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Mpls: Bowling For Soup at First Avenue (Sep 21, 2026)

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Bowling For Soup at First Avenue (Sep 21, 2026)

Bowling For Soup at First Avenue (Sep 21, 2026)
September 21, 2026 Monday
Bowling For Soup
with Ballyhoo! and rosecoloredworld
at First Avenue
first-avenue.com
Texas’ Bowling For Soup returns to Minnesota, headlining First Avenue, on September 21, 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.

Bowling for Soup
We saw Bowling for Soup in November 2025 and wrote, “Walking on to their own theme song, Bowling for Soup, you know that’s going to be “a great day”. As previously mentioned when we saw the band in August 2025, that Bowling for Soup’s set of songs may not be that long, as half of it is basically Jaret Reddick doing “stand-up” comedy. Surprisingly a lot of parents and their young children was at the show, possibly because they were fans of the Disney Channel’s animated series Phineas and Ferb (Bowling for Soup’s “Today Is Gonna Be a Great Day” is the theme song). It is weird, but Bowling for Soup’s jokes had numerous F-bombs and very adult… not kids friendly, like say, Koo Koo Kanga Roo or They Might Be Giants… so I’m not sure if they were the right band for these children, but I could be wrong. Early in the set, Jaret made the mistake of referring to the audience as “Duval”. Like Jaret, I don’t know what the big deal was… but all was forgiven as they launched into crowd favorites like “High School Never Ends”, with mini-various cover songs like Toni Basil’s “Mickey”, Slade’s “Cum on Feel the Noize” (made famous by Quiet Riot), and Beastie Boys’ “(You Gotta) Fight for Your Right (To Party!)” If you like goofy punk-rock, bands who don’t take themselves too seriously, you’ll have a fun time at a Bowling for Soup show.”
Ballyhoo! and rosecoloredworld to open.
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September 21, 2026 First Avenue Minneapolis, MN
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September 26, 2026 Mesa Theater Grand Junction, CO
September 27, 2026 Washington’s Fort Collins, CO
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