TICKET ON-SALES

*SoundTown Music Festival next weekend--- CANCELED!!!  Please see www.soundtownfest.com for ticket refund info.

--SoundTown Bands Rescheduled Shows—

*Dr. Dog- First Ave/ July 27/ $15/ 18+

*The Temper Trap- First Ave [11:00PM] / July 28/ $20-25/ 18+

*Black Box Revelation- Triple Rock/ July 28/ $10/ 18+

*Best Coast, Jeff the Brotherhood, and Those Darlins- Cedar/ July 28 / $17/ All Ages

--On Sale Now—

*Lightnin’ Malcolm- Harriet Brewing/ July 27/ $5/ 21+

*Gabriel Douglas(4onthefloor) and Danny O’Brien(Farewell Milwaukee) Acoustic- New Century Theatre/ Aug 2/ $10/ All Ages

*New Orleans Suspects- Whiskey Junction/ Aug 3,4/ $20/ 21+

*James Carter Organ Trio- Dakota/ July 29/ $25-35/ All Ages

*Albert Lee- Dakota/ Aug 29,30/ $30/ All Ages

*Mindy Smith- Dakota/ August 3/ $22/ All Ages

*Robert Earl Keen- Cedar/ Aug 4/ $40-43/ All Ages

*BoDeans- MN Zoo/ July 28/ $35/ All Ages

*Tommy Castro w/ Marcia Ball- MN Zoo/ Aug 4/ $36/ All Ages

*Esperanza Spalding- State/ Sept 30/ $29-69/ All Ages

--Friday, July 20, 2012—

10:00 AM

*SafetySuit- Brick/ Sept 22/ $15/ 18+

*leetUP: All Things Nerd Celebration- Brick/ Oct 11/ $25/ 18+

*David Byrne and St. Vincent- State/ Sept 15/ $39-79/ All Ages

11:00 AM

*Brian Setzer Orchestra- Orpheum/ Nov 17/ $43.50-79/ All Ages

*Macklemore & Ryan Lewis- First Ave/ Dec 1/ $18/ All Ages

12:00 NOON

*Atmosphere- Cabooze Outdoor Plaza/ Sept 7/ $25/ All Ages

*Two Door Cinema Club- First Ave/ Oct 10/ $25/ All Ages

*The xx- First Ave/ Oct 19/ $30.50/ 18+

*Punch Brothers- First Ave/ Dec 12/ $25-27/ 18+

*Minus The Bear- Varsity/ Sept 13/ $22/ 18+

*The Wombats- Triple Rock/ Sept 18/ $20/ All Ages

--Saturday, July 21, 2012—

10:00 AM

*Snow Patrol and Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds- Roy Wilkins/ Oct 31/ $48.75/ All Ages

LIVE SHOWS

--Thursday, July 19, 2012—

Oake on the Water w/Studio C performance by Greycoats!

Bayside Grille, Excelsior/ 3:00-7:00/ FREE/ All Ages

--One of the best ways to spend a Thursday afternoon in the summer has a true up-and-coming local band, Greycoats. 

Cody Jinks & His Tone Deaf Hippies       [National Honkytonk Act]

Lee’s/ 9:30/ $7/ 21+

--Excellent true Texas honkytonk band with strong local opener, Chris Brooks.

Kip Moore  [K102 Sold Out Show, Pre-party Info Below!!]

Cabooze/ 8:00 Doors for show, 6:00 Pre-party on patio/ 18+

--Live acoustic music and great drink specials on the patio starting at 6:00 and you can the AVOID BIG LINE out front later by getting your wristband on patio early and going through one of the side doors when they open at 8:00!!

Global Dance Festival thru Friday [Electronic Dance Music]

Brick/ 9:00/ $45/ 18+

--Ticket and artist info at www.TheBrickMN.com.  

Nikki & the RueMates  [Every Thursday in the summer] 

The Sea Salt, Minnehaha Falls/ 5:30-7:30/ FREE/ All Ages

--Wonderful acoustic roots rock on the patio outside of one of best little seafood shacks in the country. Food, beer, and wine available.

The Butanes  [Every Thursday] 

Shaw’s, NE Mpls/ 8:30/ FREE/ 21+

--Great 60’s and 70’s soul music with some tasty blues and rock covers mixed in. Highly Danceable!

--Friday, July 20, 2012—

Soul Asylum CD Release 

First Ave/ 9:00/ $20-22/ 18+

--This the 30^th year for Dave Pirner and Dan Murphy rocking out together. Starting out as Loud Fast Rules in 1981, they broke out in 1992 with the album “Grave Dancers Union” and won a Grammy for the song “Runaway Train”. Fast forward twenty years and they still sound tight on their newest CD, “Delayed Reaction” and it’s always a treat to see them in the Main Room at First Ave! 

Rhythmic Circus; Feet Don’t Fail Me Now!  [Saturday also]

Pantages/ 8:00/ $27.50-35.50/ All Ages

--A great chance to catch this explosive Twin Cities-based but nationally-renowned dance, tap and live music ensemble before they head across the pond to Scotland’s prestigious Edinburgh Fringe Festival. This act has won multiple awards around the country and their band includes top local musicians such as guitarist Alex Rossi of Root City Band. The music moves between funk, rock, blues, and soul.

Global Dance Fest-Dubstep Night  [Electronic Dance Music]

Brick/ 9:00/ $45/ 18+

--Ticket and artist info at www.TheBrickMN.com.  

Bill Kirchen w/ Erik Koskinen

Lee’s/ 9:00/ $15/ 21+

--Truly a giant of guitar, be it rockabilly, country, or blues, Kirchen got his start in the 70’s with Commander Cody and is often referred to as the “Titan of the Telecaster” and/or the “King of Dieselbilly”. Also, you should definitely catch the opener, one our better local roots-rocker/writer/producers, Erik Koskinen.

Love & Theft   [K102 Country Show, Pre-party info below!!]

Cabooze/ 9:00/ $15-17/ 18+

--This young Nashville-based duo has had two Billboard Country Top 10 hits, “Runaway” in 2009 and “Angel Eyes” just this past November. Live acoustic music and great drink specials on the patio starting at 6:00 and you can AVOID BIG LINE out front later by getting your wristband on patio early and going through one of the side doors when they open at 8:00!!

Steve Earle  [Rare Club Performance!]

Whiskey Bones Roadhouse, Rochester/ 7:00/ $25-30/ 21+

--When some of the best all-time singer/songwriters such as Johnny Cash. Waylon Jennings, Levon Helm, and Emmylou Harris choose to cover your songs, you must be doing something right! This show is an hour south of the Twin Cities but this is a golden opportunity to catch this Grammy Award-winning roots/honkytonk/country great in a club. 

Mary Jane Alm

Dakota/ 8:00/ $10/ All Ages         

--Just starting to re-establish herself as a live act around town after a bit of a hiatus, Alm is one of the finest rock, pop, and jazz singers from the Twin Cities over the last two decades as demonstrated by her FIFTEEN Minnesota Music Awards.  

Lydia Loveless  

Triple Rock/ 10:00/ $8/ 18+

--We’re lucky that this tremendously talented young roots & country singer/songwriter and her band are making their third Twin Cities stop of 2012. 

G.B. Leighton    

Crooked Pint/ 9:00/ $10/ 21+

--Always well-played Midwest rock n’ roll.

Live Horse Racing and Music at Canterbury Park

Canterbury Park, Shakopee/ 7:00/ All Ages

--Exciting horse racing, great drink specials and live music from honkytonkers Rhinestone Diplomats, in between races outside along the rail, makes for a fun night.

--Saturday, July 21, 2012—

The Summer Beer Dabbler Fest with Live Music

Hillcrest Park, St Paul/ 1-5:00/ $30-40/ 21+

--Lots of beerfests have sprung up around town the last few years but this is easily the biggest and best! It’s in a beautiful grassy park setting and over 90% of the booths are staffed by the actual brewmasters from 60 breweries all over North America. Throw in top local bands like The Japhies and Little Man, multiple food trucks, and beer seminars and you have a great afternoon in store.

Beirut  [Sold Out!!]

Cabooze Outdoor Plaza/ 7:00/ $25/ All Ages

Lyle Lovett  [may sell out in advance!]

Minnesota Zoo/ 7:30/ $56/ All Ages

Mike McClure Band and Micky & The Motorcars

Lee’s/ 9:00/ $15/ 21+

--“Red Dirt” is a term for genre  Oklahoma roots, rock, and country and McClure is one of the best purveyors going back to the 90’s as a member of the band, The Great Divide, and more so for the last decade as a solo artist. The opener, Micky and the Motorcars, are another strong Austin,TX-based alt-country group who are soldiering on after tragically losing their beloved bass player, Mark McCoy, this past April in an Idaho river-rafting accident.

Nachito Herrera

Dakota/ 8:00/ $15/ All Ages

--Local Cuban-born treasure is a great rhythmic jazz pianist.   

Jeremy Messersmith, Nightmoves, and Greycoats

First Ave/ 7:00/ $10-12/ 18+

--Three of the best melodic rock acts in the Twin Cities at this time.   

Soul Tight Committee 

Crooked Pint/ 9:00/ $5/ 21+

--Old-school Soul and R&B covers.

Belfast Cowboys 

Whiskey Junction/ 9:30/ 21+

--Van Morrison Tribute Band.

--Sunday, July 22, 2012—

Los Lonely Boys w/ Ozomatli

Minnesota Zoo/ 7:30/ $53/ All Ages

--They call their Texas/Tejano-tinged blues-rock “Texican Rock n’ Roll”! Whatever it is, it’s always tremendous live and has earned them a Grammy for their big hit “Heaven” and several Austin Music Awards over the last few years. Openers, Ozomatli, are a big band with horns known for fusing jazz, funk, reggae, rock, and rap.  

Fred Eaglesmith                                                        

Dakota/ 7:00/ $25/ All Ages

--A wonderful roots and alt-country singer/songwriter/rocker from Canada who has won many Juno Awards and has had his songs covered by such diverse artists as Cowboy Junkies, Toby Keith, Todd Snider, and Kasey Chambers. For fans of John Hiatt, Neil Young, Bob Dylan etc.  

Sarah Morris                                                              

Café Barbette, Uptown/ 10:00/ $0/ 21+        

--Young talented country singer/songwriter.   

Summer Sundays  w/ Kurt Jorgensen Band  

P.D. Pappy’s, Stillwater/ 4:30/ FREE/ All Ages

--Good original rock, roots, and blues and tasty cover songs.

Dr Mambo’s Combo  [every Sunday and Monday]

Bunker’s / 9:30/ $7/ 21+

--Fun and very well-played covers of 70’s and 80’s soul, R&B and dance tunes.

--Monday, July 23, 2012—

Ronnie Laws and Tom Browne  [Tuesday also]

Dakota/ 7:00 and 9:00, $25-35/ All Ages

--Saxophonist Laws is a giant of contemporary jazz who is known for adding in some soul and R&B to make his music easily accessible to even the newest of jazz listeners. He was even a founding member of soul-rock legends Earth, Wind and Fire in the early 70’s. Trumpeter Browne has be one of the greats in the New York City jazz scene for the last 35 years, always in demand to do a tour or sit in on a recording session. These will be tremendous shows! 

The Cactus Blossoms  [every Monday]

Turf Club / 9:00/ $5/ 21+

--Wonderful old-school country originals with excellent harmonies.

--Tuesday, July 24, 2012—

Peewee Moore [National Act] w/ Calamity & the Owl

Lee’s/ 9:00/ $10/ 21+

--The incredible week for national acts continues at Lee’s with this gentleman whose Outlaw Country sound, in the style of Willie Nelson and Waylon Jennings, has made him a “must see” act in his adopted hometown of Austin,TX. Calamity & the Owls, a local honkytonk band, opens. 

International Reggae All-Stars  [every Tuesday]

Bunkers / 9:00/ $6/ 21+

--Good roots-reggae originals and plenty of covers.

--Wednesday, July 25, 2012—

Los Lobos w/ Steve Earle  [Sold out!]

Minnesota Zoo/ 7:30/ $47/ All Ages

Merle Haggard and Kris Kristofferson [Close to sold out!]

State/ 7:30/ $58.50-68.50/ All Ages

--Two giants of roots/Americana/country songwriting.  

Adrian Legg

Dakota/ 7:00/ $20/ All Ages

--Englishman Legg is a true wizard on the hybrid electric/acoustic guitars he has custom-built. His wondrous fingerstyle-picking technique got him voted “Best Acoustic Player” four years in a row by the readers of “Guitar Player” magazine. Most important though, he is not all style over substance. From a review in The Philadelphia Enquirer; “He has enough technique to do just about anything he wants, but also the sensitivity to honor the contours of a melody”. If you have child, friend and/or relative who plays guitar and/or takes lessons, this would be a wonderful show for them to experience, to see what’s possible.

Dan Israel solo

Red Stag Supperclub/ 10:00/ $0/ 18+

--Local rootsy singer/songwriter.  

Nick and The Feelin at The Happy Gnome [every Wednesday]

The Happy Gnome upstairs, St Paul/ 8:00/ Free/ 21+

--Good piano-led music for free and just $4 for all MN craft beer pours.

Molly Maher & Eric Koskinen  [every Wednesday] 

Aster Café at Riverplace/ 9:00/ $4/ 21+

--The best night of local roots and Americana music in the Twin Cities each week moved to a new location. Superb musicianship.

--Thursday, July 26, 2012—

Oake on the Water w/Studio C performance by Rogue Valley!

Lola’s Lake House, Waconia/ 3:00-7:00/ FREE/ All Ages

--One of the best ways to spend a Thursday afternoon in the summer gets a little better this week with excellent local writer/rocker Chris Koza and his band Rogue Valley.

Jackson Taylor & The Sinners [National Act!]

Lee’s/ 9:00/ $10/ 21+

--Lee’s wraps up a week of possibly the best lineup of bands in their 20 years of presenting live music with the top songwriter of the 6 National roots/Americana/country acts that have come to town and Taylor and his band add in some classic Southern rock and a bit of punkabilly to their sound. Should be a vintage Lee’s show!

The Butanes  [Every Thursday] 

Shaw’s, NE Mpls/ 8:30/ FREE/ 21+

--Great 60’s and 70’s soul music with some tasty blues and rock covers mixed in. Highly Danceable!