--NEW SHOW TICKET ON-SALES—
--FRIDAY, MAR 1, 2013—
10:00 AM
*Alt-J- First Ave/ Sept 7/ $30/ 18+
*Trampled Under Foot- Bunker’s/ April 16/ $12-14/ 21+
*Alice Cooper- State/ July 14/ $43.50-53.50/ AA
*Blues Harmonica Blowout w/ Mark Hummel, Corky Siegel & Billy Boy Arnold- Dakota/ Mar 22/ $25/ AA
*Nanci Griffith- Dakota/ Mar 26,27,& 28/ $50-60/ AA
*Martin Talyor & Laurence Juber- Dakota/ May 19/ $25/ AA
*Stephen Kellogg- Dakota/ May 30/ $35/ AA
*John Sebastian- Dakota/ June 9,10/ $36/ AA
*Josh Rouse- Dakota/ June 15/ $22/ AA
*Ramsey Lewis w/ Dee Dee Bridgewater- Dakota/ June 19,20/ $25-60/ AA
*Clairy Browne & Bangin’ Rackettes- Nether Bar/ Mar 31/ $10-12/ 18+
*Toots & The Maytals- Mill City Nights/ April 6/ $26-28/ 18+
*Suicidal Tendencies- Mill City Nights/ April 16/ $23-25/ 18+
*Katey Sagal w/ Cast of Sons of Anarchy- Mill City Nights/ April 20/ $49.50, VIP $250/ 18+
**Early On-Sale Thu 2/28 10AM—10PM Password: ANARCHY
*Anberlin- Mill City Nights/ April 23/ $18-20/ 16+
*Primus (3D Tour)- Myth/ June 1/ $39.50-42/ AA
11:00 AM
*Gordon Lightfoot- State/ April 29/ $48.50-58.50/ AA
12:00 NOON
*Rodriguez!!- Fitzgerald/ May 15/ $48.50/ AA
*Polica- First Ave/ April 24/ $25/ 18+
*Trixie Whitley- 7th St Entry/ May 4/ $10-12/ 18+
*Youngblood Hawke- Triple Rock/ May 6/ $12/ 18+
*Ellis CD Release- The Cedar/ Mar 29/ $15/ AA
*Femi Kuti & The Positive Force- The Cedar/ June 26/ $45/ AA
*Amadou & Mariam- The Cedar/ June 28/ $45/ AA
*Vieux Farka Touremadou- The Cedar/ July 9/ $18-20/ AA
--NEXT FRIDAY, MAR 8, 2013—
10:00 AM
*Bruno Mars!!- Xcel Energy Center/ July 14/ $40-84/ AA
--TOP UPCOMING SHOWS NEXT FOUR WEEKS!!—
*Jukebox The Ghost w/ Matt Pond- Fine Line/ Mar 8/ $14/ 18+
*Vintage Trouble- Nether Bar @ Mill City Nights/ Mar 9/ $15/ 18+
*Thomas Rhett- Cabooze/ Mar 9/ $17-20/ 18+
*2nd Annual Benefit 2 Celebrate Life w/ Bobby Z, Nicholas David, Maya Rudolph & Questlove- First Ave/ Mar 9/ $65, VIP $150/ 18+
*Dar Williams w/ Willie Porter- The Cedar/ Mar 9/ $31/ AA
*Gaelic Storm- Fitzgerald/ Mar 9/ $34.50-37.50/ AA
*McCoy Tyner Quartet- Hopkins Ctr for the Arts/ Mar 9/ $36/ AA
*Red Horse feat. Eliza Gilkyson, John Gorka & Lucy Kaplansky- Sheldon Theatre, Red Wing/ Mar 9/ $29.50, Students $18.50/ AA
*Buddy Guy & Jonny Lang- State/ Mar 10/ $53.50-63.50/ AA
*Charles Lloyd (Jazz Sax Giant)- Dakota/ Mar 10,11/ $35-45/ AA
*Brit Floyd- State/ Mar 14/ $39-49/ AA
*Bob Seger & Kid Rock- Xcel Energy Center/ Mar 15/ $67-87/ AA
*Tyrone Wells- Varsity/ Mar 15/ $18-30/ AA
*The Ike Reilly Assassination- Turf Club/ Mar 16/ $15/ 21+
*Ryan Bingham- First Ave/ Mar 17/ $20/ 18+
*Keb’ Mo’- Guthrie/ Mar 18/ $46-48/ AA
*Animal Collective- First Ave/ Mar 18/ $25/ 18+
*Pink- Xcel Energy Center/ Mar 19/ $39.50-99.50/ AA
*Great Big Sea- Fitzgerald/ Mar 19/ $37.50/ AA
*Electric Six w/ Mark Mallman- First Ave/ Mar 21/ $12/ 18+
*Lee Brice- Mill City Nights/ Mar 21/ $26-28/ 18+
*Morrissey- Orpheum/ Mar 22, RESCHEDULED From Jan 25/ $40-75/ AA
*G. Love & Special Sauce- First Ave/ Mar 22/ $25/ 21+
*Rihanna- Xcel Energy Center/ Mar 24/ $39.50-125/ AA
*The Pines- Hopkins Ctr for the Arts/ Mar 26/ $24/ AA
--THIS WEEK’S LIVE SHOWS 2/28 Thru 3/7--
--THURSDAY, FEB 28, 2013—
The Gaslight Anthem [Sold Out!]
First Ave/ 8:30/ $27/ 18+
Disney on Ice; Worlds of Fantasy [Through Sunday]
Target Center/ Various Times/ $10 Opening Night Tix Available! $15-65/ AA
Momentary Lapse of Floyd [Top Local Pink Floyd Tribute Band Playing album “Wish You Were Here”!!]
Cabooze/ 9:30/ $7/ 18+
Sister’s Easter Catechism [Opening Weekend! Runs Thru Mar 31]
New Century Theater/ Various Times, Wed-Sun/ $26-33/ AA
--Hilariously answers “Sister, will my bunny go to heaven?” and unearths the origins of Easter eggs, baskets, bonnets and, of course, those yummy Easter Peeps!
Art Vandalay [Infectious Folk N’ Americana Band] & Jaspar Lepak [New Wonderfully-Voiced Rootsy Female Folk Songstress!]
Aster Cafe/ 9:00/ $8/ AA
Moors & McCumber and Mother Banjo [Two Excellent Roots Duo’s]
Ginkgo Coffeehouse, St Paul/ 7:30/ $10/ 18+
Rhonda Laurie [Jazz/Cabaret Singer]
Barbette, Uptown/ 10:00/ FREE/ 18+
Alex Rossi & Root City Band [Soulful & Swingin’ Bluesy Rock and R&B!]
Famous Dave’s Uptown/ 8:00/ FREE/ AA
Refrigerager [Rockin’ Acoustic]
Harriet Brewing Tap Room/ 8:00/ FREE/ 21+
Musical; “Ring of Fire: The Music of Johnny Cash” [Wed—Sunday, Thru May 26!]
Plymouth Playhouse/ Various Times, Wed-Sun/ $35-38, 17 and under $19/ AA
The Butanes [Vintage Soul and R&B, 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!
Frog Leg [Classic Rock N’ Jam Covers, Every Thursday!]
Bunker’s/ 9:30/ $5/ 21+
--For fans of The Allman Brothers, The Grateful Dead, Bob Dylan, The Band, Bob Dylan ect.
--FRIDAY, MAR 1, 2013—
Big Wu Weekend at Lutsen [Fri. Sat. & Sun. Up North @ Lutsen Mountain!]
Papa Charlie’s/ God Johnson Fri 9:30 $8 21+, Big Wu Sat 9:30 $10-14 21+, Sun Big Wu Acoustic 3:30 FREE AA
Vita.mn Bash feat. Solid Gold w/ Sims, Wiping Out Thousands & L’Assassins AND Battle of the Bands to play SXSW in Nether Bar!
Mill City Nights/ 7:30/ $13-15/ 18+
Women of Red House Records w/ Lucy Kaplansky, Heather Masse & Claudia Schmidt [Three World-Renowned Folk Singer/Songwriters!]
O’Shaughnessy/ 7:30/ $20-35, VIP $50/ AA
Head For The Hills w/ The Henhouse Prowlers & San Souci Quartet [Top National Bluegrass Bands from Denver, Chicago & Minneapolis!]
Cabooze/ 9:00/ $8-10/ 18+
White Iron Band w/ Dave Babb & The Pickpockets [Rare Acoustic Set By White Iron, Will be a great night of Roots, Country & Blues!]
Harriet Brewing Tap Room/ 7:00/ FREE/ 21+
John Primer [Excellent Chicago Blues Guitarist & Singer]
Famous Dave’s Uptown/ 9:00/ $5/ AA
Batterboy w/ Fairfax, AK & Portage [Three Fine Indie Folk-Rock Acts!]
The Cedar/ 8:00/ $12-15/ AA
Indians [Hot New Ethereal Roots-Pop from Copenhagen] w/ Night Beds [Strong Young Nashville-based Country-Tinged Roots Pop Act]
7th St Entry/ 9:00/ $12/ 18+
Hounds of Finn CD Release & Benefit for Emergency Foodshelf Network [Infectious Celtic Pop N’ Folk & Americana]
Crooked Pint Ale House/ 9:00/ $10/ 21+
Herb Brooks Foundation Benefit w/ Jimi Jamison [former lead singer of Survivor]
Mpls Music Café/ Doors 5:00, Music 7:00/ $10, Reserved Seat $25/ 21+
Trailer Trash [Great HonkyTonk]
Lee’s Liquor Lounge/ 9:00/ $6/ 21+
Natalie Lovejoy [Soulful Piano-Driven Rock n’ Pop]
Aster Café/ 9:00/ $10/ AA
Rock N’ Bowl w/ The Histronic
Memory Lanes, S Mpls/ 10:00/ FREE/ 21+
--SATURDAY, MAR 2, 2013—
New Event; “Saturday Bluegrass Brunch” w/ Live Music [Performers this week; Prairie Home favorites Pop Wagner & Adam Granger!]
Aster Cafe/ 11AM to 1PM/ No Cover, Full Brunch, Reservations Recommended/ AA
The Ike Reilly Assassination [The King of Intelligent Bar Room Rock!!]
7th St Entry/ 9:00/ $15/ 18+
The Pink Floyd Experience [True Pink Floyd Arena/Stadium Experience in an Intimate Club, Full Lights, Laser & Video and 6 Top Musicians!!]
Mill City Nights/ 9:00/ $35-40/ 18+
Honey Island Swamp Band [The Best of Louisiana & Mississippi Combined!]
Famous Dave’s Uptown/ 9:00/ $7/ AA
--This band was formed in San Francisco a few year’s back by very talented players who were marooned there after Hurricane Katrina. They have been getting people dancing at festivals across the country ever since with their own mix of soul, country, R&B and blues!
Van Stee CD Release [Explorative Rock N’ Pop] w/ John Mark Nelson
Icehouse, S Mpls/ LATE 11:00/ $8/ 21+
Belfast Cowboys [Van Morrison Tribute] w/ Lolo’s Ghost [Americana]
Lee’s Liquor Lounge/ 9:00/ $6/ 21+
Le Cirque Rouge [Burlesque Troupe]
Amsterdam Bar & Hall/ 7:00/ $10/ 21+
Minnesota RollerGirls [VeryFun & Family Friendly]
Roy Wilkins/ 7:30/ $13-18, Free under 9 w/ Each Adult Admission/ AA
--The girls are back with their raucous brand of fun that includes live halftime music from Neil Dynamite and the Heartbeats, face-painting for the kids and the always popular “black-eye booth”! Four teams from the MNRG League will be going at it. $2 off admission with a donation of gently-used youth winter hats, gloves, mittens and/or scarves.
Jack Knife & The Sharps [Rockabilly]
Shaw’s Bar & Grill, NE Mpls/ 9:00/ FREE/ 21+
Katy Vernon & Mary Bue [Two Top Local Singer/Songwriters]
Aster Café/ 9:00/ $8/ AA
Rock N’ Bowl w/ Saints of Circumstance [Grateful Dead Tribute]
Memory Lanes, S Mpls/ 10:00/ FREE/ 21+
--SUNDAY, MAR 3, 2013—
Afternoon Benefit for Slim Dunlap feat. Trailer Trash, The Flamin’ Oh’s, Surf Dawg’s w/ special guests & many raffle gifts
Famous Dave’s Uptown/ 3-7:00/ $5 Minimum/ AA
The Dirty Heads [Fun Alt-Reggae w/ Some Hip Hop Beats from SoCal] w/ Shiny Toy Guns [Danceable Punky Synth-Pop from LA]
Mill City Nights/ 8:00/ $22-25/ 18+
Karan Casey & John Doyle [Her; Breathtaking Irish Singer and Pianist, Him; Truly Great Guitarist and Singer/Producer, doing Irish & English Folk]
The Cedar/ 7:30/ $20-22/ AA
Chris Koza w/ No Man’s String Band
Aster Café/ 7:00/ $5/ AA
The Daredevil Christopher Wright
7th St Entry/ 8:00/ $8-10/ 18+
New Sound Underground [every Sunday, Top Funk N’ Soul Band!]
Whiskey Junction/ 9:30/ FREE/ 21+
Dr Mambo’s Combo [every Sunday and Monday]
Bunker’s / 9:30/ $7/ 21+
--Fun, well-played covers of 70’s and 80’s soul, R&B and dance tunes.
--MONDAY, MAR 4, 2013—
Maroon 5 w/ Neon Trees & Owl City [Pretty Much Sold Out But Some Good Seats may be released Day of Show after stage setup!!]
Xcel Energy Center/ 7:30/ $29.50-79.50/ AA
Tame Impala [Sold Out!]
First Ave/ 8:00/ $20/ 18+
South Side Aces [Swing & Jazz]
Famous Dave’s Uptown/ 8:00/ FREE/ AA
The Neighborhood Group [Jazz w/ a Groove]
Barbette, Uptown/ 10:00/ FREE/ 18+
The Cactus Blossoms [Old-School Country w/Great Harmonies, every Monday]
Turf Club / 7-10:00/ $5/ 21+
--Wonderful old-school country originals with excellent harmonies.
Classic Country w/ Dan Lund & Buffaloaf [every Monday]
Lee’s Liquor Lounge/ 8:00/ FREE/ 21+
--Very well-played classic country music.
--TUESDAY, MAR 5, 2013—
Shawn Colvin [Great Folk N’ Pop Singer & Writer, Wed. & Thur. Also!]
Dakota/ 7:00/ $45/ AA
Danny O’Brien w/ Gabriel Douglas [4OnTheFloor] and Josh Warner [Leaders of Top Local Bands in a Storyteller Setup]
Aster Cafe/ 9:00/ $5/ AA
Crankshaft-solo [Soulful Blues Guitarist & Singer]
331 Club, NE Mpls/ 9:30/ FREE/ 21+
St. Dominic’s Trio [every Tuesday]
Nye’s, NE Mpls/ 9:30/ FREE/ 21+
--This stripped-down version of The Belfast Cowboys still plays plenty of Van Morrison covers.
International Reggae All-Stars [every Tuesday]
Bunkers / 9:00/ $6/ 21+
--Good roots-reggae originals and plenty of covers.
--WEDNESDAY, MAR 6, 2013—
Tegan and Sara [Sold Out!]
First Ave/ 8:00/ $35/ 18+
Shawn Colvin [Great Folk N’ Pop, Thur. Also!]
Dakota/ 7:00/ $45/ AA
Heatbox [Super-Cool Cne-Man Band] w/ Soap [Funky Jam-Rock]
Cabooze/ 9:30/ $8-10/ 18+
Molly Maher & Erik Koskinen [Great Roots & Americana, every Wed!]
Aster Café at Riverplace/ 9:00/ $4/ 21+
--The best night of local roots and Americana music in the Twin Cities each week featuring superb players!
Root City Band [Soulful Pop & Swingin’ Bluesy Rock, every Wed!]
Gluek’s/ 10:00/ $5/ 21+
--One of the most fun dance floor-filled weekly shows in the Twin Cities for the last decade is back for the month of September. Talented lead singer, writer, and guitarist Alex Rossi has had other projects taking him around the country and over the ocean but he and the gang’s infectious, swinging blues-rock should be in fine form.
Willie Murphy & Friends [Local Blues Legend, every Wed!]
Driftwood Char Bar/ 7:30/ FREE/ 21+
--Murphy was nationally-renowned in the 60’s and 70’s and still plays a mean guitar and most Wednesdays, great local keyboard player and singer Tom Hunter joins in.
--THURSDAY, MAR 7, 2013—
MUSE [Great British Symphonic Alt-Rock. Perfect for Arenas!!]
Target Center/ 7:00/ $40-65/ AA
Film Documentary; “Johnny Cash! The Man, His World, His Music”
Pepito’s Parkway Theater, S Mpls/ 7:00/ $12/ PG13
--This film was shot between August 1968 and early 1969 and cut and pastes live concert clips with fascinating home, backstage and other behind-the-scenes footage to offer an insiders’ glimpse of a performer at the top of his game. A rare appearance with Bob Dylan on “One Too Many Mornings” is included! This film was originally shown on PBS, is fully endorsed by the John R. Cash estate and has never been released for movie theaters!
Lindsey Stirling [Sold Out!]
First Ave/ 7:00/ $18/ AA
Gyptian [Top Young Jamaican Roots Reggae Star!! Two Billboard Top 10 Albums!]
Cabooze/ 10:00/ $21-25/ 18+
Shawn Colvin [Final Night of 3! Great Folk N’ Pop]
Dakota/ 7:00/ $45/ AA
The Falderals [Best MN Folk-Pop & Americana Group You Haven’t Seen Yet! Foot-Stompin’ Instrumentation and Nice Vocal Harmonies]
Aster Cafe/ 9:00/ $5/ AA
St. Peter Stompers [New Orleans-Style Jazz]
Red Stag, NE Mple/ 10:00/ FREE/ 21+
Dean Harrington Trio [Gypsy Jazz]
Barbette, Uptown/ 10:00/ FREE/ 18+
Sister’s Easter Catechism [Runs Thru Mar 31]
New Century Theater/ Various Times, Wed-Sun/ $26-33/ AA
--Hilariously answers “Sister, will my bunny go to heaven?” and unearths the origins of Easter eggs, baskets, bonnets and, of course, those yummy Easter Peeps!
Alex Rossi & Root City Band [Soulful & Swingin’ Bluesy Rock and R&B!]
Famous Dave’s Uptown/ 8:00/ FREE/ AA
The Butanes [Vintage Soul and R&B, 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!
Frog Leg [Classic Rock N’ Jam Covers, Every Thursday!]
Bunker’s/ 9:30/ $5/ 21+
--For fans of The Allman Brothers, The Grateful Dead, Bob Dylan, The Band, Bob Dylan ect.
