Name: Mpls: Califone at Turf Club (Apr 8, 2026)
Start: 2026-04-08T00:00:00-05:00
End: 2026-04-08T23:59:59-05:00
Location: Turf Club

What’s happening this week.

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08/05/2024 Monday
Elliott Smith Birthday Party!
at White Squirrel Bar
whitesquirrelbar.com

Feeling depressed because it’s Monday? Why not celebrating Elliott Smith’s birthday this August 5, 2024, at the White Squirrel Bar, in St Paul.

I was told that each performer gets to play one song… It would be cool if they got exactly 8 singers as a nod to Figure 8. Not sure how everyone will fit in the small bar… but we will see.

Poster by Cara Lillian.

Musicians:

Emmy Woods
Zola Rose
Shae Alcamo
Cara Lillian
New Seven
Bryn Battani
Ara
FINICK
& more

08/06/2024 Tuesday
Cults
with BNNY
at Fine Line
first-avenue.com

It’s good to see Multi-platinum breakout duo Cults (Madeline Follin and Brian Oblivion) back on tour, in support of To the Ghosts.

Cults at NXNE, Toronto (18 June 2011)

Did I ever tell you we once went to Canada to see Cults play in Jun 2011? We said, “Cults is a favorite among the bloggers, as apparent by the million photographers. Their self-titled album came out a week, or so earlier, on Lily Allen’s record label, In The Name Of, and I guess people are in love with it. They were pretty catchy, even threw in an F word after the lyrics “I can’t be the way you want” (from “Never Saw the Point”). The one thing I will say is that singer Madeline Follin only has one mode of dancing. While not a terrible thing, it’s not a whole lot of stage presence. Look for them on tour on the West Coast in July and some festivals in August.”

BNNY at 7th Street Entry, Minneapolis (06 Aug 2022)

Opening will be BNNY, who we previously saw in Aug 2022 and wrote, “Opening the show was Chicago quartet Bnny, who started with just a quiet solo song from lead singer Jess Viscius. Shortly after that song ended, the rest of her band, which includes her twin sister Alexa Viscius, and Tim Makowski and Matt Pelkey, joined Jess on stage. Laughing she said, “That was the most rock ‘n roll thing I’ve ever done.” The band (and debut record Everything) was created to honor and process the death of Jess’ partner. So many of their songs are somewhat depressing and emotional. Their latest single, “I’m Just Fine”, is about “the sensation of time moving slowly when you are missing someone. It’s about attempting to deny that you are heartbroken in order to protect yourself.””

Tour dates:

8.1.24 – Millvale, PA @ Mr. Smalls Theatre
8.2.24 – Grand Rapids, MI @ The Pyramid Scheme
8.3.24 – Chicago, IL @ Official Lollapalooza Afterparty at Outset
8.4.24 – Chicago, IL @ Lollapalooza
8.6.24 – Minneapolis, MN @ Fine Line
8.7.24 – Omaha, NE @ The Waiting Room
8.9.24 – Denver, CO @ Marquis Theater
8.10.24 – Salt Lake City, UT @ Metro Music Hall
8.12.24 – Seattle, WA @ The Crocodile
8.13.24 – Portland, OR @ Wonder Ballroom
8.15.24 – San Francisco, CA @ Bimbo’s 365 Club
8.16.24 – San Diego, CA @ The Observatory North Park
8.17.24 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Fonda
8.18.24 – Phoenix, AZ @ Crescent Ballroom
8.20.24 – Dallas, TX @ Sons of Hermann Hall
8.21.24 – Houston, TX @ Bronze Peacock
8.22.24 – Baton Rouge, LA @ Chelsea’s Live
8.24.24 – Ft. Lauderdale, FL @ Revolution Live
8.25.24 – Orlando, FL @ The Social
8.26.24 – Atlanta, GA @ Masquerade
8.28.24 – Brooklyn, NY @ Warsaw
9.19.24 – Cuyahoga Falls, OH @ Blossom Music Center *
9.20.24 – Cincinnati, OH @ The ICON Festival Stage at Smale Park *
9.21.24 – Indianapolis, IN @ Everwise Amphitheatre *
9.23.24 – Rochester Hills, MI @ Meadow Brook Amphitheatre *
9.24.24 – Toronto, ON @ Budweiser Stage *
9.25.24 – Laval, QE @ Place Bell *
9.27.24 – Boston, MA @ TD Garden *
9.28.24 – Philadelphia, PA @ Mann Center *
9.30.24 – Washington, DC @ The Anthem *
10.1.24 – Washington, DC @ The Anthem *
10.2.24 – Charlottesville, VA @ Ting Pavillion *
10.4.24 – Charlotte, NC @ Amos’ Southend
10.5.24 – Columbia, SC @ New Brookland Tavern
10.6.24 – Charleston, SC @ Music Farm
10.8.24 – Wilmington, NC @ Live Oak Bank Pavilion *
10.9.24 – Raleigh, NC @ Red Hat Amphitheatre *
10.11.24 – Nashville, TN @ Ascend Amphitheater *
10.12.24 – Atlanta, GA @ Cadence Bank Amphitheatre *
10.13.24 – Asheville, NC @ Rabbit Rabbit *
10.15.24 – St. Augustine, FL @ Saint Augustine Amphitheatre *
10.17.24 – Austin, TX @ Moody Center *
11.4.24 – Manchester, UK @ Manchester Academy 3
11.5.24 – London, UK @ Electric Brixton
11.6.24 – Brighton, UK @ Concorde2
11.8.24 – Paris, France @ Le Trabendo
11.9.24 – Rouen, France @ Le 106
11.10.24 – Amsterdam, Netherlands @ Bitterzoet
11.12.24 – Cologne, Germany @ Live Music Hall
11.13.24 – Berlin, Germany @ Metropol
11.14.24 – Prague, Czech Republic @ MeetFactory
11.15.24 – Warsaw, Poland @ Niebo
* Supporting Vampire Weekend

08/06/2024 Tuesday
Briscoe
with Wells Ferrari
at Turf Club
first-avenue.com

Austin-based Briscoe will be headlining the Turf Club, in St Paul, on August 6th. The group is the project of Truett Heintzelman and Philip Lupton.

We did miss them the first time around, when they were touring in support of their debut album West of It All (ATO Records), in Oct 2023 and also in April 2023, but we are happy to announce that we are covering them this time around!

Wells Ferrari to open.

Tour dates:

Aug 3 Chicago, IL, US Schuba’s
Aug 5 Milwaukee, WI, US Cactus Club
Aug 6 St. Paul, MN, US Turf Club
Aug 12 Calgary, AB, Canada The Palomino
Aug 14 Vancouver, BC, Canada Biltmore Cabaret
Aug 15 Portland, OR, US show bar
Aug 16 Bend, OR, US Volcanic Theatre Pub
Aug 18 Mill Valley, CA, US Sweetwater Music Hall
Aug 20 Los Angeles (LA), CA, US The Moroccan Lounge
Aug 21 San Diego, CA Voodoo Room
Aug 23 Healdsburg, CA, US Bella Vineyards
Sep 1 St Louis, MO, US The Golden Record
Sep 14 Evanston, IL, US SPACE
Sep Louisville, KY, US
Bourbon & Beyond
Sep 21 St Louis, MO, US
The Golden Record
Sep 22 Davenport, IA, US Raccoon Motel
Sep 24 Evanston, IL, US SPACE
Sep 25 Spring Green, WI, US The Shitty Barn
Sep27 Dallas, TX, US State Fair of TX

08/09/2024 Friday
Old 97’s
at First Avenue
first-avenue.com

The Old 97’s is out touring in support of their new album American Primitive, available on ATO Records.

We last saw The Old 97s in Nov 2013 and wrote, “If the Shades brought the crowd to an enthusiastic boil, then the Old 97s turned the place into an outright volcano of excitement. Bassist Murry Hammond strode out on stage, followed by drummer Philip Peeples sporting a fantastic ‘stache, singer/guitarist and dreamboat extraordinaire Rhett Miller and lead shredder Ken Bethea and they launched into a breathless two-hour set starting with the sing-along classic “Barrier Reef” from the band’s 1997 offering Too Far to Care. The Old 97s have acquired quite a following in their 20-year career and you couldn’t ask for a better audience; the energy off stage was just as potent as the energy on stage. Grown men and women were giggling like schoolchildren, grins plastered on their faces and all eyes adoringly on one of the greatest live bands ever. Miller mentioned several times how much he loved the Twin Cities (he was in St. Paul last month for Wits) – so much that, half way through the set, they unveiled a new song Miller jokingly called “high art.” It’s title? “Let’s Get Drunk And Get it On.” Another toast to the Cities came in the form of a reworked Bob Dylan song; Miller rewrote “Desolation Row” with new lyrics and called it “Champaign, IL,” to Dylan’s approval.”

Update 7/16/24: John Buffalo has been announced as support. The Old 97’s personally asked Buffalo to join them on a short Summer tour. When asked about the invite, John Dufilho (who records as John Buffalo) said, “Having the 97’s put their stamp of approval on my new solo project, John Buffalo, means the world to me. Plus, their crowds are the best. This trip is gonna be crazy fun. I’ve toured with them before, with The Deathray Davies and with I Love Math, but never solo. I’m definitely gonna be trying some new things.”

Tour dates:

8/2 – Saint Louis, MO – Delmar Hall
8/3 – Indianapolis, IN – Hi-Fi Annex
8/4 – Ferndale, MI – The Magic Bag
8/6 – Grand Rapids, MI – Elevation
8/7 – Bloomington, IL – Castle Theatre
8/8 – Des Moines, IA – Wooly’s
8/9 – Minneapolis, MN – First Avenue
8/10 – Davenport, IA – The Raccoon Motel
8/11 – Kansas City, MO – Madrid Theatre
9/10 – Boston, MA – Royale
9/11 – Amherst, MA – The Drake
9/12 – Hamden, CT – Space Ballroom
9/13 – New York, NY – Bowery Ballroom
9/14 – New York, NY – Bowery Ballroom
9/15 – King of Prussia, PA – Concerts Under the Stars
9/17 – Lititz, PA – Mickey’s Black Box
9/18 – Pittsburgh, PA – Thunderbird Café
9/19 – Washington, D.C. – 9:30 Club
9/20 – Richmond, VA – The Broadberry
9/21 – Charlotte, NC – The Underground
9/22 – Raleigh, NC – Lincoln Theatre
9/24 – Charleston, SC – Music Farm
9/25 – Greenville, SC – Radio Room Greenville
9/26 – Athens, GA – Georgia Theatre
9/27 – Columbia, SC – The Senate
9/28 – Atlanta, GA – Variety Playhouse
9/29 – New Orleans, LA – Tipitina’s

08/09/2024 Friday
Music in the Parks
feat. Ber
at Lake Harriet Bandshell
minneapolisparks.org

Ber at Lake Harriet Bandshell on August 9. Anni Xo to open… with Jaws as the movie to play at dusk.

The event is free and open to the public.

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.”

Music in the Parks Schedule:

Aug 1 Meatraffle Ska
Aug 1 Myallo
Aug 1 Peter Ruddy
Aug 2 The Undergroove
Aug 2 Gypsy Swing Jazz Jazz
Aug 3 The Von Tramps
Aug 4 Purple Queen
Aug 4 The Way Way Back Band
Aug 5 Matt Yetter
Aug 5 The C Notes
Aug 6 Palms Psalm
Aug 6 Lakewood Cemetery
Aug 7 Demolition Means Progress
Aug 7 Shaun Johnson + the Big Band Experience
Aug 8 Niny Salem Trio
Aug 8 Kung Fu Hippies
Aug 9 Side By Side
Aug 9 Ber
Aug 11 Percolators Band
Aug 11 Kenwood Symphony Orchestra
Aug 12 FINICK
Aug 12 Jaspar Lepak
Aug 13 Will Sings Songs
Aug 13 Root River Jam
Aug 14 Sing United
Aug 14 The Pan-handlers Steel Drum Band
Aug 15 Fr/end
Aug 15 Adam Bohanan
Aug 16 Quantum Mechanics
Aug 16 The Zillionaires
Aug 17 Fat Chance Jug Band
Aug 18 ROBOS (Rock On Brothers Of Sound)
Aug 18 Saddle Sores
Aug 19 Overdressed Duo
Aug 19 La Danse Fatale Ballet Company
Aug 19 Wish
Aug 20 Coax From Chuckanut
Aug 20 Lake Davi
Aug 21 Gigi the Ukulady
Aug 21 Flamenco X Ensemble
Aug 22 DJ in the Park (Dj Yasmeena)
Aug 22 RuDeGiRL
Aug 22 Prank Williams
Aug 23 Scott Liebers
Aug 23 Glycerin Tears
Aug 25 Sparky
Aug 25 St Louis Park Community Band
Aug 26 Lydia Sophia
Aug 26 Necessary Diversion
Aug 27 Problem Solvent
Aug 27 Squid City Slingers
Aug 28 Andy McClure
Aug 28 John Penny and His Virtual Band
Aug 29 Band of Praise
Aug 29 Ditchbird
Aug 30 The West Metro Big Band
Aug 30 Luke LeBlanc Band

08/10/2024 Saturday
Vintage & Makers Market
at White Squirrel Bar
whitesquirrelbar.com

It’s an all-day event at the White Squirrel Bar, in St Paul, on Saturday, August 10, 2024. It’s taking place in the parking lot and will features vendors selling their wares. There’s even Angry Line Cook Day food truck if you want something to eat.

Inside the bar, starting at 1pm is FINICK, opening for Eldest Daughter (a band featuring lead singer, and eldest daughter, Monica Merila). Not sure if this is a full band or not, but if it is a full band, it will include lead guitarist Austin Reid, bass player Sonja Quartz Leaf, and drummer Isaac Feia.

Also on the bill is singer/songwriter (and yoga educator) Jordy Vaughn. She recently released New Moon Rising EP.

Taking place outside will be Bethany Larson & The Bees Knees with Johanna Mathews opening.

Bethany Larson & The Bee’s Knees is described as “Twin Cities best kept secrets” by Twin Cities Metro. The Bee’s Knees is the backing band, featuring Bethany’s brother Chris Larson on guitar, keyboard and backing vocals, Alicia Kay on bass and backing vocals, and Sara Horishnyk on drums.

Finally, starting at 9pm, will be Danger Club headlining, with Enemy In The Sky (Kara Dupuy and Eric Kramlinger) and Burning Peasant (who is closing out the show).

Danger Club writes:

We’re playing White Squirrel Bar on August 10th! We would love to see you all there!

Enemy In The Sky: 9:00 – 10:00

Danger Club: 10:00 – 11:00

Burning Peasant: 11:00 – 12:00

If your band is coming to the Minneapolis/St Paul area, please email details to vu@weheartmusic.com with a good lead time. Thank you.