Rocktober: October 4, 2026
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Here are some shows in Minneapolis/St Paul on October 4, 2026: • The Dream Syndicate at Turf Club (Oct 4, 2026) • Militarie Gun at Fine Line (Oct 4, 2026) • Don Was and the Pan-Detroit Ensemble at Dakota Jazz Club (Oct 4, 2026) • They Might Be Giants at Fitzgerald Theater (Oct 4, 2026)
The Dream Syndicate at Turf Club (Oct 4, 2026)
Los Angeles’ alternative rock band The Dream Syndicate broke up in the 90s, but since 2012, bandleader Steve Wynn got the band back together – along with his various other projects like Gutterball and The Baseball Project.
This upcoming final leg of their year-long tour is in support of their 2025 deluxe box set reissue of their second album Medicine Show. The tour will stop by the Turf Club, in St Paul, on October 4, 2026.
Minus Five
We saw The Baseball Project (and switching members around: the Minus Five) in September 2025 and wrote, “The Baseball Project are not to be taken too seriously. After playing the first two songs, Wynn said, “That’s two of our biggest hits!,” which drummer Linda Pitmon added, “We got so many hits… soooo many hits.” Wynn wasn’t exactly kidding when he said hit song after “Past Time”, which was the song they typically ended their set with previous tours. Now the song is moved up, in favor of “¡Hola America!” as the closer song. Even if you don’t care for the band, you have to admire the band for their commitment to writing songs about baseball. They really like the sport… I mean no one writes five albums about baseball, unless you really love it. Who else can write a sexy “Box Scores” song? Who else can write songs about curveballs like “Uncle Charlie”?”
Tour Dates
09/29 @ 40 Watt, Athens, Ga.
09/30 @ 3rd and Lindsey, Nashville, TN.
10/01 @ Blueberry Hill, St. Louis, MO.
10/02 @ Codfish Hollow, Maquoketa, IA
10/03 @ Maurer Hall, Chicago, IL.
10/04 @ Turf Club, St. Paul, MN
10/06 @ Small’s, Detroit, MI.
10/07 @ Beachland Tavern, Cleveland, OH.
10/08 @ Southgate House, Newport, KY
10/09 @ Purple Fiddle, Thomas, WV.
10/10 @ Stanczks, Durham, NC
09/30 @ 3rd and Lindsey, Nashville, TN.
10/01 @ Blueberry Hill, St. Louis, MO.
10/02 @ Codfish Hollow, Maquoketa, IA
10/03 @ Maurer Hall, Chicago, IL.
10/04 @ Turf Club, St. Paul, MN
10/06 @ Small’s, Detroit, MI.
10/07 @ Beachland Tavern, Cleveland, OH.
10/08 @ Southgate House, Newport, KY
10/09 @ Purple Fiddle, Thomas, WV.
10/10 @ Stanczks, Durham, NC
Militarie Gun at Fine Line (Oct 4, 2026)
October 4, 2026 Sunday
Militarie Gun
with Softcult, Shady Nasty and Dazy
at Fine Line
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Militarie Gun
with Softcult, Shady Nasty and Dazy
at Fine Line
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Los Angeles-based Militarie Gun is touring in support of God Save The Gun (Deluxe) out now via Loma Vista Recordings. The tour will stop by the Fine Line, in Minneapolis, on October 4, 2026.
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.
Softcult, Shady Nasty and Dazy to open.
Tour Dates
9/05 – Pryor, OK @ Rocklahoma Festival
9/06 – Oklahoma City, OK @ Beer City Music Hall*
9/08 – Dallas, TX @ AM/FM*
9/09 – Austin, TX @ Mohawk*
9/10 – Baton Rouge, LA @ Chelsea’s Live*
9/12 – Tampa, FL @ The Orpheum*
9/13 – Miami, FL @ Churchills*
9/14 – Orlando, FL @ Conduit*
9/16 – Atlanta, GA @ Masquerade – Hell*
9/17 – Nashville, TN @ Eastside Bowl*
9/18 – Carrboro, NC @ Cat’s Cradle*
9/19 – Charlottesville, VA @ The Southern*
9/20 – Washington, DC @ Black Cat*
9/22 – Philadelphia, PA @ Underground Arts*
9/24 – North Toronto, CA @ Second Summer Festival
9/25 – Pittsburgh, PA @ Four Chord Music Festival
9/26 – Brooklyn, NY @ CBGB Festival
9/27 – Boston, MA @ Paradise Rock Club*
9/29 – Cleveland, OH @ Grog Shop*
9/30 – Detroit, MI @ The Loving Touch*
10/01 – Chicago, IL @ Metro*
10/03 – Milwaukee, WI @ Vivarium*
10/04 Minneapolis, MN @ Fine Line*
10/06 – Denver, CO @ Bluebird Theater*
10/07 – Salt Lake City @ UT Metro*
10/09 – Seattle, WA @ Neumos*
10/10 – Vancouver, BC @ Rickshaw Theatre*
10/11 – Portland, OR @ Hawthorne Theatre*
10/13 – San Francisco, CA @ The Chapel*
10/14 – Fresno, CA @ Strummer’s*
10/15 Los Angeles, CA @ The Regent Theater*
10/16 – San Diego, CA @ SOMA^
10/17 – Tempe, AZ @ Marquee Theatre^
10/18 – Los Angeles, CA @ Hollywood Palladium^
9/06 – Oklahoma City, OK @ Beer City Music Hall*
9/08 – Dallas, TX @ AM/FM*
9/09 – Austin, TX @ Mohawk*
9/10 – Baton Rouge, LA @ Chelsea’s Live*
9/12 – Tampa, FL @ The Orpheum*
9/13 – Miami, FL @ Churchills*
9/14 – Orlando, FL @ Conduit*
9/16 – Atlanta, GA @ Masquerade – Hell*
9/17 – Nashville, TN @ Eastside Bowl*
9/18 – Carrboro, NC @ Cat’s Cradle*
9/19 – Charlottesville, VA @ The Southern*
9/20 – Washington, DC @ Black Cat*
9/22 – Philadelphia, PA @ Underground Arts*
9/24 – North Toronto, CA @ Second Summer Festival
9/25 – Pittsburgh, PA @ Four Chord Music Festival
9/26 – Brooklyn, NY @ CBGB Festival
9/27 – Boston, MA @ Paradise Rock Club*
9/29 – Cleveland, OH @ Grog Shop*
9/30 – Detroit, MI @ The Loving Touch*
10/01 – Chicago, IL @ Metro*
10/03 – Milwaukee, WI @ Vivarium*
10/04 Minneapolis, MN @ Fine Line*
10/06 – Denver, CO @ Bluebird Theater*
10/07 – Salt Lake City @ UT Metro*
10/09 – Seattle, WA @ Neumos*
10/10 – Vancouver, BC @ Rickshaw Theatre*
10/11 – Portland, OR @ Hawthorne Theatre*
10/13 – San Francisco, CA @ The Chapel*
10/14 – Fresno, CA @ Strummer’s*
10/15 Los Angeles, CA @ The Regent Theater*
10/16 – San Diego, CA @ SOMA^
10/17 – Tempe, AZ @ Marquee Theatre^
10/18 – Los Angeles, CA @ Hollywood Palladium^
* = with support from Softcult, Shady Nasty and Dazy
^= supporting Sex Pistols
Six-time GRAMMY-winning musician, producer, and composer, Don Was is on his 2026 tour, with the full band, billed as Don Was and the Pan-Detroit Ensemble. The show promises music from his new album Groove in the Face of Adversity as well as honoring The Grateful Dead’s Blues for Allah and Bob Weir and the album’s 50th Anniversary.
We interviewed Don Was in 2024 and we got the answer to his hat: ““It was 1996,” he replied. “I was producing a record for Richie Sambora, and we were working in my house in L.A., and he had a hat maker come to the house.” The hatmaker was from Baron and Sambora said Was should get one made. Being receptive, Was showed the hatmaker two album covers. One was a Merle Haggard album and the other, Bob Dylan’s Desire. “Do a combination of these two hats. And the guy made it and showed up two weeks later and I put it on, and it felt like I was born in it.””
Don Was and the Pan-Detroit Ensemble Tour Dates:
Sep 29 – Austin, TX – Antone’s Nightclub
Sep 30 – Austin, TX – Antone’s Nightclub
Oct 1 – Houston, TX – The Heights Theater
Oct 2 – Dallas, TX – The Kessler Theater
Oct 3 – Kansas City, MO – Knuckleheads
Oct 4 – Minneapolis, MN – Dakota (Early Show)
Oct 4 – Minneapolis, MN – Dakota (Late Show)
Oct 6 – Traverse City, MI – The Alluvion (Early Show)
Oct 6 – Traverse City, MI – The Alluvion (Late Show)
Oct 7 – Lansing, MI – Grewal Hall at 224
Oct 9 – Kent, OH – The Kent Stage
Oct 10 – Nelsonville, OH – Stuart’s Opera House
Oct 11 – Buffalo, NY – Asbury Hall
Oct 13 – Homer, NY – Center for the Arts of Homer
Oct 14 – New York, NY – Le Poisson Rouge
Oct 15 – Fairfield, CT – The Warehouse at FTC
Oct 16 – Boston, MA – The Sinclair
Oct 17 – Groton, MA – Groton Hill Music Center
Oct 18 – Bar Harbor, ME – Criterion Theatre
Sep 30 – Austin, TX – Antone’s Nightclub
Oct 1 – Houston, TX – The Heights Theater
Oct 2 – Dallas, TX – The Kessler Theater
Oct 3 – Kansas City, MO – Knuckleheads
Oct 4 – Minneapolis, MN – Dakota (Early Show)
Oct 4 – Minneapolis, MN – Dakota (Late Show)
Oct 6 – Traverse City, MI – The Alluvion (Early Show)
Oct 6 – Traverse City, MI – The Alluvion (Late Show)
Oct 7 – Lansing, MI – Grewal Hall at 224
Oct 9 – Kent, OH – The Kent Stage
Oct 10 – Nelsonville, OH – Stuart’s Opera House
Oct 11 – Buffalo, NY – Asbury Hall
Oct 13 – Homer, NY – Center for the Arts of Homer
Oct 14 – New York, NY – Le Poisson Rouge
Oct 15 – Fairfield, CT – The Warehouse at FTC
Oct 16 – Boston, MA – The Sinclair
Oct 17 – Groton, MA – Groton Hill Music Center
Oct 18 – Bar Harbor, ME – Criterion Theatre
New York’s They Might Be Giants is returning to Minneapolis (and St Paul), for a four-night event of “Evening With” performances. They are all very different shows, very different setlists, and, as usual, with a great eight-piece band. Let’s start Rocktober right. TMBG’s new album The World Is To Dig (see review here) is out now.
They Might Be Giants
Despite being delayed for a over a year, that was fun to see TMBG play Flood in Oct 2022: “The other thing is that they decided to play Flood, but in completely random order and out of sequence. Which is fine, as I recently played the album on shuffle mode and it had the same effect. Each song stands on its own, they’re all good. Even so-so song “Sapphire Bullets of Pure Love” had something new to offer. The band played this song backward, in real time. They would play back the video in reverse during the intermission and it sounded pretty good! Even though they jokingly said, all we would hear is “Satan Join Us”. I thought I knew the Flood album from start to finish, so it was also a nice surprise and refreshing to hear a brand-new set of lyrics for “Road Movie to Berlin”, featuring the line about “the king of liars”. It does throw you off to hear something new, and now that I’ve heard it, I wish that was the full song on the record.”
Tour Dates
Sep 24 Pabst Theater @ Milwaukee, WI
Sep 25 Pabst Theater @ Milwaukee, WI
Sep 26 Barrymore Theatre @ Madison, WI
Sep 27 Barrymore Theatre @ Madison, WI
Sep 29 The Truman @ Kansas City, MO
Oct 1 First Avenue @ Minneapolis, MN
Oct 2 First Avenue @ Minneapolis, MN
Oct 3 The Fitzgerald Theater @ St Paul, MN
Oct 4 The Fitzgerald Theater @ St Paul, MN
Nov 6 Emo’s Austin @ Austin, TX
Nov 7 Emo’s Austin @ Austin, TX
Nov 8 Emo’s Austin @ Austin, TX
Nov 10 The Heights Theater @ Houston, TX
Nov 11 The Heights Theater @ Houston, TX
Nov 13 The Echo Lounge & Music Hall @ Dallas, TX
Nov 14 The Echo Lounge & Music Hall @ Dallas, TX
Nov 19 9:30 Club @ Washington, DC
Nov 20 9:30 Club @ Washington, DC
Nov 21 9:30 Club @ Washington, DC
Nov 22 9:30 Club @ Washington, DC
Sep 25 Pabst Theater @ Milwaukee, WI
Sep 26 Barrymore Theatre @ Madison, WI
Sep 27 Barrymore Theatre @ Madison, WI
Sep 29 The Truman @ Kansas City, MO
Oct 1 First Avenue @ Minneapolis, MN
Oct 2 First Avenue @ Minneapolis, MN
Oct 3 The Fitzgerald Theater @ St Paul, MN
Oct 4 The Fitzgerald Theater @ St Paul, MN
Nov 6 Emo’s Austin @ Austin, TX
Nov 7 Emo’s Austin @ Austin, TX
Nov 8 Emo’s Austin @ Austin, TX
Nov 10 The Heights Theater @ Houston, TX
Nov 11 The Heights Theater @ Houston, TX
Nov 13 The Echo Lounge & Music Hall @ Dallas, TX
Nov 14 The Echo Lounge & Music Hall @ Dallas, TX
Nov 19 9:30 Club @ Washington, DC
Nov 20 9:30 Club @ Washington, DC
Nov 21 9:30 Club @ Washington, DC
Nov 22 9:30 Club @ Washington, DC
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.
