I Fucking Dare You to Look at This Week’s Complete Concert Calendar
You think you're ready for this? Haha you are SO not.
Too $hort rapping, Melle Mel doing a pull up: They’re both in town this week.
I dunno, just feeling confrontational this morning. Anyway, there's a taste of Art-A-Whirl here, but a more complete roundup of A-A-W music options is forthcoming.
Tuesday, May 17
International Reggae Allstars @ Bunkers
St. Dominic’s Trio @ Driftwood
French 79 with Terror Jr. @ 7th St Entry
Testament, Exodus, Death Angel @ Skyway Theatre
May Conspiracy Series featuring Ben Cook-Feltz, Katy Vernon @ 331 Club
Worker’s Playtime, Eli Gardiner @ 331 Club
Infected Rain with Gone in April @ Turf Club
Trevor McSpadden & Mary Cutrufello @ White Squirrel
Uncle Jesse’s Comb (Tuesday Residency) @ White Squirrel
Wednesday, May 18
MN Songwriter Showcase @ Aster Cafe
The Music of Patsy Cline with Joyann Parker @ Crooners
2 Girls and A Boyd with Richard Kriehn @ Crooners
Anothernight, River Sinclaire, Serious Machine @ Eagles 34
Red Eye Ruby (Residency) @ Mortimers
Gabriel Kahane with Julie Albers @ Parkway Theater
ADULT. with Kontravoid and Spike Hellis @ 7th St Entry
KFAI House Party Presents Kinda Fonda Wanda @ 331 Club
Trevor McSpadden & Mary Cutrufello, “Desperado” @ 331 Club
Thursday, May 19
Graveslave with Solshade, Desolate Entity @ Amsterdam
Jay Bee & the Routine @ Bunkers
IDR_ITALIAN DOC REMIX with Dan Newton’s Cafe Accordion Orchestra @ Cedar Cultural Center
Mick Sterling Presents Born to Run: The Music of Bruce Springsteen @ Crooners
Lolo’s Ghost, Mark Ross & 319 @ Driftwood
Alpha House with Austin Millz, Mickey Breeze, MikeRat, Awa Mally @ First Avenue
Chris Castino (Album Release) @ Icehouse
The Front Porch Swingin’ Liquor Pigs @ Palmer’s
Liz Longley with Lily DeTaeye @ 7th St Entry
Cross Pollination: The Gentlemen’s Anti-Temperance League @ 331 Club
Tiffany with Jillian Rae @ Turf Club
Pig’s Eye Records presents… Danger Pins, Dan Israel, Edie Rae and Craig Teiken @ White Squirrel
Dave Bruzza with Jordan Tice @ Turf Club
Esther Povitsky @ Varsity Theater
Saint Paul Mudsteppers Monday @ White Squirrel
Friday, May 20
Ovrfwrd, the Great Went, God Came From Space @ Amsterdam
John Swardson + Joe George @ Aster Cafe
Foy Vance with Lee Rogers and Gareth Dunlop @ Cedar Cultural Center
Shabby Road Orchestra: Performs The Beatles’ Let it Be @ Dakota
Jazzicality, Paper Doll @ Driftwood
Dua Saleh with Ricki Monique @ Fine Line
The Mountain Goats with Will Sheff @ First Avenue
Davina & the Vagabonds @ Hook and Ladder
Cody Steinmann Trio @ Icehouse
Porky's Groove Machine, Brass and Bodyworks @ Icehouse
Autokorekt x Crowell @ The Loft
Little Man, The Heavy Sixers, and Cindy Lawson @ Palmer’s
Valerie June with Chastity Brown @ Pantages
Anthony Shore’s Elvis: Hollywood to Vegas @ Parkway Theater
GOWNS and CHNNLL with Harlow and Distant Edge @ 7th St Entry
The Rumjacks and Flatfoot 56 @ Turf Club
The Brothers Allmanac + Alex Rossi’s Tribute to Jimi Hendrix @ Uptown VFW
Zeitgeist and Friends with special guest George Lewis @ Walker Art Center
Briefcase, The Tender Years, Petty Larcenists @ White Squirrel
Saturday, May 21
Goatwhore with Apothic, VolsungaSaga, Cobra Czar, Strappado @ Amsterdam
Coolidge (Reunion Show) @ Aster Cafe
The Good, the Bad & the Funky @ Bunkers
Wookiefoot with Indubious and Limns @ Cabooze
Sophia Shorai and Tanner Taylor @ Crooners
Ginger Commodore and Geoff Jones @ Crooners
Vittorio & the Bridges, Showdog @ Driftwood
Sunflower Bean with Jackie Hayes and BOBBY RETHWISH @ Fine Line
Shellac with Loki’s Folly @ First Avenue
The Belfast Cowboys @ Hook and Ladder
Sue Orfield and Joe Cruz @ Icehouse
The Assortment: 7 Year Anniversary Dance Party! @ Mortimers
Lucius with Celisse @ Palace Theatre
Annie & the Bang Bang, Big Salt. Whiskey Rock and Roll Club @ Palmer’s
The Nitty Gritty with DJs Brian Engel and Blue Funk @ Palmer’s
Trailer Trash & Janie Miller present A Patsy Cline Valentine @ Parkway Theater
Tomberlin with Jana Horn @ 7th St Entry
Too $hort, Champ Medici @ Skyway Theatre
Becky Kapell (Release Party) with Turn Turn Turn and Faith Boblett @ Turf Club
LP Presents Emo Night: The Final @ Uptown VFW
Psychotropic Sound presents… Confucisaurus w/ Kinder Dosage @ White Squirrel
Sunday, May 22
Swing Brunch with Patty and the Buttons @ Aster Cafe
Mississippi River Songs with Robert Robinson and Brother Tim Frantzich @ Crooners
Mayyadda, Black Velvet Punks @ Dakota
Super Duty, Shotgun Ragtime @ Driftwood
Johnny NO Cash Band @ Eagles 34
PaviElle French and Friends @ Fitzgerald Theater
Red Hot Django Peppers @ Icehouse
Cat Piss, TV Moms, Time Room @ Mortimers
Cornbread Harris: Church of Cornbread @ Palmer’s
Art-A-Whirl: Annie Mack, Under Violet, Humbird, amd more @ 331 Club
Monday, May 23
Annihilatour featuring Street Cleaner, Watch Out For Snakes, Moris Blak @ Amsterdam
Jeff Perry, Tim Sparks, Dean Magraw & Joel Shapira @ Dakota
LA Buckner’s Jazz Mondays @ Icehouse
Pony, the Roe Family Singers, Matt Arthur Contraption @ 331 Club
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