From Reddit to Twitter to, I don't know, maybe your house, everyone in the Twin Cities has been asking one question: "Where can I find a comprehensive concert calendar these days?!?" Sometimes with even more punctuation.
Until today, the answer was "buried beneath Racket's weekly local music column." Was that a good place? A bad place? No one can really say.
But today our concert calendar, after gestating quietly for months in its old spot, emerges into a weekly post of its own. Don't get used to Friday though—as of next Tuesday, that'll be where you can find it.
I welcome all updates and corrections at keith@racketmn.com. But keep in mind this is an artisanal concert calendar, compiled by me, by hand, using traditional methods passed along from generation to generation (in other words, while watching TV at night). So don't be a dick about it.
Friday, Feb. 4
Good Morning Bedlam with Feed the Dog and the Gentlemen’s Anti-Temperance League @ Amsterdam
Billy Johnson and the Hillcats @ Aster Cafe
R Factor @ Bunkers
Songs of Freedom: Bob Marley Remembered @ Cabooze
Davina and the Vagabonds @ Dakota
Jon Elconin & xLCR, Woodlawn Blvd. @ Driftwood Char Bar
The Wombats @ Fillmore
Los Lobos with Them Coulee Boys @ First Avenue
Dancing in ‘The Dead’ of Winter featuring the Jones Gang with Brass Messengers @ Hook and Ladder
Naeem @ Icehouse
Heartless with 13 Howell @ Palmer’s
Jake Scott @ 7th St Entry
Christine Hoberg / Moss Kwa, Maudelin, Big Salt @ 331 Club
Zeppo @ Turf Club
The Minimalists @ Varsity Theater
Saturday, Feb. 5
The Greeting Committee with the Brazen Youth @ Amsterdam
The High 48’s Bluegrass Brunch @ Aster Cafe
Belfast Cowboys @ Bunkers
Songs of Freedom: Bob Marley Remembered @ Cabooze
Davina and the Vagabonds @ Dakota
The Strolling Clones, The Wrecker Bothers @ Driftwood Char Bar
Caravan Palace @ Fillmore
Emo Nite @ Fine Line
Dance Church @ First Avenue
Davy Knowles with the Steepwater Band @ Hook and Ladder
Liz Draper and Tasha Baron @ Icehouse
Annie Humphrey + Corey Medina and Brothers @ Icehouse
Borgeous @ The Loft
Betty Won't, Liquid Lunch and Lavender Daughter @ Palmer’s
Grady Spencer & the Work @ 7th St Entry
Ghost and Volbeat @ Target Center
Dave’s Manual (EP Release) @ 331 Club
Cory Brannan @ Turf Club
Nightchurch Dance Revival @ Uptown VFW
Nico Moon @ Varsity Theater
Sunday, Feb. 6
Swing Brunch with Patty and the Buttons @ Aster Cafe
Dr. Mambo’s Combo @ Bunker’s
Maurice Jacox @ Dakota
Chai with Su Lee @ First Avenue
Phil Heywood @ Icehouse
An Evening with McKnight Composer Fellows: Ashley DuBose, Ritika Ganguly, George Maurer, and Mary Prescott @ Icehouse
Power Rager Sundays @ Icehouse
Church of Cornbread: Cornbread Harris @ Palmer’s
Michael Gay’s Old Country Buffet @ Palmer’s
Corpse Reviver @ 331 Club
Joshua Ray Walker @ Turf Club
Monday, Feb. 7
MAUL with Gored Embrace, Ca$ual, and Begravement @ Amsterdam
Gracie Adams with Alix Page @ 7th St Entry
Jojo Siwa @ Target Center
The Roe Family Singers @ 331 Club
Matt Arthur & Friends @ 331 Club
