Continuing with our Road to Rocktober series, which will spotlight some upcoming October dates.

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The Sword at First Avenue (Oct 5, 2025)

Oct 5, 2025 Sunday
The Sword
with Rickshaw Billie’s Burger Patrol and Pink Fuzz
at First Avenue
first-avenue.com

Austin’s The Sword returns to Minneapolis, playing First Avenue on October 5, 2025.

The Sword at Mill City Nights (March 9, 2014)

We saw the Sword in Mar 2014, and said, “Austin, TX bred The Sword headlined the evening with a 75 min. set of no-frills, so-called stoner doom metal… that inexplicably began with the intro music of Jay-Z’s ’99 Problems’. The four-piece is out in support of its fourth and latest effort, Apocryphon (Razor and Tie), with song titles not out of place in a Tolkien novel or as an episode name on Game of Thrones. While the newer songs embrace more of a classic hard rock sound (think early Sabbath), they fit seamlessly within the context of the older, darker material.”

Rickshaw Billie’s Burger Patrol to open. The Austin trio, released Big Dumb Riffs in May 2024.

Pink Fuzz is also on the bill.

Tour Dates

08/25 Boise, ID – Knitting Factory
08/27 San Francisco, CA – Great American Music Hall
08/28 Pioneertown, CA – Pappy & Harriet’s
08/29 San Diego, CA – Belly Up Tavern
08/30 Los Angeles, CA – The Bellwether
09/27 Oklahoma, OK – Beer City Music Hall
09/28 St Louis, MO – Delmar Hall
09/29 Lawrence, KS – The Granada Theater
10/01 Omaha, NE – The Waiting Room
10/03 Milwaukee, WI – The Rave II
10/05 Minneapolis, MN – First Avenue
10/06 Chicago, IL – House of Blues
10/07 Grand Rapids, MI – Elevation
10/08 Cleveland, OH – Grog Shop
10/09 Detroit, MI – St. Andrews Hall
10/11 Indianapolis, IN – Deluxe
10/13 Boston, MA – Paradise Rock Club
10/14 New York City, NY – Bowery Ballroom
10/15 Burlington, VT – Higher Ground
10/17 Buffalo, NY – Town Ballroom
10/18 Pittsburgh, PA – Mr Small’s
10/19 Philadelphia, PA – Union Transfer
10/22 Raleigh, NC – Lincoln Theater
10/23 Atlanta, GA – Variety Playhouse
10/24 Orlando, FL – The Beacham
10/26 Nashville, TN – Brooklyn Bowl

Far Caspian at 7th St Entry (Oct 8, 2025)

Oct 8, 2025 Wednesday
Far Caspian
with A Beacon School
at 7th St Entry
first-avenue.com

Irish singer-songwriter Joel Johnston, otherwise known by his stagename Far Caspian, is touring in support of Autofiction. The tour will stop by the 7th Street Entry, in Minneapolis, on October 8, 2025.

A Beacon School to open.

Tour Dates

Sep. 8, 2025 Dublin, Ireland @ The Grand Social
Sep. 9, 2025 Manchester @Night & Day Cafe
Sep. 11, 2025 London @ Scala, London
Sep. 12, 2025 Bristol @ Strange Brew
Sep. 13, 2025 Brighton @ Green Door Store
Sep. 17, 2025 Paris, France @ La Maroquinerie
Sep. 18, 2025 Bruxelles @ Botanique (Orangerie)
Sep. 19, 2025 Amsterdam @ Paradiso Tollhuisten
Sep. 20, 2025 Hamburg Reeperbahn Festival 2025
Sep. 22, 2025 Berlin @ Silent Green
Oct. 3, 2025 Washington, DC @ Union Stage
Oct. 4, 2025 Brooklyn, NY @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
Oct. 7, 2025 Chicago, IL @ Lincoln Hall
Oct. 8, 2025 Minneapolis, MN @ 7th Street Entry
Oct. 10, 2025 Denver, CO @ Globe Hall
Oct. 13, 2025 Seattle, WA @ Madame Lou’s
Oct. 14, 2025 Portland, OR @ Polaris Hall
Oct. 16, 2025 San Francisco, CA @ Bimbo’s 365 Club
Oct. 17, 2025 Los Angeles, CA @ Echoplex
Nov. 6, 2025 Leeds @ Leeds City Museum

Pixel Grip at Turf Club (Oct 21, 2025)

Oct 21, 2025 Tuesday
Pixel Grip
with Psymon Spine
at Turf Club
first-avenue.com

Chicago electronic trio Pixel Grip will be touring in support of their album Percepticide: The Death of Reality. The tour will stop by the Turf Club, in St Paul, on October 21, 2025.

Psymon Spine to open.

Tour Dates