Look at all these shows. No, I mean it—look at all of them. Every last one. Don't stop reading till you're finished. I'll know if you cheat.
Tuesday, April 26
Bloodline with Vinny Franco, Josh Sky, and Colin Bracewell @ Amsterdam
International Reggae Allstars @ Bunkers
Dear Lenny: Bernstein’s Life in Songs & Letters @ Dakota
St. Dominic’s Trio @ Driftwood
Apocalyptica with Lacuna Coil @ First Avenue
The Schizophrenics + Low Rats @ Icehouse
Weathers with Moontower and The Orphan The Poet @ 7th St Entry
April Conspiracy Series featuring Fuzzy Math Jazz @ 331 Club
DeeOhGee with Cassandra Cole @ Turf Club
Trevor McSpadden & Mary Cutrufello @ White Squirrel
Ghost Kitchen (Tuesday Residency) @ White Squirrel
Wednesday, April 27
MN Songwriter Showcase hosted by Nick Hensley @ Aster Cafe
Mick Sterling Presents ELTONSONGS with Strings @ Dakota
Vic Volare’s SwingDinger Party @ Driftwood
The Warning with Devora @ Fine Line
Koncert for Kyiv with Drums of Navarone & the Good, the Bad, and the Funky @ Granada
Wesley Stace a.k.a. John Wesley Harding @ Hook and Ladder
Todd Sheaffer (of Railroad Earth) @ Hook and Ladder
Big Thief with Kara-Lis Coverdale @ Palace Theatre
Suzi Moon and Ravagers with Bad Idea @ 7th St Entry
KFAI House Party Presents the Soave Brothers @ 331 Club
Tribute to Emmylou Harris & Loretta Lynn @ Turf Club
Nights with Tim @ White Squirrel
Thursday, April 28
Jay Bee & the Routine @ Bunkers
Connie Evingson with Parisota Hot Club @ Crooners
Scottie Miller Band @ Crooners
Robbie Fulks Bluegrass Band @ Dakota
Lolo’s Ghost, Courtney Yasmineh @ Driftwood
Candlelight Jazz: A Tribute to Miles Davis @ Granada
The Minnesota Musicians’ Concert Series @ Hook and Ladder
Zacc Harris’s American Reverie @ Icehouse
Charli XCX with Baby Tate @ Palace Theatre
The Front Porch Swingin’ Liquor Pigs @ Palmer’s
The Key Kids and Bird Hands @ Palmer’s
Peter McPoland with ella jane @ 7th St Entry
Reina del Cid (Release Show) with Kara Laudon and DJ Dave Hoenack @ Turf Club
The Minimalists @ Varsity Theater
Wain Anthony McFarlane @ White Squirrel
Friday, April 29
Space Hug with Oake & Paine @ Aster Cafe
Dan Ristrom & The Big Throwdown @ Bunkers
The Soave Brothers: Tom Hunter & Frank Johns Quartet @ Crooners
The Birthday Concert: Sinatra and More with Andrew Walesch Orchestra @ Crooners
Jennifer Grimm Sings Judy Garland @ Dakota
The Red Dog Band, Cosmoline @ Driftwood
Beast in Black, Striker @ Fine Line
Rina Sawayama with HANA @ First Avenue
Barcelona Flamenco Ballet @ Granada
Devastation on the Nation @ The Lyric
Doug Collins & The Receptionists (Single Release) with Becky Kapell and Eli Gardiner @ Palmer’s
Eleganza! (Record Release) with Monica LaPlante and Mad Mojo Jett @ 7th St Entry
Andrew Kneeland, Tom Flip, KC McKee @ 331 Club
Self Titled, the Jomos, Sassafras @ The Treasury
Mild High Club with JW Francis @ Turf Club
Fierce Presents: Oz @ Uptown VFW
Anjela Johnson-Reyes @ Varsity Theater
Cola Horse with Baltic Avenue Neighborhood Watch & timisarocker @ White Squirrel
Saturday, April 30
Harlow w. Lyla Abukhodair & Present Company @ Cabooze
Remembering Doris Day with Maud Hixson @ Crooners
Johnnie Brown and The Sound of Philadelphia @ Crooners
Chris Speed Trio feat. Dave King @ Crooners
Alan Doyle with Chris Trapper @ Dakota
Nonprophets, Badhoochman @ Driftwood
Fruit Bats and Bonny Light Horseman with Johanna Samuels @ First Avenue
Dog Man: The Musical @ Fitzgerald Theater
7th Annual Bean Bagz for Brainz @ Hook and Ladder
Waveless, Sotol, Lazear, River Sinclaire @ Mortimer’s
Jessie James Decker with Adam Doleac @ Palace Theatre
The Right Here, Gentleman Speaker, and VIN @ Palmer’s
Kith + Kin Chorus with Jeremy Messersmith @ Parkway
Kiss the Tiger (Early Show) with RRA @ 7th St Entry
Kiss the Tiger (Late Show) with Erik Koskinen @ 7th St Entry
Deterioration with Torment, Hate Beast, Annihilation Process @ Skyway
Erik’s Iridescent Tent, Atomic Energy Commission, Lunar Moth @ 331 Club
Juana Molina with Arthur Moon @ Turf Club
Electric Feel 2000's Indie Rock & Pop Parties @ Uptown VFW
Nate & Hannah w/ Frog and the Bog @ White Squirrel
Sunday, May 1
Dayseeker with Holding Absence, Thornhill, Caskets, Halcyon Wander @ Amsterdam
Minnesota Jazz Legends: The Elders, Hosted by Patty Peterson @ Crooners
Honky-Tonk Jump: The Texas Swing Music of Bob Wills @ Crooners
Mick Sterling Presents Sunday Supper with Strings Series: Bruce Springsteen @ Crooners
Alan Doyle with Chris Trapper @ Dakota
Super Duty, Shotgun Ragtime Band @ Driftwood
Anthony Green, Laura Jane Grace, and Tim Kasher with Mikey Erg @ Fine Line
Aimee Mann with Jonathan Coulton @ Fitzgerald Theater
Brunch Jazz with ’69 Dodge @ Icehouse
Black Wine, Lazenlow, DJ Nanobyte @ Mortimer’s
Church of Cornbread: Cornbread Harris @ Palmer’s
Michael Gay’s Old Country Buffet @ Palmer’s
American Primitive Guitar Series with Jeff Ray @ 331 Club
Anaïs Mitchell with Samantha Crain @ Turf Club
Porto Johnson & Moore with Time Stream & Ditch Pidgeon @ White Squirrel
Monday, May 2
John Raymond & the Kind Folk Quartet @ Dakota
The Roe Family Singers @ 331 Club
Matt Arthur Contraption @ 331 Club
COLD with University Drive and Black Satellite @ Turf Club
Ben Bohmer with Olan @ Varsity Theater
Sciurus Sequencia: Monday Night Jazz and Improvised Music Series @ White Squirrel