Lots of options for your Juneteenth weekend, including a great Afropunk Festival lineup that features the flat-out genius Chicago rapper Noname and local standouts like miloe and EVV.
Wednesday, June 15
Flogging Molly & the Interrupters with the Skints @ Armory
Me and Peter: A Night of Great Songs on Mick Sterling's 61st Birthday with Peter Guertin @ Crooners
Robert Robinson and Friends @ Dakota
The Bad Companions @ Eagles 34
Finding Noyvon with DJ Low @ Icehouse
Surly Grrly June (Residency) with Whale in the Thames, The Unnamed @ Mortimers
Desert Island's 200th Episode Party @ Palmer’s
Into It. Over It. with Pool Kids and Couplet @ 7th St Entry
KFAI House Party Presents the HIGH Rev @ 331 Club
La Femme with Trance Farmers @ Turf Club
Faun Fables with the Kind City @ Uptown VFW
Lil Tracy with Brennan Savage @ Varsity Theater
Saint Paul Mudsteppers Monthly @ White Squirrel
Thursday, June 16
Buckaroux Banshees, Rhombs, and Pill Cutter @ Amsterdam
Wynn Rivers @ Bryant Square Park
Jay Bee & the Routine @ Bunkers
Urban Classic Featuring G Sharp, Mark Lickteig and Jay Bee @ Crooners
Sophia Shorai Quartet @ Dakota
Lolo’s Ghost, the Capital Sons @ Driftwood
Welcome to Night Vale with Carrie Elkin and Danny Schmidt @ Fitzgerald
One With the Riverbed @ The Garage
Art Is… The Freedom of Spirit! @ Hook and Ladder
The Front Porch Swingin’ Liquor Pigs @ Palmer’s
Prateek Kuhad with Laura Elliott @ 7th St Entry
Cross Pollination: The Gentlemen’s Anti-Temperance League @ 331 Club
Paul McCartney 80th Birthday Tribute @ Turf Club
Pig’s Eye Records presents… Matt Caflisch, Folios @ White Squirrel
Friday, June 17
Denim Matriarch, Another Heaven, Stay At Home Astronaut, Good Doom @ Amsterdam
Billy Johnson & the Hillcats @ Aster Cafe
Rocket & Gizzae @ Cedar Cultural Center
Maurice Jacox and We Still R Band @ Crooners
The Beatles: Six Strings, Many Visions @ Crooners
All Requests with Prudence Johnson and Dan Chouinard @ Crooners
Urban Swamp Dogs, Dilly Dally Alley @ Driftwood
Purity Ring with ekkstacy @ First Avenue
Cosmic Fishheads @ Hook and Ladder
The April Fools + Rich Mattson & Germaine Gemberling @ Icehouse
Prairie Fire Lady Choir @ Lake Harriet Bandshell
Becky Kapell, Gini Dodds, Brian Just @ Palmer’s
Ultra Q with Been Stellar and TYSM! @ 7th St Entry
Falcon Arrow, Cola Horse, Pelicant @ 331 Club
WHORES. with Capra and Tongue Party @ Turf Club
DJ Matt Bennett @ Varsity Theater
Amy Buchanan’s Comedy + Music Night Part I @ White Squirrel
Saturday, June 18
Ladies First: Great Women Soul Singer @ Bunkers
Colleen Raye feat. Rick Carlson @ Crooners
Juneteenth: A Day to Honor and Celebrate Liberation @ Crooners
Joe Newberry and Richard Kriehn @ Crooners
The Strolling Clones, Geek Love @ Driftwood
Transmission with DJ Jake Rudh @ First Avenue
Wanderer with Rig Time! Blind Equation and Bejalvin @ The Garage
Dan Schwartz & Nick Salisbury @ Icehouse
David Huckfelt & the Unarmed Forces (June Residency) @ Icehouse
Kym (EP Release) with Dark Bunny and Foe @ Icehouse
Twin Cities Mobile Jazz Project @ Lake Harriet Bandshell
The Samples with Tim Mahoney @ Parkway Theater
The Warlocks with Magic Castles and Sisters of Your Sunshine Vapor @ 7th St Entry
Planet Afropunk Live @ Sheridan Memorial Park
Rare Plant Summer Camp, Cryote, Clementine @ 331 Club
Modern Nun with Creeping Charlie and Kate Malanaphy @ The Treasury
McKinley James with Leslie Rich and the Rocket Soul Choir @ Turf Club
Organize and Arise – Smash Divisions @ Uptown VFW
Goodbye Mordecai with Super Flasher & Ghost Kitchen @ White Squirrel
Sunday, June 19
Swing Brunch with Patty and the Buttons @ Aster Cafe
Ted Unseth and De Stijlistics @ Cedar Cultural Center
A Tribute to Cat Stevens with Michael Monroe @ Crooners
Erin Schwab’s Birthday Bash @ Crooners
David Sanborn Jazz Quintet @ Dakota
Super Duty, Shotgun Ragtime @ Driftwood
Reality Check and Tr3y F5ve @ Eagles 34
Wrestlepalooza: A Pride Pre-Party @ First Avenue
Soul of the Southside: Juneteenth Festival @ Hook and Ladder
Colores: A Service Industry Dance Night @ Icehouse
Cantus @ Lake Harriet Bandshell
Brass Menagerie @ Lake Harriet Bandshell
Juneteenth Music Festival @ Mortimers
Cornbread Harris: Church of Cornbread @ Palmer’s
Kai Brewster’s Millions @ Palmer’s
China Crisis with Jake Rudh @ Parkway Theater
Planet Afropunk Live @ Sheridan Memorial Park
Guitar Summer, Dakota Dave Hull @ 331 Club
Sweet Pill with Niiice. and Haze Gazer @ The Treasury
PRIMITIVE MAN with MORTIFERUM, Jarhead Fertilizer, Body Void @ Turf Club
Subtle Transients @ White Squirrel
Monday, June 20
Peter Himmelman with Dan Israel @ Dakota
Josh Granowski’s Jazz Mondays @ Icehouse
Minnesota Freedom Band @ Lake Harriet Bandshell
GQ and the Unit @ Nicollet Island Park
Jennifer Grimm @ Pantages Theater
Lunar Vacation with The Slaps and Future Crib @ 7th St Entry
Gordon Lightfoot @ State Theatre
The Roe Family Singers @ 331 Club
