Let’s Pretend I Wrote a Clever Headline for This Week’s Concert Calendar: July 19-25
Pretty much all the music within earshot of the Twin Cities this week.
The cake-eaters in Motion City Soundtrack.
Good job pretending! Now let's pretend I wrote a clever intro.
Tuesday, July 19
Joshua Dylan Balis with Wax//Wayne & Harlow @ Amsterdam
The Jugsluggers @ Bryant Square Park
International Reggae Allstars @ Bunkers
St. Dominic’s Trio @ Driftwood
Bob Frey + Dan Israel @ Icehouse
Cola with Palm Friends and Battery Eyes @ 7th St Entry
July Conspiracy Series featuring Venus DeMars presents “Live From Mars” @ 331 Club
Workers Playtime, Aaron Lee Kaplan @ 331 Club
Trevor McSpadden & Mary Cutrufello @ White Squirrel
Gabe Barnett & Them Rounders (Tuesday Residency) @ White Squirrel
Wednesday, July 20
Mad Pipes with Area 51 and Barbara Piper @ Amsterdam
Twist My Arm, Dusty Brown, Joshua Dylan Balis @ Driftwood
Pagan Athletes/Killed By Clapton/Stressica @ Eagles 34
Tim Heidecker @ Fitzgerald Theater
Catfish Troy Band, Tang and the Tabs, Elour, the Frensz Family Band @ Mortimer’s
The Matt Arthur Contraption with Woodzen @ Palmer’s
Andualem Gosa, Daanga H/Qanani, Adnan Muhammed @ Skyway Theatre
KFAI House Party Presents John Till @ 331 Club
Lyla Abukhodair, Delicate Friend, Babie Eyes @ 331 Club
Boulevards with Keny Grey @ Turf Club
Drive-By Truckers with Lydia Loveless @ Utepils Brewing
Twin Cities Mobile Jazz Project @ Van Cleve Park
St. Paul Mudsteppers Monthly @ White Squirrel
Thursday, July 21
Chuck Blaze @ Bryant Square Park
Jay Bee & the Routine @ Bunkers
The Revelers with New Riverside Ramblers @ Cedar
The Legendary Count Basie Orchestra @ Crooners
Django Festival All Stars @ Dakota
House of Music Band Camp, the Disappointments @ Driftwood
Lena & the Lovekills @ Eagles 34
Sasha Alex Sloan with Jessie Murph and slimdan @ First Avenue
Jon Wayne & the Payne @ Hook and Ladder
Izaak Opatx + Pat Keen @ Icehouse
Tim Casey & the Maryrs @ Lake Harriet Bandshell
Pavel Jany Trio @ Minnehaha Park
Stuck, Products, Scrunchies, Liquid Lunch @ Mortimer’s
The Front Porch Swingin’ Liquor Pigs @ Palmer’s
Savannah Conley with Secondhand Sound @ 7th St Entry
Cross Pollination: The Gentlemen’s Anti-Temperance League @ 331 Club
Creeping Charlie with Kids Ski Free and Emma Jeanne @ The Treasury
Christian Lee Hutson with Another Michael @ Turf Club
Pig's Eye Records presents... 4 Corners & SeaWeeds @ White Squirrel
Friday, July 22
The Neighborhood Quartet @ Aster Cafe
Bobby Lyle’s Summer Flow @ Crooners
Sophia Shorai and Tanner Taylor @ Crooners
Django Festival All Stars @ Dakota
The Knotties, Twin Citizen, Trading Faces @ Driftwood
Another Heaven, Mal, Division of Masters, and Iosis @ Eagles 34
Motion City Soundtrack with All Get Out and Neil Rubenstein @ First Avenue
La Clave Orquestra & DJ Caribe @ Granada
Sunny Sweeney @ Hook and Ladder
Jillian Rae + Cassandra Cole @ Icehouse
Adam Brandt (EP Release) @ KJ’s Hideaway
Tre Aaron @ Lake Harriet Bandshell
drumHeart and the Women’s Drum Center @ Minnehaha Park
Falcon Arrow, Couch Potato Massacre, Warcake, BUSEY @ Mortimer’s
Private Oats, DJ Shane Kramer @ Palmer’s
Friday I’m In Love! ft. DJ Shane Kramer @ Palmer’s
AirLands with Dave Mehling and Diane @ Parkway
Mo Lowda & The Humble with Scalise @ 7th St Entry
Fayyisa Furi & Abebe Kefeni @ Skyway Theatre
Birdhole, Curb Appeal, Ghost Kitchen @ 331 Club
Vegetation Celebration @ The Treasury
Umm Hello?! (A Jersey Shore Party) @ Uptown VFW
The Little Lebowski Urban Achievers w/ Velahsa & The Side Effects @ White Squirrel
Saturday, July 23
Celebration of Life Concert for Tommy O’Donnell @ Crooners
Ann Hampton Callaway: The Linda Ronstadt Songbook @ Crooners
Bobby Lyle’s Summer Flow @ Crooners
Dragnet, Matt Potts & Rod Lynch @ Driftwood
UJC with Time Room & Jung Yeller @ Dusty’s
Murf, Good Morning Midnight, Neopolitan, Little Lizard @ Eagle's 34
Boy Harsher with Hiro Kone @ Fine Line
Motion City Soundtrack with All Get Out and Neil Rubenstein @ First Avenue
Virgin Whores @ Hook and Ladder
Cornbread Harris Ensemble @ Icehouse
Miguel Hurtado Trio @ Icehouse
Good Time Gals @ KJ’s Hideaway
No Room For Squares with Plaid on Plaid @ KJ’s Hideaway
Minneapolis Pops Orchestra @ Lake Harriet Bandshell
Jeweler, Tangles, Ginger Bones @ Mortimer's
Butchers Union (Final Show), Smart Shoppers, and Mad Mojo Jett @ Palmer’s
The Collection with Hollier @ 7th St Entry
Lyle Lovett and His Large Band @ State Theatre
Odd Prospect with Civil Decline and Linus @ The Treasury
The Chord and the Fawn, Phantom Island, Coax From Chuckanut @ 331 Club
Electric Feel 2000's Indie Rock & Pop Parties @ Uptown VFW
Johnny Sincerely’s Traveling Blues Orchestra July Residency @ White Squirrel
Sunday, July 24
Swing Brunch with Patty and the Buttons @ Aster Cafe
Ann Hampton Callaway: The Linda Ronstadt Songbook @ Crooners
Cast Party! with Jim Caruso and Billy Stritch @ Crooners
Atlanta Rhythm Section @ Dakota
Super Duty, Shotgun Ragtime @ Driftwood
Johnny No Cash Band @ Eagles 34
New Found Glory with Four Year Strong and Be Well @ First Avenue
Bird Bass with Lucas Kurmis and Esse of Luki @ The Garage
Zacc Harris’ American Reverie @ Icehouse
Tina and the B Sides @ Icehouse
Colores: A Service Industry Dance Night @ Icehouse
Natania & Ticket to Brasil @ Lake Harriet Bandshell
Minnesota Pops Orchestra @ Lake Harriet Bandshell
ComputerBlue DJ set @ Mortimer’s
Rebelution with DENM and DJ Mackle @ Palace Theatre
Cornbread Harris: Church of Cornbread @ Palmer’s
Cheekface with Bad Moves @ 7th St Entry
“Weird Al” Yankovic @ State Theatre
Alanis Morissette, Garbage @ Xcel Energy Center
Monday, July 25
Kevin and the Keepsakes with Greentop @ Amsterdam
Camp Cope with Petal @ Fine Line
Matty Harris’s Jazz Mondays in July @ Icehouse
Saddle Sores @ Lake Harriet Bandshell
Meat Raffle @ Nicollet Island Park
mc chris with Crunk Witch @ 7th St Entry
The Roe Family Singers @ 331 Club
Matt Arthur Contraption @ 331 Club
Princess Goes to the Butterfly Museum @ Varsity
Sciurus Sequencia: Monday Night Jazz and Improvised Music Series @ White Squirrel
Camp Cope with Petal @ Fine Line
Matty Harris’s Jazz Mondays in July @ Icehouse
Saddle Sores @ Lake Harriet Bandshell
Meat Raffle @ Nicollet Island Park
mc chris with Crunk Witch @ 7th St Entry
The Roe Family Singers @ 331 Club
Matt Arthur Contraption @ 331 Club
Princess Goes to the Butterfly Museum @ Varsity
Sciurus Sequencia: Monday Night Jazz and Improvised Music Series @ White Squirrel
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