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Minneapolis: September 24 to September 30, 2018

Here are some shows taking place in the Minneapolis/St Paul area from September 24 to September 30, 2018.

Read more: Minneapolis Music Guide.

We Were Promised Jetpacks 2018 Tour Read More We Were Promised Jetpacks We Were Promised Jetpacks (Adam Thompson -vocals/guitar; Michael Palmer-guitar; Sean Smith-bass, Stuart McGachan- keys/guitar; Darren Lackie- drums) then followed with a crushing, passionate 75 min. …

WE WERE PROMISED JETPACKS
+ Jenn Champion
Turf Club
Fri 09/28/2018 (8pm/$15)
turfclub.net

Scottish rock band We Were Promised Jetpacks is back in town with their fourth full-length album, The More I Sleep The Less I Dream.

We’re big fans of the band, having caught them at SXSW 2009 and followed their shows in Minneapolis any chance we get (the last being at the Varsity in 2015).

Jenn Champion (formerly known as S and Jenn Ghetto and band member of Carissa's Wierd) will open the show.

Tour dates:

09.19 - Portland, ME @ Portland City Music Hall
09.20 - Porstmouth, NH @ 3S Artspace
09.21 - Montreal, QC @ Bar Le "Ritz" P.D.B.
09.22 - Toronto, ON @ Lee's Palace
09.23 - Ann Arbor, MI @ Blind Pig
09.25 - Chicago, IL @ Lincoln Hall
09.26 - Chicago, IL @ Lincoln Hall
09.27 - Madison, WI @ Majestic Theater
09.28 - St. Paul, MN @ Turf Club
09.29 - Fargo, ND @ The Aquarium
10.01 - Billings, MT @ The Pub Station
10.02 - Spokane, WA @ The Bartlett
10.03 - Seattle, WA @ Neumos
10.04 - Portland, OR @ Wonder Ballroom
10.05 - Bellingham, WA @ The Wild Buffalo
10.06 - Eugene, OR @ WOW Hall
10.08 - Chico, CA @ The Big Room
10.09 - San Francisco, CA @ Great American
10.11 - Los Angeles, CA @ El Rey Theatre
10.12 - San Diego, CA @ Irenic
10.13 - Phoenix, AZ @ The Crescent Ballroom
10.15 - Dallas, TX @ Club Dada
10.16 - Austin, TX @ Mohawk
10.17 - Houston, TX @ White Oak Music Hall
10.18 - New Orleans, LA @ House of Blues
10.19 - Chattanooga, TN @ Songbirds
10.20 - Atlanta, GA @ Terminal West
10.22 - Carrboro, NC @ Cat's Cradle
10.23 - Washington, DC @ 930 Club
10.24 - Asbury Park, NJ @ Asbury Lanes
10.26 - Allston, MA @ Brighton Music Hall
10.27 - Philadelphia, PA @ Foundry
10.28 - Lancaster, PA @ Chameleon Club
10.29 - Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Steel

We, the Revolution at First Avenue Jupiter & Okwess 2018 Tour Still Corners: Slow Air Frankie Cosmos 2018 Poster Wizard Fest 2018 David Wilcox 2018 Tour Island 2018 Poster Jeremy Zucker 2018 Tour UB40 40th Anniversary Poster Dead Sara at 7th Street Entry Poster Read More Lin-Manuel Miranda Lin-Manuel Miranda sent along a video, apologizing that commitments left him unable to attend, also praising Starkey’s efforts with his own foundation, to aid in still weather-stricken Puerto Rico. … Harry Potter Although comic books are our thing, MNFF does offer other options for fans of television, films, books (wow at Harry Potter’s fanbase!), sci-fi (Star Wars), Doctor Who, cosplay, anime, gaming, etc. ... Still Corners Originally on a headlining tour of their own, at nearly the last minute Still Corners got added to the opening slot for buzz band CHVRCHES. They played a sold out show this past Saturday night at the Fine Line Music Cafe. … Frankie Cosmos Frankie Cosmos (aka Greta Kline) got her name from her boyfriend Aaron Maine (aka Porches)... who also plays in Cosmos’ touring band. We’ve previously caught Porches and said that the band was popular with the young college students... …

Other shows in the area:

WE, THE REVOLUTION
feat. Hamilton Company Members
First Avenue
Mon 09/24/2018 (6pm/$75)
first-avenue.com

We, The Revolution is a charity event for the benefit of Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS and features Hamilton company members.

For fans who can’t get a ticket to the sold-out Broadway show, this may be the next best thing.

Ashley Támar Davis, the one-time muse and favorite singer of Prince, to open.

Price breakdown:

GA tickets: $75.00

VIP tickets: $200.00

King's Table VIP tickets: $400.00

Student Rush tickets: $20.00

JUPITER & OKWESS / FENDIKA
Cedar Cultural Center
Tue 09/25/2018 (7pm/$22)
thecedar.org

Congo’s Jupiter & Okwess and Ethiopia’s Fendika will be co-headlining the Cedar Cultural Center on September 25th.

Gorillaz fans should take note of Jupiter Bokondji and his band Okwess, because singer/songwriter Damon Albarn is a big fan and made contribution to their second album Kin Sonic (Everloving Records).

Tour Dates:

09/21 - Albuquerque, NM - Globalquerque Festival
09/22 - Chicago, IL - Concord Music Hall
09/23 - Chicago, IL - Navy Pier IMAX
09/25 - Minneapolis, MN - Cedar Cultural Center
09/26 - Guanajuato, Mexico - Festival Cervantino
09/28 - Bloomington, IN - Lotus Festival
09/29 - Bloomington, IN - Lotus Festival
10/02 - Philadelphia, PA - MilkBoy
10/03 - Brooklyn, NY - Littlefield
10/05 - Boston, MA - Boston University
10/07 - Joshua Tree, CA - Joshua Tree Music Festival
10/08 - San Diego, CA - Soda Bar
10/09 - Los Angeles, CA - Zebulon Cafe Concert
10/11 - San Francisco, CA - The Independent
10/12 - Crystal Bay, NV - Crystal Bay Club Casino
10/16 - Seattle, WA - Nectar Lounge
10/18 - Sacramento, CA - Harlow's
10/20 - Black Mountain, NC - LEAF Community Arts Festival
10/26 - Guanajuato, Mexico - Explanada de la Alhóndiga
10/27 - Mérida, Mexico - Teatro Armando Manzanero

STILL CORNERS
+ Foxes in Fiction, DJ Jake Rudh
Turf Club
Tue 09/25/2018 (7:30pm/$12)
turfclub.net

Austin’s Still Corners is back with a fourth studio album Slow Air (released August 17 via Wrecking Light). The promo tour will stop by the Turf Club in St Paul on Tuesday.

We haven’t seen the band since 2013, and said, “Singer Tessa Murray stared out at the crowd with intense eyes as she sang over the pulsating beat and simple instrumentation. Next up was "Beatcity', a synth-laden, dancey tune where Murray sang breathily 'I haven't see you for some time..". They then reverted back to an older song 'Into the Trees', an infectiously cool song with a repetitive guitar line, more breathy vocals and precise percussion.”

Tour dates:

9/18/2018 - Brooklyn, NY - Elsewhere
9/19/2018 - Montreal, QC - Bar Le Ritz
9/20/2018 - Toronto, ON - Hard Luck
9/21/2018 - Cleveland, OH - Beachland Tavern
9/22/2018 - Grand Rapids, MI - Pyramid Scheme
9/23/2018 - Chicago, IL - Beat Kitchen
9/25/2018 - Minneapolis, MN - Turf Club
10/25/2018 - Austin, TX - Barracuda
10/28/2018 - Tucson, AZ - Club Congress
10/29/2018 - Phoenix, AZ - Rebel Lounge
10/30/2018 - San Diego, CA - Casbah
10/31/2018 - Tustin, CA - Marty's On Newport
11/1/2018 - Los Angeles, CA - Resident
11/2/2018 - San Francisco, CA - Neck of the Woods
11/4/2018 - Portland, OR - Doug Fir Lounge
11/5/2018 - Seattle, WA - Sunset
11/6/2018 - Vancouver, BC - Fox Cabaret

FRANKIE COSMOS
+ Lomelda, Stef Chura
Fine Line Music Cafe
Wed 09/26/2018 (7pm/$16)
finelinemusic.com

Frankie Cosmos (Greta Kline) is back on the road in support of her new record Vessel (Sub Pop Records).

Tour dates:

09/17/2018 Saturn Birmingham, AL
09/19/2018 Gasa Gasa New Orleans, LA
09/20/2018 Satellite Bar Houston, TX
09/26/2018 Fine Line Music Cafe Minneapolis, MN
09/27/2018 Colectivo Coffee Milwaukee, WI
10/01/2018 Grog Shop Cleveland Heights, OH
10/05/2018 White Eagle Hall Jersey City, NJ
10/06/2018 Music Hall Of Williamsburg Brooklyn, NY
10/07/2018 The Bowery Ballroom New York, NY

WIZARD FEST 2018
Cabooze
Thu 09/27/2018 (7pm/$15)
cabooze.com

Formerly known as Harry Potter Parties, this Harry Potter-themed gathering named was probably changed for legal reasons, to Wizard Fest (not to be confused with Wizard World, the traveling comic book convention).

Wizard Fest wants to bring together Potter fans and encouraged them to dress up for an epic costume contest. Winners gets cash prizes and Potter-related gifts.

Having seen firsthand at all the J.K. Rowling / Harry Potter fans at Wizard World and Minnesota Fan Fusion, this upcoming show will be packed!

Remember, you have to be 21+ to order the Butterbeer.

Festivities include:

Live DJ & Dance Party

Costume Contest

Drink Specials

Quidditch Pong

DAVID WILCOX
Cedar Cultural Center
Fri 09/28/2018 (8pm/$25)
thecedar.org

Cleveland-born David Wilcox is headlining the Cedar on Friday, September 28th. As of this writing, no opening band is listed, but the venue promises a “special guest”.

Tour dates:

09/20/2018 Center For Arts Natick, MA
09/21/2018 Katharine Hepburn Old Saybrook, CT
09/27/2018 CSPS Cedar Rapids, IA
09/28/2018 The Cedar Cultural Center Minneapolis, MN
09/29/2018 First Unitarian Church Des Moines, IA
09/30/2018 Old Town School Chicago, IL
10/05/2018 McCabe's Guitar Shop Santa Monica, CA
10/06/2018 Shannon Performing Arts Center Whittier, CA
10/07/2018 Soho Restaurant Santa Barbara, CA
10/09/2018 Harvest Community Church Eugene, OR
10/10/2018 Alberta Rose Theatre Portland, OR
10/11/2018 The Triple Door Seattle, WA
10/20/2018 Muddy Creek Cafe Winston-Salem, NC

ISLAND
+ The Blancos, Dekam & Johnson
7th Street Entry
Sat 09/29/2018 (8pm/$12)
first-avenue.com

UK’s Island (not to be confused with Canada/California’s Islands) is on their first North American tour, and they are stopping by the 7th Street Entry on Saturday, September 29th. The group’s debut album Feels Like Air is available now on Frenchkiss Records.

Opening for the band will be The Blancos (Brooklyn/South Florida duo) and Dekam & Johnson.

Tour dates:

09/17 - San Francisco, CA - Cafe du Nord
09/18 - Los Angeles, CA - Moroccan Lounge
09/20 - Costa Mesa, CA - Wayfarer
09/21 - San Diego, CA - Casbah
09/22 - Phoenix, AZ - Valley Bar
09/25 - Austin, TX - Stubbs Jr
09/26 - Dallas, TX - Mohawk
09/28 - Kansas City, MO - Record Bar
09/29 - Minneapolis, MN - 7th St Entry
10/01 - Chicago, IL - Beat Kitchen
10/02 - Columbus, OH - Basement
10/04 - Boston, MA - Great Scott
10/05 - Washington, DC - Songbyrd
10/06 - Brooklyn, NY - Baby's All Right

JEREMY ZUCKER
+ Chelsea Cutler
Varsity Theater
Sat 09/29/2018 (6pm/$98)
varsitytheater.com

Multi-talented, Brooklyn-based singer, songwriter and producer Jeremy Zucker is on his “first ever North American tour”. He’ll be headlining the Varsity Theater on Saturday. The date was originally not on his initial tour itinerary (see poster).

Tour dates:

09/19 Chapel Hill, NC Local 506
09/20 Columbus, OH The Basement
09/21 Philadelphia, PA The Foundry
09/24 Allston, MA Great Scott
09/26 Toronto, Canada Velvet Underground
09/27 Ann Arbor, MI The Blind Pig
09/28 Chicago, IL Beat Kitchen
09/29 Minneapolis, MN Chop Shop
10/3 Omaha, NE Slowdown Front Room
10/4 Denver, CO Larimer Lounge
10/5 Salt Lake City, UT Kilby Court
10/8 Seattle, WA The Crocodile
10/9 Portland, OR Hawthorne Lounge
10/11 San Francisco, CA Brick & Mortar
10/13 San Diego, CA Irenic
10/15 Los Angeles Roxy Theatre
10/16 Phoenix, AZ Valley Bar
10/18 Dallas, TX HOB Cambridge Room
10/19 Austin, TX Parish
10/20 Houston, TX HOB Bronze Peacock
10/22 Atlanta, GA Vinyl
10/24 Washington, DC U Street Music Hall
10/25 New York, NY Bowery Ballroom

UB40
The Cabooze
Sun 09/30/2018 (7pm/$40)
cabooze.com

World-famous reggae stars UB40 are on a For the Many 40th Anniversary tour, stopping by the Cabooze on Sunday, September 30th. You should probably order some red, red wine at the show.

Tour dates:

09/28/2018 - Cleveland, OH - Agora Theatre
09/29/2018 - Waukegan, IL - Genesee Theatre
09/30/2018 - Minneapolis, MN - Cabooze
10/2/2018 - Kansas City, MO - Crossroads KC
10/4/2018 - Indianapolis, IN - The Vogue
10/6/2018 - Roanoke, VA - Dr. Pepper Park
10/9/2018 - Oklahoma City. OK - The Tower Theatre
10/10/2018 - Dallas , TX - Gas Monkey
10/12/2018 - New Orleans, LA - House of Blues
10/19/2018 - Bonita Springs, FL - Ibis Theater
10/23/2018 - Norfolk, VA - The Norva
10/24/2018 - Raleigh, NC - Duke Energy Center
10/25/2018 - Richmond, VA - The National
10/28/2018 - Wilmington, DE - The Queen
10/31/2018 - New York, NY - Brooklyn Bowl
11/1/2018 - Boston, MA - The Wilbur

DEAD SARA
+ Welles
7th Street Entry
Sun 09/30/2018 (7pm/$12/Sold Out)
first-avenue.com

Los Angeles’ alternative band Dead Sara is headlining the 7th Street Entry on September 30th.

23-year-old Welles to open. The show is sold out.

Tour dates:

9/14 // Atlanta, GA // Masquerade Purgatory Stage
9/15 // Carrborro, NC // Cat's Cradle
9/17 // Brooklyn, NY // Music Hall
9/18 // Washington, DC // Black Cat Back Room
9/20 // Philadelphia, PA // Boot & Saddle
9/22 // Boston, MA // Middle East Upstairs
9/25 // Detroit, MI // The Shelter
9/27 // Indianapolis, IN // HiFi
9/28 // Columbus, OH // The Basement
9/29 // Chicago, IL // Beat Kitchen
9/30 // Minneapolis, MN // 7th Street Entry
10/2 // Denver, CO // Moon Room
10/3 // Salt Lake City, UT // The State Room
10/5 // Seattle, WA // Barboza
10/7 // Portland, OR // Mississippi Studios
10/11 // San Francisco, CA // Slim's

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Starkey Hearing Foundation 18th Annual Awards Gala at Rivercentre, St. Paul (15 July 2018)

W♥M275: Starkey Hearing Foundation (12 mins) W♥M274: Starkey Red Carpet (8 mins) Music/Entertainment Setlist The Tenors The Prayer Darci Lynne Farmer Who’s Loving You (Jackson 5 cover) The Way You Look Tonight (Frank Sinatra cover) / Hit the Road Jack (Ray Charles cover) O Mio Babbino Caro w/ Petunia Paul Williams The Rainbow Connection The Tenors Forever Young (Bob Dylan cover) Gloria Gaynor Never Can Say Goodbye I Will Survive Sinbad Sinbad - stand-up set Don Felder Hotel California Alice Cooper/Don Felder/Robbie Krieger No More Mr. Nice Guy I’m Eighteen Five to One / Break on Through (The Doors covers) Brown Sugar (The Rolling Stones cover) School’s Out /Another Brick in the Wall Pt 2 (Pink Floyd cover) Read More Starkey Hearing Foundation Once again, on a Sunday July afternoon, St. Paul became Tinseltown if only for an evening as the Starkey Hearing Foundation’s So The World May Hear 18th Annual Gala, in support ... Alice Cooper Rock icon Alice Cooper is bringing his incredibly live show to Mankato’s Vetter Stone Amphitheater this Friday, June 9th. We caught Cooper & Co earlier in December 2015 and said, “Alice Cooper shows … Gloria Gaynor Grammy-awarding winning singer and disco queen Gloria Gaynor; winner of Season 12 of America’s Got Talent Darci Lynne Farmer … The Tenors International vocal group The Tenors, but wanted to first showcase the red carpet arrivals and the numerous celebrity attendees that showed their support. … Paul Williams The music is written by Kenny Ascher and Paul Williams. Ascher was best known for his keyboard and arrangements on John Lennon's album Walls and Bridges and Yoko Ono's A Story. …

The gift of hearing--

It’s one of the five senses many of us take for granted, but to those that are without it, the chance to gain (or re-gain in some cases) that vital gift, brings a feeling of utter joy that becomes difficult to fully express.  Starkey Foundation’s 18th Annual So the World May Hear Awards Gala held at the Rivercentre ballroom in St. Paul, celebrated that precious gift and honored several dignitaries for their own similar humanitarian works.

The annual benefit, which supports the Foundation’s community-based hearing healthcare programs and other global strategic initiatives, filled the upstairs main ballroom with 1,500 supporters and donors for a memorable evening that informed, entertained, enlightened, and thrilled. 

The annual formal gala is the centerpiece of Starkey’s year-long campaign to grow the Foundation’s international life-changing missions and domestically, its Hear Now program continues to provide hearing devices to those in need as well.

We previously showed you the star-studded red carpet arrivals; now, we want to focus on the gala itself and its many memorable music performances.

A silent auction of all types of memorabilia and items greeted supporters in the upstairs lobby and the doors soon opened to a full orchestra playing with dinner being served at the numerous ten-person tables. The evening got off to a slightly rocky start, beginning late with the traditional opening of an American bald eagle, set to fly above the crowd to land on his trainer’s arm on a platform on the other side of the room, not quite happening as expected. 

That proved to be comic gold for returning host and emcee Sinbad, who made light of things and reassured everyone that all was ok, promising a fun and entertaining evening.  Canadian trio The Tenors made a return appearance to the gala, themselves just recently back from one of Starkey’s transformative missions in Zambia, to open the evening with their hit, ‘The Prayer’. 

Bayat Foundation co-founders Dr. Ehsan Bayat and Mrs. Fatima Laya Bayat were honored for their work on behalf of in-need Afghans, before the next performer to the stage was ventriloquist and entertainer Darci Lynne Farmer. The thirteen year-old won season12 of America’s Got Talent and brought with her, puppet Oscar, a Motown-loving mouse to sing a Jackson 5 cover, pulled a couple from the audience to have them croon on cue as human puppets, and thoroughly impressed as she and her rabbit puppet Petunia, sang a classic Italian opera.

Elton John sent a long a short film before songwriter/actor Paul Williams was honored, the grateful philanthropist even sang his trademark Muppet hit, The Rainbow Connection’.  Actor Forest Whitaker then spoke about his own foundation’s peacebuilding initiatives and after a short film set in Dubai, former President Bill Clinton electrified the room with a stirring and inspirational mostly-improvised speech. 

The Tenors then returned to the stage for a soaring version of a classic from Minnesota native Bob Dylan before Starkey Foundation’s Bill Austin gave a humble and emotional address about being the best you are, and giving back. 

The auction then got underway, with tablets on each table to enabling a click-to-donate feature, as well as the chance to accompany the Starkey team on mission experiences to far-flung lands as a life-changing opportunity to provide the gift of hearing to those in need. Comedian Billy Crystal assisted in the proceedings with honoree Paul Williams even donated the opportunity to have him compose a unique song of your own choosing. 

The second half of the evening began with a dancing start as Grammy-winning singer Gloria Gaynor emerged for a too short two-song set, including of course, her disco-era anthem, ‘I Will Survive’, “We’re all speaking the language of love tonight” Gaynor said, introducing the classic song. Lin-Manuel Miranda sent along a video, apologizing that commitments left him unable to attend, also praising Starkey’s efforts with his own foundation, to aid in still weather-stricken Puerto Rico. 

Alice Cooper came out early to help honor his longtime manager, chef, and humanitarian Shep Gordon and then Sinbad returned for a longer, often hilarious stand-up set, riffing on everything from a possible downside of restoring hearing, going through airports, compression socks, and even taking a few questions from the audience. 

Billy Crystal spoke to honor his friend and Special Olympics chairman Timothy Shriver and then amps were turned up and all eyes turned to the left side of the main stage for the evening’s closing musical performance.

“Anybody recognize this guitar?” four-time Grammy Award winning ex-guitarist for The Eagles, Don Felder asked, holding up his signature double neck before strumming the recognizable first chords of ‘Hotel California’’.  Felder then introduced Cooper, and he and the band dove straight into ‘No More Mr. Nice Guy’, accompanied by the legendary guitarist from The Doors, Robbie Krieger.

‘I’m Eighteen’ was the result of Cooper’s manager, Gordon saying they needed a song that would make every parent hate him (which worked) then Cooper and Krieger briefly recalled their wilder drinking days together, before a sizzling Doors medley of ‘Five to One/Break on Through’, punctuated by a signature Krieger solo.

“You can dance a little bit on this song” Cooper said, jokingly remarking Paul Williams wrote it, as the band roared into the Stones’ ‘Brown Sugar’-  “there’s a little Mick Jagger in all of us”, Cooper exclaimed. Aware of their audience, the band invited a few of the evening’s highest donors (dubbed The Cooper-ettes by Alice) to come up on stage to help sing ‘School’s Out’, which melded the anthemic chorus of a Pink Floyd classic, to make for a thrilling finish. 

But, contrary to what Cooper sang in those time-honored space rock lyrics, while we can do without the thought control, we still do need the education- the education on this night coming in the form of inspiring stories of giving; restoring a person’s hearing and in turn, their dignity; and the priceless feeling of giving back.  Starkey Foundation’s 18th Annual Awards Gala reaffirmed those and more, in a celebration of their simple but very effective mission – So The World May Hear.

Tim Shriver

Tim Shriver

Bill Clinton

Bill Clinton

Bayat Foundation

Bayat Foundation

Bayat Foundation

Brady Forseth

Shep Gordon

Shep Gordon

Darci Lynne

Darci Lynne

Darci Lynne

Sinbad

Bill Austin

Bill Austin

Auction: Billy Crystal, Brady Forseth

Tenors

Tenors

Tenors

Tenors

Billy Crystal

Paul Williams

Paul Williams

Forest Whittaker

Forest Whittaker

Lin-Manuel Miranda

Gloria Gaynor

Gloria Gaynor

Gloria Gaynor

Gloria Gaynor

Don Felder

Don Felder

Don Felder

Don Felder

Alice Cooper

Alice Cooper

Alice Cooper with Robbie Krieger

Alice Cooper

Alice Cooper

Alice Cooper

Alice Cooper at Starkey Hearing Foundation 18th Annual Awards Gala at Rivercentre, St. Paul (15 July 2018)

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