Charlie Parr and Mikkel Beckmen at Turf Club, Jan. 26, 2025.
Los Bitchos’ gig at 7th Street Entry Thursday is a highlight in a very busy week in Minnesota psychedelic music from the Twin Cities to Duluth down to Winona. Find out what all else is happening from weekly residencies from TWINE and Jumpsuit to some killer jazz options at Icehouse and Berlin.
It’s another packed week of music in Minnesota. The Big Wu headlines the Minnesota Zoo “Wild Nights” series Friday, one of the top jazz bassists ever plays the Dakota Wednesday and Thursday, mesmerizing harpist Mikaela Davis plays the Icehouse Courtyard Saturday and Saltydog has a pair of shows at Up Yonder in Grand Marais. And there’s more.
Dream of the Wild’s final Psychedelic Sundays edition, this week at Zhora Darling in Minneapolis, brings Confucisaurus, Hunny Bear and Poison Ivy and The People to the stage. Tonight, Charlie Parr plays at a church in Saint Cloud, and Saltydog has a Homegrown show in Duluth.
My Morning Jacket at the Armory Sunday concludes a loaded weekend of psychedelic music options in Minnesota. But there’s so much more, including both local bands and British DJ/producer Goldie, who played Bad Boy Lincoln in the movie Snatch, at the Fine Line tonght.
It’s a crazy week of music in Minnesota and here are three highlights, Orions Belte at 7th Street Wednesday, Shamrock Shakedown at Green Room Friday and Andy Frasco & The U.N. at the Fine Line Saturday. But there’s so much more.
Charlie Parr closed out his Sunday night Turf Club residency, encoring with “Ain’t No Grave,” which he dedicated to his late mother. Nashville folk duo Paper Wings opened up the show. Read more about the concert.
The Headhunters, which Herbie Hancock formed in 1973, play the Dakota Tuesday night, topping Jam in the Stream’s weekly live music picks in Minnesota. Read more about The Headhunters and other live music options this week.
Jeff Franca of Thievery Corporation will perform alongside Momentary Lapse of Floyd at the three-day Hotel Minnesnowta music fest at Crowne Plaza Minneapolis West in Plymouth. The hotel fest tops Jam in the Stream’s weekly music picks. Find out what other live music is happening in Minnesota this week.
Only Every Monday, which holds its 700th show in the series tonight (Monday, Jan. 6) tops Jam in the Stream’s Minnesota live music recommendations this week. But there are many other options this week, including a particularly busy Friday night in Minneapolis.
Charlie Parr and Martin Dosh top Jam in the Stream’s weekly Minnesota live music recommendations for the first week of January, 2025.
It’s another busy week on Minnesota’s live music scene, with the GZA and a backing band with a fiddler at the Dakota, Saharan desert blues pioneers Tinariwen at the Cedar. Get the details on those and more shows at Jam in the Stream’s weekly live show picks article.
Etran de L’Äir, known for a brand of “dessert blues,” is playing Turf Club Wednesday, the first of several live music picks this week from Jam in the Stream. Find out more about the band from Niger, and the rest of Jam in the Stream’s show recommendations.
Another busy week of live music in Minnesota kicks off with a free show tonight from Duluth’s Saltydog at the Lake Harriet Bandshell. Find out what else is happening in psychedelic music.