Here are some shows in Minneapolis/St Paul from August 16 to August 21, 2026: • American Football at First Avenue (Aug 16, 2026) • Meltt at Turf Club (Aug 19, 2026) • anni xo at 7th St Entry (Aug 21, 2026)

American Football at First Avenue (Aug 16, 2026)

August 16, 2026 Sunday
American Football
with Afternoon Bike Ride
at First Avenue
first-avenue.com

Meanwhile, Midwest-emo icons American Football announced a 2026 World Tour. Their tour will kick off in May, and ending in Minneapolis, at First Avenue, on August 16, 2026.

Afternoon Bike Ride to open.

The ticket limit is strict. Any attempt to exceed the posted ticket limit per customer or household, or to game the system in any way, will result in cancellation of orders without notice. There is a transfer delay for all tickets prior to the show.

American Football has partnered with PLUS1 so that $1 from every ticket sold on our tour will go towards organizations protecting immigrant rights and supporting deportees, migrants, and refugees.

Tour Dates

07/08 – Boston, MA @ Royale #
07/09 – New York, NY @ Brooklyn Paramount #
07/10 – Philadelphia, PA @ Union Transfer #
07/11 – Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club #
07/14 – Richmond, VA @ The National #
07/15 – Asheville, NC @ Orange Peel #
07/16 – Atlanta, GA @ Variety Playhouse #
08/07 – Cleveland, OH @ House of Blues ^
08/08 – Toronto, ON @ The Concert Hall ^
08/09 – Pittsburgh, PA @ Roxian Theatre ^
08/10 – Columbus, OH @ Newport Music Hall ^
08/12 – Nashville, TN @ Marathon Music Works ^
08/13 – Indianapolis, IN @ Deluxe at Old National Centre ^
08/14 – Chicago, IL @ The Salt Shed ^
08/15 – Milwaukee, WI @ Turner Hall Ballroom ^
08/16 – Minneapolis, MN @ First Avenue ^
* Mei Semones: 5/15 – 5/24
! Marconi Union: 6/19 – 6/27
# IAN SWEET: 7/8 – 7/16
^ Afternoon Bike Ride: 8/7 – 8/16

Meltt at Turf Club (Aug 19, 2026)

August 19, 2026 Wednesday
Meltt
with Los Eclipses
at Turf Club
first-avenue.com

Meltt is headlining the Turf Club, in St Paul, on August 19, 2026.

Meltt

We saw Meltt in Oct 2025 and wrote, “Headliner Meltt was up next. The Vancouver band self-describes with the great, “Let them sonically paint your soundscape and sweep you into an ethereal dream”. With a number of EPs and two albums, most recently 2023’s Eternal Embers, the quartet (vocals/guitar, guitar/keyboards, bass/keyboards, and drums) was very multi-talented, with band members taking on different instruments across or within songs as needed. They had a slowly building instrumental intro as they got going. They also had a pretty rock & roll lifestyle lighting set up, with eight lights spread across the stage. Each was roughly the size and shape of an overhead tube lightbulb you would see in any business, except they were stood on end and could do a large number of color and pattern effects. The song Wash Over Me was a good mix of reverb and straight up rock and those lighting effects within songs were pretty top notch, switching light levels and colors throughout. Lead singer Chris Smith’s bright tenor vocals were well matched to the dreamy rock sound of the band, and Do You Ever Wonder? was a hit with the crowd with almost an electronic dance rhythm to it.”

Tour Dates

Aug. 14, 2026 Calgary, AB Commonwealth Bar & Stage
Aug. 15, 2026 Edmonton, AB The Starlite Room
Aug. 17, 2026 Winnipeg, MB Sidestage
Aug. 18, 2026 Fargo, ND The Aquarium
Aug. 19, 2026 St Paul, MN Turf Club
Aug. 20, 2026 Chicago, IL Lincoln Hall
Aug. 21, 2026 Ferndale, MI The Loving Touch
Aug. 22, 2026 Toronto, ON The Mod Club
Aug. 24, 2026 Ottawa, ON The 27 Club
Aug. 25, 2026 Montreal, QC La Sala Rossa
Aug. 27, 2026 Cambridge, MA The Sinclair
Aug. 28, 2026 New York, NY Bowery Ballroom
Aug. 29, 2026 Philadelphia, PA The Foundry at The Fillmore Philadelphia
Aug. 30, 2026 Washington, DC The Atlantis
Sep. 1, 2026 Durham, NC Motorco Music Hall
Sep. 2, 2026 Asheville, NC The Grey Eagle
Sep. 3, 2026 Nashville, TN The Blue Room
Sep. 4, 2026 Atlanta, GA Purgatory at The Masquerade
Sep. 5, 2026 Orlando, FL The Social
Sep. 7, 2026 Houston, TX Meow Wolf Houston’s Radio Tave
Sep. 8, 2026 Austin, TX Antone’s
Sep. 9, 2026 Denton, TX Rubber Gloves Rehearsal Studio
Sep. 10, 2026 Ciudad De México, Mexico House of Vans
Sep. 12, 2026 Denver, CO Bluebird Theater
Sep. 13, 2026 Santa Fe, NM Meow Wolf
Sep. 14, 2026 Phoenix, AZ Crescent Ballroom
Sep. 16, 2026 San Diego, CA Quartyard
Sep. 17, 2026 Los Angeles, CA Lodge Room Highland Park
Sep. 18, 2026 Ojai, CA Ojai Deer Lodge
Sep. 19, 2026 Felton, CA Felton Music Hall
Sep. 20, 2026 San Francisco, CA Great American Music Hall
Sep. 22, 2026 Portland, OR Polaris Hall
Sep. 23, 2026 Seattle, WA Neumos
Oct. 2, 2026 Vancouver, BC Commodore Ballroom
Nov. 21, 2026 Victoria, BC Capital Ballroom

anni xo at 7th St Entry (Aug 21, 2026)

August 21, 2026 Friday
anni xo
with Huhroon, bathtub cig and lily blue
at 7th St Entry
first-avenue.com

anni xo will be headlining the 7th Street Entry, in Minneapolis, on August 21, 2026.

anni xo

We saw anni xo in Dec 2025 and wrote, “The room at 7th Street Entry was no less fervent. No one rushed the stage like a few young kids did at the Lake Harriet Bandshell, but there was a lot of people shouting, “I love you!” from the crowd. anni was joined on stage with Maddie Thies on bass (any pronouns), Aurelio Sandoval (he/him) on drums, Riley Jacobson Pogatshnik (he/him)on guitar and Hunter SinClair Hawtorne (he/him) on keys, dancing and all-around fun times. anni kept looking over to Hunter between songs and eventually confessed to the audience that they hates tuning guitars and has an onstage bet with Hunter as to who can finish first: Anni tuning her guitar or Hunter chugging a beer. Game on. And after a few stops and starts, the duel ended in a tie per Sam, a fan watching from the front row.”

Huhroon, bathtub cig and lily blue to open.