017 and said, “On this tour, This Is the Kit (Kate Stables) is joined by bassist Jesse Vernon and drummer Jamie Whitby-Coles. She started off with a solo song ‘Easy on the Thieves’, then as a trio, then back to solo with ‘All Written out in Numbers’. Stables often tuned between songs, making for awkward unfinished stories and comments. She played acoustic guitar, but it seemed like she’s most comfortable when she’s plucking on her banjo. Highlight of her set was Sad Sax of Sh** (the Bon Iver horns section led by Nelson Devereaux), joining This is the Kit for most of their set. According to Stables, they met in June 2017 and immediately hit it off. The added saxophones gave This is the Kit’s songs a fresh, upbeat sound.”

Lovely to see former Super Furry Animals’ Gruff Rhys will open the show.

Tour dates:

Oct 1 Lyon, France Epicerie Modern
Oct 3 Lille, France L'Aéronef
Oct 4 Reims, France La Cartonnerie
Oct 5 Audincourt, France Le Moloco
Oct 6 Paris, France Le Trabendo
Oct 11 New York (NYC), NY, US Le Poisson Rouge
Oct 12 Boston, MA, US Red Room, Cafe 939
Oct 13 Philadelphia, PA, US Johnny Brenda's
Oct 14 Washington, DC, US Songbyrd
Oct 17 Toronto, ON, Canada Drake Hotel Underground
Oct 19 Chicago, IL, US Lincoln Hall
Oct 20 Milwaukee, WI, US The Back Room
Oct 21 St. Paul, MN, US Turf Club
Oct 24 Denver, CO, US Globe Hall
Oct 26 Boise, ID, US Neurolux
Oct 27 Portland, OR, US Mississippi Studios
Oct 28 Seattle, WA, US Woodlawn Hall
Oct 29 Vancouver, BC, Canada Wise Hall
Nov 1 Grass Valley, CA, US The Center For The Arts
Nov 2 San Francisco, CA, US The Chapel
Nov 4 South Pasadena, CA, US Masonic Lodge
Nov 8 Worthing, UK Assembly Hall
Nov 9 Cambridge, UK Cambridge Junction
Nov 10 Reading, UK St Laurence's Church
Nov 11 Cardiff, UK Tramshed
Nov 12 Birmingham, UK Glee Club
Nov 14 Gwynedd, UK Neuadd Ogwen
Nov 16 Cork, Ireland Cyprus Avenue
Nov 17 Galway, Ireland Roisin Dubh
Nov 18 Dublin, Ireland National Concert Hall
Nov 19 Belfast, UK Mandela Hall
Nov 21 Edinburgh, UK Summerhall
Nov 22 Gateshead, UK Sage Gateshead
Nov 23 Leeds, UK Leeds Irish Centre
Nov 24 Manchester, UK Manchester Academy 2
Nov 25 London, UK Barbican Centre
Jan 25 2024 Norwich, UK Epic Studios
Jan 26 2024 Liverpool, UK Grand Central Hall
Jan 30 2024 Hull, UK The Adelphi
Jan 31 2024 Sheffield, UK Crookes Social Club
Feb 2 2024 Falmouth, UK Princess Pavilion
Feb 3 2024 Bristol, UK Bristol Beacon

10/21 Old Crow Medicine Show at Palace Theatre Read More Old Crow Medicine Show Americana string band Old Crow Medicine Show will be heading back to Minneapolis at the State Theatre, in support of their latest album Remedy, out now on ATO Records…

10/21/2023 Saturday

Old Crow Medicine Show
at Palace Theatre
first-avenue.com

Two-time GRAMMY award-winning band Old Crow Medicine Show will be headlining the Palace Theatre in St Paul on October 21st. The band’s new album Jubilee is out now on ATO Records.

Their single, “One Drop”, features Mavis Staples, and described as a “gospel-inspired romp” that closed out the new album.

Talking about the single, bandleader Ketch Secor explains: “For years Old Crow has always had a song or two on an album striving to sum up the need for a spiritual awakening, a rededication to ideals, and a sing-a-long tune for the campfire’s last dying ember. This is the latest in our canon of ‘songs of a spiritual persuasion,’ and, I think, one of our best, due in no small part to the presence of a legend of gospel music and more, the great Mavis Staples. Mavis epitomizes a life in roots music and Old Crow can only hope that the next 25 years will bring us, like she is, closer to the true vine.”

As of this writing, no opening band is listed.

Tour dates:

October 6 - Monterey, CA @ Rebels & Renegades
October 20 - Carlton, MN @ Black Bear Casino
October 21 - St. Paul, MN @ Palace Theatre
October 30 - London, UK @ Hammersmith
November 1 - Glasgow, UK @ Barrowland Ballroom
November 2 - Manchester, UK @ Albert Hall
November 16 - Chicago, IL @ Salt Shed
December 30 - Nashville, TN @ Ryman Auditorium
December 31 - Nashville, TN @ Ryman Auditorium

10/22 Madison McFerrin with XINA at 7th St Entry Read More XINA XINA (rhymes with China) is a 23-year-old, multi-disciplinary artist based in the Twin Cities. If you ask what she does, she'll simply say "arts and crafts," an umbrella term for her expansive roles as a …

10/22/2023 Sunday

Madison McFerrin
with XINA
at 7th St Entry
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Independent artist, producer, and musician Madison McFerrin is touring support of her debut album I Hope You Can Forgive Me. The tour will find its away to the 7th Street Entry on October 22nd.

XINA to open.

Tour dates:

October 4 – Fox Cabaret, Vancouver, BC
October 7 – Discovery Theatre, Anchorage, AK
October 11 – Le Belmont, Montreal, QC
October 14 – Berlind Theatre, Princeton, NJ
October 15 – Space Ballroom - Hamden, CT
October 16 – Space 538, Portland, ME
October 18 – TD Music Hall, Toronto, ON
October 19 – Marble Bar, Detroit, MI
October 22 – 7th Street Entry, Minneapolis, MN
October 25 – Gabe's, Iowa City, IA
October 28 – NorthStar Church of the Arts, Durham, NC

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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