Mpls: February 1 to February 2, 2026

Here are some shows in Minneapolis/St Paul from February 1 to February 2, 2026: • Atmosphere at First Avenue (Feb 1, 2026) • Agriculture at 7th St Entry (Feb 2, 2026) • Lord of the Lost and The Birthday Massacre at First Avenue (Feb 2, 2026)

February 1, 2026 Sunday
Atmosphere
with Sage Francis • R.A. The Rugged Man • Kool Keith • Mr. Dibbs
at First Avenue
first-avenue.com

Minneapolis rapper Atmosphere is back with the annual popular Rhymesayer show. By the time you read this, it’s probably sold out. They’re that popular. This year’s Winter Carnival show will take place at First Avenue on February 1, 2026.

We saw Atmosphere in August 2025 and said, “The headliner was local hip hop band Atmosphere with Slug (aka Sean Daley) rapping, Ant (Anthony Davis) on turntables, and a DJ whose name I never did catch (sorry!). They started with Okay, which was a perfect synopsis of the band. Slug’s calm but bright rapping, good beats and music underneath, and those lyrics being a weird mix of many of the negative things one can experience while always looking for the silver lining. While not doing a lot of moving around the stage, especially compared to earlier acts, Slug was very expressive with his upper body. Ant kept the music and turntables moving things along on the third song Shoulda Known. A good joke about the older crowd, “It’s good, I’m old too. We made it, that’s a feat!”, was a good bit of banter.”.

Sage Francis, R.A. The Rugged Man, Kool Keith, and Mr. Dibbs to open.

Tour dates:

February 2, 2026 Monday
Agriculture
with Knoll
at 7th St Entry
first-avenue.com

Los Angeles’ black metal band Agriculture will be headlining the 7th Street Entry, in Minneapolis, on February 2, 2026. We last heard from the band with the release of The Spiritual Sound album.

Knoll to open.

Tour dates:

February 2, 2026 Monday
Lord of the Lost and The Birthday Massacre
with Wednesday 13
at First Avenue
first-avenue.com

Lord of the Lost and The Birthday Massacre co-headlining show is coming to First Avenue, on February 2, 2026.

We saw Birthday Massacre in March 2022 and wrote, “Part of the fun in attending The Birthday Massacre’s show is looking at their fanbase. Everyone is dressed in black, some in black bunny costumes, some in fishnets. What is even cooler is that the band’s audience is cross-generational, meaning today’s youth are listening to this 20+ year old band. Their music and message are just relevant today, as it was twenty years ago. The Birthday Massacre’s latest album Fascination, the follow-up to their pandemic album Diamonds, is out now on Metropolis Records.”

Wednesday 13 to open.

Tour dates:

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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