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GoGo Penguin at Fine Line, Minneapolis (October 7, 2025)

Manchester trio GoGo Penguin brought their intricate, guitar-free blend of jazz and electronica to the Fine Line. Surrounded by keyboards, laptops, and acoustic drums, they delivered dizzying polyrhythms and luminous tension. Bassist Nick Blacka anchored the chaos.

Grandaddy at First Avenue, Minneapolis (October 8, 2025)

Twenty-one years after their last Minnesota show, Grandaddy returned to First Avenue to perform The Sophtware Slump in full. Note-perfect and emotionally heavy, the set traced millennial dread and fragile hope before loosening into celebratory encores—including birthday cake for guitarist Jim Fairchild. Vermont’s Greg Freeman opened with a beautifully restrained set.

We♥KC! October 10-13, 2025 Upcoming concerts / shows (Kansas City, MO / Lawrence, KS metro)

Kansas City Music Guide archives / Lawrence, KS archives October 10-13, 2025 Upcoming concerts /...

Mpls: November 3 to November 4, 2025

Here are some shows in Minneapolis/St Paul from November 3 to November 4, 2025: • Durand Jones & The Indications at First Avenue (Nov 3, 2025) • The Aces at Fine Line (Nov 4, 2025) • Frost Children at Amsterdam Bar & Hall (Nov 4, 2025) • Pinkshift at 7th St Entry (Nov 4, 2025)

Royel Otis at Uptown Theater, Kansas City MO (2025-10-03)

Australian guitar-pop sensations duo Royel Otis played a crowded Uptown Theater (after being brought indoors and upgraded from GrindersKC) in midtown Kansas City, in support of their second full-length, hickey, released in August (via Ourness/Capitol Records). Explaining the album title, the pair has said "…because love bites harder than any other emotion in the world."