What’s happening this week.

04/29/2024 Monday
Aidan Bissett
with Stevie Bill
at 7th St Entry
first-avenue.com

“Pop’s Next Big Thing” Aidan Bissett is currently on his “Supernova: How’s It Gonna End? Tour”…. Stopping by the 7th Street Entry on Monday, April 29, 2024.

We caught the singer with Claire Rosinkranz in Mar 2022 and wrote, “Aidan Bissett opened the show. He’s joined on stage by drummer Chris and guitarist Kyle. Just prior to playing his single, “Communication”, the singer/songwriter admitted that he only started writing music recently, and especially during the COVID quarantine. Afer his big hit song, “Dumped”, Bissett tested out a new song that he dubbed “Twenty-Something”.”

Stevie Bill to open.

Tour dates:

4/28 St. Louis, MO Old Rock House
4/29 Minneapolis, MN 7th St Entry
4/30 Chicago, IL Lincoln Hall
5/2 Detroit, MI El Club
5/3 Columbus, OH The Basement
5/5 Pittsburgh, PA Thunderbird Café
5/7 Brooklyn, NY Music Hall of Williamsburg
5/9 Charlotte, NC Visulite Theater
5/10 Nashville, TN Exit/In
5/11 Atlanta, GA Loft at Center Stage
5/14 Orlando, FL The Plaza Live
5/15 Ft. Lauderdale, FL Culture Room

05/01/2024 Wednesday
The Strumbellas
with Cece Coakley
at Fine Line
first-avenue.com

Multi-platinum, internationally acclaimed band The Strumbellas will be heading to the Fine Line, in Minneapolis, on May 1st, as part of their tour for Part Time Believer (Underneath a Mountain Records/The Orchard).

We caught the Strumbellas at the Fine Line in Oct 2016 and wrote, “Toronto’s The Strumbellas is currently one of the hottest band in America, thanks to very catchy singles ‘We Don’t Know’ and ‘Spirits’. The turnout to the Strumbellas’ Fine Line Music Café show in Minneapolis was terrific, and judging from all the dancing in the audience, they create some of the best folk, bluegrass, Americana, and “popgrass” music you’ve ever heard.”

Cece Coakley to open.
Tour dates:

04/16 – Phoenix, AZ @ Crescent Ballroom~
04/18 – Solana Beach, CA @ Belly Up~
04/19 – Los Angeles, CA @ Teragram Ballroom~
04/20 – San Francisco, CA @ Independent~
04/21 – Roseville, CA @ Goldfield Trading Post~
04/23 – Seattle, WA @ The Crocodile~
04/24 – Portland, OR @ Wonder Ballroom~
04/26 – Salt Lake City, UT @ Urban Lounge^
04/27 – Denver, CO @ Bluebird Theater^
04/28 – Boulder, CO @ Fox Theater^
04/30 – Omaha, NE @ The Waiting Room^
05/01 – Minneapolis, MN @ Fine Line^
05/02 – Chicago, IL @ Thalia^
05/04 – Detroit, MI @ El Club^
05/05 – Buffalo, NY @ Town Ballroom^
~ w/ Certainly So
^ w/ Cece Coakley

05/03/2024 Friday
BER
with Raffaella
at Fine Line
first-avenue.com

It’s a sold-out double ladies night with BER and Raffaella, at the Fine Line, in Minneapolis, on May 3rd, 2024.

We caught Ber in Dec 2022 and wrote, “Ber aka Berit Dybing then took the stage but with some minor complications. That’s what makes 7th Street Entry such a fun musical venue. It’s an incubation tube for new bands and those bands are their own roadies, and they are only a few feet from the audience as they set up their equipment. For a time the band worked on connecting Mike’s (drummer) ear piece. Then Ber’s main mic wasn’t working, which was an important piece of equipment for a lead singer. No matter. Ber was game and set aside any awkwardness by chatting and taking selfies with the crowd.”

We caught Raffaella in 24 Sep 2023 and said, “Local indy pop singer Raffaella Meloni opened up the evening. She’s actually a transplant from Manhattan who made the leap to the Twin Cities after a chance encounter with the lead singer of Hippo Campus, Jake Luppen, turned into something more, as in moving in together. “I like Minneapolis,” she said of her new home. “It smells better.””

Tour dates:

May
3
Minneapolis, MN, US
Fine Line
Jun
26
London, UK
Paper Dress Vintage

05/05/2024 Sunday
Jesus Piece and Sanguisugabogg
with Gag, Peeling Flesh
at Underground Music Venue
undergroundmusicvenue.com

Philadelphia’s metalcore band Jesus Piece will be headlining Underground Music Venue (nearby the Target Field), in support of …So Unknown.

Co-headlining is Ohio’s death metal band Sanguisugabogg.

Gag and Peeling Flesh, to open.

Tour dates:

Apr 20: Dallas, TX – The Studio at The Factory
Apr 21: Austin, TX – Mohawk
Apr 23: Phoenix, AZ – The Nile
Apr 24: Los Angeles, CA – The Echoplex
Apr 25: Pomona, CA – The Glass House
Apr 26: San Francisco, CA – August Hall
Apr 27: Portland, OR – Hawthorne Theatre
Apr 28: Seattle, WA – El Corazon
Apr 30: Salt Lake City, UT – Soundwell
May 02: Denver, CO – The Gothic Theatre
May 03: Lawrence, KS – Bottleneck
May 04: Chicago, IL – Metro
May 05: Minneapolis, MN – Underground Music Venue
May 07: Pontiac, MI – The Crofoot Ballroom
May 08: Toronto, ON – The Opera House
May 09: Montreal, QC – Les Foufounes Electriques
May 10: Brooklyn, NY – Elsewhere: The Hall
May 11: Boston, MA – The Paradise Rock Club
Oct 30: Paris, FR – Zenith Paris – La Villette
Oct 31: Offenbach am Main, DE – Stadthalle
Nov 01: Hamburg, DE – Edel Optics Arena
Nov 02: Cologne, DE – Palladium
Nov 03: Den Bosch, NL – The Rock Circus
Nov 05: Brussels, BE – Ancienne Belgique
Nov 06: Esch-sur-Alzette, LU – Rockhal
Nov 08: Manchester, UK – Manchester Academy
Nov 09: Dublin, IE – Olympia Theatre
Nov 10: Belfast, UK – Telegraph Building
Nov 11: Glasgow, UK – Barrowland Ballroom
Nov 12: London, UK – Hammersmith Apollo
Nov 14: Zurich, CH – The Hall
Nov 15: Ludwigsburg, DE – MHP Arena
Nov 16: Munich, DE – Zenith
Nov 17: Budapest, HU – Barba Negra
Nov 19: Leipzig, DE – Haus Auensee
Nov 20: Vienna, AT – Gasometer
Nov 21: Katowice, PL – Spodek
Nov 22: Berlin, DE – Columbiahalle
Nov 23: Prague, CZ – O2 Universum
Apr 11 – May 11: w/ Sanguisugabogg, Peeling Flesh, Gag | * – Jesus Piece Only
Oct 30 – Nov 23 w/ Sepultra, Jinjer, Obituary