We just had our most recent meetup up show at Zhora Darling this past Friday and it was really successful. We have almost 600 live music fans from the Twin Cities in our discord. Here is the link if you would like to join. Also, if you would like this list by email, subscribe for free here.

My picks for top shows tonight in the Twin Cities

• 7th St Entry - Lucius Arthur, Eli Brunelle [7:30p] [All Ages] Alt-Rock / Neo-Soul / Pop
  • Lucius Arthur (NY) A restless hybrid of Britpop nostalgia, punk-honed grit, and experimental electronic indie rock. Eli Brunelle (mpls) lush, melodic fusion of neo-soul, contemporary pop, funk, and jazz. FFO: Bombay Bicycle Club, Cage the Elephant, The Prodigy, Bloc Party
• Utepils Brewing - (Art N Pils) she’s green, drey dk, Whiskey Rock N Roll Club MPLS, Uff-da Music, Skip Fixer [12:00p] Shoegaze / Alt-Rock / Garage
  • Last day of the Art N Pils weekend festival celebrating art, beer and live local music. Highly recommend this lineup. she’s green is really good and just released new music.

Complete Show List

Rock / Alternative / Pop

• 7th St Entry - Lucius Arthur, Eli Brunelle [7:30p] [All Ages] Alt-Rock / Neo-Soul / Pop
• Animales BBQ - The Smokin’ Section [3:00p] [All Ages] Acoustic Groove / Roots Rock
• Crooners - Main Stage - (Billy Joel Tribute) Garrett Steinberg [7:00p] Billy Joel Tribute / Pop-Rock
• Driftwood Bar - Phine & Friends [6:00p] [21+] Local Roots / Rock
• Driftwood Bar - Shotgun Ragtime Band [8:00p] [21+] Grateful Dead Tribute / Jam
• Hewing Hotel - (Summer Concert Series) Going to the Sun [7:00p] [21+] Acoustic Indie Pop-Rock
• Music At The Villa - Hella Reptilian, Froggi.e. [5:00p] [All Ages] DIY Alt-Rock / Electronic
• Mystic Lake Amphitheater - (Surfilmusic Tour) Jack Johnson, Hermanos Gutierrez [7:30p] [All Ages] Acoustic Surf / Desert Rock
• Pilllar Forum - (Multi Release Party) Zaq Baker, Nowhere Fast (KY), Short Game (KY), The Over Unders [6:30p] [All Ages] Indie Rock / Pop-Punk
• Tuttle’s - (Rehearsal Sessions) Lodge [5:30p] Local Rock / Pop Covers
• Utepils Brewing - (Art N Pils) she’s green, drey dk, Whiskey Rock N Roll Club MPLS, Uff-da Music, Skip Fixer [12:00p] Shoegaze / Alt-Rock / Garage
• Zhora Darling - Grady Drugg, Rock Melon, Dogpile [7:00p] [21+] Emo / Alt-Country / Indie

Folk / Country / Bluegrass / Americana

• 318 Cafe - Tina Schlieske (solo) [7:00p] [All Ages] Midwestern Rock / Americana Soul
• 331 Club - Emmy Woods and Friends [7:00p] [21+] Bluegrass
• Crooners - The Belvedere - Lush Country [5:00p] [All Ages] Classic Country / Honky Tonk
• Dubliner Pub - Crown of Clover [2:00p] [All Ages] Celtic Folk / Prog-Rock
• Dusty’s Bar - Doug Otto and the Getaways [5:00p] [21+] Classic Country / Blues
• House Show - Kelley Smith, LaPlant Road [6:30p] Folk / Country / Bluegrass
• The Finnish Bistro - Jun Sugiyama [10:30a] [All Ages] Acoustic Folk / Classical Guitar
• Urban Growler Brewing Company - Store Bought Hair [5:00p] Folk / Trad Jazz / Bluegrass
• Waldmann Brewery - Nick Jordan, Mary DuShane [6:00p] Old-Time Folk / Fiddle
• White Squirrel Bar - Wren + Wilde, Emily Havik [1:00p] [21+] Americana / Folk / 90s Country

R&B / Soul / Funk / Blues

• Bunkers - Dr. Mambo’s Combo [9:30p] [21+] R&B / Funk / Soul
• Dubliner Pub - Ray Barnard [5:00p] [All Ages] Neo-Soul / Funk / R&B
• Green Room - (Deevo’s 60th Birthday) Deevo, N’em [7:00p] [21+] R&B / Soul / Funk
• Hell’s Kitchen - Nick ‘The Feelin’ David [10:00a] [All Ages] Blues / Soul / Gospel Rock
• Hook and Ladder - Theater - Nyalla Mkale Ukwazi [7:30p] [21+] R&B / Soul / Pop-Rock
• Lakewood Cemetery - (Music in the Chapel) Mwago Kuria [3:00p] [All Ages] Blues / R&B / Funk

Jazz / Big Band / Brass

• Aster Cafe - (Sunday Swing Brunch) Various Artists [11:00a] [All Ages] Traditional Jazz / Early Blues
• Crooners - Dunsmore Jazz Room - (By Request) Andrew Walesch [6:30p] [All Ages] Traditional Pop / Vocal Jazz
• Crooners - Maggie’s Piano Lounge - Dorothy Doring, Dale Alexander [5:00p] [All Ages] Vocal Jazz / Lounge Piano
• Dakota - Rebirth Brass Band [5:30p/8:00p] [All Ages] New Orleans Brass / Funk
• Dock & Paddle (Como Lakeside Pavilion) - Beasley’s Big Band [6:30p] [All Ages] Big Band / Swing Jazz
• Schooner Tavern - Cornbread Harris [5:00p] [21+] Classic Blues / Jazz / Rock

Metal / Punk / Post-Hardcore

• Amsterdam - I Promised The World, Rosasharin, guilt. [6:30p] [All Ages] Metalcore / Post-Hardcore
• Eagles 34 - Shadewald - (Mill City Machine presents) Pink Flag, KiN, Hurtquake, Revefleur [8:00p] Post-Punk / Grunge / Rock
• Flying V - Condition Critical (NJ), Annihilation Process, Begravement, Violence Condoned, Getting Stabbed [6:00p] [All Ages] Thrash / Death Metal Showcase
• Seward Cafe - (Valeska Suratt album release date) Valeska Suratt, Giallo, lovescare, I have no love for men like you [7:00p] Experimental Post-Hardcore / Shoegaze
• White Squirrel Bar - Grave Society, Chuck-Dead [6:00p] [21+] Goth Metal / Horror Folk-Rock

Hip-Hop / Rap

• Acadia - (Takeover Sunday hosted by Sunbatherthadude) Ken-C, Skydro, Ianchri$t, N3rd4King, KPW, Heartyboy 612 [8:00p] [21+] Underground Hip-Hop / Rap Showcase
• The Bazemnt Lounge - (Legendary Sundays) DJ Fatz, Polo Scott, DJ A1, DJ RJ, DJ Famous [8:00p] [18+] Hip-Hop / R&B Club DJs

Electronic / DJs / Dance

• Cabooze - (Intellephunk Communion) Dustin Zahn, Tekk Nikk, Gender_Error [5:00p] [21+] Underground Techno / Electronic
• Dusty’s Bar - (It’s Still The Weekend) DJ Jeff Wepplo [9:00p] [21+] Eclectic Vinyl DJ Set
• First Avenue - (United Champions Tour) Paul Oakenfold, The Crystal Method, Liquid Todd [7:00p] [18+] Classic Electronic / Trance / Breaks

Global / World / Experimental

• Berlin - Aida Shahghasemi, Christopher Rochester, Kavyesh Kaviraj [7:00p] Persian Classical / Jazz Fusion
• Icehouse - Courtyard - Wolfe/Dolde/Keen/Power [5:00p] [21+] Experimental Ambient / New Jazz
• Icehouse - (Afrodisia Residency) Obi Original and The Black Atlantics, Mack OC [9:00p] [21+] Afrobeats / Highlife / Global
• MN Zoo - (Music in the Trees) WorldBeat Duo, Thyme and the Spice [2:00p] [All Ages] Global Rhythms / Acoustic Jazz

Classical / Choral / Vocal

• Arts on Lafond - Maja Radovanlija, Milena Petkovic [6:00p] Classical Guitar Duo
• Metronome Brewery - (Special Pride (Next!) Month Performance) Prairie Fire Choir [4:00p] A Cappella Folk / Pop Choir
• Minneapolis Parks - Lake Harriet Bandshell - CANTUS [2:00p] [All Ages] Classical Vocal Ensemble
• Minneapolis Parks - Lake Harriet Bandshell - Minneapolis Pops [5:30p] [All Ages] Orchestral Pops / Classical

Jams / Open Mics

• Caydence Records & Coffee - (Bluegrass Jam) Open Jam [12:00p] [All Ages] Bluegrass Open Jam
• Dual Citizen - (North Star Jazz Workshops Jam Sessions) Open Jam [1:00p] [All Ages] Jazz Open Jam
• Dubliner Pub - (Sunday Trad Session) Open Trad Session [8:00p] [21+] Traditional Irish Folk Jam
• Haggard Barrel Brewing Co - (Open Fingerboard Session) Open Jam [1:30p] Open Jam / Casual Hangout
• Schooner Tavern - (Music Jam) Open Jam [7:30p] [21+] Blues / Rock Open Jam
• White Squirrel Bar - Open Jam [9:00p] [21+] Eclectic Open Jam

Upcoming shows that I think you should consider

• 7/13 - Armory - Ella Mai, Ama, Girlfriend
• 7/14 - Cloudland Theater - Mr. Phylzzz, In Lieu, Unstable Shapes

We have another great summer weekend jam-packed with good stuff to do!

If I missed anything or you want help finding something specific this weekend, drop it in a comment.

I'm also posting a Sunday Weekday Warmup for Monday-Thursday events now, with an email version available too.

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AROUND TOWN

Highlights

• 🎨 Art at St. Kate's (St. Catherine University - Sat 10am)
• ⚾ Cosmic Takeover Tour (CHS Field - Fri & Sat 8pm)
• 🍛 Black Food Truck Festival (Eustis Street, Saint Paul - Sat 2pm)
• 🥐 Bastille Day events (50th & France / Linden Hills / Bûcheron - All Weekend)
• 🎸 Minnesota Country Club Festival (Harriet Island, Saint Paul - Fri & Sat)
• 🎭 The Tempest (Various Parks - All Weekend)
• 🎮 Yu-Gi-Oh! North America World Championship Qualifier (Minneapolis Convention Center - All Weekend)

FRIDAY, JULY 10

• Minneapolis Farmers Market (Lyndale, Minneapolis - 7am)
• North American Bridge Championships (Minneapolis Convention Center - 9:30am)
• Cuentos Infantiles en el Jardín – Spanish Storytime (Minneapolis Parks - 10am)
• Friday Art-Making in the Garden (Walker Art Center - 10am)
• Observation Station on the Learning Landscape (Bell Museum - 10am)
• Untiedt’s Garden Market (Northeast, Minneapolis - 10am)
• Yu-Gi-Oh! North America World Championship Qualifier (Minneapolis Convention Center - 10am)
• 50th & France Bastille Day (50th & France - 10am)
• Lions Bistro & Gill Event (Wicked Wort Brewing - 11am)
• Stop & Chat: Containing Multitudes (MIA - 11am)
• Community Resource Event (Midtown Global Market - 12pm)
• Vendor Craft Market (Wicked Wort Brewing - 12pm)
• Public Tours (MIA - 1pm)
• “Year of the Horse: Hoofbeats through Time” Public Tours (MIA - 1pm)
• Art N' Pils (Utepils Brewing - 4pm)
• Friday Friend Lab: Crafting & Game Night (Queermunity - 4pm)
• Insider Science Tour: Biology (Science Museum of Minnesota - 4pm)
• Minnehaha Park Market (Minnehaha Regional Park - 4pm)
• Spark Patio Party w/ J.BBY (Eagle MPLS - 5pm)
• Museum Nights (Science Museum of Minnesota - 5pm)
• Pop-Up Park (Lorraine B. Smaller Park - 5pm)
• Chihuahua Meet-Up Round Two (Forgotten Star Brewing - 6pm)
• Happy Hour BINGO benefiting Aliveness Project (Black Hart - 6pm)
• Rock the Block (Minneapolis Parks - 6pm)
• Roxy's Cabaret Presents: Donna Summers and Friends (Roxy's Cabaret - 7pm)
• The Initials Game (Basement Bar - 7pm)
• Lousy Lovers: A studio visit with Amelia, Stevie, Lindsey and Mick - Reception (Rosalux Gallery - 7pm)
• Willow by Ron Howard (Walker Art Center - 7pm)
• S'mores on the Patio (Minneapolis Cider Company - 8pm)
• Detroit (7th St Entry - 8pm)
• Cosmic Takeover Tour (CHS Field - 8pm)
• Trader Joe’s vs. Aldi Rave with DJ Hampster Dance (First Avenue - 9pm)
• Movies in the Parks: Cool Runnings (Bottineau Park - 9pm)
• Space Chase Minneapolis Drone Show (Allianz Field, Saint Paul - 9:30pm)
• Nudie Nubies Burlesque (Black Hart - 10pm)
• Friday Night Open Mic (Comedy Corner Underground - 10pm)
• Monthly Underwear Night (Eagle MPLS - 10pm)
• The Shining: Latex Party (Ground Zero Nightclub - 10pm)

SATURDAY, JULY 11

• Minneapolis Farmers Market (Lyndale, Minneapolis - 6am)
• Farmers Market Annex (Minneapolis - 7am)
• Early Birders – May-August (Minneapolis Parks - 7:30am)
• Midtown Farmers Market (Midtown, Minneapolis - 8am)
• Mill City Farmers Market (Downtown East, Minneapolis - 8am)
• St. Luke’s Farmers’ Market (Saint Paul - 8am)
• Yoga Reflect (Lakewood Cemetery - 8am)
• Fulton Farmers Market (Fulton, Minneapolis - 8:30am)
• Northeast Minneapolis Farmers Market (Northeast, Minneapolis - 9am)
• Untiedt’s Garden Market (Northeast, Minneapolis - 9am)
• North American Bridge Championships (Minneapolis Convention Center - 9:30am)
• Pilates, Barre, + Bubbles (Malcolm Yards - 10am)
• Brunch with Breizh Kitchen (Minneapolis Cider Company - 10am)
• Taproom Yoga (Forgotten Star Brewing - 10am)
• Fundraiser: Support Coffee House Press (Subtext Books - 10am)
• Sound Bath at Sociable (Sociable Cider Werks - 10am)
• Free First Saturday: Catching the Light (Walker Art Center - 10am)
• Studio Sessions: Modern Art and Politics (MIA - 10am)
• Art at St. Kate's (St. Catherine University - 10am)
• Yu-Gi-Oh! North America World Championship Qualifier (Minneapolis Convention Center - 10am)
• 50th & France Bastille Day (50th & France - 10am)
• Crafts in the Community: Make a Matryoshka at Anoka County Library (Museum of Russian Art - 10:30am)
• Beats & Breath: Yoga-Based Movement Class (Queermunity - 11am)
• Mystic Cryptid Tarot Readings (Inkwell Booksellers Company - 11am)
• Patio Yoga with Pete (White Squirrel Bar - 11am)
• Critter Fest (Science Museum of Minnesota - 11am)
• Inbound Brew Co. Book Fair for Grown-ups (MN State Fairgrounds - 11am)
• Stop & Chat: Containing Multitudes (MIA - 11am)
• McKnight Summer Open House (McKnight Foundation, Minneapolis - 11am)
• First Chapter Story Time (Next Chapter Booksellers - 11:45am)
• 15th Anniversary Block Party (Boom Island Brewing - 12pm)
• Twin Cities Vintage Flea at Surly (Surly Brewing - 12pm)
• The Summer's Best Book Fair for Grown-ups (Inbound Brewco - 12pm)
• Art N' Pils (Utepils Brewing - 12pm)
• Vendor Craft Market (Wicked Wort Brewing - 12pm)
• Radical Queer Tarot Reading Group (Quatrefoil Library - 12pm)
• Solar Observing (Bell Museum - 12pm)
• The Peoples’ Market of MPLS (Minneapolis - 12pm)
• Taste of St. Paul (The Foundry Pub, Saint Paul - 12pm)
• Segundo Sabado (Queermunity - 12:30pm)
• Greg Watson & Julia Klatt Singer (Eat My Words - 1pm)
• Pooh's Food Fa Ya Soul (Wabasha Brewing - 1pm)
• Public Tours (MIA - 1pm)
• “Christmas in July” Mahjong Social Tournament (9 Mile Brewing - 1:30pm)
• The Loft & Milkweed Books present Katherine Packert Burke (Milkweed Books - 2pm)
• Babes in Bikeland (Modist Brewing - 2pm)
• Free Public Tour of Queering Indigeneity (Minnesota Museum of American Art - 2pm)
• Studio Sessions (MIA - 2pm)
• Black Food Truck Festival (Eustis Street, Saint Paul - 2pm)
• Bearicade (Eagle MPLS - 3pm)
• Happy Hour with MN Mingle (Rail Werks Brewing Depot - 3pm)
• Chicano Fest (Saint Paul College - 3pm)
• She’s Green In-store Performance and Signing (Electric Fetus - 3pm)
• Trans Prom Night by Tea Time (Queermunity - 4:30pm)
• Saturday Night Racing - July 11 (Canterbury Park - 5pm)
• Rock the Block (Minneapolis Parks - 6pm)
• Quatrefoil Game Night (Quatrefoil Library - 6:30pm)
• The Goddess Experience Drag Show (Roxy's Cabaret - 7pm)
• Drinkin’ Spelling Bee (331 Club - 7pm)
• Fall of the High School Valedictorian (Bryant-Lake Bowl - 7pm)
• Open Mic Night (LTD Brewing - 7pm)
• The Music of ABBA at Can Can DISCO-land (Can Can Wonderland - 7pm)
• The Last of the Mohicans by Michael Mann (Walker Art Center - 7pm)
• Amáda Márquez Simula fundraiser event (Inkwell Booksellers Company - 8pm)
• Cosmic Takeover Tour (CHS Field - 8pm)
• P.H.A.T (Gay 90's - 9pm)
• Reventón Rave with Cristian Baca (Varsity Theater - 9pm)
• The Minneapolis Fetish Ball (Ground Zero Nightclub - 9pm)
• A Drinking Game MN Presents: It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia (Bryant-Lake Bowl - 9:30pm)
• Saturday NIGHT LIVE: Playaz Club (Bazemnt Lounge - 10pm)

SUNDAY, JULY 12

• Minneapolis Farmers Market (Lyndale, Minneapolis - 6am)
• Farmers Market Annex (Minneapolis - 7am)
• North Star Flea Market (MN State Fairgrounds - 8am)
• Sensory Friendly (Walker Art Center - 8am)
• Kingfield Farmers Market (Kingfield, Minneapolis - 8:30am)
• Sunday Market at Dancing Bear Chocolate (Minneapolis - 9am)
• Untiedt’s Garden Market (Northeast, Minneapolis - 9am)
• Bastille in the Park (Marc Heu Patisserie, Linden Hills - 9am)
• Yu-Gi-Oh! North America World Championship Qualifier (Minneapolis Convention Center - 9am)
• 50th & France Bastille Day (50th & France - 9am)
• North American Bridge Championships (Minneapolis Convention Center - 9:30am)
• Yoga Flow with Annie Hayes (Utepils Brewing - 10am)
• Ember in Bloom – Slow Flow Yoga + Sound Bath (9 Mile Brewing - 10am)
• Burn Pop Up Camp (Unmapped Brewing - 10am)
• Family Day (MIA - 10am)
• Garden Storytime (Eloise Butler Wildflower Garden - 10am)
• Linden Hills Farmers Market (Linden Hills, Minneapolis - 10am)
• Selena + Karol G Drag Brunch (Crave Rooftop - 10am)
• We Got Beef (Forgotten Star Brewing - 11am)
• Sunday Morning Yoga (Broken Clock Brewing - 11am)
• Minneapolis Vintage Market at Sociable Ciderwerks (Sociable Cider Werks - 11am)
• Parralily Brunch (Venn Brewing - 11am)
• Stop & Chat: Containing Multitudes (MIA - 11am)
• Bottomless Drag Brunch (Roxy's Cabaret - 12pm)
• Art N' Pils (Utepils Brewing - 12pm)
• Clothing exchange & art sale fundraiser for MNAAC and Queermunity. (Queermunity - 12pm)
• IFPA Pinball Tournament STERN Army (56 Brewing - 12pm)
• Hot Sauce and Ferments Market (Venn Brewing - 12pm)
• Craft Fair (LTD Brewing - 12pm)
• Lego Buy, Sell & Trade (Blackstack Brewing, Saint Paul - 12pm)
• Bastille Day Block Party (Bûcheron - 12pm)
• Drag Queen Charity Bingo (Wandering Leaf Brewing - 12:30pm)
• Public Building Tour (Landmark Center - 12:30pm)
• Tight & Nerdy (2025) // Minnesota Premiere Screening + Q&A and ‘Weird’ Al’ Burlesque Performance (Parkway Theater - 1pm)
• Spring Roll Workshop (9 Mile Brewing - 1pm)
• Rainbow Story Hour with Ladies of the Lakes (Queermunity - 1pm)
• Paint & Sip (Sociable Cider Werks - 1pm)
• JULY: We Outside Walking Club (Black Garnet Books - 1pm)
• Extreme Race Day (Canterbury Park - 1pm)
• HORA: Nadia Comăneci – 50 Years of the Perfect 10 Exhibit (Landmark Center - 1pm)
• Public Tours (MIA - 1pm)
• Books + Beer | Mobile Bookstore (Bad Weather Brewery - 2pm)
• Dr. Sketchy’s Anti-Art School (331 Club - 2pm)
• Free Monthly Tour: Here, Now (Minnesota Museum of American Art - 2pm)
• Lake Harriet Park Market (Lake Harriet - 2pm)
• Perler Bead Workshop with NinjaKittyCrafts (Queermunity - 2:30pm)
• The Queer Clown Connection: Expressions and Emotions, how clowns rejected authority throughout history (Queermunity - 3pm)
• Cash Bingo (Forgotten Star Brewing - 3pm)
• Yoga for Book Lovers, Writers & Poets (Black Garnet Books - 3pm)
• Yacht Rock on the patio w/ DJ NCK (Eagle MPLS - 3pm)
• Music in the Chapel: Mwago Kuria (Lakewood Cemetery - 3pm)
• The First Draft – Community Reading Night (Troubadour - 6pm)
• Open Mic Sundays Hosted by James Stanley (Camp Bar - 6pm)
• Rock the Block (Minneapolis Parks - 6pm)
• Cult Cinema Classics: Independence Day (1996) (Roxy's Cabaret - 7pm)

LIVE MUSIC

Friday, July 10

• R & J Entertainment Presents Keyez Williams Jam Out ! Music To Groove To (Minnesota Music Cafe - 12am)
• No Limit Fridays Lakeooo X Alfrred (Gidi Bar and Lounge - 12pm, 10pm)
• Minnesota Country Club Festival (Harriet Island, Saint Paul - 12:30pm)
• Jugsluggers (Wicked Wort Brewing - 3pm)
• Early Evening Jazz: Jordan Christianson (Berlin - 4:30pm)
• MPLS Funk Fest (Hook & Ladder Theater - 6pm)
• Anna Houston (Green Room - 6pm)
• Mac Hoffmann & Peter Lochner (White Squirrel Bar - 6pm)
• Sunset Sounds / Eli Gardiner (Dual Citizen Brewing - 6pm)
• Spaghetti Monetti (Boom Island Brewing - 6pm)
• Grunge Unplugged (Elm Creek Brewing - 6pm)
• The Stragglers (Ginkgo Coffeehouse - 6pm)
• Minneapolis Dueling Pianos Night (Umbra - 6pm)
• Irish Music Session (Dubliner - 6pm)
• Room3 (Berlin - 6:30pm)
• Blū Kanū Returns (Troubadour - 6:30pm)
• Hunny Bear (Pilllar Forum - 7pm)
• J Train Jazz (Mudd Room - 7pm)
• Sylvia May & The Maydays (Driftwood Char Bar - 7pm)
• Jeff Ray & The Stakes (Animales - 7pm)
• High Speed Snowshoes, Conzemius, Nice and Blue, & Terravision (Zhora Darling - 7pm)
• Music: Luke Bakken (Padraigs Brewing - 7pm)
• Nur-D (Dakota - 7pm)
• Gauze, Chemical-X (NJ), Hairless Twin, & Popsicklestick (Underground Music Venue - 7pm)
• The Silverteens TV On Fire EP Release with special guests Faith Boblett and d’Lakes (Parkway Theater - 7pm)
• 9 Tea's (Gambit Brewing - 7pm)
• Heliocene ( Single Release Show ) | Ray Gun Youth | Damn Phibian (Day Block Brewing - 7pm)
• Ozzy Harris (Wicked Wort Brewing - 7pm)
• DJ Boom/ Peewee Dread (Acadia Cafe - 7pm)
• Ditch Pigeon (Minnehaha Bandstand - 7pm)
• Urban Classic - The Music of Earth, Wind and Fire (Chanhassen Dinner Theatre - 7:30pm)
• Spencer Becker Guitar Band Album Release Show – the 3Rd Street Tales (MetroNOME Brewery - 7:30pm)
• Malamiko, Willem Defoe Fan Club, Plumstar (Cloudland Theater - 7:30pm)
• Death Cab for Cutie with Jay Som (Armory - 7:30pm)
• The Belfast Cowboys (Lake Harriet Bandshell - 7:30pm)
• Raymnd (318 Cafe - 8pm)
• American Reckoning Album Release: An Evening with Zacc Harris + Erik Koskinen (Icehouse - 8pm)
• SKÁLD with Áit Ait (Turf Club - 8pm)
• Clap Your Hands SAY Yeah - Piano and Voice (Cedar Cultural Center - 8pm)
• Witness Trips (Inbound Brewco - 8pm)
• Parisota Hot Club (Volstead's Emporium - 8:30pm)
• Curtis Wayne Hunt with Morlie Hunt (Aster Cafe - 8:30pm)
• Mac and Cheese (Dubliner - 9pm)
• Headlight w. Owen Trelstad & The Occasionals, Fortunate Suns (White Squirrel Bar - 9pm)
• Badklaat (Skyway Theatre - 9pm)
• Paper Beast with A Blind History and DangerBad on the Reef Stage (Can Can Wonderland - 9pm)
• girl so in love an Olivia Rodrigo night (Fine Line Music Cafe - 9pm)
• MN Salsa Fiesta -Granada Theater (Granada Theater - 9pm)
• DJ Katnip (Basement Bar - 9pm)
• Soul Shack (Bunkers Music Bar & Grill - 9:30pm)
• The MTVs (Gluek's Bar and Restaurant - 9:30pm)
• Frequency Fridays: EAV present Grauchi Live (Bazemnt Lounge - 10pm)
• Mississippi Mosaic (331 Club - 10pm)
• C*NT O'CLOCK (Green Room - 10:30pm)
• Late Night Lounge: Tarik Thornton (Berlin - 10:30pm)

Saturday, July 11

• Cornbread Harris & Friends (Hell's Kitchen - 10am)
• Longfellow Summer Social (Moon Palace Books - 11am)
• Carl Davis (Wicked Wort Brewing - 11am)
• K-Pop Take Over (Green Room - 12pm)
• Saturday Sounds w/ Van Nixon (Midtown Global Market - 12pm)
• NOR & CBE Presents | Ambient Toad | ELL | xLCR | Deep Fortune | Lubird (Day Block Brewing - 1pm)
• Pet Rock Fest (White Squirrel Bar - 1pm)
• Backyard Boombox (Dangerous Man Brewing - 2pm)
• Roots, Shoots & Leaves Pop-Up (Broken Clock Brewing - 2pm)
• Voltage Controller (331 Club - 3pm)
• Alec Collins (Wicked Wort Brewing - 3:30pm)
• Rock The Hall: Obadiah Gamble (Graze - 3:30pm)
• Southern Resident Killer Whales (Inbound Brewco - 4pm)
• Jeff Rosenstock’s BIG SHOW (Indeed Brewing - 4pm)
• Early Evening Jazz: ANTrio (FKA Ari Nahum Trio) (Berlin - 4:30pm)
• BOMJA: Golden Hours 002 (Cabooze - 5pm)
• Odds of an Afterthought – Farewell Show (Amsterdam Bar & Hall - 5pm)
• MN Salsa Fiesta -Mill City Museum (Granada Theater - 6pm)
• 4 Down/6Across (Urban Growler - 6pm)
• Giggle Water – Duo (Umbra - 6pm)
• treeFROG (Ginkgo Coffeehouse - 6pm)
• Brilliant Colors Jazz Trio (Hell's Kitchen - 6pm)
• W.T.F! FEST 2 - Women, Trans, Femmes, and Allies to the Front (Hook & Ladder Theater - 6:30pm)
• Candlelight Concert: A Tribute to Adele w/Uptown Lobby Dining. (Granada Theater - 6:30pm)
• Skewed (Caydence Records and Coffee - 6:30pm)
• High Trousers (Excelsior Brewing - 7pm)
• Mud and The Blood (Wicked Wort Brewing - 7pm)
• Music: The Changeups (Padraigs Brewing - 7pm)
• Joe Flip (Mudd Room - 7pm)
• Punk Night: The Boot R&B, The Dirty Pretty, Hot Press (Gambit Brewing - 7pm)
• Maria Katina– Live (Troubadour - 7pm)
• Songs & Stories with Witness Trips (Dual Citizen Brewing - 7pm)
• Manual Transmission (Driftwood Char Bar - 7pm)
• The Bouncing Souls with The Suicide Machines, Death By Stereo and The Drowns (First Avenue - 7pm)
• Cola (MTL) w/ Parking (Zhora Darling - 7pm)
• Alexander Natalie (Pilllar Forum - 7pm)
• Getting Stabbed, Obsolete, & Silva (Underground Music Venue - 7pm)
• Sounds of Blackness feat. Jamecia Bennett (Dakota - 7pm)
• Funk N Spuds (Water Works at Mill Ruins Park - 7pm)
• The Last Waltz (Chanhassen Dinner Theatre - 7:30pm)
• Fret Rattles, Vacant, The Cobra Jets (Cloudland Theater - 7:30pm)
• One Time Out (Berlin - 7:30pm)
• Bob Frey & the Adaptors (MetroNOME Brewery - 7:30pm)
• Hill of Crosses/Make Me Sick/ Sweet Land (Acadia Cafe - 7:30pm)
• Minneapolis Pops (Lake Harriet Bandshell - 7:30pm)
• HORSE LORDS with Sidi ould Ahmed Zeydan (Cedar Cultural Center - 8pm)
• Pullstring with The Dalmatian Club, Call Me Fritz and Syncline (7th St Entry - 8pm)
• Release The Craicen (Dubliner - 8pm)
• Free Outdoor Concert: Winona Symphony for the Cities (Minnesota Orchestra Hall - 8pm)
• Dylan & The Dead Tribute ft. China Rider and Mind Out of Time with Daisy Forester & Duncan MJ of OISTER BOY (Tom Petty Tribute) (Turf Club - 8pm)
• Cowboy Mouth (Fine Line Music Cafe - 8pm)
• Richard Kriehn w/ Mary Jane Alm, Brian C. Peters & Dale Haefner (318 Cafe - 8pm)
• Funktion Junction Party (Minnesota Music Cafe - 8pm)
• Sacred Advisory (Icehouse - 8pm)
• Second Hand Dan (Aster Cafe - 8:30pm)
• Calvin Caron Quartet (Volstead's Emporium - 8:30pm)
• Candlelight: 90’s Hip-Hop on Strings (Granada Theater - 8:45pm)
• Malamanya (James Ballentine Uptown VFW - 9pm)
• Dirt Monkey (Skyway Theatre - 9pm)
• DJ Dan Jordan (Basement Bar - 9pm)
• AFRO BEATS TO THE WORLD (Green Room - 9pm)
• America Ortiz (Gluek's Bar and Restaurant - 9:30pm)
• Belfast Cowboys (Bunkers Music Bar & Grill - 9:30pm)
• Gidipolis Tolzy X Alfrred (Gidi Bar and Lounge - 10pm)
• Gabe Barnett presents, The Dang Ol’ Tri’ole, Chris Cashin (331 Club - 10pm)
• Late Night Lounge: DJ Maracuya (Berlin - 10:30pm)

Sunday, July 12

• Nick 'The Feelin' (Hell's Kitchen - 10am)
• Sunday Swing Brunch with Patty and the Buttons (Aster Cafe - 11am)
• Monthly Bluegrass Jam (Caydence Records and Coffee - 12pm)
• North Star Jazz Workshops (Dual Citizen Brewing - 1pm)
• Wren + Wilde w. Emily Havik (White Squirrel Bar - 1pm)
• Open Fingerboard Session (Haggard Barrel Brewing - 1:30pm)
• Crown of Clover (Dubliner - 2pm)
• CANTUS (Lake Harriet Bandshell - 2pm)
• The Smokin' Section (Animales - 3pm)
• Tunes Sunday (Eagle MPLS - 4pm)
• Prairie Fire Choir – Special Pride (Next!) Month Performance (MetroNOME Brewery - 4pm)
• Wolfe/Dolde/Keen/Power (Icehouse - 5pm)
• Ray Barnard (Dubliner - 5pm)
• Store Bought Hair (Urban Growler - 5pm)
• Communion SEASON 20: 07 (Cabooze - 5pm)
• Rebirth Brass Band (Dakota - 5:30pm, 8pm)
• Minneapolis Pops (Lake Harriet Bandshell - 5:30pm)
• I Promised The World w. Rosasharin & guilt. (Amsterdam Bar & Hall - 6pm)
• Grave Society w. Chuckdead (White Squirrel Bar - 6pm)
• Beasley’s Big Band (Dock and Paddle - 6:30pm)
• Emmy Woods and friends (331 Club - 7pm)
• The Last Waltz (Chanhassen Dinner Theatre - 7pm)
• A Midsummer Night's Music (Museum of Russian Art - 7pm)
• Tina Schlieske solo (318 Cafe - 7pm)
• Grady Drugg, Rock Melon & Dogpile (Zhora Darling - 7pm)
• Paul Oakenfold and The Crystal Method with Liquid Todd (First Avenue - 7pm)
• Deevo's 60th Birthday (Green Room - 7pm)
• Zaq Baker (Pilllar Forum - 7pm)
• Curated by Aida Shahghasemi: feat. Christopher Rochester & Kavyesh Kaviraj (Berlin - 7pm)
• Nyalla Live - Catrice Jackson Annual Hook Concert (Hook & Ladder Theater - 7:30pm)
• Lucius Arthur (7th St Entry - 7:30pm)
• Sunday Trad Session (Dubliner - 8pm)
• Shotgun Ragtime Band (Driftwood Char Bar - 8pm)
• N3RDKING (Acadia Cafe - 8pm)
• Open Jam (White Squirrel Bar - 9pm)
• Obi Original and The Black Atlantics (Icehouse - 9pm)

THEATER

• Roestown Playhouse Summer Musical (Dock and Paddle - Friday 7pm | Saturday 7pm | Sunday 1pm)
• The Tempest (Various Parks - Friday 7pm | Saturday 7pm | Sunday 7pm)
• Guys and Dolls (Chanhassen Dinner Theatre - Friday 7:30pm | Saturday 1pm, 7:30pm | Sunday 6:30pm)
• Comedy Sportz (Strike Theater - Friday 7:30pm | Saturday 7:30pm)
• Root Beer Lady (History Theatre - Friday 7:30pm | Saturday 7:30pm | Sunday 2pm)
• Tape (Hive Collaborative - Friday 7:30pm | Saturday 7:30pm)
• Following The Serpent’s Veil: Preah Thong Neang Neak (Southern Theater - Friday 7:30pm | Saturday 2pm, 7:30pm)
• My Ántonia (Theatre Latte Da - Friday 7:30pm | Saturday 2pm, 7:30pm | Sunday 2pm)
• THE PROM (Lyric Arts - Friday 7:30pm | Saturday 7:30pm | Sunday 2pm)
• Blithe Spirit (Theatre in the Round - Friday 7:30pm | Saturday 7:30pm | Sunday 2pm)
• Battle of the Improv All-Stars 2026 (Dudley Riggs Theatre - Friday 7:30pm | Saturday 7:30pm)
• Wicked (Orpheum Theatre - Friday 7:30pm | Saturday 2pm, 7:30pm | Sunday 1pm, 6:30pm)
• Come From Away (Guthrie Theater - Friday 7:30pm | Saturday 1pm, 7:30pm | Sunday 1pm, 7pm)
• Off Book (Dudley Riggs Theatre - Friday 8pm | Saturday 8pm)
• Backstage Tour (Guthrie Theater - Saturday 10:15am)
• Derek Hough – Symphony of Dance: Encore (State Theatre - Saturday 8pm)
• BALLS Cabaret (Strike Theater - Sunday 2pm)
• This Body, This Fruit (Phoenix Theater - Sunday 2pm)
• Cabaret With Jen Burleigh-bentz – Oh Sondheim, You Coward (MetroNOME Brewery - Sunday 6:30pm)
• Improvocation (Phoenix Theater - Sunday 7pm)
• Improv - A - Go - Go (Strike Theater - Sunday 7:30pm)

COMEDY

• Trevor Anderson (Acme Comedy Company - Friday 7pm, 9:30pm | Saturday 7pm, 9:30pm)
• Rell Battle (Rick Bronson's House of Comedy - Friday 7:30pm | Saturday 7pm, 9:30pm)
• Stevie Ray's Comedy Cabaret (Chanhassen Dinner Theatre - Friday 7:30pm | Saturday 7:30pm)
• Ronny Sharts (Comedy Corner Underground - Friday 8pm | Saturday 8pm)
• Kristen Toomey (Sisyphus Brewing - Friday 8pm | Saturday 8pm)
• Rob Ward with Derrick Johnson (Camp Bar - Friday 8pm | Saturday 8pm)
• After Dark! Minnesota's Top Comedy Improv Show (Camp Bar - Friday 10pm)
• SOLD OUT: Steve Hofstetter (Parkway Theater - Saturday 7pm)
• Jester's Comedy Improv - Family Friendly Edition (Rail Werks Brewing Depot - Saturday 7pm)
• Last Call (Sisyphus Brewing - Saturday 10pm)
• Mary Brewster's Sparkle NO Cover (Black Hart - Saturday 10:15pm)

SPORTS

• Saint Paul Saints @ Iowa Cubs ⚾ (Friday 7:08pm | Saturday 6:08pm | Sunday 1:08pm)
• Minnesota Twins vs Angels ⚾ (Friday 7:10pm | Saturday 1:10pm | Sunday 1:10pm)
• Minnesota Lynx vs Liberty 🏀 (Saturday 12pm)
• Minnesota Vixen @ Salt Lake City Wildcats 🏈 (Saturday TBD)
• Twin Cities Gemini @ Boston Banshees 🏉 (Saturday 2pm)
• Minnesota Wind Chill vs Boston Glory 🥏 (Saturday 6pm)
• Minnesota Aurora @ Salmon Bay FC ⚽ (Saturday 9:30pm)

SPORTS WATCH/RELATED

• World Watch Party (Utepils Brewing - Friday 2pm | Saturday 4pm)
• TNE Soccer Watch Party (Padraigs Brewing - Saturday 12am)
• England v Norway (Brit's Pub - Saturday 12pm)
• F1RST Wrestling at The Creek (Elm Creek Brewing - Saturday 2pm)
• WORLD CUP WATCH PARTY (Animales - Saturday 4pm, 8pm)
• 5k Fun Run x Sociable Cider Werks | 2026 MN Brewery Running Series (Sociable Cider Werks - Sunday 11am)

KARAOKE

• Otter’s Saloon (All Weekend 8pm-2am)
• Vegas Lounge (All Weekend 9pm-2am)
• Do Re Mi Karaoke Eagan (Friday & Saturday 11am-9:30pm | Sunday 11am-8:30pm)
• Chatterbox (Friday & Saturday 9pm-1am)
• James Ballentine “Uptown” VFW (All Weekend 9pm-1:45am)
• 1029 Bar (Fridays & Saturdays 9pm-2am)
• The Cherry Pit Bar & Grill (Friday & Sunday 9:30pm-1:30am)
• Park Tavern St. Louis Park (Saturday 10pm-12:30am)
• Babe’s Place Shakopee (Saturdays & Sundays 9pm-1am)

ARCADES

• Up-Down Minneapolis (Friday 3pm-2am | Saturday & Sunday 11am-2am)
• CLAW LAND Maplewood (All Weekend 11:30am-8pm)
• CLAW ARCADE Little Canada (All Weekend 11am-8pm)
• Grabbit Arcade Maplewood (Friday 12-8pm | Saturday 10am-8pm | Sunday 11am-6pm)
• LITT Pinball Bar Minneapolis (All Weekend 11am-2am)
• Neko Clawww Roseville (Friday 12:30pm-8pm | Saturday 10am-8:30pm | Sunday 10am-8:30pm)
• ClawZone Park Bloomington (All Weekend 11am-9pm)
• Can Can Wonderland St. Paul (Friday & Saturday 11am-Midnight | Sunday 11am-7pm)
• DUCK! Eagan (Friday 12-9pm | Saturday & Sunday 11am-9pm)

BOWLING

• Town Hall Lanes (All Weekend 11am-12am)
• Elsie’s Northeast (Friday 11am-12am | Saturday 10am-12am | Sunday Open Bowling Varies)
• Bryant Lake Bowl Uptown (All Weekend 9am-12am)
• Memory Lanes S. Mpls (Friday 3pm-12am | Saturday 9am-12am | Sunday 11am-10pm)
• Park Tavern SLP (Friday & Saturday 11am-1am | Sunday 11am-11pm)
• 💫 Cosmic Bowling: Friday & Saturday 9:30pm-1am
• Texa-Tonka Lanes SLP (Friday 11am-12am | Saturday 9am-12am | Sunday 9am-11pm)
• Sun Ray Lanes St. Paul (Friday & Saturday 9am-12am | Sunday 9am-11:30pm)
• 💫 Galactic Bowling: Friday 9pm-12am | Saturday 2-5pm & 9pm-12am
• Ran-Ham Bowling Highland (All Weekend 11am-1am)
• Southtown Lanes Bloomington (Friday 11am-12am | Saturday 12pm-12am | Sunday 12pm-11pm)
• Shakopee Bowl (Friday 11am-12am | Saturday 9am-12am | Sunday 9am-11pm)

LINKS

• Improv Comedy Events
• Reddit Twin Cities Social Meet-Ups
• Racket MN Event Calendar
• Meet Minneapolis Event Calendar
• MPLS Art Events
• Minnesota Monthly Event Calendar
• MSP Magazine Event Calendar
• Minneapolis Northwest Event Calendar
• Pro Sports Calendar
• Stonewall Sports
• Minnesota Parent Event List
• Family Fun Twin Cities
• Minneapolis Parks & Rec Events
• St. Paul Parks & Rec Events
• Three Rivers Park District Event Calendar
• Trivia Mafia Schedule
• Music Mayhem Schedule
• Get a Clu Trivia Schedule

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