Minneapolis This Week (April 5, 2026)
- March 26 – Toledo, OH @ Frankie’s
- March 27 – Chicago, IL @ Cobra Lounge
- March 28 – Milwaukee, WI @ Shank Hall
- March 30 – Minneapolis, MN @ Green Room
- March 31 – Iowa City, IA @ Gabe’s
- April 1 – St Louis, MO @ Old Rock House
- April 2 – Indianapolis, IN @ Hi-Fi Indy
- April 3 – Nashville, TN @ The Basement
- April 4 – Columbus, OH @ Rumba Cafe
Tickets and info at kylegass.com/tour
- 17 Mar – Los Angeles, CA @ Zebulon #
- 19 Mar – New York, NY @ LPR #
- 20 Mar – Hamden, CT @ Space Ballroom #
- 21 Mar – Boston, MA @ Brighton #
- 22 Mar – Northampton, MA @ Iron Horse #
- 24 Mar – Montreal, QC @ Le Ritz #
- 25 Mar – Toronto, ON @ Horseshoe Tavern #
- 27 Mar – Ann Arbor, MI @ Blind Pig #
- 28 Mar – Chicago, IL @ Lincoln Hall #
- 29 Mar – Milwaukee, WI @ Vivarium #
- 30 Mar – St. Paul, MN @ Turf Club #
- 1 Apr – Denver, CO @ Bluebird #
- 4 Apr – Seattle, WA @ Tractor *
- 5 Apr – Portland, OR @ Aladdin *
- 7 Apr – Petaluma, CA @ Mystic Theater *
- 9 Apr – San Francisco, CA @ Great American Music Hall *
- 10 Apr – Los Angeles, CA @ Lodge Room *
- 11 Apr – Los Angeles, CA @ Troubadour *
# with support from Chris Cohen
* with support from Hand Habits (solo)
We are living through dark, disturbing, and dangerous times, but do not despair, the cavalry is coming. Bruce Springsteen and the E Street band will be taking the stage this Spring. From Minneapolis to California to Texas to Washington DC for the land of Hope and Dreams American tour.
We will be rocking your town in celebration and in defense of America, American democracy, American freedom, our American constitution, and our sacred American dream, all of which is under attack by our wannabe King and his rogue government in Washington DC.
Everyone, regardless of where you stand and what you believe in is welcomed. So come on out and join the united free republic of E Street nation for an American Spring of rock and rebellion.
I’ll see you there.
- March 31 – Minneapolis, MN – Target Center
- April 3 – Portland, OR – Moda Center
- April 7 – Inglewood, CA – Kia Forum
- April 9 – Inglewood, CA – Kia Forum
- April 13 – San Francisco, CA – Chase Center
- April 16 – Phoenix, AZ – Mortgage Matchup Center
- April 20 – Newark, NJ – Prudential Center
- April 23 – Sunrise, FL – Amerant Bank Arena
- April 26 – Austin, TX – Moody Center
- April 29 – Chicago, IL – United Center
- May 2 – Atlanta, GA – State Farm Arena
- May 5 – Belmont Park, NY – UBS Arena
- May 8 – Philadelphia, PA – Xfinity Mobile Arena
- May 11 – New York, NY – Madison Square Garden
- May 14 – Brooklyn, NY – Barclays Center
- May 16 – New York, NY – Madison Square Garden
- May 19 – Pittsburgh, PA – PPG Paints Arena
- May 22 – Cleveland, OH – Rocket Arena
- May 24 – Boston, MA – TD Garden
- May 27 – Washington, D.C. – Nationals Park
Thursday, April 2, 2026
The Hennepin (900 Hennepin Ave, Minneapolis)
Doors open at 6 p.m.
Hosted by Terrell X, the event will feature live performances and sets by DJ Stage One, Agnes Uncaged, Dust of Suns Ensemble, and Mary Lucia. There will also be a program featuring local music personalities Andrea Swensson and Mark Wheat. Attendees will have the opportunity to interact with the archive at workstations throughout the venue.
The event is sponsored by Hennepin Arts, Firehouse Performing Arts Center, and the Minneapolis Rotary Club.
- march 24 denver, co marquis theater
- march 26 seattle, wa the crocodile
- march 27 boise, id treefort festival
- march 28 portland, or aladdin theater
- march 30 san francisco, ca the chapel
- march 31 los angeles, ca the regent theater
- april 2 austin, tx empire control room & garage
- april 3 minneapolis, mn fine line
- april 4 chicago, il metro
- april 6 toronto, on mod club
- april 10 philadelphia, pa underground arts
- april 11 washington, dc black cat
As I write this, over 2,000 masked gunmen calling themselves “federal agents” rove through neighborhoods of my beautiful city, abducting people off the streets, kidnapping children as young as 2, gassing entire neighborhoods, and shooting US citizens in the back for filming them. Every 15 minutes or less, violence erupts. They slam us to the ground, pepper spray us in the face, break our ribs, and disappear us into the Whipple federal building, some of whom are never seen again.
Yet, for all their furious anger, incompetence, and seeming impunity, they are losing. They have lost public support, even among some conservatives. Moderates are calling for abolishing ICE. For every successful abduction, we foil another 10. Our marching bands keep them awake in their hotels at night. When they walk to their vehicles in the morning, their tires have all gone mysteriously flat. Their religious leaders have denounced them.
And they are not losing against a funded, hierarchical military organization. They are losing to The People. We are grandparents, soccer moms, dishwashers, teenagers, nurses, teachers. We are leaderless and we are fucking UNITED. Seasoned war reporters and military veterans have marveled at the extent of our nonviolent organization.
There are many heroes in the battle of The People of Minnesota Versus ICE. But here are two doing important work: Open Market MN, which operates a free, volunteer-run grocery store in Saint Paul, and Twin Cities Trans Mutual Aid, which distributes donated funds directly to the trans community in Minnesota. Both did their work long before ICE arrived and will continue long after.
I am particularly appreciative of the Open Market because they are giving us the means to feed families unable to leave their homes to go to the grocery store, to go to work, to go anywhere, without fear of abduction.
I deeply want to tell you about some of the wonderful people impacted by all this, but infuriatingly, I have to be incredibly vague so as not to put them at risk. Suffice it to say, they are fucking awesome human beings doing incredible things under impossible circumstances, and we are lucky to count them as community members.
So, with all that in mind, we’d like to announce the release of a benefit vinyl 7″ and a benefit show on Friday, April 3rd with Ryan Cassata and Baby Mahi & the Sitters at Underground Music Venue in Minneapolis.
The vinyl 7” has two songs “Power Trippin Dipshits” by The Taxpayers (featuring Ryan Cassata) and “We Don’t Fuck With Cops” by Ryan Cassata (featuring the Taxpayers). It’s being released by the lovely and ever-supportive Ernest Jenning Record Co. Proceeds from it will be split between helping support the Open Market and funding a Rent Relief program for folks who need it because of all this bullshit.
The show will be in Minneapolis on Friday, April 3rd with Ryan Cassata and Baby Mahi and the Sitters at Underground Music Venue. Proceeds will benefit the ongoing work of the awesome Twin Cities Trans Mutual Aid network.
You can get tickets to the show and order the 7” at the links in our bio or by heading over to http://www.thetaxpayersband.com
We can win the war against fascism if we are organized, unified, and inclusive.
Keep looking out for each other. See you on April 3rd!
Solidarity forever,
The Taxpayers
