Here are some shows in Minneapolis/St Paul from December 11 to December 12, 2025: • Your Smith at First Avenue (Dec 11, 2025) • Billie Marten at Fine Line (Dec 11, 2025) • The Jayhawks at Fitzgerald Theater (Dec 12-13, 2025)

Your Smith at First Avenue (Dec 11, 2025)

December 11, 2025 Thursday
Your Smith
with Beemer
at First Avenue
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Caroline Smith, under her stagename Your Smith, will be headlining First Avenue, in Minneapolis, to promote her The Rub album. The album came out in September, via Nettwerk. She had a tour and a listening party at her Howard’s Bar in September.

Caroline Smith at First Avenue (Sep 27, 2013)

We’ve seen Caroline Smith a few times, but my personal favorite was in Sep 2013: “Then, earlier in June 2013 we had a preview of her R&B and soul music from Half About Being A Woman. As expected, the majority of her set is from the new record, Half About Being A Woman, including the intro song, “Magazine”, “All That I Know Is (I’m Your Baby)” and the title track. The new songs sounded great, particularly with the two dedicated backup singers who added a retro soul sound. I think if you like old 60s soul with some rhythm and blues, you’re going to find a lot to love on Half About Being A Woman (out October 8th on United Interests). Caroline Smith will be taking the full band and backup singers on the road this October, so check them out if they are coming to your town.”

Beemer to open.

Billie Marten at Fine Line (Dec 11, 2025)

December 11, 2025 Thursday
Billie Marten
with Núria Graham
at Fine Line
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Sad singer/songwriter Billie Marten is returning to Minneapolis, playing the Fine Line, on December 11, 2025, in support of her new album Dog Eared (Fiction Records). This is her first MN winter show, so we’ll see how she likes it.

Billie Marten at 7th Street Entry (June 16, 2023)

We saw Billie Marten in June 2023 and wrote, “Billie Marten is a woman in love, she asks “Anyone in love?” Every note, every words, there is a hint of longing. From what I’ve gathered, listening to her talk, her love (Will Taylor of Flyte) was very far away. Of course, the longing and sadness could have something to do with her severe seasonal affective disorder (SAD). Billie Marten has been writing music since she was 12, becoming famous on YouTube. At 15, she released her first EP, and a second EP a year later. Eventually, the BBC nominated her for the Sound of 2016 award.”

Núria Graham to open.

Tour Dates

11/16/2025 Nile Theater – Mesa, AZ
11/18/2025 Diamond Ballroom – Oklahoma City, OK
11/19/2025 Granada Theater – Dallas, TX **
11/20/2025 Vibes Event Center – San Antonio, TX
11/21/2025 Bad Astronaut Brewing Co. – Houston, TX
11/22/2025 Chelsea’s Live – Baton Rouge, LA
11/24/2025 The Masquerade – Atlanta, GA
11/25/2025 The Orpheum – Tampa, FL
11/26/2025 Revolution Live – Fort Lauderdale, FL
11/28/2025 The Underground – Charlotte, NC
11/29/2025 The Canal Club – Richmond, VA
11/30/2025 Baltimore Soundstage – Baltimore, MD
12/02/2025 Warsaw – Brooklyn, NY
12/03/2025 Palladium – Worcester, MA
12/05/2025 Club Soda – Montréal, QC
12/06/2025 The Concert Hall – Toronto, ON
12/07/2025 Saint Andrew’s Hall – Detroit, MI
12/09/2025 House Of Blues – Chicago, IL
12/10/2025 First Avenue – Minneapolis, MN
12/12/2025 Summit – Denver, CO
12/13/2025 Urban Lounge – Salt Lake City, UT
12/15/2025 Roseland Theater – Portland, OR
12/16/2025 The Showbox – Seattle, WA
12/18/2025 Ace Of Spades – Sacramento, CA
12/19/2025 The Observatory North Park – San Diego, CA
12/20/2025 The Belasco – Los Angeles, CA
** No Frozen Soul

The Jayhawks at Fitzgerald Theater (Dec 12-13, 2025)

December 12, 2025 Friday
December 13, 2025 Saturday
The Jayhawks
with Robyn Hitchcock
at Fitzgerald Theater
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Minnesota’s favorite The Jayhawks is doing a double night residency at the Fitzgerald Theater, in St Paul, on December 12 and 13, 2025.

The Jayhawks at First Avenue (Dec 21, 2018)

We saw The Jayhawks in Dec 2018 and wrote, “Since reuniting in 2014 with their 1997-era line up (Gary Louris; Marc Perlman; Karen Grotberg; Tim O’Reagan; John Jackson) The Jayhawks have shown little signs of slowing down, releasing another record of new music this year, Back Roads and Abandoned Motels (Legacy Recordings), a collection of two new songs alongside contributions songwriter Gary Louris wrote for other outside projects. With thirty-five years of material to draw from, the band’s two-hour fifteen-minute set started on a classic upswing with 2000’s ‘I’m Gonna Make you Love Me’ then dove back to the 1989 Blue Earth album for deep cut, ‘Ain’t No End’, before jumping back ahead twenty-five years to 2016’s ‘Quiet Corners & Empty Spaces’.”

Robyn Hitchcock to open. His new album 1967: Vacations In The Past is an acoustic musical companion to his critically acclaimed new memoir, 1967: How I Got There and Why I Never Left (Akashic Books).

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.

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