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From Palmfest to Arena Pop-Punk, This Week’s Complete Concert Calendar Has the Proverbial ‘It All’

Pretty much all the music within earshot this week.

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Former young person Avril Lavigne will be in St. Paul this week.

It's been a quiet year for arena shows, but this week sees the arrival of pop-punk Machine Gun Kelly, country nice guy Alan Jackson, and the mouthiest Pink Floydster, Roger Waters. The real fun is just as likely to be had over at Palmer's, where a three-day Palmfest collects a bunch of great local rock.

Tuesday, July 26

TIMISAROCKER @ Bryant Square Park

International Reggae Allstars @ Bunkers

Wain McFarlane and Friends @ Dakota

St. Dominic’s Trio @ Driftwood

War on the Catwalk @ Fillmore

Horsegirl with Dummy @ Fine Line

Advance Base + We Are the Willows (Solo) @ Icehouse

Killusonline (EP Release) with huhroon, RIOTGRRRLDARKO, and Twin Tombs @ 7th St Entry

July Conspiracy Series featuring Venus DeMars presents “Live From Mars,” Trading Faces @ 331 Club

Workers Playtime, Ben Weaver & Strong Buffalo @ 331 Club

The Regrettes @ Varsity Theater

Red Hot Django Peppers @ Water Works

Trevor McSpadden & Mary Cutrufello @ White Squirrel

Gabe Barnett & Them Rounders (Tuesday Residency) @ White Squirrel

Wednesday, July 27

Dylan Salfer @ Bunkers

Lady Midnight @ Dakota

Jessie Street Band, Vic Volare’s Anyswing Goes @ Driftwood

Coin @ The Fillmore

Foxing with Greet Death and Home Is Where @ Fine Line

Laura Marano with Mark Diamond @ 7th St Entry

KFAI House Party Presents Mississippi Hot Club @ 331 Club

Lenz & Frenz @ 331 Club

Anvil with White Wizzard, Mi

Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever with Val Son @ Turf Club

BLXST @ Varsity Theater

Nights With Tim @ White Squirrel

Thursday, July 28

Big Time Rush @ Armory

Space Hug @ Bryant Square Park

Jay Bee & the Routine @ Bunkers

Montana of 300 @ Cabooze

Graydon Francis & iamKaye @ The Commons

River - The Music of Joni Mitchell, Carole King and Carly Simon @ Crooners

Jay Young and the Lyric Factory @ Crooners

Tab Benoit @ Dakota

Sargasso @ Driftwood

Sick Eagle, Anima, Ivan + Nelle @ Eagles 34

Pinegrove with Gulfer and Poise @ First Avenue

Bit Brigade performs The Legend Of Zelda + Castlevania @ The Garage

Chris Antonik with Hector Anchondo @ Granada

The Minnesota Musicians Concert Series @ Hook and Ladder

Jeremy Cunningham/Dustin Laurenzi/Paul Bryan + A Mike Lewis Music Band @ Icehouse

Jones and Bloom’s Culture Zoom @ KJ’s Hideaway

Capitol Sons @ Lake Harriet Bandshell

Twin Cities Mobile Jazz Project @ Minnehaha Park

The Front Porch Swingin’ Liquor Pigs @ Palmer’s

ericdoa @ 7th St Entry

Machine Gun Kelly, Avril Lavigne, Willow @ Target Center

Minneapolis Songwriter Rounds: Composey, Doug Collins, Alanna Shortland, Maeve Rowan Aickin @ 331 Club

Anvil with White Wizzard, Midnite Hellion, and DJ Danny Sigelman @ Turf Club

Punx @ Uptown VFW

The Matt Arthur Contraption @ White Squirrel

American Scarecrows @ Amsterdam

Ashleigh Still + Sophia Shorai @ Aster Cafe

Friday, July 29

Trailer Trash @ Bunkers

Crowbar @ Cabooze

Everclear @ Canterbury Park

Lamont Cranston @ Crooners

Classic American Rockers @ Crooners

Walter Trout @ Dakota

Them Dots Matt Hannah, Better Devils, The Soviet Machines @ Driftwood

DJ Shane Kramer @ Dusty’s

Gary Clark Jr. @ Hilde Performance Center

90s Dance Night with You Oughta Know @ Hook and Ladder

Red Eye Ruby (EP Release) @ Hook and Ladder

Kavyesh Kaviraj @ Icehouse

Earthkry @ Icehouse

Chad Johnson and the Minnesota Transplants @ KJ’s Hideaway

Minnesota Sinfonia @ Lake Harriet Bandshell

Last Heroes @ The Loft

John Penny Band @ Minnehaha Park

Gothess @ Mortimer’s

Palmfest Day One @ Palmer’s

Maria and the Coins, Faith Boblett, and Dark Bunny @ 7th St Entry

Benny the Butcher & Juelz Santana @ Skyway Theatre

Cola Horse, Tollund Moses, Super Flasher @ 331 Club

Trading Faces, Black Wine, Chandler, Clint Niosi, & The Kind City @ Uptown VFW

Alan Jackson After Party with Cole Diamond @ White Squirrel

Alan Jackson @ Xcel Energy Center

Saturday, July 30

Space Monkey Mafia with Bumsy and the Moochers, Rocksteady Breakfast, and Goodbye Mordecai @ Amsterdam

Deadmau5 @ The Armory

John Magnuson Trio with Brian Just @ Aster Cafe

Jay Bee and the Routine @ Bunkers

Blue Felix with Joe & The Mechanics • Leaving Hope • Reverend John Wheeler @ Cabooze

Maud Hixson and Dean Magraw @ Crooners

Forever Everly - The Music of The Everly Brothers @ Crooners

Lori Dokken Presents Women On The Moon Part II @ Crooners

Paris Chansons @ Dakota

Patrik Tanner, The Burl Ives Explosion, Lovehouse @ Driftwood

UJC with Time Room & Jung Yeller @ Dusty’s

Your Last Breath @ The Garage

Pete Hoffman @ Granada

Gary Clark Jr. @ Hilde Performance Center

Malamanya @ Hook and Ladder

Virgin Whores @ Hook and Ladder

Art Vandalay @ Icehouse

The Riffin’ Trio @ Icehouse

Bdot Croc + Dwynell Roland + Student 1 @ Icehouse

Good Time Gals @ KJ’s Hideaway

Claudia Medina’s Peruvian Project, the Steve Kenny “Trio” @ KJ’s Hideaway

Minneapolis Pops Orchestra @ Lake Harriet Bandshell

Sunless, Dischordia, Tulip @ Mortimer's

The Psychedelic Furs, X @ Palace Theatre

Palmfest Day Two @ Palmer’s

Emma-Jean Thackeray @ 7th St Entry

Adventure Club @ Skyway Theatre

Oceano @ Studio B

The Great Went, Warcake, Silt @ 331 Club

huhroon, Black Velvet Punks, and Goon Tribune @ Turf Club

Hot in Herre @ Uptown VFW

Sorry Papi: The All Girl Reggaeton Party @ Varsity Theater

Johnny Sincerely’s Traveling Blues Orchestra July Residency @ White Squirrel

Brandi Carlile @ Xcel Energy Center

Sunday, July 31

Eric Carranza @ Amsterdam

Swing Brunch with Patty and the Buttons @ Aster Cafe

Cafe Accordion Orchestra @ Cedar Cultural Center

Lori Dokken Presents Women On The Moon Part II @ Crooners

Mick Sterling and the Stud Brothers @ Crooners

Connie Evingson with Patty and the Buttons @ Dakota

Super Duty, Shotgun Ragtime @ Driftwood

Sunday Country Dance @ Eagles 34

Dashboard Confessional @ The Fillmore

Durry @ Hewing Hotel

The Iguanas @ Hook and Ladder

Harris/Keen/Power @ Icehouse

Lamar + Tender Ness @ Icehouse

Colores: A Service Industry Dance Night @ Icehouse

Veronica Lewis with Erin McCawley’s Harrison Street Band @ KJ’s Hideaway

Kerns and the Hemispheres @ Lake Harriet Bandshell

Minnesota Pops Orchestra @ Lake Harriet Bandshell

Gypsy Mania Hot Club Quartet @ Lake Harriet Bandshell

Tacklebox with Dusty Forever, Gut Czech @ Mortimer’s

Rebelution with DENM and DJ Mackle @ Palace Theatre

Palmfest Day Three @ Palmer’s

RiGBY with Floodwater Angel and Haze Gazer @ 7th St Entry

Roger Waters @ Target Center

Adam Kiesling @ 331 Club

N3RD4KING with Logan Michaels, Just Keta and Mithy G / $mhtai @ The Treasury

Jung Yeller with Kat Kirschmann & Another Night @ White Squirrel

Monday, Aug. 1

Casii Stephan with Ben Noble and the Albertina @ Amsterdam

Dr. Mambo’s Combo @ Bunkers

Tab Benoit @ Dakota

Local Natives with Jordana @ First Avenue

Nelson Devereux’s Zones Residency @ Icehouse

Ben Cook-Feltz @ Lake Harriet Bandshell

Other Country Ensemble @ Nicollet Island Park

Deeper with Wombo and RRA @ 7th St Entry

Pine & Fire @ 331 Club

The Roe Family Singers @ 331 Club

Matt Arthur Contraption @ 331 Club

Shamir with Creeping Charlie @ Turf Club

Opera Under the Stars @ Water Works

Chef Sounds (DJ Night) @ White Squirrel

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