Best of MPLS — Twin Cities Events, Minneapolis

9:00 PM. Midso w. Ditchweed, Phantom Fields White Squirrel Bar

10:00 PM. The Cherry Pit Open Jam Berlin

All day. Mary Gauthier The Reckoning Tour with special guest Jaimee Harris The Parkway Theater

All day. Justin Willman State Theatre

All day. Ax and the Hatchetmen First Avenue

All day. lily blue 7th St Entry

All day. Sophie Hunter Fine Line

All day. Artist Talk + Book Release TOA Presents

All day. PIVOT with Kara Swisher & Scott Galloway presented by beehiiv State Theatre

All day. The Algorithm is Gonna Get You Dudley Riggs Theatre

11:00 AM. Søndergård, Parker and Sibelius Orchestra Hall

1:00 PM. Magnet Senior Center Hennepin County Library

3:30 PM. Nokomis Library Writing Group Hennepin County Library

5:00 PM. The Music of the Beach Boys Featuring Pet Sounds LIVE! Crooners Supper Club

5:00 PM. Swing Night at Maggie’s with Maryann Sullivan and Dale Alexander Crooners Supper Club

5:00 PM. Art Club: Poster Design Walker Art Center

5:30 PM. Claudia Schmidt and Ann Reed: At It Again! Crooners Supper Club

6:00 PM. Raymnd Aster Cafe

6:00 PM. A Emmy Woods Cuntry Club w. Emma Jeane White Squirrel Bar

6:30 PM. Better Than Ezra - Legends of the Fall: Closer to the Edge Tour Varsity Theater

7:00 PM. A Three Headliner Spectacle - Spike and the Gandy Dancers // j. bell & the Lazy Susan Band (album release) // The Toolmasters Icehouse

7:00 PM. SPECIAL SHOW: Jesus Trejo Laugh Camp Comedy Club

7:00 PM. How the Grinch Stole Christmas (Touring) Children’s Theatre Company

7:00 PM. The Thursday Mic Comedy Corner Underground

7:00 PM. Witching Hour feat. GLIA Berlin

7:00 PM. Monster Science First Thursdays: Beholders and Illithids and Pals Bryant Lake Bowl Theater

7:30 PM. Rell Battle House of Comedy

8:00 PM. Kyle Kinane Acme Comedy Co

8:00 PM. Austin Giorgio w. Caroline Romano Amsterdam Bar & Hall

8:30 PM. Orange Aide presented by Jackson Hicks & Greg Orange Comedy Corner Underground

9:00 PM. Ex Rodeo w. Paperbacks, Lemon White Squirrel Bar

10:00 PM. Crates: “Sensational” by Erika de Casier Berlin

All day. ARI MATTI LIVE Pantages Theatre

All day. Six Chick Flicks Dudley Riggs Theatre

All day. Death From Above 1979 Fine Line

All day. Dent May 7th St Entry

All day. Die Spitz First Avenue

All day. Levi Bloom Turf Club

All day. Static Dress Amsterdam Bar & Hall

All day. The Weeknd Night Fine Line

11:00 AM. Bach’s Fifth Partita Wooddale Church

2:00 PM. Ladies Weekend Mystic Showroom

4:30 PM. Early Evening Jazz: Mill City Hot Club Berlin

5:00 PM. Kadidlo & Koehnen present “Jim, Jimmy & James” Crooners Supper Club

6:00 PM. Miss Shannan’s Comedy Through the Chaos Crooners Supper Club

6:00 PM. Static Dress with I Promised The World, Car Underwater, and Sherane Amsterdam Bar & Hall

6:00 PM. Thomas Sticha Aster Cafe

6:00 PM. she's green Varsity Theater

6:00 PM. UNCLE MUSKRAT: ALBUM RELEASE PARTY Green Room

6:00 PM. Railroad Island White Squirrel Bar

7:00 PM. Kyle Kinane Acme Comedy Co

7:00 PM. Wild vs. Sharks Grand Casino Arena

7:00 PM. How the Grinch Stole Christmas (Touring) Children’s Theatre Company

7:00 PM. I Probably Shouldn't Tell You This: An Intimate Cabaret with Nadine DuBois Bryant Lake Bowl Theater

7:00 PM. ABBAsolutely Fab — Minnesota’s #1 ABBA Tribute Crooners Supper Club

7:00 PM. Matty & The Subtle Validation The 331 Club

7:30 PM. Friday Night Improv Club Strike Theater

7:30 PM. Serial Killers: with Dr. Scott Bonn Ames Center

7:30 PM. Heather Mae with Mother Banjo The Hook and Ladder

7:30 PM. Paul Cebar & Tomorrow Sound The Hook and Ladder

7:30 PM. Rell Battle House of Comedy

8:00 PM. #IMOMSOHARD: The Crashing Out Tour Mystic Showroom

8:00 PM. ❗SOLD OUT❗ Bill Callahan with Rick Maguire (of Pile) The Cedar Cultural Center

8:00 PM. SPECIAL SHOW: Stef Dag Laugh Camp Comedy Club

8:00 PM. Stan Society Presents Olivia Rodrigo Night - 18+ Uptown Theater

8:00 PM. Secret Headliner Comedy Corner Underground

8:00 PM. Alex Koi x Kirin McElwain Berlin

8:00 PM. Søndergård, Parker and Sibelius Orchestra Hall

9:00 PM. House Party - an improv comedy show Strike Theater

9:00 PM. Witch Syndicate White Squirrel Bar

9:30 PM. That Felt Good Bryant Lake Bowl Theater

9:30 PM. Late Night Lounge: Rhythm Rotation by DJ McShellen Berlin

10:00 PM. C*NT O'CLOCK - The C*nt Palace Green Room

10:00 PM. After Dark! Minnesota's Top Comedy Improv Show Laugh Camp Comedy Club

All day. Mojo Brookzz: Outta Pocket Tour Orpheum Theatre

All day. Six Chick Flicks Dudley Riggs Theatre

All day. The Shabby Road Orchestra performs the Beatles’ Abbey Road The Parkway Theater

All day. Alyssa Grace Fine Line

All day. Brigitte Calls Me Baby First Avenue

All day. Last Nite ⏤ An Indie Sleaze Dance Party Turf Club

All day. The Animeros 7th St Entry

All day. An Evening with Joy Oladokun Palace Theatre

10:00 AM. Community Song Circle Hennepin County Library

10:00 AM. Free First Saturday: Designing Together Walker Art Center

12:00 PM. ABOLISH ICE: A Benefit Concert for the MN15! The Hook and Ladder

1:00 PM. Remy Chacón w. Patrick Mustain, Summers Conglomerate White Squirrel Bar

2:00 PM. How the Grinch Stole Christmas (Touring) Children’s Theatre Company

4:15 PM. Early Evening Jazz: Trish Hurd-Paczkowski / Graydon Peterson / Peter Goggin Berlin

5:00 PM. Arch Enemy & The Black Dahlia Murder - Wrath Across North America 2026 The Fillmore Minneapolis

5:00 PM. The Marigold de Muertos: A Day of the Dead Celebration Amsterdam Bar & Hall

5:00 PM. Joel Shapira’s Maggie’s Maison with Jon Pemberton Crooners Supper Club

6:00 PM. Chris Trapper Crooners Supper Club

6:00 PM. PROF: The Return Home The Armory

6:00 PM. Taking Back Bedtime [early emo party] Green Room

6:00 PM. QAWALA w. Joseph Walker White Squirrel Bar

6:30 PM. Abbie Gamboa - Have You Ever Looked Around Tour Varsity Theater

6:30 PM. Sleepy Weekend The Hook and Ladder

7:00 PM. I Honestly Love You: Beloved Songs of Olivia Newton-John and Anne Murray Crooners Supper Club

7:00 PM. Kyle Kinane Acme Comedy Co

7:00 PM. Wild vs. Lightning Grand Casino Arena

7:00 PM. I Probably Shouldn't Tell You This: An Intimate Cabaret with Nadine DuBois Bryant Lake Bowl Theater

7:00 PM. Adam Meckler Quintet Berlin

7:00 PM. Søndergård, Parker and Sibelius Orchestra Hall

7:00 PM. Bach’s Fifth Partita Capri Theater

7:00 PM. Rell Battle House of Comedy

7:00 PM. GIFT: A Live Score by Eiko Ishibashi X Film by Ryūsuke Hamaguchi Walker Art Center

7:00 PM. Colonel Mustard’s Mechanical Orchestra The 331 Club

7:30 PM. The Mess and The Bearded Company Strike Theater

8:00 PM. KATSEYE: THE WILDWORLD TOUR Target Center

8:00 PM. KEM Mystic Showroom

8:00 PM. The 90's Rewind Icehouse

8:00 PM. SPECIAL SHOW: Stef Dag Laugh Camp Comedy Club

8:00 PM. Secret Headliner Comedy Corner Underground

9:00 PM. Sweet Pea w. Conzeminus & Baby Mahi and the Sitters White Squirrel Bar

9:30 PM. A Drinking Game MN presents: HERCULES Bryant Lake Bowl Theater

10:00 PM. Rainforest Rave Presents: Into the Wild Green Room

10:30 PM. Late Night Lounge: Dollar Day Records Berlin

All day. Neil deGrasse Tyson: Science as a Way of Knowing State Theatre

All day. Sabrina Cast Reunion 30 Year Anniversary Live! Pantages Theatre

All day. Six Chick Flicks Dudley Riggs Theatre

All day. Eivør Fine Line

All day. Family Gathering Concert Series First Avenue

All day. Maddie Zahm Amsterdam Bar & Hall

All day. Six Foot Blonde 7th St Entry

All day. The War and Treaty First Avenue

All day. SOLD OUT: Burn and Bloom: Prairie Fire Choir Season Finale with The Foxgloves The Parkway Theater

8:00 AM. Sensory Friendly Sunday Walker Art Center

1:00 PM. Songwriter Showcase: Edie Rae, Christopher David Hanson, Mare Lennon, Joe Fahey White Squirrel Bar

2:00 PM. BALLS Cabaret Strike Theater

2:00 PM. How the Grinch Stole Christmas (Touring) Children’s Theatre Company

2:00 PM. The Musical Tales of Hans Christian Andersen Orchestra Hall

3:00 PM. Bach’s Fifth Partita Saint Andrew's Lutheran Church

4:00 PM. Rachel Ries Residency: For Choir Nerds, With Love Icehouse

4:00 PM. Emmy Woods and friends The 331 Club

5:00 PM. Joel Shapira’s Maggie’s Maison with Ted Godbout Crooners Supper Club

6:00 PM. The Music of Django Reinhardt with the Ryan Picone Quartet Crooners Supper Club

6:00 PM. Timberwolves vs. Jazz Target Center

6:00 PM. Second Breakfast String Band w.Borrowed Days Irish Band White Squirrel Bar

6:30 PM. The War And Treaty Varsity Theater

7:00 PM. Maddie Zahm w. Semler Amsterdam Bar & Hall

7:00 PM. Wayne Anthony Presents Ultimate Sinatra Crooners Supper Club

7:00 PM. Sundays with Room3 Collective (Fusion Tribute) Berlin

7:00 PM. Davy Knowles The Hook and Ladder

7:00 PM. Patricia Smith Live: Reading & Conversation in Support of the Loft The Loft Literary Center

7:30 PM. TEDDY THOMPSON with Jenna Nicholls The Cedar Cultural Center

7:30 PM. Improv - A - Go - Go Strike Theater

8:00 PM. JACK WHITE LIVE 2026 The Armory

9:00 PM. Open Jam White Squirrel Bar

All day. Ninth Key 7th St Entry

12:30 PM. STEP Seminar: “Forging Common Ground: Clean Energy, Systems Change, and Leadership in a New Era” with Rolf Nordstrom, GPI Center for Science

2:00 PM. Poetry Lovers Converge Hennepin County Library

4:00 PM. ALI LECTURE SERIES | Jeffrey L. Day, Actual Architecture Co. Rapson Hall

5:00 PM. Sam Brown and Wes Ruelle Crooners Supper Club

6:00 PM. Songwriter Night: Hosted by Tom Peschges with Tim Fast & Cristina Seaborn Crooners Supper Club

6:00 PM. Mumblin’ Drew’s Oldfangled Orchestrators White Squirrel Bar

6:00 PM. Roe Family Singers The 331 Club

7:00 PM. Annual Fall Music Festival Orchestra Hall

7:00 PM. A Tribute to Thad Jones & Mel Lewis with the UWEC Jazz Ensemble Crooners Supper Club

7:00 PM. Eiko Ishibashi w/ LXD Berlin

7:15 PM. Vikings vs. Bills U.S. Bank Stadium

9:00 PM. Greenvale Manitou w. Loop Th3ory, Landfillharmonik White Squirrel Bar

All day. Duff Goldman Presents: The Tao of Duff The Parkway Theater

All day. An Evening with Julian Lage Quartet The Fitzgerald Theater

All day. mary in the junkyard 7th St Entry

All day. AJ McLean of Backstreet Boys presents Alexander James Fine Line

7:30 AM. Democracy at a Crossroads Symposium 2026 Humphrey School of Public Affairs

4:30 PM. Info Session: Mentor Series 2027 Applications The Loft Literary Center

5:30 PM. The ALSC/ALA Children’s Literature Lecture with Cynthia Leitich Smith, ‘Indigenous Voices: On the Page & Behind the Bylines’ Elmer L. Andersen Library

6:00 PM. Sueco Varsity Theater

6:00 PM. Ali Gray & The DL4 Present: A Tribute to the Queens of Country Music (1950’s-1990’s) White Squirrel Bar

6:30 PM. Motionless In White: The Sweat and Blood Tour Target Center

7:00 PM. New Band Night #42 Green Room

7:00 PM. Space Between Monthly Music Industry MEETUP The Hook and Ladder

7:00 PM. Eiko Ishibashi w/ Kenneth Gregory Berlin

7:30 PM. The Moth: HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS Amsterdam Bar & Hall

7:30 PM. Great Lake Swimmers , caught light tour 2026 with Lucy Michelle & Eamonn Mclain The Cedar Cultural Center

8:00 PM. Cold Sweat The 331 Club

9:00 PM. Elour Tuesday Night Residency w. Boudain Blanc White Squirrel Bar

All day. Steve Poltz The Parkway Theater

All day. Dial-a-Story for Adults Hennepin County Library

All day. Scott Bradlee's Postmodern Jukebox - The Future Is Vintage World Tour State Theatre

All day. Fruition Turf Club

All day. Michelle Branch First Avenue

All day. Pretty Sick 7th St Entry

5:00 PM. Adam Daniel Crooners Supper Club

6:00 PM. Allison Mahal & Whitney Fenimore Aster Cafe

6:00 PM. The Masters of Improvisation: “Is that a fact??” Crooners Supper Club

6:00 PM. Molly Maher White Squirrel Bar

6:30 PM. Co-presented with Walker Art Center: Electrical Field of Love featuring Harriet Tubman and Georgia Anne Muldrow (Midwest debut) Icehouse

6:30 PM. Patrick Wolf w. Hollow Eve Amsterdam Bar & Hall

7:00 PM. Choir! Choir! Choir! Presents: Landslide: Epic Fleetwood Mac Singalong Varsity Theater

7:00 PM. Dev Lemons Green Room

7:00 PM. John Carroll Kirby w/ Stevie Berlin

All day. Madds Buckley // A Simple Binary and a Complex Phrase North American Tour 2026 with special guest Brye The Parkway Theater

All day. The Little Bummer Boy Dudley Riggs Theatre

All day. Hovvdy Fine Line

All day. Lee Lue The Musical The Fitzgerald Theater

All day. Low Cut Connie First Avenue

All day. Tired Eyes , Neil Young and Crazy Horse Tribute Band Turf Club

All day. Tyler Ballgame 7th St Entry