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Tuesday, June 7
International Reggae Allstars @ Bunkers
St. Dominic’s Trio @ Driftwood
Tune-Yards with Anjimile @ Fine Line
Icehouse’s Ten Year Anniversary w/ Solid Gold, Lady Midnight, Chef Sounds @ Icehouse
June Conspiracy Series featuring Red Daughters @ 331 Club
Worker’s Playtime, Colin Monette @ 331 Club
Cane Hill with Afterlife, VCTMS and Moodring @ Turf Club
Trevor McSpadden & Mary Cutrufello @ White Squirrel
Loser Magnet (Tuesday Residency) @ White Squirrel
Wednesday, June 8
ACME Jazz Company with Arne Fogel @ Crooners
"Guilty Pleasure Society" with Deevo and N'em @ Crooners
The Bad Companions @ Eagles 34
Surly Grrly (Residency) with T.W.Y.G., Getting By, @ Mortimers
Desert Island's 200th Episode Party with Mike Munson, The Orange Theory & Theyself @ Palmer’s
Wingtip with BLUE SWANS @ 7th St Entry
The Strike with Sub-Radio @ Studio B
KFAI House Party Presents Lenz & Frenz @ 331 Club
Bethany Larson and the Bee’s Knees, Submarine Secrets @ 331 Club
Nights With Tim @ White Squirrel
Thursday, June 9
ARCHERS, Divide The Fall, Common Choir, Dearly Departed, The Losing Hope, VVAKEFIELD @ Amsterdam
Jay Bee & the Routine @ Bunkers
Sounds of Summer: Cafe Accordion Orchestra @ Crooners
Mick Sterling Presents The Soul of Daryl and John: A Night of Hall and Oates @ Crooners
Lolo’s Ghost, Billy Dankert @ Driftwood
Emmit Fenn with ayoka @ Fine Line
Candlelight: Romantic Jazz ft. Frank Sinatra and Nat King Cole @ Granada
Finding Noyvon with DJ Low @ Icehouse
StoLyette, Florina, Head Shrink, DJ Soft Abuse @ Mortimers
The Front Porch Swingin’ Liquor Pigs @ Palmer’s
Mess Esque with Gold Minefield @ 7th St Entry
Minneapolis Songwriter Rounds: Harry Edstrom, Cody James, Marty Lee, Karl Remus @ 331 Club
Hipshaker MPLS Presents: PARTYUP! a Prince and MPLS Sound Dance Party @ Uptown VFW
Chris Holm with Nathan Griner @ White Squirrel
Friday, June 10
Sunshine & The Night Walkers (Album Release) with The Confused @ Amsterdam
Space Ambulance + Rafta @ Aster Cafe
The 70s Magic Sunshine Band @ Bunkers
Mick Sterling Presents The Soul of Daryl and John: A Night of Hall and Oates @ Crooners
The Dissapointments, Surly Grrly, White Line Darko, Zippoman @ Driftwood
The Purple Xperience @ Granada
Jeremy Messersmith @ Hook and Ladder
The Assortment: Pop-up Pride Dance Party! @ Mortimers
The Mighty Mofos, The Silverteens and The Silent Treatment @ Palmer’s
DJ Nanobyte Presents "Byte Nyte" @ Palmer’s
Mary Bue & Band with special guests Maygen & The Birdwatcher and Superior Siren @ Parkway Theater
Jordana with Harry Teardrop @ 7th St Entry
Sparkling Review, Killing Spree, FEEGEE @ 331 Club
Mansionair with Social Animals @ Turf Club
MILKSHAKE! A late 90's / Early 2000's Dance Party @ Uptown VFW
Robot Slide with We Are the Willows (solo) & Ellie Jackson and Caley Conway @ White Squirrel
Saturday, June 11
Capital City Cabaret’s Pride Celebration @ Amsterdam
Origin, Abysmal Dawn, Tombs, Killitorous, Reaping Asmodea @ Cabooze
Songs from Broadway and More with Kate Beahen and Friends @ Crooners
Wayne Anthony Presents Standards and Z Vous Play @ Crooners
David Sanborn Jazz Quintet @ Dakota
Fab Hackmasters, Cody James, Lost Island Society, Ygnes @ Driftwood
Venus De Mars and All the Pretty Horses @ Hook and Ladder
David Huckfelt & the Unarmed Forces (June Residency) @ Icehouse
Orchid Eaton (Record Release), Yellow Ostrich, Kansas Plates @ Icehouse
Com3t with Gravitrax @ The Loft
The Bad Man (Record Release) @ Mortimers
Last Chance For Love: A Killer Late Night Dance Party @ Palmer’s
Dan Rodriguez (EP Release) @ Parkway Theater
R.A.P. Ferreira with BLAX @ 7th St Entry
After the Burial @ Skyway Theatre
Jeweler, Suzie, Mr. Submissive @ 331 Club
Voltage Controller Vol. 6, Fluidic, Peter Bregman, Jesse Whitney @ 331 Club
Modern Nun with Creeping Charlie and Kate Malanaphy @ The Treasury
Cancerslug with They Live, Bonefire, DJ Dan Lansing @ Uptown VFW
Kings Kaleidoscope @ Varsity Theater
Rock the Garden @ Walker Art Center
Joe Hysell and the Ramblin Mercenaries with Owl Beard and The Rowdy Gents @ White Squirrel
Sunday, June 12
Swing Brunch with Patty and the Buttons @ Aster Cafe
The Songs of Andrae Crouch Feat. Billy Steele, Tonia Hughes & Sara Renner @ Crooners
Will Kjeer, Dave King, Charlie Lincoln @ Crooners
David Sanborn Jazz Quintet @ Dakota
Super Duty, Shotgun Ragtime @ Driftwood
Ben Nichols with Todd May @ Fine Line
Jeff Rosenstock with NNAMDÏ and Catbite @ First Avenue
The High Hawks – Sunday Funday Minni-Fest @ Hook and Ladder
Tasha Baron and Liz Draper @ Icehouse
Coax From Chuckanut with Good Diction @ Icehouse
Colores: A Service Industry Dance Night @ Icehouse
Butter Boys (Residency) with High Tiny Hairs, Malamiko, Jung Yeller @ Mortimers
Cornbread Harris: Church of Cornbread @ Palmer’s
Kai Brewster’s Millions @ Palmer’s
Sara Kays with Hayd @ 7th St Entry
Dr. Sketchy’s Anti-Art School @ 331 Club
Bob Log III with theyself @ Turf Club
Adekunie Gold @ Varsity Theater
Trench Size Trio @ White Squirrel
Monday, June 13
Wet with Hannah Jadagu @ Fine Line
Josh Granowski’s Jazz Mondays @ Icehouse
Vundabar with Runnner @ 7th St Entry
The Roe Family Singers @ 331 Club
Matt Arthur Contraption @ 331 Club
Hillsong United + Chris Tomlin @ Target Center
Kristin Hersh with Fred Abong @ Turf Club
Sciurus Sequencia: Monday Night Jazz and Improvised Music Series @ White Squirrel