Minneapolis Music - Minneapolis (Downtown) Concerts and Clubs

Event & Venue	Date (choose)
Recommended events

Hollows Nomad World Pub	Sat., November 21, 9:00pm	Minneapolis (Downtown)	Rock
Mixing '60s girl-pop vocals with ghoulish organ lines, the Chicago ladies (and boy) of Hollows have created a warped, modern Motown, even including a razor edge of punk. (Imagine the Shangri-Las with tattoos and master's degrees in Brass Knuckle Utilization.) Most songs start with cutesy,... More >>

SOLD OUT: Brother Ali First Avenue	Fri., November 20, 8:00pm more dates/times	Minneapolis (Downtown)	Hip Hop
Striking though his categorical attributes might be, what makes Minnesota's best-known white albino Muslim rapper great is the swinging, preacherly sonorousness of his voice and how he puts it to intimate use when talking about "us"—as in, whoever is identifying with what he's saying. He's... More >>

Dafnis Prieto Sextet Walker Art Center	Sat., November 21, 8:00pm	Minneapolis (Downtown)	Jazz
Cuban-born and -educated drummer and composer Dafnis Prieto has increasingly made a name for himself since taking up residency in New York a decade ago. A blazingly dexterous virtuoso master of the drum kit, he's played with dozens of premier Latin and jazz players, ranging from Henry Threadgill... More >>

Cadillac vs. Cornbread Palmer's Bar	Every week Sunday, 8:00pm	Minneapolis (Downtown)	Blues Rock Rockabilly
Don't let that "vs." fool you: eighty-something local music vet James Samuel "Cornbread" Harris isn't so much a rival to rockabilly revivalist Cadillac Kolstad as he is a mentor. The two pianists have been sharing double-bills in a number of local music hot-spots, including their regular Sunday... More >>

Electric Six First Avenue	Mon., November 23, 8:00pm	Minneapolis (Downtown)	Rock
Although the Electric Six are long into their recording career, they have taken on much more of a life as a touring band since their mega-hit, "Danger! High Voltage," than many might have expected. If by chance you haven't heard the song, it catapulted the band into international fame with its... More >>

Dr. Mambo's Combo Bunker's Music Bar & Grill	Every week Monday, Sunday, 9:00pm	Minneapolis (Downtown)	R&B
1987 was a notable year for Minnesota: the Twins won the World Series, Prince released one of his best albums in Sign 'O' the Times, and St. Louis Park's own Coen Brothers released their first great comedy Raising Arizona. 1987 was also the year that Dr. Mambo's Combo was formed, and it just so... More >>

The Weekly Triple Double Triple Rock Social Club	Every week Tuesday, 9:00pm	Minneapolis (Downtown)	Dance
What softens a recession's bite as effectively as cheap booze? Nothing...except free entertainment. While "Triple Double"—the Triple Rock's freshly reinvented Tuesday bacchanal—offers both commodities by the truckload, the night's ever-changing DJ roster and floating-genre music... More >>

Harper Simon The Cedar	Tue., November 24, 7:30pm	Minneapolis (Downtown)	Rock
The strange relationship between famous musicians and their children likely dates back as far as music itself. While some offspring attempt to distance themselves from their parents, refusing to follow in their chosen path, others choose to take their parents' leads in an attempt to plow ahead... More >>

Transmission Clubhouse Jager	Every week Wednesday, 10:00pm	Minneapolis (Downtown)	DJ
"Retro" is a tricky niche to slot a dance night into. Usually you've got to find yourself an era and a genre, hew towards the hits, and maybe garnish it with an outsized wink, a double-pistol-point and a smirking acknowledgement that you think the past is, well, kinda goofy. Clubhouse Jager's... More >>

The Bungalow First Avenue VIP Lounge	Every week Thursday, 10:00pm	Minneapolis (Downtown)	DJ
Tryptophan: it's one of nature's essential amino acids, a serotonin accelerator and -- if popular belief is correct -- that mysterious turkey-based molecule that turns you into a drowsy, shambling lump of couch debris. But we'll leave aside the scientific debates as to whether it's the real... More >>

A Tribute to the Replacements First Avenue	Fri., November 27, 7:00pm	Minneapolis (Downtown)	Rock
In 1984, three albums came out of Minnesota that signaled a profound change in music. And while Purple Rain melded flamboyant pop-star spectacle with masterful songwriting in a way nobody'd approached since Sly Stone and Zen Arcade reworked hardcore until it became something approaching a new... More >>

Baroness, Earthless Triple Rock Social Club	Fri., November 27, 9:00pm	Minneapolis (Downtown)	Metal Psychedelic Rock
There's been some grumbling in the hesher ranks about this supposed "hipster metal" phenomenon, which as far as I can tell basically means "false metal that indie rock sites occasionally like to express approval of". But if anyone tries to convince you that Baroness (pictured) are faking it,... More >>

Too Much Love First Avenue	Every week Saturday, 10:00pm	Minneapolis (Downtown)	DJ
There're two things you might want to keep in mind about First Ave's trendy Saturday-night cool-kid institution before you start muttering the same anti-hipster sentiments you've been harboring since !!! were an ellipsis. The first thing? Well, it's an 18+ dance night. Being 18 in 2008 means you... More >>

III Kings Soundsystem Nomad World Pub	Every week Wednesday, 8:00pm	Minneapolis (Downtown)	DJ Reggae
Anyone can throw on a red-green-and-gold ensemble, guzzle Red Stripe after Red Stripe and natter on about how they had a real deep experience getting zooted to a midnight showing of The Harder They Come, but to actually make your way as a Selector, well, that's another thing entirely. For over... More >>

Get Cryphy! First Avenue VIP Lounge	First Friday of every month, 10:00pm	Minneapolis (Downtown)	DJ
We may be a few years past the point where crunk and hyphy are the hot-trend hip-hop subgenres, but First Ave's recurring Get Cryphy! night isn't just a matter of trying to breathe new life into a couple of aging styles by portmanteauing them together. Jimmy2Times is the deck-annihilating DJ... More >>

Street Sounds Swirlin' Through My Mind First Avenue VIP Lounge	Second Friday of every month, 10:00pm	Minneapolis (Downtown)	Dance
Some DJs might be euphemistic about what's in their crates—they play "dance grooves" or "body music" or something similarly noncommittal to any specific genre. First Ave's Street Sounds dance night doesn't have that problem: They play disco, dammit, with some classic pre-blog house mixed... More >>

More Events

Target Family Series: Bill Harley The Cedar	Sat., November 21, 10:30am	Minneapolis (Downtown)	Children

With Dead Hands Rising, Blue Ox, Hunter Triple Rock Social Club	Sat., November 21, 5:00pm	Minneapolis (Downtown)	Rock

Benefit for Dean Magraw The Cedar	Sat., November 21, 8:00pm	Minneapolis (Downtown)	Celtic

MN Orchestra: Osmo Vanska Conducts Future Classics Orchestra Hall	Sat., November 21, 8:00pm	Minneapolis (Downtown)	Classical

Otis Clay Dakota Jazz Club & Restaurant	Sat., November 21, 8:00pm	Minneapolis (Downtown)	R&B

Our Feature Presentation, Mister Fister, the Scarlett Villains 400 Bar	Sat., November 21, 8:00pm	Minneapolis (Downtown)	Rock

Vital Organ (CD-Release) Hell's Kitchen	Sat., November 21, 8:00pm	Minneapolis (Downtown)	Jazz

West of Aldine, Postina, the Cold Open, Under Spates Avenue Fine Line Music Cafe	Sat., November 21, 8:00pm	Minneapolis (Downtown)	Rock

6th Annual Anti-Columbus Day Hip Hop Showcase 7th St. Entry	Sat., November 21, 9:00pm	Minneapolis (Downtown)	Hip Hop