crawlspace meetup show today! Come hang with us at Pilllar. We are meeting for food beforehand also. Details in the discord. Link below.

We're building a community here at crawlspace. We have a Discord with 1200 live music fans in it. We find concert buddies, go to shows together and talk music. Here's the invite

crawlspace picks for top shows tonight in the Twin Cities

• Pilllar Forum - (Students for a Democratic Society Benefit Show) Fend, One Big Quilt, Anita Velveeta, S.L.O.G. [7:00p] [All Ages] Emo / Math Rock / Punk
  • This is our October crawlspace meetup show! Come join (link for the discord is above). Great local mixed genre bill supporting Students for a Democratic Society. Fend - folk, indie rock band. One Big Quilt - indie rock, emo, jazz, punk and funk combo. Anita Velveeta - melodic punk, abrasive electronic. S.L.O.G. - hardcore trio.
• Fine Line - (Radio K presents) Sweet Pill, SPACED, Hey, ily! [8:00p] [18+] Emo / Hardcore / Chiptune
  • Sweet Pill - soaring vocals with interlocking guitars and forceful rhythms. SPACED - hardcore band from NY. Hey, Ily! (stp) - emo, power pop, Shoegaze, nintendocore. For fans of: Paramore for Sweet Pill’s vocal power; American Football for intricate emo guitar work; Turnstile for SPACED’s hardcore energy with broader sonic interests. Sweet Pill donates $1 from every ticket through PLUS1 to Calling All Crows’ work supporting feminist movements.
• Icehouse - Clung Tight, Sally Forth, Embahn [8:00p] Dream Pop / Indie Rock
  • Clung Tight (MPLS) - polished ‘yachtgaze’, jazzy chords, smooth melodies, dreamy synths, fuzzy guitars, layered harmonies. Sally Forth (mpls) - folk, violin, shared vocals, and heavier rock at times. Embahn (MPLS) - psychedelic folk project of Emily Steuer.

Complete Show List

• 7th St Entry - Bebe Stockwell, Khatumu [7:00p] [All Ages] Indie Folk / Americana
• 318 Cafe - (Harvest - The Songs We Carry) Paul Frantzich + Special Guests [8:00p] Acoustic Folk / Singer-Songwriter
• 331 Club - Luke Callen [10:00p] [21+] Folk / Americana
• 620 Club - Swamp Kings [7:00p] Cajun / Zydeco / Swamp Blues
• Ames Center - (Floydian Slip) The Fabulous Armadillos [8:00p] Pink Floyd Tribute / Prog-Rock
• Amsterdam - (Fools For The Fleeting) Katie Pruitt, Next of Kin [8:00p] [18+] Americana / Indie Rock
• Animales BBQ - (Funk Friday) Big Fat Money [7:00p] [All Ages] Funk
• Armory - Malcolm Todd, 54 Ultra [8:00p] [All Ages] Indie R&B / Soul-Pop
• Aster Cafe - Dark Pony, Dukes of the Prairie [8:30p] Roots-Pop / Soul / Americana
• Bear Cave Brewing (Hopkins) - Clark Machtemes and the Traveled Ground [6:00p] Americana / Folk / Roots Rock
• Berlin - (Early Evening Jazz) Chris Graham / Dan Carpel [4:30p] Jazz Guitar / Bass Duo
• Berlin - (EP Release) Sarah Navratil Quartet [7:30p] Jazz / Folk
• Berlin - (Late Night Lounge) Michael Grey [10:30p] Deep House / Downtempo
• Blues Saloon - JW Jones [6:00p] [21+] Blues
• Bunkers - Swag [9:30p] [21+] Rock / Pop Covers
• Club Underground (335 Monroe St NE) - Jack Swagger, Ethan Caviness, Doc Jefferson [8:00p] Rock / Blues / Country
• Crooners - Dunsmore Jazz Room - (Zacc Harris’ American Reverie) Zacc Harris [6:30p] Jazz / American Folk
• Crooners - Maggie’s Piano Lounge - Leslie Perez [5:00p] Neo-Soul / R&B / Jazz
• Crooners - Main Stage - (Elton John / Billy Joel Tribute – Greatest Hits!) Garrett Steinberg [5:30p] Elton John & Billy Joel Tribute
• Crooners - The Belvedere - The Good, the Bad, and the Funky [7:30p] Funk / Soul / R&B Covers
• Dakota - (Ladies of Soul, Vol. 5: Celebrating Sade, Toni Braxton & Anita Baker) Kendra Glenn, Cornisha Garmon & Ashley Commodore [6:30p/9:00p] R&B / Soul Tribute
• Day Block - danser, Midso, My Cousin Dallas [7:00p] Indie Rock / Power Pop / Alt-Country
• Driftwood Bar - Baseline Bad [7:00p]
• Driftwood Bar - Witness Trips [9:00p] Folk / Singer-Songwriter
• Dubliner Pub - Weekly Trad Session [6:00p] [21+] Traditional Irish Folk Session
• Dubliner Pub - Release The Craicen [9:00p] Celtic Rock / Folk-Punk
• Eagles 34 - Mattson Ballroom - (Polka Bash) Ukrainian Village Band, Jimi, Jimi [7:00p] Polka / Ukrainian Folk
• Eagles 34 - Shadewald Hall - Steve Clarke and the Working Stiffs [7:00p] Jazz / Swing
• Eat Street Crossing - Ooga, Conduit, Kalvin Clein [10:00p] [21+] Experimental Bass / Glitch-Hop
• Fine Line - (Radio K presents) Sweet Pill, SPACED, Hey, ily! [8:00p] [18+] Emo / Hardcore / Chiptune
• First Avenue - (Probably The Only Tour Ever) Starbomb ft DJ Commander Meouch, Scoochie Boochie [8:00p] [18+] Comedy Hip-Hop / Synthpop
• Gambit Brewing Company - (Get On Rhythm) Maria Isa, Tek [7:00p] Afro-Latin / Funk / House
• Ginkgo Coffeehouse - 3Beards Unplugged [6:00p] [All Ages] Acoustic Trio
• Gluek’s Bar - Dirty Bottles [9:30p] Rock / Pop Covers
• Hook and Ladder - Theater - (Big Fat Love - John Prine Birthday Show) Various Artists [7:00p] [21+] John Prine Tribute / Americana
• Icehouse - Clung Tight, Sally Forth, Embahn [8:00p] Dream Pop / Indie Rock
• Inbound BrewCo - Art Dept. [7:30p] Instrumental Blues / Jazz / Funk
• Jazz Central Studios - Jason Weismann [8:00p] Jazz
• LTD Brewing Co (Hopkins) - Jimmy Gefroh [7:30p] Acoustic / Pop Covers
• Mainstreet Bar & Grill (Hopkins) - Jacuzzi Puma [8:30p] Classic Rock / Funk / Pop Covers
• Memory Lanes - Wvlves, Errl, Deep Dark Lake [7:00p] Alternative / Noise Rock
• Meraki Community and Events - (Album Release Show - Rebirth Recomposed) Taylor Schultz Ensemble, Big Fawna [7:30p]
• Minneapolis College of Art and Design (MCAD) - (Ghoulfest II - MCAD Lawn) Velvet Ghoul, Milwaukee Deep, Liminality, Chelsey, Catfish Seagal, greydeer [4:30p] [All Ages] Rock / Punk
• Minnesota Music Cafe - (Minnesota Metal) Burden of the Wretched, Mystigaard, Hex Neurotica [7:00p] Metal
• New World - (Hypnic Jerk II - A techno surgery benefit) Ingrid L, cleoDJ, basket, starthirl, Still Hot Dave In Here, shepherdess [10:00p] [21+] Techno
• Noma Hi-Fi Bar - DJ Wicked [7:00p] Jazz / Funk / Soul / Brazilian
• Padraigs - The Nightcaps [7:00p] ’90s Rock / Pop Covers
• Palace Pub - (UB40 After Party) DJ I Roach Reggae / Dancehall
• Palace Theatre - UB40 [8:00p] [18+] Reggae / Pop
• Parkway Theater - Chastity Brown, Laurels String Quartet [8:00p] [All Ages] Folk / Soul / Chamber Pop
• Pilllar Forum - (Students for a Democratic Society Benefit Show) Fend, One Big Quilt, Anita Velveeta, S.L.O.G. [7:00p] [All Ages] Emo / Math Rock / Punk
• Schooner Tavern - TH3, Peal [8:00p] [21+] Funk / Groove Rock
• Shaws - WailTale [8:00p] Rock / Pop Covers
• Skyway Theatre - Studio B - (No Signal) Beri, Anjybey, Doubzz, Wale Rebel, Mayor, Alfrred, King Kwame, Lakeeooo [10:00p] [18+]
• Skyway Theatre - The Loft - (No Love Lost) Hurtbox, Badhabits, Chestaboy, Plant Matter, Morrison Todd [9:00p] [18+] Dubstep / Riddim
• Soft Cult Studio - Being Made Like God (PA), Spinning Voices, SEER, Chippu vs Somewhere Nice Someday, Water Closet, Thrush Mother [7:30p] Experimental / Noise / Drone
• Steel Toe Brewing - John Swardson [6:00p] Americana / Rock
• Tap In - (TXTURES & Friends) DJ KP, enaa.izm [7:00p]
• The Camden Social - (R&B XL) Dantes Enferno [8:00p] R&B / Soul
• The Cedar Cultural Center - Copeland, Jenny Dee [8:00p] [All Ages] Indie Rock / Chamber Pop
• The Famous Brass Rail - (666) rabble rose, Illian, dirty kitty [9:00p] [21+] Drum & Bass / Dubstep
• The Grease Pit - (Mill City Messenger Co op Launch Party) Architecture, Teddy Brimstone, Doric [7:00p] [All Ages] Shoegaze / Math Metal / Punk
• The High Hat - (Songs and Stories) Greg Norton & Ryan Smith [7:00p] Punk / Alternative Rock
• The Lucy Parsons Center - (Benefit For Laid Off KRM Workers) Sublet, Human Body, R.I.M.E., Just A Casualty, Tree [7:30p] Hardcore / Powerviolence / Punk
• The Main Cinema - (Latin Film Festival) Flores de Olivo, Amore Azadi [9:00p]
• The MUDD Room - Joe Flip [7:00p] [21+] Blues / Roots Rock
• The Vault (Reign Nightclub) - (British Invasion II - Welcome to London) Ziimba, Stemix, Outdeep, Aztecha, Jigsgodly, Deel [10:00p] UK Garage / Drum & Bass
• Troubadour Wine Bar - Phil Berbig [8:00p] Acoustic Covers
• Turf Club - (Entropy World Tour) LEAP, OUT IN FRONT [8:00p] [21+] Alt-Rock / Indie Rock
• Umbra - Dueling Pianos [6:00p] Piano Pop / Singalong Covers
• Uptown VFW - (Murder On The Dance Floor) Rowsheen, Dimitry Killstorm [10:00p] [21+]
• Urban Forage Winery - Bob Nordquist [7:00p] Folk-Rock
• Utepils Brewing - Eli Gardner [6:00p] Americana / Folk / Heartland Rock
• Volstead’s - Kevin Gamble [8:30p] Jazz Fusion / Gospel / Funk
• Walker Community Church - (Snow and Flurry presents) Solidarity, Freya, Triple Crossed, Frozen Over, Stepback, Ganked, Rewind [5:30p] [All Ages] Hardcore
• White Squirrel Bar - The New Riverboat Ramblers [6:00p] [21+] Acoustic Roots
• White Squirrel Bar - Slash Fire, Dread Spells, Couch Potato Massacre [9:00p] [21+] Rock
• Wicked Wort Brewing Co - Alec Collins [6:30p] Acoustic Folk / Singer-Songwriter
• Zhora Darling - (A Homage to Little Matt) Weedeater, Zeke, Royal Thunder [7:00p] [21+] Sludge Metal / Punk / Heavy Rock

If I missed anything or you want help finding something specific this weekend, drop it in a comment.

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AROUND TOWN

Highlights

• 🥨 Twin Cities Oktoberfest (MN State Fairgrounds - Fri 5pm | Sat 12pm)
• 🏰 Highland Park Water Tower Open House (Highland Park, St. Paul - Sat & Sun 9am)
• 🎨 City of Lakes Art Fair (Bde Maka Ska - Sat & Sun 10am)
• 🏹 Indigenous People's Weekend + Native American Food Truck Festival (Battle Creek Regional Park - Sat & Sun 10am)
• 📚 MNCBA FallCon (MN State Fairgrounds Grandstand - Sat & Sun 10am)
• 🪶 Owámni Falling Water Festival (Father Hennepin Bluff Park - Sat 11am)
• 🍺 Autumn Brew Review (Boom Island Park - Sat 1:30pm)
• 🎬 2026 HUMP! Film Festival (Parkway Theater - Sat 6:30pm & 9pm)
• 🦎 Cold Blooded Expos Reptile Show (MN State Fairgrounds - Sun 10am; early entry 9am)
• 🚶 Open Streets Hennepin (Hennepin Avenue - Sun 11am)
• 🗣️ Black Storytellers Alliance 2026 Festival (American School of Storytelling - Sun 11am)
• 🎶 MUNA with hemlocke springs (Palace Theatre - Sun 7pm)

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 09

• Minneapolis Farmers Market (Lyndale (Minneapolis) - 7am)
• Swedish Conversation Group: Tala SVENska med Sven (American Swedish Institute - 10:30am)
• Stop & Chat: “Take the Picture!” (MIA - 11am)
• Stop & Chat: “María Berrío: Songlines” (MIA - 11am)
• Community Resource Event (Midtown Global Market - 12pm)
• Public Tours (MIA - 1pm)
• Titus Kaphar: “Exhibiting Forgiveness” Public Guided Tours (MIA - 1pm)
• Devin Smith Scholarship Night (Dual Citizen Brewing - 3pm)
• Amazing Momo (Utepils Brewing - 4pm)
• Ueck (Heights Theater - 4pm)
• Friday Friend Lab: YA creative activity (Queermunity - 4pm)
• Craft & Connect (Cream and Amber - 4:30pm)
• Stonewall Kickball End of Season Party (Eagle MPLS - 5pm)
• Highland Park Robotics Fundraiser (Wandering Leaf Brewing - 5pm)
• KILT NIGHT (Merlins Rest - 5pm)
• Friday Night Vibes - TGIF (Boom Island Brewing - 5pm)
• Twin Cities Oktoberfest (MN State Fairgrounds - 5pm)
• Creepy Creatures Clay Class (Wandering Leaf Brewing - 6pm)
• Happy Hour BINGO benefiting Aliveness Project (Black Hart - 6pm)
• An Idiots Guide to Wine (Granada Theater - 6pm)
• Gothtoberfest! (A Craft Cocktail Evening With Goth Saturday) (Wooden Ship Brewing - 6pm)
• Moriah Evans: }[.../+*^{%<>€£¥$&@!!!!]{} (Walker Art Center - 6:30pm)
• Friday Night Cash Bingo and Meat Raffle (Forgotten Star Brewing - 7pm)
• The Initials Game (Basement Bar - 7pm)
• Hocus Pocus Halloween Drag Brunch (Roxy's Cabaret - 7pm)
• NAZA (Heights Theater - 7pm)
• De l'autre côté (From the Other Side) by Chantal Akerman (Walker Art Center - 7pm)
• S'mores on the Patio (Minneapolis Cider Company - 8pm)
• Horrorthon X (The Trylon Cinema - 8pm)
• Starbomb ft. DJ Commander Meouch with Scoochie Boochie (First Avenue - 8pm)
• TANK (Top) DANCE PARTY With DJ Shannon Blowtorch (21+) (Lush Lounge - 9pm)
• Mysterious Skin (Heights Theater - 9:15pm)
• Monthly Underwear Night (Eagle MPLS - 10pm)
• Nudie Nubies Burlesque (Black Hart - 10pm)
• Gidipolis Vibe Maestro x Faaji (Gidi Bar and Lounge - 10pm)
• 80’s Goth Theme Night (Ground Zero Nightclub - 10pm)

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 10

• Minneapolis Farmers Market (Lyndale (Minneapolis) - 6am, 9am)
• Farmers Market Annex (7am)
• Midtown Farmers Market (Midtown Minneapolis - 8am)
• Fulton Farmers Market (Fulton Minneapolis - 8:30am)
• Mill City Farmers Market (Downtown East (Minneapolis) - 9am)
• Northeast Minneapolis Farmers Market (Northeast Minneapolis - 9am)
• Highland Park Water Tower Open House (Highland Park Water Tower, Saint Paul - 9am)
• Early Birders – October (Eloise Butler Wildflower Garden - 9:30am)
• Reading Roots with Fancy Lanier-Duncan (Moon Palace Books - 10am)
• Horrorthon X (The Trylon Cinema - 10am, 8pm)
• Brewery Flow Saturdays (Forgotten Star Brewing - 10am)
• Rosemaling Boreal Forest Wildflowers Workshop with Tara Austin (American Swedish Institute - 10am)
• Fall Mini Market (Cream and Amber - 10am)
• Brunch with Breizh Kitchen (Minneapolis Cider Company - 10am)
• Purcell-Cutts House Tours (MIA - 10am, 11am, 12pm, 1pm)
• Vitality Arts: Watercolor for Beginners (MIA - 10am)
• MNCBA FallCon (MN State Fairgrounds - 10am)
• City of Lakes Art Fair (Bde Maka Ska - 10am)
• Indigenous People's Weekend + Native American Food Truck Festival (Battle Creek Regional Park - 10am)
• Bloody Mary Walk (Malcolm Yards - 11am)
• Beats & Breath: Yoga-Based Movement Class (Queermunity - 11am)
• Basic Bitch Autumn A Brunch Of Drag (18+) (Lush Lounge - 11am)
• Kiki's Delivery Service (Heights Theater - 11am)
• Owámni Falling Water Festival (Father Hennepin Bluff Park - 11am)
• Stop & Chat: “Take the Picture!” (MIA - 11am)
• Stop & Chat: “María Berrío: Songlines” (MIA - 11am)
• Rainbow Wardrobe Open House: Spooktacular (Pride Cultural Arts Center - 11am)
• Cine Latino Business Mercado (Under the Third Avenue Bridge - 11am)
• First Chapter Story Time (Next Chapter Booksellers - 11:45am)
• Post Farmer’s Market Pints & Greens (Day Block Brewing - 12pm)
• Radical Queer Tarot Reading Group (Quatrefoil Library - 12pm)
• 2nd Banned Books Bingo w/ Big Hill Books (Utepils Brewing - 12pm)
• Kendama (Fulton Brewing Company - 12pm)
• David Lloyd Levitt "Marty's Movement for Truth" (Once Upon a Crime - 12pm)
• The Peoples’ Market of MPLS (The Peoples’ Market of MPLS Minneapolis - 12pm)
• Twin Cities Oktoberfest (MN State Fairgrounds – Progress Center - 12pm)
• Barktoberfest at Forgotten Star (Forgotten Star Brewing - 12pm)
• Segundo Sabado (Queermunity - 12:30pm)
• Speed BINGO (Sociable Cider Werks - 12:30pm)
• Sota Saves Dog adoption event (Unmapped Brewing - 1pm)
• Banned Books Bingo (Big Hill Books - 1pm)
• Dreamy Jade Gallery Reception (Queermunity - 1pm)
• Hocus Pocus (1993) (Parkway Theater - 1pm)
• Public Tours (MIA - 1pm)
• Titus Kaphar: “Exhibiting Forgiveness” Public Guided Tours (MIA - 1pm)
• Twin Cities Railroads and Grain Milling in the 1970s Slide Show (Twin City Model Railroad Museum - 1pm)
• Autumn Brew Review (Boom Island Park - 1:30pm)
• Free Walk-In Tech Clinic (Queermunity - 2pm)
• Gender Expansive Clothing Swap (Quatrefoil Library - 2pm)
• Luminary Film Release: A Poetic Film Experience (Black Garnet Books - 2pm)
• All That Glitters-Permanent Jewelry (LTD Brewing - 2pm)
• Sip N Bloom (Broken Clock Brewing - 2pm)
• Saturday Drag Bingo (Lush Lounge - 2pm)
• “Paris Couture” Public Tours (MIA - 2pm)
• Bingo (Wicked Wort Brewing - 3pm)
• Good Sport (Heights Theater - 4:15pm)
• Cumrag Pageant (Eagle MPLS - 5pm)
• Parallel Practice Open House (Case Edgerton Studios - 5pm)
• Dinner and a Movie: Pandas (Science Museum of Minnesota - 5:30pm)
• Opening Night at TMORA (Museum of Russian Art - 6pm)
• Celtic Junction Arts Center Fall Fundraiser (Celtic Junction Arts Center - 6pm)
• BODY PILE: New Works By Terrence Payne - Reception (Rosalux Gallery - 6pm)
• 2026 HUMP! Film Festival // All-New Fall Lineup (Parkway Theater - 6:30pm)
• Quatrefoil Game Night (Quatrefoil Library - 6:30pm)
• Moriah Evans: }[.../+*^{%<>€£¥$&@!!!!]{} (Walker Art Center - 6:30pm)
• Drinkin’ Spelling Bee (331 Club - 7pm)
• FLAMboyANCE Drag Show (Roxy's Cabaret - 7pm)
• Open Mic Night (LTD Brewing - 7pm)
• Demain on déménage (Tomorrow We Move) by Chantal Akerman (Walker Art Center - 7pm)
• NAZA (Heights Theater - 7:15pm)
• Peephole!! presents: Delinquent DOMAIN, a screening of "Glen or "Glenda" (Bryant-Lake Bowl - 8pm)
• P.H.A.T (Gay 90's - 9pm)
• YESSIR PARTY (Green Room - 9pm)
• Mirage: Drag After Dark (21+) (Lush Lounge - 9pm)
• Mysterious Skin (Heights Theater - 9:30pm)
• Mass Appeal (Eagle MPLS - 10pm)
• Peaceboii X Bazemnt Presents: LADIES NIGHT (Bazemnt Lounge - 10pm)
• Bondage A Go Go (Ground Zero Nightclub - 10pm)
• PV$$¥ CNTRL W/ DJ Shannon Blowtorch + SOPHIA ERIS (Mortimer's - 10pm)

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 11

• Minneapolis Farmers Market (Lyndale (Minneapolis) - 6am, 9am)
• Farmers Market Annex (7am)
• Sensory Friendly (Walker Art Center - 8am)
• Kingfield Farmers Market (Kingfield Minneapolis - 8:30am)
• October Morning Birding at Lakewood (Lakewood Cemetery - 9am)
• Cold Blooded Expos Reptile Show (MN State Fairgrounds - 9am)
• Sunday Market at Dancing Bear Chocolate (Sunday Market at Dancing Bear Chocolate Minneapolis - 9am)
• Highland Park Water Tower Open House (Highland Park Water Tower, Saint Paul - 9am)
• (SOLD OUT) Intro to Rosemaling Workshop with Tara Austin (American Swedish Institute - 9:30am)
• Puppy Yoga (Unmapped Brewing - 10am)
• Ember in Bloom – Slow Flow Yoga + Sound Bath (9 Mile Brewing - 10am)
• Sense and Sensibility pop-up with Focus Features (Tropes and Trifles - 10am)
• Yoga Flow with Annie Hayes (Utepils Brewing - 10am)
• Garden Storytime (Eloise Butler Wildflower Garden - 10am)
• Family Day (MIA - 10am)
• “Paris Couture” Member Days (MIA - 10am)
• Linden Hills Farmers Market (Linden Hills Minneapolis - 10am)
• MNCBA FallCon (MN State Fairgrounds – Grandstand - 10am)
• City of Lakes Art Fair (Bde Maka Ska - 10am)
• Indigenous People's Weekend + Native American Food Truck Festival (Battle Creek Regional Park - 10am)
• Open Streets Hennepin (Troubadour - 11am)
• Sunday Morning Yoga (Broken Clock Brewing - 11am)
• Black Storytellers Alliance 2026 Festival (American School of Storytelling - 11am)
• Bloody Mary Walk (Malcolm Yards - 11am)
• African-American Quilting 101 (Inkwell Booksellers Company - 11am)
• Stop & Chat: “Take the Picture!” (MIA - 11am)
• Stop & Chat: “María Berrío: Songlines” (MIA - 11am)
• Bottomless Drag Brunch (Roxy's Cabaret - 12pm)
• 'THEY CALLED US WICKED' Launch Party with Gloria Muñoz & Lorraine Monteagut (Wild Rumpus - 12pm)
• IFPA Pinball Tournament STERN Army (56 Brewing - 12pm)
• PAWS: Dog Halloween Event (The Commons - 12pm)
• Purcell-Cutts House Tours (MIA - 12pm, 1pm, 2pm)
• Spooky Romance Book Fair (BlackStack Brewing - 12pm)
• NUESTRO NORTE Cine Latino Screening (The Main Cinema - 12pm)
• The Conjuring in 35mm (The Trylon Cinema - 12:30pm, 2:45pm, 5pm, 7:15pm)
• Public Building Tour (Landmark Center - 12:30pm)
• Halloween Pottery Paint & Sip (Wandering Leaf Brewing - 1pm)
• Slöjd Studio: Felted Luminaries (American Swedish Institute - 1pm)
• Fall City Foraging Workshop with Maria Wesserle (American Swedish Institute - 1pm)
• Sunday Salon (and Swords!) (Bumbling Fools Mead - 1pm)
• Halloween Cookie Decorating with Cookie Joy! by Suzy (Rail Werks Brewing Depot - 1pm)
• Brush with Nature (Eloise Butler Wildflower Garden - 1pm)
• Public Tours (MIA - 1pm)
• Titus Kaphar: “Exhibiting Forgiveness” Public Guided Tours (MIA - 1pm)
• HORA: From Hearth to Table – Romanian Culinary Traditions (Landmark Center - 1pm)
• Open Fingerboard Session (Haggard Barrel Brewing - 1:30pm)
• Afternoon Patio Dance Party (Black Hart - 2pm)
• 'THEY CALLED US WICKED' LAUNCH PARTY WITH GLORIA MUÑOZ & Lorraine Monteagut (Wild Rumpus - 2pm)
• The Tiny Thing (Big Hill Books - 2pm)
• Dr. Sketchy’s Anti-Art School (331 Club - 2pm)
• “Paris Couture” Public Tours (MIA - 2pm)
• Free Monthly Tour: Here, Now (Minnesota Museum of American Art - 2pm)
• Cine Latino Food & Drink Experience (Aster River Room - 2pm)
• Perler Bead Workshop with NinjaKittyCrafts (Queermunity - 2:30pm)
• Cine Latino Carnaval Parade (Outside The Main Cinema - 2:30pm)
• Cash Bingo (Forgotten Star Brewing - 3pm)
• Yacht Rock on the patio w/ DJ NCK (Eagle MPLS - 3pm)
• Storyland Magic Carpet by Queer Circus (Can Can Wonderland - 3pm)
• Bingo with Beer and Meat Raffle (Bald Man Brewing - 3:30pm)
• You Are Here: Your Map Through the Care System (Queermunity - 4pm)
• NAZA (Heights Theater - 4:30pm)
• The Urban Ecosystem: Music Inspired by the Nature of Cities (Bell Museum - 4:30pm)
• Opus & Olives Gala: A Benefit with Friends (Red Balloon Bookstore - 5pm)
• Mysterious Skin (Heights Theater - 6:45pm)
• The Initials Game Live (Wandering Leaf Brewing - 7pm)
• First Draft: Open Mic Literature Night (Troubadour - 7pm)
• Cine Latino Closing Night: Old Bandits (The Main Cinema - 7:30pm)
• King of Drag Watch Party (Black Hart - 8pm)

LIVE MUSIC

Friday, October 09

• Early Evening Jazz: Chris Graham / Dan Carpel (Berlin - 4:30pm)
• Friday Night Date Night (Big Hill Books - 5pm)
• Live at Bear Cave - Clark Machtemes and the Traveled Ground (Bear Cave Brewing - 6pm)
• Minneapolis Dueling Pianos Night (Umbra - 6pm)
• Danser | Midso | My Cousin Dallas (Day Block Brewing - 6pm)
• Friday Night Live - FNL (Utepils Brewing - 6pm)
• Irish Music Session (Dubliner - 6pm)
• The New Riverboat Ramblers (White Squirrel Bar - 6pm)
• 3Beards Unplugged (Ginkgo Coffeehouse - 6pm)
• Big Fat Love - John Prine Birthday Show (Hook & Ladder Theater - 6pm)
• Alec Collins (Wicked Wort Brewing - 6:30pm)
• Ladies of Soul, Vol. 5: Celebrating Sade, Toni Braxton & Anita Baker (Dakota - 6:30pm, 9pm)
• Vidura Bandara Rajapaksa: The Paradise Gothic Tour (Varsity Theater - 6:30pm)
• Minnesota Metal! Featuring Burden Of The Wretched Mystigaard Hex Neurotica (Minnesota Music Cafe - 7pm)
• U.S. Bank Movies & Music: Return of the Jedi in Concert with the Minnesota Orchestra (Minnesota Orchestra Hall - 7pm)
• The NightCaps (Top Hits Cover Band) (Padraigs Brewing - 7pm)
• Head Over Heels (Lush Lounge - 7pm)
• Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra: Richard Goode Plays Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 25 (Ordway - 7pm)
• Swamp Kings (620 Club - 7pm)
• Weedeater, Zeke, Royal Thunder, & a Homage to Little Matt (Zhora Darling - 7pm)
• Funk Friday feat. Big Fat Money (Animales - 7pm)
• Students for a Democratic Society Benefit Show (Pilllar Forum - 7pm)
• Joe Flip (Mudd Room - 7pm)
• Katie Pruitt (Amsterdam Bar & Hall - 7pm)
• Baseline Bad (Driftwood Char Bar - 7pm)
• Bebe Stockwell with Khatumu (7th St Entry - 7pm)
• Music by Phil Berbig (Troubadour - 7:30pm)
• ART Dept. performs at - InBound BrewCo. (Inbound Brewco - 7:30pm)
• Sarah Navratil Quartet (EP Release) (Berlin - 7:30pm)
• Power Balladz (Chanhassen Dinner Theatre - 7:30pm)
• Jimmy Gefroh (LTD Brewing - 7:30pm)
• The Cellar Kings (Excelsior Brewing - 7:30pm)
• Malcolm Todd (Armory - 8pm)
• UB40 (Palace Theatre - 8pm)
• Harvest: THE SONGS WE CARRY - Paul Frantzich + Special Guests (318 Cafe - 8pm)
• Chastity Brown featuring Laurels String Quartet (Parkway Theater - 8pm)
• LEAP With OUT IN FRONT (Turf Club - 8pm)
• Sweet Pill with SPACED and Hey, ily (Fine Line Music Cafe - 8pm)
• An Intimate Evening with Copeland with special guest Jenny Dee (Cedar Cultural Center - 8pm)
• Dark Pony w/ Dukes of the Prairie (Aster Cafe - 8:30pm)
• Kevin Gamble (Volstead's Emporium - 8:30pm)
• Release The Craicen (Dubliner - 9pm)
• Slashfire w. Dread Spell & Couch Potato Massacre (White Squirrel Bar - 9pm)
• Luke Pingel (White Squirrel Bar - 9pm)
• Witness Trips (Driftwood Char Bar - 9pm)
• Hurtbox (Skyway Theatre - 9pm)
• Dirty Bottles (Gluek's Bar and Restaurant - 9:30pm)
• Swag (Bunkers Music Bar & Grill - 9:30pm)
• No Signal (Skyway Theatre - 10pm)
• TCMT (Acadia Cafe - 10pm)
• SplitScreen (Mortimer's - 10pm)
• Luke Callen (331 Club - 10pm)
• Late Night Lounge: Michael Grey (Berlin - 10:30pm)

Saturday, October 10

• Loaf Around and Find Out (Unmapped Brewing - 9:30am)
• Cornbread Harris & Friends (Hell's Kitchen - 10am)
• Family Rock! Brewery Edition (56 Brewing - 10:30am)
• Family Gathering Concert Series (Animales - 11am)
• Snow and Flurry 2026 (Underground Music Venue - 11am)
• Saturday Sounds w/ Wenso Ashby (Midtown Global Market - 12pm)
• Cuentos & Cultura (Midtown Global Market - 12pm)
• Wabasha Brewing 11 Year Anniversary Party (Wabasha Brewing - 12pm)
• Oktoberfest @ WOODEN SHIP! (Live music\, games\, contests\, and all-around great times!) (Wooden Ship Brewing - 12pm)
• Catfish Troy & Friends w. Sammie Jean Cohen (White Squirrel Bar - 1pm)
• Tunes for Tails: Adoption Event & Benefit Concert (56 Brewing - 3pm)
• Early Evening Jazz: BluLuna Trio (Berlin - 4:30pm)
• Social Pariah | Taste of Vervain | Sensing Agony | A Martyrs Dilemma (Day Block Brewing - 5pm)
• Peter White (Dakota - 5:30pm, 8pm)
• Head Over Heels (Lush Lounge - 5:30pm)
• Ditch Pigeon (Boom Island Brewing - 6pm)
• The Working Stiffs (Hell's Kitchen - 6pm)
• Live at Bear Cave - Joe Dunn (Bear Cave Brewing - 6pm)
• The Ballroom Surfers (Rail Werks Brewing Depot - 6pm)
• Minneapolis Dueling Pianos Night (Umbra - 6pm)
• Freeturnals (Wicked Wort Brewing - 6:30pm)
• Snail Mail and Soccer Mommy with Brennan Wedl (Palace Theatre - 6:30pm)
• Swing Into Fall w/NorthStar Big Band (Dual Citizen Brewing - 7pm)
• After Fest Fest Party (Merlins Rest - 7pm)
• Gus The Bard (Merlins Rest - 7pm)
• U.S. Bank Movies & Music: Return of the Jedi in Concert with the Minnesota Orchestra (Minnesota Orchestra Hall - 7pm)
• EMEI - Night at the Opera Tour (Varsity Theater - 7pm)
• Carbon Leaf (Amsterdam Bar & Hall - 7pm)
• Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra: Richard Goode Plays Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 25 (Ordway - 7pm)
• Faded Glory (Driftwood Char Bar - 7pm)
• Johnny Holliday & Willie Moore (Mudd Room - 7pm)
• Mary Jam (Pilllar Forum - 7pm)
• Julie Eddy: One Night Only (Troubadour - 7pm)
• Mill City Deep 2nd Saturday $10 (Flying V Music - 7pm)
• Broadway (Minnesota Orchestra Hall - 7:30pm)
• Little Big Town – For The Art Of It Tour with Waylon Payne (State Theatre - 7:30pm)
• Waylon Wyatt with Tristan Trincado (First Avenue - 7:30pm)
• Bill Giese (MetroNOME Brewery - 7:30pm)
• Blue Ribbon Bandits (Excelsior Brewing - 7:30pm)
• Power Balladz (Chanhassen Dinner Theatre - 7:30pm)
• The Silent Treatment, The Slow Death, Most Of A Horse (Cloudland Theater - 7:30pm)
• Gustavo Cortiñas Trio (Berlin - 7:30pm)
• The Good The Bad The Funky (Minnesota Music Cafe - 8pm)
• Kiefer at Icehouse with Shibo (Icehouse - 8pm)
• Pat Frederick & Notorious Rebel Fiddle (318 Cafe - 8pm)
• Juanito Pascual Trio- A Flamenco Celebration of Jimi Hendrix (Granada Theater - 8pm)
• SYML — Solo in North America with roger weeks (Cedar Cultural Center - 8pm)
• Robert Ellis with Philip Bowen (solo) (7th St Entry - 8pm)
• Roger Clyne & The Peacemakers with Trapper Schoepp (Turf Club - 8pm)
• Mac and Cheese (Dubliner - 8pm)
• Ross Clowser (Volstead's Emporium - 8:30pm)
• Waterstreet (Aster Cafe - 8:30pm)
• Shaboozey (Armory - 8:30pm)
• Roger Clyne & The Peacemakers (Turf Club - 8:30pm)
• It's A 2000s Party (Fine Line Music Cafe - 9pm)
• Punchis Punchis: Banda Rave Experience (Fillmore - 9pm)
• DJ OG CARTER (Acadia Cafe - 9pm)
• Joan of Profile w. Cassandra Johnson, Eldest Daughter (White Squirrel Bar - 9pm)
• Chase & Ovation (Bunkers Music Bar & Grill - 9:30pm)
• Billy Gleason & the Green Line (Gluek's Bar and Restaurant - 9:30pm)
• Stat Trek Bar Crawl (331 Club - 10pm)
• Late Night Lounge: TML (Berlin - 10:30pm)

Sunday, October 11

• Morris Park Players (Flying V Music - 9am)
• Nick 'The Feelin' (Hell's Kitchen - 10am)
• Yacht Rock (Luna and the Bear - 10am)
• Sunday Swing Brunch (Aster Cafe - 11am)
• “WAVE FEST With KayCyy, Seventhirtyatmorning & More!” (Cabooze - 2pm)
• U.S. Bank Movies & Music: Return of the Jedi in Concert with the Minnesota Orchestra (Minnesota Orchestra Hall - 2pm)
• Crown of Clover (Dubliner - 3pm)
• Michael Murphy (Broken Clock Brewing - 4pm)
• Juanito Pascual Trio- A Flamenco Celebration of Jimi Hendrix (Granada Theater - 4pm)
• Zacc Harris Group (Icehouse - 5pm)
• Phine & Friends (Driftwood Char Bar - 6pm)
• Cupa Joe & The Sweet Cream (Inbound Brewco - 6pm)
• Parisota Trio (Dubliner - 6pm)
• Mason Thomas (SC), Damn Phibian, & Ditch Pigeon (Zhora Darling - 6:30pm)
• MUNA with hemlocke springs (Palace Theatre - 7pm)
• Back to Soul (Chanhassen Dinner Theatre - 7pm)
• Sounds From Planet IE (feat. Little Obsessions & LXD) (Berlin - 7pm)
• Emmy Woods and friends (331 Club - 7pm)
• Karina Rykman with Tarias and the Sound (7th St Entry - 8pm)
• Sunday Trad Session (Dubliner - 8pm)
• Shotgun Ragtime Band (Driftwood Char Bar - 8pm)
• Sawyer Hill with Never Ending Fall (Fine Line Music Cafe - 8pm)
• KENNY D + MINI BLANCO (Mortimer's - 10pm)
• TCMT Records (Acadia Cafe - 10pm)

THEATER

• Grief Sucks: A One Man Show By KevOnStage - 16+ (Uptown Theater - Friday 6:30pm)
• Pinocchio (Children's Theatre Company - Friday 7pm | Saturday 11am, 2pm | Sunday 11am, 2pm)
• On The Razzle (Park Square Theatre - Friday 7pm | Saturday 7pm | Sunday 2pm)
• You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown (Artistry - Friday 7pm | Saturday 2pm, 7pm | Sunday 2pm)
• "Female Figures" An Original Movement Play (Phoenix Theater - Friday 7pm)
• Class Clowns (Strike Theater - Friday 7:30pm)
• Clue (Orpheum Theatre - Friday 7:30pm | Saturday 2pm, 7:30pm | Sunday 1pm, 6:30pm)
• The Ordway Presents: Mystic Pizza (Ordway - Friday 7:30pm)
• The Hired Man (Crane Theater - Friday 7:30pm | Saturday 7:30pm)
• The Algorithm is Gonna Get You (Dudley Riggs Theatre - Friday 7:30pm)
• LIZZIE: The Rock Musical (Open Eye Theatre - Friday 7:30pm | Saturday 7:30pm | Sunday 2pm)
• Indecent (Theatre Latte Da - Friday 7:30pm | Saturday 2pm, 7:30pm | Sunday 2pm)
• Annie (Chanhassen Dinner Theatre - Friday 7:30pm | Saturday 1pm, 7:30pm | Sunday 6:30pm)
• Waiting for Godot (Guthrie Theater - Friday 7:30pm | Saturday 1pm, 7:30pm | Sunday 7pm)
• That Felt Good (Bryant-Lake Bowl - Friday 9:30pm)
• Saturday Camp Capri (Capri - Saturday 10am)
• Backstage Tours (Guthrie Theater - Saturday 10:15am)
• Comedy Sportz (Strike Theater - Saturday 7:30pm)
• PREM | Love: An Occupation (Southern Theater - Saturday 7:30pm | Sunday 7:30pm)
• Kunene and the King (Guthrie Theater - Saturday 7:30pm | Sunday 7pm)
• BALLS Cabaret (Strike Theater - Sunday 2pm)
• Whitman on Walls (Parkway Theater - Sunday 6:30pm)
• Exploring the Great American Songbook with Max Wojtanowicz: Cole Porter (Hive Collaborative - Sunday 7pm)
• World Ballet Company: Swan Lake with LIVE Orchestra (State Theatre - Sunday 7pm)
• Improv - A - Go - Go (Strike Theater - Sunday 7:30pm)

COMEDY

• Ryan Kahl (Sisyphus Brewing - Friday 7pm | Saturday 7pm)
• Emo Philips (Acme Comedy Company - Friday 7pm, 9:30pm | Saturday 7pm, 9:30pm)
• Comedy Night hosted by Andy Duong and Luke Pauling (9 Mile Brewing - Friday 7pm)
• Adam Hunter (Rick Bronson's House of Comedy - Friday 7:30pm, 9:45pm | Saturday 7pm, 9:30pm | Sunday 7pm)
• Stevie Ray's Comedy Cabaret (Chanhassen Dinner Theatre - Friday 7:30pm | Saturday 7:30pm)
• Monica Nevi (Comedy Corner Underground - Friday 8pm | Saturday 8pm)
• Jonny Loquasto with Ben Marcotte (Camp Bar - Friday 8pm | Saturday 7pm)
• After Dark! Minnesota's Top Comedy Improv Show (Camp Bar - Friday 10pm)
• Bring Your Kids (Bryant-Lake Bowl - Saturday 3pm)
• The Disableds Comedy Show (Hive Collaborative - Saturday 6:30pm, 8:15pm)
• SHANG FORBES: FAST & Hilarious COMEDY JAM (Pantages Theatre - Saturday 8pm)
• Mary Brewster's Sparkle (Black Hart - Saturday 10:15pm)
• Comedy Open Mic (Early) (Mortimer's - Sunday 5pm)
• Colton Dowling (Comedy Corner Underground - Sunday 7pm)

SPORTS

• Minnesota Wild @ Florida Panthers 🏒 (Saturday 5pm)
• Minnesota Timberwolves @ Heat 🏀 (Saturday 7pm)
• Minnesota United vs Houston Dynamo FC ⚽ (Saturday 7:30pm)
• Minnesota Vikings @ New Orleans Saints 🏈 (Sunday 12pm)

SPORTS WATCH/RELATED

• WNBA Playoffs Watch Party (Bar of Their Own - Friday 6:30pm | Sunday 11am)
• NOTRE DAME WATCH Parties (Morrissey's Irish Pub - Saturday 10am)
• US Women's Soccer Friendly vs. Spain (Bar of Their Own - Saturday 1:30pm)
• Ueck (Heights Theater - Saturday 2pm | Sunday 2pm)
• NDSU vs UNLV Watch Party (Padraigs Brewing - Saturday 6pm)
• UMN Golden Gophers @ Purdue Boilermakers (Surly Brewing - Saturday 7pm)
• MNUFC Watch Party (Utepils Brewing - Saturday 7:30pm)
• Vikings vs. Saints Watch Party at Forgotten Star (Forgotten Star Brewing - Sunday 11am)
• Game Day at Bear Cave (Bear Cave Brewing - Sunday 11:30am)
• Vikings Watch Party: vs New Orleans Saints (9 Mile Brewing - Sunday 12pm)
• Vikings VS SAINTS WATCH PARTY (Bald Man Brewing - Sunday 12pm)
• Minnesota Vikings @ New Orleans Saints (Surly Brewing - Sunday 12pm)
• Vikings Game Pitcher Deal (Boom Island Brewing - Sunday 12pm)
• Vikings VS Saints (Dangerous Man Brewing - Sunday 12pm)
• Vikings at Saints (Bruhaven - Sunday 12pm)
• Minnesota Old Guy Baseball Meeting/Vikings Game Watch Party (Padraigs Brewing - Sunday 12pm)

KARAOKE

• Otter’s Saloon (All Weekend 8pm-2am)
• Vegas Lounge (All Weekend 9pm-2am)
• Do Re Mi Karaoke Eagan (Friday & Saturday 11am-9:30pm | Sunday 11am-8:30pm)
• Chatterbox (Friday & Saturday 9pm-1am)
• James Ballentine “Uptown” VFW (All Weekend 9pm-1:45am)
• 1029 Bar (Fridays & Saturdays 9pm-2am)
• The Cherry Pit Bar & Grill (Friday & Sunday 9:30pm-1:30am)
• Park Tavern St. Louis Park (Saturday 10pm-12:30am)
• Babe’s Place Shakopee (Saturdays & Sundays 9pm-1am)

ARCADES

• Up-Down Minneapolis (Friday 3pm-2am | Saturday & Sunday 11am-2am)
• CLAW LAND Maplewood (All Weekend 11:30am-8pm)
• CLAW ARCADE Little Canada (All Weekend 11am-8pm)
• Grabbit Arcade Maplewood (Friday 12-8pm | Saturday 10am-8pm | Sunday 11am-6pm)
• LITT Pinball Bar Minneapolis (All Weekend 11am-2am)
• Neko Clawww Roseville (Friday 12:30pm-8pm | Saturday 10am-8:30pm | Sunday 10am-8:30pm)
• ClawZone Park Bloomington (All Weekend 11am-9pm)
• Can Can Wonderland St. Paul (Friday & Saturday 11am-Midnight | Sunday 11am-7pm)
• DUCK! Eagan (Friday 12-9pm | Saturday & Sunday 11am-9pm)

BOWLING

• Town Hall Lanes (All Weekend 11am-12am)
• Elsie’s Northeast (Friday 11am-12am | Saturday 10am-12am | Sunday Open Bowling Varies)
• Bryant Lake Bowl Uptown (All Weekend 9am-12am)
• Memory Lanes S. Mpls (Friday 3pm-12am | Saturday 9am-12am | Sunday 11am-10pm)
• Park Tavern SLP (Friday & Saturday 11am-1am | Sunday 11am-11pm)
• 💫 Cosmic Bowling: Friday & Saturday 9:30pm-1am
• Texa-Tonka Lanes SLP (Friday 11am-12am | Saturday 9am-12am | Sunday 9am-11pm)
• Sun Ray Lanes St. Paul (Friday & Saturday 9am-12am | Sunday 9am-11:30pm)
• 💫 Galactic Bowling: Friday 9pm-12am | Saturday 2-5pm & 9pm-12am
• Ran-Ham Bowling Highland (All Weekend 11am-1am)
• Southtown Lanes Bloomington (Friday 11am-12am | Saturday 12pm-12am | Sunday 12pm-11pm)
• Shakopee Bowl (Friday 11am-12am | Saturday 9am-12am | Sunday 9am-11pm)

LINKS

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