Things to Do in Minneapolis & St. Paul: October 2026

Week of Mon, Sep 28

Live from Laurel Canyon: Songs and Stories of American Folk Rock The Parkway Theater · Standish, Minneapolis Thu, Oct 1
MrBallen: Lights out Live Orpheum Theatre · Downtown Minneapolis Thu, Oct 1
Rocky Horror Picture Show Spooktacular Tour State Theatre · Downtown Minneapolis Thu, Oct 1
Tab Benoit: Soul of the Swamp Tour with special guest Ghalia Volt Pantages Theatre · Downtown Minneapolis Thu, Oct 1
Søndergård, Mozart and Prokofiev Orchestra Hall · Downtown Minneapolis Thu, Oct 1
Magnet Senior Center Hennepin County Library, Minneapolis Central · Minneapolis Central, Minneapolis Thu, Oct 1
An Evening with Ina-Yukka: Mother & Son Duet from South America Crooners Supper Club · Dunsmore Jazz Room Thu, Oct 1
Ashtyn Barbaree White Squirrel Bar · West End, St. Paul Thu, Oct 1
Alfredo Rodriguez & Pedrito Martinez Dakota Jazz Club · Downtown Minneapolis Thu, Oct 1
Frankie Torres Aster Cafe · St. Anthony Main, Minneapolis Thu, Oct 1
Kaatwalk’s Debut Album Release Show Crooners Supper Club · Main Stage Showroom Thu, Oct 1
Max Johnk + Allweather (Album Release) Berlin · Downtown Minneapolis Thu, Oct 1

+ 88 more that week on the calendar.

Voting and Election Resources With Hennepin County Elections Hennepin County Library, East Lake · East Lake, Minneapolis Mon, Oct 5
Alive & Kickin’s Season 17 ROCKTOBER Benefit Crooners Supper Club · Main Stage Showroom Mon, Oct 5
David Hinske w. David Stoddard White Squirrel Bar · West End, St. Paul Mon, Oct 5
Roe Family Singers The 331 Club · Northeast Minneapolis Mon, Oct 5
Kelela - new avatar live Varsity Theater · Dinkytown, Minneapolis Mon, Oct 5
When Autumn Falls: An Evening of Song with Nichole Carey Crooners Supper Club · Dunsmore Jazz Room Mon, Oct 5
AJJ , Dirty Old Power Tour with Greet Death The Cedar Cultural Center · West Bank, Minneapolis Mon, Oct 5
Shaun of the Dead (2004) w/ pre-movie burlesque by Queenie Von Curves! The Parkway Theater · Standish, Minneapolis Tue, Oct 6
ISGH Advances in Sexual and Gender Health Seminar Eli Coleman Institute for Sexual and Gender Health · University of Minnesota, Minneapolis Tue, Oct 6
Our Lady Peace: 30th Anniversary Tour w/ Special Guests The Verve Pipe Varsity Theater · Dinkytown, Minneapolis Tue, Oct 6
SEX PISTOLS (Steve Jones, Paul Cook, Glen Matlock) feat. Frank Carter The Fillmore Minneapolis · North Loop, Minneapolis Tue, Oct 6
Waiting for Godot Guthrie Theater · Mill District, Minneapolis Tue, Oct 6

+ 117 more that week on the calendar.

Undertale - The Determination Symphony Orpheum Theatre · Downtown Minneapolis Mon, Oct 12
Poetry Lovers Converge Hennepin County Library, Rogers · Rogers Mon, Oct 12
ALI LECTURE SERIES | 2026 - 2027 Rapson Hall, 89 Church Street Se Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455 · University of Minnesota, Minneapolis Mon, Oct 12
ALI LECTURE SERIES | Authors of “Thinking Through Soil” Rapson Hall, 89 Church Street Se Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455 · University of Minnesota, Minneapolis Mon, Oct 12
Mumblin’ Drew’s Oldfangled Orchestrators White Squirrel Bar · West End, St. Paul Mon, Oct 12
New Musical Theatre Exchange’s 2026 Fall Cabaret Crooners Supper Club · Dunsmore Jazz Room Mon, Oct 12
Roe Family Singers The 331 Club · Northeast Minneapolis Mon, Oct 12
Asha Banks Amsterdam Bar & Hall · Downtown, Saint Paul Mon, Oct 12
Metal Mondays White Squirrel Bar · West End, St. Paul Mon, Oct 12
ALI LECTURE SERIES | 2026 - 2027 Rapson Hall, 89 Church Street Se Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455 · University of Minnesota, Minneapolis Tue, Oct 13
Sting 3.0 Tour 2026 with special guest Chance Emerson Orpheum Theatre · Downtown Minneapolis Tue, Oct 13
DL4 White Squirrel Bar · West End, St. Paul Tue, Oct 13

+ 114 more that week on the calendar.

ALI LECTURE SERIES | 2026 - 2027 Rapson Hall, 89 Church Street Se Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455 · University of Minnesota, Minneapolis Mon, Oct 19
French Club Hennepin County Library, Plymouth · Plymouth Mon, Oct 19
Jay Fuchs Crooners Supper Club · Maggie’s Piano Lounge Mon, Oct 19
4 Star Review w. The Comebacks White Squirrel Bar · West End, St. Paul Mon, Oct 19
Roe Family Singers The 331 Club · Northeast Minneapolis Mon, Oct 19
The Black Mariah Theater w. Pretzelmen, Peculiar, King Sized Coffin White Squirrel Bar · West End, St. Paul Mon, Oct 19
ALI LECTURE SERIES | 2026 - 2027 Rapson Hall, 89 Church Street Se Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455 · University of Minnesota, Minneapolis Tue, Oct 20
The Sound of Music Orpheum Theatre · Downtown Minneapolis Tue, Oct 20
TWW Panel: Writing Spaces: Mapping as writing and writing about maps Writing Across the Curriculum · University of Minnesota, Minneapolis Tue, Oct 20
The New Havoline Supremes White Squirrel Bar · West End, St. Paul Tue, Oct 20
Kunene and the King Guthrie Theater · Mill District, Minneapolis Tue, Oct 20
An Evening with WINDBORNE The Cedar Cultural Center · West Bank, Minneapolis Tue, Oct 20

+ 102 more that week on the calendar.

ALI LECTURE SERIES | 2026 - 2027 Rapson Hall, 89 Church Street Se Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455 · University of Minnesota, Minneapolis Mon, Oct 26
Macabaret 2 with Doug Anderson & friends Crooners Supper Club · Dunsmore Jazz Room Mon, Oct 26
Roe Family Singers The 331 Club · Northeast Minneapolis Mon, Oct 26
Alpha Consumer: JT Bates w. Jon Neufeld, Mike Lewis, Jeremy Ylvisaker & Martha Scanlan White Squirrel Bar · West End, St. Paul Mon, Oct 26
The Blair Witch Project (1999) w/ pre-movie burlesque by Queenie Von Curves The Parkway Theater · Standish, Minneapolis Tue, Oct 27
Peter and the Wolf Orchestra Hall · Downtown Minneapolis Tue, Oct 27
Baile latino para adultos / Latin Dance for Adults Hennepin County Library, Golden Valley · Golden Valley Tue, Oct 27
Kunene and the King Guthrie Theater · Mill District, Minneapolis Tue, Oct 27
Thundercat: Distracted AF Tour The Fillmore Minneapolis · North Loop, Minneapolis Tue, Oct 27
Happily Ever Laughter - w/ Pierre Douglas Sisyphus Brewing · North Loop, Minneapolis Tue, Oct 27
ditch pigeon The 331 Club · Northeast Minneapolis Tue, Oct 27
Greg Freeman w. Walker Rider Amsterdam Bar & Hall · Downtown, Saint Paul Tue, Oct 27

+ 59 more that week on the calendar.