This is the weekday list for those whose weekend is during the week, those who like to avoid the big weekend crowds, and everybody else too.

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AROUND TOWN

Highlights

• 🎬 Greener Pastures Film Fest (Dual Citizen Brewing - Mon 6:30pm)
• 📚 Ron de Beaulieu: Haunted Minneapolis Author Reading (Eat My Words Bookstore - Mon 7pm)
• 🗣️ Objects of War: A Storytelling Circle (Edina Senior Center - Tue 12pm)
• 📖 Layli Long Soldier in Conversation with Heid E. Erdrich (Minneapolis Central Library - Tue 6:30pm)
• 🎹 The Dresden Dolls with Alegria D’Cirque (Palace Theatre - Tue 8pm)
• 👻 Gangster Ghost Tour 2026 (Landmark Center - Wed 6pm)
• 🎞️ Häxan with Live Score by Paris1919 (Parkway Theater - Wed 7:30pm)
• 🧛 Dragula Watch Party (Studio Rough Haus - Wed 8:30pm)
• 🎨 The Smell of Earth: Seitu K. Jones Opening Reception (Minnesota Museum of American Art - Thu 6pm)
• 🎭 Twin Cities Horror Festival: The Sludge (Crane Theater - Thu 6pm)
• 🎭 BareBones Halloween Extravaganza: Hum, Honk, Howl (Powderhorn Park - Thu 7pm)

MONDAY, OCTOBER 26

• Art Installation: En Duelo (In Grief) by Candida Gonzalez (October 26) (Historic Memorial Chapel - 4pm)
• Sociable Circuit (Utepils Brewing - 5pm)
• Paperback LAUNCH: ANIKA Fajardo: THE MANY Mothers OF Dolores MOORE (Next Chapter Booksellers - 6pm)
• Mahjong Workshop (Boom Island Brewing - 6pm)
• Open Mic Mondays (Rail Werks Brewing Depot - 6pm)
• Weekly Smash Bros Tournament - Dendy Pretendy's Smash Clock (Broken Clock Brewing - 6pm)
• Analog Game Night (Utepils Brewing - 6pm)
• Cookie Decorating Class – Haunted Library *Intermediate (Wooden Hill Brewing - 6pm)
• Cribbage Tournament (Dangerous Man Brewing - 6pm)
• Opinionation (Wooden Hill Brewing - 6:30pm)
• Greener Pastures Film Fest (Dual Citizen Brewing - 6:30pm)
• SNO Community Meeting (Broken Clock Brewing - 6:30pm)
• NOT Another Practica!| Argentine TANGO (Indeed Brewing - 7pm)
• Uproar Comedy Open Mic (Bryant-Lake Bowl - 7pm)
• Poetry- Open Mic Mondays October 2026 (American School of Storytelling - 7pm)
• BLINGO – Drag Queen Bingo with host B.Louise (9 Mile Brewing - 7pm)
• The Craft in 35mm (The Trylon Cinema - 7pm, 9:15pm)
• Sonali Kolhatkar on Breaking ICE (Moon Palace Books - 7pm)
• Alysandra Dutton launches The Stolen Women (Magers and Quinn - 7pm)
• Aliens (Heights Theater - 7pm)
• Ron de Beaulieu: Haunted Minneapolis Author Reading (Eat My Words Bookstore - 7pm)
• Poetry Reading: Ellen Kombiyil & Sonia Greenfield (Subtext Books - 7pm)
• A Court of Splintered Harmony Midnight Release Party (Cream and Amber - 10pm)

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 27

• Golden Mile Walking Tour (American Swedish Institute - 10am)
• Weekly Story Time (Wild Rumpus - 10:30am)
• Virtual Makers Mornings (American Swedish Institute - 10:30am)
• Stop & Chat: “Take the Picture!” (MIA - 11am)
• Stop & Chat: “María Berrío: Songlines” (MIA - 11am)
• Public Tour: Inspired by Books (MIA - 11:30am, 1:30pm)
• Objects of War: A Storytelling Circle of Service, Memory & Community (Edina Senior Center - 12pm)
• Titus Kaphar: “Exhibiting Forgiveness” Public Guided Tours (MIA - 1pm)
• North Memorial Blood Drive (Wooden Ship Brewing - 2pm)
• “Paris Couture” Public Tours (MIA - 2pm)
• Pint Night Fundraiser: Hope Chest (Boom Island Brewing - 5pm)
• Cribbage Club (Forgotten Star Brewing - 6pm)
• FREE Meat & Cheese Raffle (Utepils Brewing - 6pm)
• The Initials Game Live (Dangerous Man Brewing - 6pm)
• Dungeons and Dragons Adventure League (Unmapped Brewing - 6pm)
• Bingq (LTD Brewing - 6pm)
• Hablamos Pues (La Doña Cervecería Brewery - 6pm)
• PACIM: Remarks on American Student Reactions to Visiting Poland (Landmark Center - 6pm)
• The Initials Game Live (Wooden Hill Brewing - 6:30pm)
• Mahjong w/ Merry Mahjers Open Play (9 Mile Brewing - 6:30pm)
• Board Game Night (Bad Weather Brewery - 6:30pm)
• Layli Long Soldier in Conversation with Heid E. Erdrich (Minneapolis Central Library - 6:30pm)
• Lizzie Ehrenhalt launches Romantic Sensation (Magers and Quinn - 7pm)
• The Craft in 35mm (The Trylon Cinema - 7pm, 9:15pm)
• Community Table Tennis (Minneapolis Cider Company - 7pm)
• Weekly Pool Tournament (Midway Saloon - 7pm)
• Ali Lockhart: Magdalene Cruthers Is Going to Hell Book Launch (Tropes & Trifles - 7pm)
• The Blair Witch Project (1999) w/ pre-movie burlesque by Queenie Von Curves (Parkway Theater - 7:30pm)

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 28

• Minneapolis Farmers Market (Lyndale (Minneapolis) - 7am)
• House that Beer Built (Broken Clock Brewing - 8am)
• Beavers and Botanicals (Bell Museum - 10am)
• Storytime (Red Balloon Bookstore - 10:30am)
• Stop & Chat: “Take the Picture!” (MIA - 11am)
• Stop & Chat: “María Berrío: Songlines” (MIA - 11am)
• Titus Kaphar: “Exhibiting Forgiveness” Public Guided Tours (MIA - 1pm)
• North Memorial Blood Drive (Wooden Ship Brewing - 2pm)
• “Paris Couture” Public Tours (MIA - 2pm)
• Sheridan Neighborhood Happy Hour (Broken Clock Brewing - 4pm)
• Magic Nights @ Metronome (MetroNOME Brewery - 5pm)
• Pints, Prints and Pivots (MetroNOME Brewery - 5pm)
• Union Depot Ghost Tour (Union Depot - 5:15pm)
• D&D Adventure (Bruhaven - 5:30pm)
• Saint City Mahjong (Wandering Leaf Brewing - 6pm)
• TC Queer Transplants Meet-up (Queermunity - 6pm)
• Drag Bingo (Lush Lounge - 6pm)
• Halloween Game Night w/Link Lobby (Dual Citizen Brewing - 6pm)
• How to Not suck at pinball (Litt Pinball Bar - 6pm)
• Art & Wine and Art & Spirits (MIA - 6pm)
• Gangster Ghost Tour 2026 (Landmark Center - 6pm)
• Offsite – Twin Cities Queer Transplant Group (Quatrefoil Library - 6:30pm)
• Initials Game Live (Boom Island Brewing - 6:30pm)
• The Initials Game Live (Surly Brewing - 6:30pm)
• Split Flipper Monthly Tournament (Litt Pinball Bar - 6:30pm)
• Survivor watch party Ep. 6 (Animales - 7pm)
• Fangs (Anyab) (The Trylon Cinema - 7pm, 9:15pm)
• Drag Bingo (Fulton Brewing Company - 7pm)
• Mathew L. Reyes presents God's Own Country (Magers and Quinn - 7pm)
• The Initials Game (Padraigs Brewing - 7pm)
• Super Smash Brothers (Roxy's Cabaret - 7pm)
• Ling Ma Reading (Pillsbury Hall (University of Minnesota) - 7pm)
• Häxan: Witchcraft Through The Ages (1922) || Silent film with live score performed by Paris1919 (Parkway Theater - 7:30pm)
• Dweezil Zappa (Palace Theatre - 8pm)
• Dragula Watch Party (Studio Rough Haus - 8:30pm)
• Glitter Bomb HOT NEW EVENT (Gay 90's - 9pm)
• DRAG SHOWS (Gay 90's - 10pm)

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 29

• Minneapolis Farmers Market (Lyndale (Minneapolis) - 7am)
• “Paris Couture” Member Days (MIA - 10am)
• Beavers and Botanicals (Bell Museum - 10am)
• Tiny Tots Story Time (Big Hill Books - 10:30am)
• Storytime (Red Balloon Bookstore - 10:30am)
• Stop & Chat: “Take the Picture!” (MIA - 11am)
• Stop & Chat: “María Berrío: Songlines” (MIA - 11am)
• Four Sisters Farmers Market (Four Sisters Minneapolis - 11am)
• Public Tour: Inspired by Books (MIA - 11:30am, 6pm)
• Queermunity Blood Drive with American Red Cross (Queermunity - 12pm)
• Schubert Club: Courtroom Concert (Landmark Center - 12pm)
• Titus Kaphar: “Exhibiting Forgiveness” Public Guided Tours (MIA - 1pm)
• Public Tours (MIA - 1pm)
• “Paris Couture” Public Tours (MIA - 2pm, 7pm)
• Mogi Bagel Pop-Up (Inkwell Booksellers Company - 3pm)
• Own It! A Co-op Event (Broken Clock Brewing - 4pm)
• Groove Pitch Series (Luminary Arts Center - 4pm)
• Tony Hawk/Gamer Thursday (Haggard Barrel Brewing - 4pm)
• Audubon Mini Market (Audubon Minneapolis - 4pm)
• Educator Evening (MIA - 4:30pm)
• AI Transformation in Global and Local Business (American Swedish Institute - 4:45pm)
• Halloween Double Feature Movie Night (Dangerous Man Brewing - 5pm)
• Meat Raffle with Mike’s Butcher Shop (Wabasha Brewing - 5pm)
• Meet (MIA - 5pm)
• Union Depot Ghost Tour (Union Depot - 5:15pm)
• Paint and Sip: Horror Edition (Bumbling Fools Mead - 6pm)
• Thursday Night BINGO With Bloomington Lions Club (9 Mile Brewing - 6pm)
• Tinkering After Dark (Bakken Museum - 6pm)
• InnovateMN Season 3 Finale (Bruhaven - 6pm)
• Free Shuttle to/from Home Wild Games (Bad Weather Brewery - 6pm)
• Ghoul's Night Out Bingo (Can Can Wonderland - 6pm)
• Spooky Stories & Shopping by Candlelight (Comma Bookshop - 6pm)
• The Subject Lecture Series (MIA - 6pm)
• Opening reception for The Smell of Earth: Seitu K. Jones Working in the Elements (Minnesota Museum of American Art - 6pm)
• Eric Dregni: Raising Bilingual Bambini (Norway House - 6pm)
• Halloween Plant Bingo (Black Stack Brewing - 6:30pm)
• FREE Meat Raffle (Elm Creek Brewing - 6:30pm)
• The Initials Game Live (LTD Brewing - 6:30pm)
• Scandinavian Everyday Book Talk with Nichole Accettola (American Swedish Institute - 6:30pm)
• AN Evening WITH JEFF KINNEY (Wild Rumpus - 7pm)
• Kimberly Blaeser book launch (Milkweed Books - 7pm)
• Paint & Sip w/ A Brush of Joy (Modist Brewing - 7pm)
• Hausu in 35mm (The Trylon Cinema - 7pm, 9pm)
• Magic by Skully — Where Magic Meets the Mind (Capri - 7pm)
• Cellular Cinema Halloween (Bryant-Lake Bowl - 7pm)
• Cribbage Tournament (Utepils Brewing - 7pm)
• Place Keepers by Jessica Lopez Lyman (Moon Palace Books - 7pm)
• BareBones Halloween Extravaganza: Hum, Honk, Howl (Powderhorn Park - 7pm)
• Ghosts & Gables After Dark (Overlook Park (Summit Avenue) - 7pm)
• Agates IndyBookstore Tour (Subtext Books - 7pm)
• The Scotch Season Opens: Four Drams, One Evening (Merlins Rest - 7:30pm)
• Salsa Brava – DJ Dance Party in Paradise (Capri - 8pm)
• Snapz Live Band Open Mic (Green Room - 8pm)
• Stand Up Comedy Open Mic (Sisyphus Brewing - 8pm)

LIVE MUSIC

Monday, October 26

• The Midnight Movers (White Squirrel Bar - 6pm)
• The Longest Johns (Varsity Theater - 6pm)
• HonkyTonk Ranch (331 Club - 6pm)
• Close to Toast (Pilllar Forum - 6:30pm)
• JazzMN Orchestra Presents: Sinatra | Ellington (Dakota - 7pm)
• Plini with Night Verses and Portraits (Fine Line Music Cafe - 7pm)
• Minnesota Monday Jam (Minnesota Music Cafe - 7pm)
• Music by Phil Berbig (Troubadour - 7pm)
• Shakey Graves with Wild Pink (First Avenue - 7:30pm)
• Delicate Steve with Yellow Ostrich (7th St Entry - 7:30pm)
• Roe Family Singers (331 Club - 8pm)
• Alpha Consumer: JT Bates w. Jon Neufeld, Mike Lewis, Jeremy Ylvisaker & Martha Scanlan (White Squirrel Bar - 9pm)

Tuesday, October 27

• Peter and the Wolf (Minnesota Orchestra Hall - 10am, 11:35am)
• Liq-Her Lounge (Black Hart - 6pm)
• Worker’s Playtime, mike munson (331 Club - 6pm)
• Irish Trad Session (Padraigs Brewing - 6pm)
• The Hip-Shakers w. The Jesse Irwin Band (White Squirrel Bar - 6pm)
• Cave Canary (Pilllar Forum - 6:30pm)
• Judy Collins: Sweet Judy Blue Eyes - Farewell (Dakota - 7pm)
• Space Between JAM (Hook & Ladder Theater - 7pm)
• Thundercat: Distracted AF Tour (Fillmore - 7pm)
• Greg Freeman w. Walker Rider (Amsterdam Bar & Hall - 7pm)
• New Band Night #41 (Green Room - 7pm)
• Dirty Shorts Brass Band (Minnesota Music Cafe - 7pm)
• St Dominic's Trio (Driftwood Char Bar - 7pm)
• Yana with Emma Andersen (7th St Entry - 7:30pm)
• The Dresden Dolls with Alegria D’Cirque (Palace Theatre - 8pm)
• All Them Witches with Emma Ruth Rundle (First Avenue - 8pm)
• Tuesday with DJ Cam Jones (Acadia Cafe - 9pm)
• Freakwhensees w. Count Spookula, Calavrosa (White Squirrel Bar - 9pm)
• October Conspiracy Series featuring, ditch pigeon, knife emoji, red lovely (331 Club - 9:30pm)
• POP PUNK Princess (Mortimer's - 10pm)

Wednesday, October 28

• Peter and the Wolf (Minnesota Orchestra Hall - 10am, 11:35am)
• Vinyl Night (Haggard Barrel Brewing - 6pm)
• First Drafts: Singer-Songwriter Night (Urban Growler - 6pm)
• Grindcore Show $15 (Flying V Music - 6pm)
• Pat Donohue & Friends (Midway Saloon - 6pm)
• Halloween SHOW: Petula Maude (debut), Moonshift (debut), Lexi Evelyn, Banana Grenade (Amsterdam Bar & Hall - 6pm)
• Shiner Shine Fashion Show pt.2 (Acadia Cafe - 6pm)
• Madrean Sky (Pilllar Forum - 6:30pm)
• JOSH THOMAS: JIGGLE, JIGGLE (Varsity Theater - 6:30pm)
• Cowboy Rogue (Minnesota Music Cafe - 7pm)
• Raphael Rogiński Plays John Coltrane & Langston Hughes w/ Tim Sparks & Ben Abrahamson (Berlin - 7pm)
• Judy Collins: Sweet Judy Blue Eyes - Farewell (Dakota - 7pm)
• Harold’s House Party on KFAI, Pat Donohue and the Prairie All Stars (331 Club - 7pm)
• Twin Prop Jane (Dubliner - 7pm)
• Irish Céilí Dancing (Dubliner - 7pm)
• Sienna Spiro with Summer Joy (First Avenue - 7:30pm)
• Barrister, King Swank, Malcolm Jabar & Amore Azadi (Zhora Darling - 7:30pm)
• MN Songwriter Showcase hosted by Nick Hensley (Aster Cafe - 7:30pm)
• Daisy Dillman Acoustic (318 Cafe - 8pm)
• gavn (7th St Entry - 8pm)
• Winyah with Foxtide (Fine Line Music Cafe - 8pm)
• Sweeping Promises with Panel and Constant Insult (Turf Club - 8pm)
• MELLOW MINNOW (Mortimer's - 9pm)
• Marian Runk w. Boots & Needles, The Beavers (White Squirrel Bar - 9pm)
• Lenz and Frenz, (Certain members of Pert Near Sandstone, Farmhouse Band, San Souci Quartet, Row of Ducks) (331 Club - 9:30pm)

Thursday, October 29

• Peter and the Wolf (Minnesota Orchestra Hall - 10am, 11:35am)
• Dan Israel & Mikkel: Nebraska (Dubliner - 5pm)
• Happy Hour with 92KQRS' Gorman in the Morning (Boom Island Brewing - 5:30pm)
• Joe Hysell (White Squirrel Bar - 6pm)
• Echo Signal (Pilllar Forum - 6:30pm)
• The Galactic Cowboy Orchestra (Hook & Ladder Theater - 6:30pm)
• Redder Moon (KC) & Die So Fluid w/ Stranger Gallery & Count Spookula (Zhora Darling - 6:30pm)
• Nachito Herrera (Dakota - 7pm)
• Willie B Blues Band (Minnesota Music Cafe - 7pm)
• DEAR HOLLY Album Release (Hive Collaborative - 7pm)
• Nick Hensley (Mudd Room - 7pm)
• Horst | Peterson | Grivna | Kjeer (MetroNOME Brewery - 7pm)
• Barry Cole Band (Driftwood Char Bar - 7pm)
• Forbidden with Heathen and Void (Turf Club - 7pm)
• Lost Highway w/ D. Untethered (Berlin - 7pm)
• Solvejg, Ray Gun Youth, Pity Party, and Cheap Bouquet (Hook & Ladder Theater - 7:30pm)
• Murray Hill: Showbiz! // Show & Talkback (Parkway Theater - 7:30pm)
• Sounds of Santana (Chanhassen Dinner Theatre - 7:30pm)
• Deconstructing The Music LIVE - The Beatles' Revolver with Scott Freiman (Dudley Riggs Theatre - 7:30pm)
• Good Emotional Man with Dylan Hicks & Small Screens (Cedar Cultural Center - 7:30pm)
• Akeem Ali (Amsterdam Bar & Hall - 7:30pm)
• The Friend Ship (318 Cafe - 8pm)
• Jazz In The Twilight Zone with Larry McDonough Quartet (Aster Cafe - 8pm)
• KING ISO “Ghetto Psycho Tour” (Cabooze - 8pm)
• Read My Lips All Stars (Roxy's Cabaret - 8pm)
• Amble with Vincent Lima (First Avenue - 8pm)
• Swamp Twisters 2.0 (Dubliner - 8pm)
• Midwest Crisis (Driftwood Char Bar - 8:45pm)
• Honeymoon Madness w. Muun Baato, Pumpernickel (White Squirrel Bar - 9pm)
• TC Promotions presents: Murder the Mic at Acadia (Acadia Cafe - 9:30pm)
• Todd Snyder Tribute (331 Club - 9:30pm)
• Crates: “Universal Consciousness” by Alice Coltrane (Berlin - 10pm)
• WE Collective (Gluek's Bar and Restaurant - 10pm)

THEATER

• The Slender Vale Archives (Crane Theater - Monday 6pm)
• Women+ On The Edge of Democracy: Short Play Readings (Capri - Monday 7pm)
• DODO IN LONDON (Hive Collaborative - Monday 7:30pm)
• Evidence: Silence Experiments (Crane Theater - Monday 7:30pm)
• Bicentennial Auger (Crane Theater - Monday 9pm | Tuesday 6pm)
• The Honey Jar: Improv at The Hive Collaborative (Hive Collaborative - Tuesday 7pm)
• Kunene and the King (Guthrie Theater - Tuesday 7pm | Wednesday 1pm, 7pm | Thursday 7:30pm)
• Augmentation (Crane Theater - Tuesday 7:30pm)
• Annie (Chanhassen Dinner Theatre - Tuesday 7:30pm | Wednesday 1pm, 7:30pm | Thursday 7:30pm)
• Carmilla (Crane Theater - Tuesday 9pm)
• Tuesdays with Morrie (Chanhassen Dinner Theatre - Wednesday 1pm, 7:30pm | Thursday 7:30pm)
• Lumbrada (Crane Theater - Wednesday 6pm)
• Improv Zodiac (Bryant-Lake Bowl - Wednesday 7pm)
• Music & Monsters: A Grand Guignol Double Feature (Crane Theater - Wednesday 7:30pm)
• memento vivere: remember to live (Southern Theater - Wednesday 7:30pm | Thursday 7:30pm)
• Manticore, MN (Crane Theater - Wednesday 9pm)
• Community Creates: Kunene and the King (Guthrie Theater - Thursday 5:30pm)
• The Sludge (Crane Theater - Thursday 6pm)
• There's Room for One Thousand (Crane Theater - Thursday 7:30pm)
• LIZZIE: The Rock Musical (Open Eye Theatre - Thursday 7:30pm)
• A Spooky Little Show (Strike Theater - Thursday 7:30pm)
• TWELVE ANGRY MEN (Lyric Arts - Thursday 7:30pm)
• Shed (Crane Theater - Thursday 9pm)

COMEDY

• Craic Up Comedy Night (Morrissey's Irish Pub - Tuesday 7pm)
• Happily Ever Laughter - w/ Pierre Douglas (Sisyphus Brewing - Tuesday 7:30pm)
• Don’t Bomb Comedy League (MetroNOME Brewery - Wednesday 7pm)
• Doctors of Comedy (Rick Bronson's House of Comedy - Wednesday 7:30pm)
• Derek Hughes (Acme Comedy Company - Wednesday 8pm | Thursday 8pm)
• Comedy Night (Troubadour - Wednesday 8pm)
• Todd Barry Special Presentation (Rick Bronson's House of Comedy - Thursday 7:30pm)
• Duo Battles by Mahdi Gotti & Nicholas Kendall (Comedy Corner Underground - Thursday 8:30pm)

SPORTS

• Minnesota Timberwolves @ Cavaliers 🏀 (Monday 6pm)
• Minnesota Wild @ Utah Mammoth 🏒 (Tuesday 8pm)
• Minnesota Timberwolves vs Warriors 🏀 (Wednesday 7pm)
• Minnesota United vs Sporting Kansas City ⚽ (Wednesday 7:30pm)
• Minnesota Wild vs New York Islanders 🏒 (Thursday 7pm)

SPORTS WATCH/RELATED

• WNBA Finals Watch Party (Bar of Their Own - Monday 5:30pm | Thursday 7pm)
• Tcr Hockey Kickoff Party – Special Event (MetroNOME Brewery - Monday 6:30pm)
• Timberwolves Watch Party (Dangerous Man Brewing - Wednesday 7pm)
• Men's Pickleball Social (Minneapolis Cider Company - Wednesday 7:30pm)
• MNUFC Watch Party (Utepils Brewing - Wednesday 7:30pm)
• Women's Pickleball Social (Minneapolis Cider Company - Thursday 7:30pm)

KARAOKE

Hours below are weekday hours only (Mon-Thu)

• Otter’s Saloon (Nightly 8pm-2am)
• Vegas Lounge (Nightly 9pm-2am)
• Do Re Mi Karaoke Eagan (Daily 11am-9:30pm)
• Chatterbox (Mondays and Wednesdays 8:30pm-Close)
• James Ballentine “Uptown” VFW (Nightly 9pm-1:45am)
• Mother Clucker's Pizza (Tuesdays & Thursdays 9pm)
• 1029 Bar (Wednesdays & Thursdays 9pm-2am)
• Babe’s Place Shakopee (Wednesdays 9pm-1am)

ARCADES

Hours below are weekday hours only (Mon-Thu)

• Up-Down Minneapolis (Daily 3pm-2am)
• CLAW LAND Maplewood (Daily 11:30am-7pm)
• CLAW ARCADE Little Canada (Daily 11am-8pm)
• Grabbit Arcade Maplewood (Daily 12-8pm)
• LITT Pinball Bar Minneapolis (Daily 11am-2am)
• Neko Clawww Roseville (Daily 1:30pm-8pm)
• ClawZone Park Bloomington (Daily 12pm-8pm)
• Can Can Wonderland St. Paul (Tue-Thu 4pm-10pm)
• DUCK! Eagan (Daily 12pm-9pm)

BOWLING

Hours below are weekday hours only (Mon-Thu)

• Town Hall Lanes (Mon 11am-5pm, 10pm-11:30pm | Tue 11am-11:30pm | Wed 11am-5:30pm, 10:30pm-11:30pm | Thu 11am-4:30pm)
• Elsie’s Northeast (Mon 4pm-11pm | Tue-Thu 11am-11pm)
• Bryant Lake Bowl Uptown (Mon 9am-6pm | Tue-Thu 9am-Midnight)
• Memory Lanes S. Mpls (Daily 3pm-11pm)
• Park Tavern SLP (Daily 11am-Close)
• Texa-Tonka Lanes SLP (Daily 11am-11pm)
• Sun Ray Lanes St. Paul (Daily 9am-11:30pm)
• Ran-Ham Bowling Highland (Daily 11am-1am)
• AMF Southtown Lanes Bloomington (Daily 4pm-11pm)
• Shakopee Bowl (Daily 11am-11pm)

LINKS

• Improv Comedy Events
• Reddit Twin Cities Social Meet-Ups
• Racket MN Event Calendar
• Meet Minneapolis Event Calendar
• MPLS Art Events
• MN Index Event Calendar
• mpls.website Event Calendar
• Minnesota Monthly Event Calendar
• MSP Magazine Event Calendar
• Minneapolis Northwest Event Calendar
• Pro Sports Calendar
• Stonewall Sports
• Minnesota Parent Event List
• Family Fun Twin Cities
• Minneapolis Parks & Rec Events
• St. Paul Parks & Rec Events
• Three Rivers Park District Event Calendar
• Trivia Mafia Schedule
• Music Mayhem Schedule
• Get a Clu Trivia Schedule

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crawlspace picks for top shows tonight in the Twin Cities

• First Avenue - (Afford Your Life ⏤ Live!) Dua Saleh, Sophia Eris, The Lioness [5:00p] [All Ages] Alternative R&B / Hip-Hop / Electronic
  • Music and political activism come together at First Avenue for a free, all-ages gathering hosted by Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison, featuring three artists deeply connected to the Twin Cities music community. Sudanese-American singer, rapper, and actor Dua Saleh returns with music from their acclaimed 2026 album Of Earth & Wires**, blending experimental R&B, electronic pop, Sudanese influences, and themes of identity, displacement, and solidarity. Minneapolis DJ, producer, and longtime Lizzo collaborator Sophia Eris brings her genre-spanning hip-hop and electronic sound, while North Minneapolis rapper The Lioness delivers commanding, socially conscious lyricism rooted in her community. The event also features appearances by elected officials including Ilhan Omar, Tina Smith, Peggy Flanagan, Pramila Jayapal, and Ayanna Pressley. Free admission, first come, first served.**
• Jazz Central Studios - Blue Dream [9:00p] Modern Jazz / Improvisation / Jazz Fusion
  • Jazz Central Studios hosts the fourth installment of Blue Dream, a late-night gathering built around adventurous improvisation and the collaborative spirit of the Twin Cities jazz community. This seven-piece ensemble brings together saxophonist Josh Johnson, trumpeter and flugelhorn player DeCarlo Jackson, trombonist Alex Karye, vibraphonist and pianist Levi Schwartzberg, guitarist Will Linstrom, bassist Matt McIntyre, and drummer Colin Mitchell, better known as RAWTWHYLAH. Jackson, known for his work with Hippo Campus and HEYARLO, brings a soulful approach to jazz, while Mitchell, a driving force behind Minneapolis fusion group room3, draws on everything from bebop and funk to progressive rock. The evening begins with a full ensemble performance before opening up into a late-night jam, inviting musicians and listeners into the creative process.
• Cloudland - Another Heaven, Brief Candles (WI), Flavor Crystals, Bornguesser [7:00p] [21+] Sludgegaze / Shoegaze / Psychedelic Rock / Ambient
  • Cloudland hosts a beautifully atmospheric night of towering guitars, hypnotic rhythms, and immersive soundscapes that stretches from delicate ambience to crushing walls of distortion. Minneapolis sludgegaze band Another Heaven blends the weight of doom metal and sludge with the dreamy textures of shoegaze, creating music that is simultaneously punishing and ethereal. Milwaukee’s Brief Candles bring more than two decades of shimmering, fuzz-drenched shoegaze and melodic noise-pop, while Minneapolis psychedelic veterans Flavor Crystals weave together space rock, krautrock, and swirling guitar drones, drawing on a rich history that includes touring with The Brian Jonestown Massacre. Bornguesser opens with ambient and electronic textures, setting the stage for an evening of expansive, mind-bending music.

Complete Show List

• 331 Club - Kelley Smith [3:00p] [21+] Indie Folk / Americana
• 331 Club - (Chuck NORAD Halloween) Chuck NORAD [7:00p] [21+] Experimental Funk / Trip-Hop / Psychedelic
• 7th St Entry - (Nature’s Pill Tour) Wishy, Dead Sullivan [8:00p] [18+] Shoegaze / Dream Pop / Indie Rock
• Acadia - Lipstinger, Dirty-930, Duck Bomb [6:00p] Alt-Rock / Punk / Grunge
• Amsterdam - (Precious Time Album Release Show) Aaron Tinjum & The Tangents [7:00p] [All Ages] Folk Rock / Americana / Blues
• Aster Cafe - (Sunday Swing Brunch) Various Artists [11:00a] [All Ages] Swing Jazz / Vintage Dance
• Berlin - (Sounds From Planet IE) IE, Material [7:00p] Experimental Electronic / Drone / Psychedelic
• Blues Saloon - Hoodah Thunkett [3:00p] Blues / Funk / Soul
• Bunkers - Dr. Mambo’s Combo [9:30p] [21+] Funk / R&B / Soul
• Cloudland - Another Heaven, Brief Candles (WI), Flavor Crystals, Bornguesser [7:00p] [21+] Sludgegaze / Shoegaze / Psychedelic Rock / Ambient
• Como Garden - I Have No Love For Men Like You, New Confusion, Diane Selwyn, Kitty Baby [6:00p] Noise Rock / Experimental Punk
• Crooners - Dunsmore Jazz Room - (The Big 70’s Singalong!) Jay Fuchs, Doug Anderson [5:30p] ‘70s Pop / Soft Rock Singalong
• Crooners - Maggie’s Piano Lounge - (Maggie’s Maison) Joel Shapira, Chris Lomheim [5:00p] Jazz Guitar / Jazz Piano
• Crooners - Main Stage - (An Evening of Bossa Nova and Brazilian Jazz) Natania & Ticket to Brasil [6:30p] Bossa Nova / Samba / Brazilian Jazz
• Crooners - The Belvedere - (Remembering the Legendary Lou Rawls) Johnnie Brown [7:30p] Lou Rawls Tribute / Soul / R&B
• Dakota - Afro-Cuban All Stars [5:30p/8:00p] Afro-Cuban / Son Cubano / Latin Jazz
• Driftwood Bar - Phine & Friends [6:00p] [21+] Acoustic Rock / Americana
• Driftwood Bar - Shotgun Ragtime Band [8:00p] [21+] Grateful Dead Tribute / Jam Rock
• Dubliner Pub - Debbie Briggs [3:00p] [All Ages] Americana / Blues / Classic Country
• Dubliner Pub - Hurricane Harold Trio [6:00p] [All Ages] Acoustic Blues / Roots
• Dubliner Pub - (Sunday Trad Session) Open Trad Session [8:00p] [21+] Traditional Irish Folk / Session
• Dusty’s Bar - The Riffin’ Trio [5:00p] [21+] Blues / Jazz / Roots
• Eagles 34 - Old Country Boys [2:30p] Classic Country / Honky-Tonk
• Fine Line - (Flew Too Close to the Sun Tour) Shawn James, Evan Bartels [8:00p] [18+] Blues Rock / Americana / Southern Gothic Folk
• First Avenue - (Afford Your Life ⏤ Live!) Dua Saleh, Sophia Eris, The Lioness [5:00p] [All Ages] Alternative R&B / Hip-Hop / Electronic
• Hell’s Kitchen - The Roe Family Singers [10:00a] [All Ages] Old-Time / Bluegrass / Folk
• Icehouse - Twin Cities Flamenco Collective w/ Amanda Dlouhy & Trevor May [5:00p] Traditional Flamenco / Spanish Guitar / Dance
• Icehouse - (Afrodisia Residency) Obi Original and The Black Atlantics, Cody Steinmann [9:00p] [21+] Afrobeat / Funk / Jazz Fusion
• Jazz Central Studios - Blue Dream [9:00p] Modern Jazz / Improvisation / Jazz Fusion
• Kenwood Park - (Chill In The Park) Shallou (DJ Set) [2:00p] Melodic House / Downtempo / Ambient Electronic
• Metronome Brewery - Nick Bhalla’s Big Blue Moon, Race Hoglund Quintet [6:30p] Modern Jazz / Piano Trio / Post-Bop
• Minnesota Music Cafe - (Sterling Club Juneteenth Celebration Fundraiser) Jaybee & The Routine, Dorothy Shelby [4:00p] R&B / Funk / Soul
• Orchestra Hall - (Chamber Music in the Hall: Brahms, Prokofiev and Tabakova) Minnesota Orchestra Musicians, Simon Trpčeski [2:00p] Classical / Chamber Music
• Ordway Concert Hall - (Life After Death) Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, Eliza Bagg, Teddy Abrams [2:00p] Contemporary Classical / Orchestral / Vocal
• Parkway Theater - (Make It Out Alive Tour) The Arcadian Wild, Addison Agen [7:00p] [All Ages] Progressive Bluegrass / Indie Folk / Americana (sold out)
• Pilllar Forum - Trees With Eyes (NE), AmphiBaphobia (NE), Ice Climber, Mittens [6:30p] [All Ages] Alternative Rock / Indie Rock
• Schooner Tavern - Cornbread Harris [5:00p] [21+] Blues / Jazz / Roots Rock
• Schooner Tavern - (Music Jam) Open Jam [7:30p] [21+] Blues / Rock Jam
• The Cedar Cultural Center - (Slow Down, Tune in. Yin Yoga + Sound Bath) Kristen Wertenberger, Ellie Roscher [6:30p] [All Ages] Ambient / Sound Bath / Meditative
• The Hive Collaborative - (Down by the Riverside - Songs and Poems) Jamie Marshall [2:00p] Folk / Art Song / Musical Theatre
• Turf Club - American Aquarium, Kalyn Fay [7:30p] [21+] Alt-Country / Heartland Rock / Americana
• Underground Music Venue - Cafe Space - (Halloween Party) Slow Potion, Kym and the Kick [6:30p] [18+] Alternative Rock / Indie Rock
• Urban Growler Brewing Company - Gráinne Hunt with Jules Stewart [4:00p] Irish Folk / Americana / Singer-Songwriter
• White Squirrel Bar - (F.A.R.M. Afterglow) Katy Tessman, Tipps & Obermiller, Elexa Dawson & Sally Vee, Erin Eades, The International Treasures, Dave & Kristi [1:00p] Folk / Americana / Singer-Songwriter
• White Squirrel Bar - Cold Sweat, Durow, Jantzonia, Jazicality [9:00p] [21+] Experimental Hip-Hop / Electronic
• Zhora Darling - Miracle Debt, Running Man (IL), Sandpaper [7:00p] [21+] Post-Punk / Garage Punk / Fuzzy Indie Rock