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The Calendar for the metro

Live music, art openings, lectures, and screenings across Minneapolis and Saint Paul. Updated daily.

Last refreshed May 4 at 3:46 AM · sources: First Avenue & affiliates (303) · The Cedar Cultural Center (44) · Walker Art Center (8)

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Sunday, May 3

7:30 PM
Music The Cedar Cultural Center West Bank, Minneapolis

BIA FERREIRA with Lady Midnight

Bia Ferreira is a poet and activist who describes her music as “MMP , Música de Mulher Preta (Black Woman Music).” Her music contains elements of soul, reggae, blues, funk, R&B, and gospel. The Cedar is thrilled to welco

 
Music Turf Club Hamline-Midway, St. Paul

Sam Shackleton

Dusty The Kid and Ross Thorn

 
Music 7th St Entry Downtown Minneapolis

Your Neighbors

VISION ARCADE and Callback

Monday, May 4

5:30 PM
Music The Cedar Cultural Center West Bank, Minneapolis

Volunteer Orientation

Have you ever wanted to peek behind the scenes at the Cedar? Learn more about how to participate at our venue by attending our monthly Volunteer Orientation led by volunteer coordinator Jared Hemming!

Tuesday, May 5

 
Music 7th St Entry Downtown Minneapolis

Faetooth

Latter and bosses

Wednesday, May 6

7:30 PM
Music The Cedar Cultural Center West Bank, Minneapolis

GARNET ROGERS with Carol Montag

Canadian folk singer Garnet Rogers joins us for a night of “literate, passionate, highly sensitive, and deeply purposeful” songwriting.

 
Music 7th St Entry Downtown Minneapolis

Sluice

Hiding Places

 
Music Fine Line Warehouse District, Minneapolis

The Moss

Gatlin

Thursday, May 7

5:00 PM
Art Walker Art Center Lowry Hill, Minneapolis

Art Lounge

Free Thursday Nights

7:30 PM
Music The Cedar Cultural Center West Bank, Minneapolis

THAT HANDSOME DEVIL with Human Zoo

That Handsome Devil celebrates 20 years since their debut EP with support from Human Zoo. Based in Brooklyn, by way of Boston, the band blends rock, funk, cabaret, surf, rhythm and blues, rockabilly, and psychedelia. The

 
Music Turf Club Hamline-Midway, St. Paul

Gatecreeper

Eternal, Dying Remains and Another Enemy

 
Music First Avenue Downtown Minneapolis

La Dispute

From Indian Lakes and Flooding

Friday, May 8

8:00 PM
Music The Cedar Cultural Center West Bank, Minneapolis

JENNY DON'T AND THE SPURS with Cowboy Thoughts

Jenny Don’t and the Spurs’ sound has been described as honky tonk, country & western, garage rock, and cowpunk. Emerging from the Pacific Northwest with a fierce DIY ethos, the band independently released the majority of

 
Music 7th St Entry Downtown Minneapolis

ADULT.

HIDE and The Treasury

 
Music The Fitzgerald Theater Downtown St. Paul

Alan Doyle

Bandits on the Run

 
Music Turf Club Hamline-Midway, St. Paul

Cut Worms

Tchotchke

Saturday, May 9

8:00 PM
Music The Cedar Cultural Center West Bank, Minneapolis

ELI WINTER TRIO and LUKE SCHNEIDER with Jonah Hatten

Eli Winter is a virtuosic guitar player, for fans of William Tyler and Yasmin Williams. Luke Schneider’s pedal steel has graced recordings by Orville Peck, Margo Price, and more. Deep listening and cosmic grooves abound

 
Music 7th St Entry Downtown Minneapolis

NewDad

Freak Slug

 
Music First Avenue Downtown Minneapolis

Wage War

Nevertel and Orthodox

Sunday, May 10

 
Music 7th St Entry Downtown Minneapolis

Foxtide

hallpass

Monday, May 11

Tuesday, May 12

 
Music Turf Club Hamline-Midway, St. Paul

King Tuff

Caution

 
Music 7th St Entry Downtown Minneapolis

Lowertown

Micah Preite

Wednesday, May 13

 
Music Fine Line Warehouse District, Minneapolis

High Fade

Scorched Waves

Thursday, May 14

7:30 PM
Music The Cedar Cultural Center West Bank, Minneapolis

SAM PREKOP AND JOHN McENTIRE

Sam Prekop is a pillar of the Chicago underground community, best known for his work with the Sea and Cake. In 2022, Prekop reunited with former Sea and Cake bandmate John McEntire for the release of Sons of, an album of

 
Music 7th St Entry Downtown Minneapolis

Clejan

Friday, May 15

8:00 PM
Music The Cedar Cultural Center West Bank, Minneapolis

❗SOLD OUT❗CARSIE BLANTON with Nathan Evans Fox

Philadelphia pop-folk songwriter Carsie Blanton takes her cues from legends like Nina Simone, Cleo Brown, Joni Mitchell and John Prine. She’s a ferocious wordsmith who pulls no punches on her 2024 full-length After the R

 
Music Palace Theatre Downtown St. Paul

Good Kid

INOHA

 
Music Fine Line Warehouse District, Minneapolis

Inner Wave

Twin Seas

Saturday, May 16

5:30 PM
Music The Cedar Cultural Center West Bank, Minneapolis

Revel and Riot: Student Showcase

Join the Phoenix Flight Studio students for an evening celebrating dance, community and radical joy. The night starts with explosive aerial performances on lyra, trapeze and hammock, followed by hard-hitting, and clackin

 
Music Turf Club Hamline-Midway, St. Paul

Flyte

Ken Pomeroy

 
Music Fine Line Warehouse District, Minneapolis

Searows

Jordan Patterson

Sunday, May 17

4:00 PM
Music The Cedar Cultural Center West Bank, Minneapolis

Border CrosSing Dance Party

Border CrosSing transforms into a full-fledged salsa band in this joyful, family-friendly program featuring a vibrant rhythm section and our amazing vocalists, joined by members of our community chorus Heritage Choir, fo

 
Music Fine Line Warehouse District, Minneapolis

Babyfxce E

Luhh Dyl

 
Music 7th St Entry Downtown Minneapolis

The Casualties

The Drowns and Menstrual Tramps

Monday, May 18

 
Music Amsterdam Bar & Hall Downtown St. Paul

Ray Bull

Babehoven

Tuesday, May 19

 
Music 7th St Entry Downtown Minneapolis

FIGHTMASTER

Katie Lynne Sharbaugh

 
Music First Avenue Downtown Minneapolis

Kreator

Carcass and Cold Steel

Thursday, May 21

 
Music 7th St Entry Downtown Minneapolis

Anna Devine

Walker Rider and lily blue

 
Music Fine Line Warehouse District, Minneapolis

Archspire

Undeath, Crown Magnetar and Mutilation Barbecue

Friday, May 22

8:00 PM
Music The Cedar Cultural Center West Bank, Minneapolis

SMERZ with Kaitlin Simotics

Scandinavian duo Smerz “flits deftly between genres , dream pop, glitchy electro, power ballads, shoegaze, even shades of trip-hop , whipping up all these textures into a sonic soufflé that is uniquely their own.” Vogue

 
Music 7th St Entry Downtown Minneapolis

Colin Bracewell

Call Me Fritz and Obadiah Gamble

 
Music Turf Club Hamline-Midway, St. Paul

Whitney

Alex Amen

Saturday, May 23

6:30 PM
Music The Cedar Cultural Center West Bank, Minneapolis

THE KICKOFF: A Summer Kickoff Party

Celebrate the start of Summer with The Kickoff, a free Summer kickoff party on The Cedar’s outdoor patio.

 
Music Fine Line Warehouse District, Minneapolis

Emo Nite

 
Music 7th St Entry Downtown Minneapolis

The Whips

Clean Plate Club and Matcha Fever

Sunday, May 24

Tuesday, May 26

Wednesday, May 27

7:30 PM
Music The Cedar Cultural Center West Bank, Minneapolis

MARISA ANDERSON with Matthew Rahaim

Portland-based guitarist and composer Marisa Anderson’s albums meld American traditional musics from blues, gospel, country, folk, and jazz to circus music, minimalism, improvisation, and drone. She’s recorded for esteem

Thursday, May 28

 
Music Turf Club Hamline-Midway, St. Paul

GLOM

SNOWMEN

 
Music 7th St Entry Downtown Minneapolis

Ike Dweck

Anna Hamilton

Friday, May 29

7:00 PM
Music The Cedar Cultural Center West Bank, Minneapolis

The Qalanjo Project presents What We Pass Between Us

The Qalanjo Project Presents What We Pass Between Us: On Mothers, Daughters, and Becoming is a curated evening of short films that centers the intimate, complex, and often unspoken relationships between mothers and daugh

Saturday, May 30

 
Music 7th St Entry Downtown Minneapolis

Amelia Day

Dilly Dally Alley

Sunday, May 31

Thursday, June 4

7:30 PM
Music The Cedar Cultural Center West Bank, Minneapolis

Moon Walker’s Wasteland Country Tour with Super Cassette

Brooklyn-based indie rocker Moon Walker explores themes of capitalism, religion, and warfare in his music, a message that has him selling out venues across the country. This is his first time performing at the Cedar, cel

Friday, June 5

8:00 PM
Music The Cedar Cultural Center West Bank, Minneapolis

TURN TURN TURN with Triple Fiddle (EP Release show)

Turn Turn Turn returns to The Cedar for their first full band show since the release of their third full-length album, All Hat, No Cattle, joined by the string collective Triple Fiddle.

Saturday, June 6

8:00 PM
Music The Cedar Cultural Center West Bank, Minneapolis

JOSEPH ARTHUR with Abe Partridge

Joseph Arthur is a storied songwriter, first signed to Peter Gabriel’s Real World label in the mid-90s. In 2010, he joined forces with Ben Harper and Dhani Harrison to form the folk supergroup Fistful of Mercy. He’s join

Sunday, June 7

7:00 PM
Music The Cedar Cultural Center West Bank, Minneapolis

NOISE PARTY 14

Noise Party 14 featuring BIZLANG (Alana Horton, Christian Erickson), Dracala Gril! (Alan Sparhawk, Haley Fohr), Shahghasemi/Ylvisaker (Jeremy & Max Ylvisaker, Aida Shahghasemi), Robert Lehmann & Toby Ramaswamy, starflowe

Thursday, June 11

7:30 PM
Music The Cedar Cultural Center West Bank, Minneapolis

DERYA YILDIRIM & GRUP ŞIMŞEK

Derya Yıldırım & Grup Şimşek are internationally recognized for their unique and infectious sound that combines Anatolian folk with psychedelia, pop and soul influences.

Friday, June 12

8:00 PM
Music The Cedar Cultural Center West Bank, Minneapolis

First Avenue presents Mohanad Elshieky

Mohanad Elshieky is a New York-based, Libyan-born comedian who made his national TV debut on Conan, has been featured on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, Don’t Tell Comedy, Comedy Central, This American Life, and has

Saturday, June 13

4:00 PM
Music The Cedar Cultural Center West Bank, Minneapolis

"Dinkytown: A Tale of a Legendary Village" Film Screening

Dinkytown: A Tale of a Legendary Village tells the story of a unique village that has served as a small downtown for the University of Minnesota for over 150 years. Bob Dylan and Vice Presidents Hubert Humphrey and Walte

Sunday, June 14

3:00 PM
Music The Cedar Cultural Center West Bank, Minneapolis

SOLIDARITY IN STEREO

SOLIDARITY IN STEREO: A benefit concert for TakeAction Minnesota's organizing featuring jeremy messersmith, Robyn Jamner, Salty Fears, and Brass Solidarity.

Thursday, June 18

7:30 PM
Music The Cedar Cultural Center West Bank, Minneapolis

An Evening with VAN ORMAN & HELWIN WITH MARC ANDERSON

John C. Van Orman and Adam Helwin are singer-songwriter neighbors in the bucolic countryside of southwestern Wisconsin’s Driftless region, a place of unglaciated hills, fertile soil, and clear-running trout streams where

Friday, June 19

11:00 PM
Music The Cedar Cultural Center West Bank, Minneapolis

HOT 8 BRASS BAND

Transcending genres and trends, the Hot 8 Brass Band have performed and collaborated with the likes of Jon Batiste, Blind Boys of Alabama, Basement Jaxx, George Ezra and Alice Russell, and provided live support for Mos D

Saturday, June 20

8:00 PM
Music The Cedar Cultural Center West Bank, Minneapolis

First Avenue presents BOB SCHNEIDER

Austin, Texas-based singer-songwriter and former frontman of The Ugly Americans and The Scabs, Bob Schneider is one of the most-celebrated musicians in the live music capital. Combining diverse styles, Schneider’s music

Wednesday, June 24

7:30 PM
Music The Cedar Cultural Center West Bank, Minneapolis

Amir ElSaffar and Lorenzo Bianchi Hoesch present INNER SPACES

Inner Spaces invites audiences on a transcendent musical journey, blending ancestral and futuristic sounds, acoustic and electronic elements, and global traditions. Led by Amir ElSaffar and Lorenzo Bianchi Hoesch, this c

Thursday, June 25

7:30 PM
Music The Cedar Cultural Center West Bank, Minneapolis

An Evening with ALYSHA BRILLA

Indo-Canadian songwriter and producer Alysha Brilla is a 3x Juno-nominated artist. Guided by heritage and imagination, Brilla sculpts sonic constellations where the ancestral meets the electric.

Thursday, July 2

7:30 PM
Music The Cedar Cultural Center West Bank, Minneapolis

SONIDO GALLO NEGRO with Rudy De Anda

Mexico City’s Sonido Gallo Negro fuse cumbias with psychedelic tropicalia to create hypnotic, dancefloor-ready sounds.

Friday, July 10

8:00 PM
Music The Cedar Cultural Center West Bank, Minneapolis

CLAP YOUR HANDS SAY YEAH - Piano and Voice

Best known as the frontman for indie rock band Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Alec Ounsworth's intimate Piano & Voice tour showcases his songs in their purest form.

Saturday, July 11

8:00 PM
Music The Cedar Cultural Center West Bank, Minneapolis

HORSE LORDS with Sidi ould Ahmed Zeydan

Horse Lords’ lengthy, hypnotic, polyrhythmic pieces draw from Krautrock, Afrobeat, and Appalachian folk traditions. The Baltimore-based quartet formed in 2010 and has spent the last 16 years touring relentlessly in the D

Friday, July 17

7:30 PM
Music The Cedar Cultural Center West Bank, Minneapolis

An Evening with FANOOS ENSEMBLE

The Fanoos Ensemble features four brilliant Afghan musicians who are unable to perform inside Afghanistan today, as the Taliban has banned all music. Now living in the US, the ensemble performs a revue of Afghan culture

Sunday, July 19

4:00 PM
Music The Cedar Cultural Center West Bank, Minneapolis

Latin Dance MN presents Aurora do Samba

From the African drums to the dazzling colors of the Aurora Borealis, Aurora do Samba takes the audience on a vibrant journey through the history of samba , from sacred Afro-Brazilian ancestry and the rhythm of capoeira

Thursday, July 23

Friday, July 24

8:00 PM
Music The Cedar Cultural Center West Bank, Minneapolis

MAGIC TUBER STRINGBAND

Magic Tuber Stringband probes the undercurrents of the landscapes around them, their music reflecting time spent living across the Southeast and studying its regional folk traditions and natural histories.

Saturday, July 25

7:30 PM
Music The Cedar Cultural Center West Bank, Minneapolis

SLEEPYTIME GORILLA MUSEUM with Wendy Eisenberg

Sleepytime Gorilla Museum is the most gloriously unclassifiable American band in existence. Wendy Eisenberg is a singer-songwriter, improviser, and virtuoso guitarist. From art-rock and noise metal to free improv and frea

Tuesday, August 11

7:30 PM
Music The Cedar Cultural Center West Bank, Minneapolis

MICKY AND THE MOTORCARS

Micky and the Motorcars hail from Austin, Texas, by way of Stanley, Idaho. Brothers Micky and Gary Braun are the sons of Western Swing musician Muzzie Braun, and along with their brothers Willy and Cody (Reckless Kelly),

Friday, August 14

8:00 PM
Music The Cedar Cultural Center West Bank, Minneapolis

An Evening with FINK

English songwriter Fink brings his trio to The Cedar Cultural Center for an intimate performance to celebrate their ninth album, the recently announced The City Is Coming To Erase It All.

Friday, August 21

8:00 PM
Music The Cedar Cultural Center West Bank, Minneapolis

AFRO DEAD with Demitrious Rallis Band

Afro Dead is a musical collective formed in 2022 by Aaron Feder to reimagine the music of the Grateful Dead in Afro-Pop styles, such as soukous, Afrobeat, high-life, reggae and more. Featuring members of Chicago’s Alma A

Saturday, September 19

Saturday, October 10

8:00 PM
Music The Cedar Cultural Center West Bank, Minneapolis

First Avenue presents SYML

SYML is the solo venture of Seattle artist Brian Fennell. Welsh for “simple”, he makes music that taps into the instincts that drive us to places of sanctuary, whether that be a place or a person.

Saturday, November 14

8:00 PM
Music The Cedar Cultural Center West Bank, Minneapolis

Chicago Farmer & The Fieldnotes with Jack Klatt

“After a few listens to the record it becomes apparent that Chicago Farmer has a refreshingly firm grip on where he comes from. The songs are covered to the elbows in dirt from the fields and smell of the sweaty factory