As we reported around this time two years ago, "Rocktober" is real. Four years of data reveals that as the summer festival season comes to a close, acts prepare for headlining fall tours including stops in the Twin Cities.

The result: the busiest 31-day stretch for lovers of live music. This Rocktober alone, First Avenue has more than 100 bills booked in the mainroom, 7th St. Entry, Turf Club, Triple Rock Social Club, the Cedar Cultural Center, Fine Line Music Cafe and other Twin Cities venues.

First Avenue and The Current are here to help you make this Rocktober one for the books. Use the form below to enter The Current's First Avenue Rocktober Grand Prize Giveaway and you could be on the guest list +1 to three shows of your choosing from this list of upcoming gigs:

Oct. 1 – Ben Folds and a Piano at First Avenue, 18+
Oct. 1 – A DJ Tribute to the King of Pop and the Purple One feat. DJ Dave Paul at 7th St. Entry, 18+
Oct. 1 – Steve'n'Seagulls at 7th St. Entry, 18+ SOLD OUT
Oct. 1 – King Charles with J.E. Sunde at Turf Club, 21+
Oct. 3 – Goblin Cock with Nightosaur and Busey at 7th St. Entry, 18+
Oct. 4 – The Record Company with Trapper Shoepp at First Avenue, 18+ SOLD OUT
Oct. 4 – Allison Crutchfield with Partial Traces and Tights at Turf Club, 21+
Oct. 4 – Preoccupations with Methyl Ethyl at Fine Line Music Cafe, 18+
Oct. 5 – Shovels & Rope with Matthew Logan Vasquez (of Delta Spirit) at First Avenue, 18+
Oct. 5 – Yohuna with P #8226; PLat 7th St. Entry, 18+
Oct. 5 – Bronze Radio Return with Air Traffic Controller at Turf Club, 21+
Oct. 6 – Marian Hill with Verite and Shaed at First Avenue, 18+
Oct. 6 – From Indian Lakes with Made Violent and Wild Wild Horses at 7th St. Entry, 18+
Oct. 6 – The Ballroom Thieves with Maggie Koerner at Turf Club, 21+
Oct. 7 – Dinosaur Jr. with Steve Gunn and the Outliners at First Avenue, 18+
Oct. 7 – EZTV at 7th St. Entry, 18+
Oct. 7 – The Sheepdogs with Sam Cassidy at Turf Club, 21+
Oct. 8 – Sonny Knight and the Lakers with Nooky Jones, Big Wave Dave and the Ripples at First Avenue, 18+
Oct. 8 – Seratones with Whiskey Rock 'n' Roll Club and Daniel & the Real Feels at Turf Club, 21+
Oct. 8 – Twin Peaks with White Reaper and Modern Vices at 7th St. Entry, 18+
Oct. 9 – Boyce Avenue with Leroy Sanchez and Nick Howard at First Avenue, all ages
Oct. 9 – Leprous with Earthside, Binary Code and Dissona at 7th St. Entry, 18+
Oct. 10 – Opeth with the Sword at First Avenue, 18+
Oct. 10 – Cymbals Eat Guitars at 7th St. Entry, 18+
Oct. 11 – Jack Garratt with Brasstracks at First Avenue, 18+
Oct. 11 – Swear and Shake and Lauren Shera at 7th St. Entry, 18+
Oct. 11 – Nothing But Thieves with July Talk and the Wrecks at Fine Line Music Cafe, all ages
Oct. 12 – Kishi Bashi with Twain at First Avenue, 18+
Oct. 12 – Born Ruffians with GGOOLLDD and Posh Lost at 7th St. Entry, 18+
Oct. 12 – Bob Moses at Fine Line Music Cafe, 18+
Oct. 12 – Saint Vitus and the Skull with Witch Mountain at Turf Club, 21+
Oct. 13 – The Let's Go's with Cozy, Danger Signs and the Chinchees at 7th St. Entry, 18+
Oct. 13 – Okkervil River with Landlady at Fine Line Music Cafe, 18+
Oct. 13 – Quintron and Miss Pussycat with Larry Wish & His Guys at Turf Club, 21+
Oct. 14 – Grown and Sexy is Coming Out! at First Avenue, 18+
Oct. 14 – Matt Hires with Volunteer at 7th St. Entry, 18+
Oct. 14 – Tom Odell with Barns Courtney at Fine Line Music Cafe, 18+
Oct. 14 – Rasputina with Vita and the Woolf at Turf Club, 21+
Oct. 15 – Lewis Del Mar with Prinze George at Triple Rock Social Club, 18+
Oct. 15 – No Parents and White Fang with the Birth Defects at Turf Club, 21+
Oct. 16 – Phantogram with the Range at First Avenue, 18+ SOLD OUT
Oct. 16 – Sticky Fingers at 7th St. Entry, 18+
Oct. 16 – Moon Hooch at Triple Rock Social Club, 18+
Oct. 16 – Tommy Keene and the Leatherwoods at Turf Club, 21+
Oct. 17 – Clementine's Farewell for Now Show with Ego Death and Chalk at 7th St. Entry, 18+
Oct. 18 – Jacuzzi Boys at 7th St. Entry, 18+
Oct. 19 – The Deen Ween Group with Meat Puppets at First Avenue, 18+
Oct. 19 – Busdriver with Metasota and Andre Mariette at 7th St. Entry, 18+
Oct. 19 – Shonen Knife with Catbath and the Toxenes at Turf Club, 21+
Oct. 20 – Deerhunter with Aldous Harding and Jock Gang at First Avenue, 18+
Oct. 20 – Dan Andriano in the Emergency Room with Jessie Swan Thorson at 7th St. Entry, 18+
Oct. 20 – Jamestown Revival with Jonny Fritz at Turf Club, 21+
Oct. 21 – Clutch with Zakk Sabbath and Kyng at First Avenue, 18+
Oct. 21 – Mutts at 7th St. Entry, 18+
Oct. 21 – Mura Masa at Fine Line Music Cafe, 18+
Oct. 21 – Temples with Vinyl Williams at Turf Club, 21+
Oct. 22 – Grouplove with Muna and Dilly Dally at First Avenue, 18+
Oct. 22 – The Geek X VRV at 7th St. Entry, 18+
Oct. 22 – Teenage Fanclub with Sam Evian at Fine Line Music Cafe, 18+
Oct. 22 – Hayden James with Dena Amy at Triple Rock Social Club, 18+
Oct. 22 – Cass McCombs Band with Delicate Steve at Turf Club, 21+
Oct. 23 – Post Malone with Jazz Cartier, Larry June and FKi 1st at First Avenue, all ages
Oct. 23 – Sales at 7th St. Entry, 18+
Oct. 23 – Tall Heights at Turf Club, 21+
Oct. 24 – Sunflower Bean with the Lemon Twigs and Lazy Scorsese at 7th St. Entry, 18+
Oct. 24 – The Strumbellas with Foreign Air at Fine Line Music Cafe, 18+
Oct. 24 – The Felice Brothers with Shelby Earl at Turf Club, 21+
Oct. 25 – Mac Miller with Soulection feat. Lakim at First Avenue, 18+
Oct. 25 – Flock of Dimes with Your Friend at 7th St. Entry, 18+
Oct. 25 – Trash Talk with Antwon and Black Noise at Triple Rock Social Club, all ages
Oct. 25 – Andrew W.K. at Turf Club, 21+
Oct. 26 – St. Paul and the Broken Bones with Diane Coffee at First Avenue, 18+
Oct. 26 – Fruit Bats at 7th St. Entry, 18+
Oct. 27 – PWR BTTM with Bellows and Lisa Prank at 7th St. Entry, 18+
Oct. 27 – St. Paul and the Broken Bones with Diane Coffee at First Avenue, 18+
Oct. 27 – Wet with Demo Taped at Triple Rock Social Club, 18+
Oct. 27 – Bad Suns with Coin at Fine Line Music Cafe, 18+
Oct. 27 – United States of Americana Birthday Celebration with Margo Price at Turf Club, 21+
Oct. 28 – Yonder Mountain String Band and Pert' Near Sandstone at First Avenue, 18+
Oct. 28 – Heyday: 35 Years of Music in Minneapolis – The Photography of Daniel Corrigan Book Release Show at 7th St. Entry, 18+
Oct. 28 – Beach Slang and Bleached with Hunny at Triple Rock Social Club, 18+
Oct. 28 – The Boxer Rebellion at Turf Club, 21+
Oct. 29 – Neon Indian and CLASSIXX with Alex Frankel and Harriet Brown at Fine Line Music Cafe, 18+
Oct. 29 – Lucero with Cory Branan at First Avenue, 18+
Oct. 29 – The Blind Shake Celebrate Your Worth Record Release Show with Fury Things and Tongue Party at 7th St. Entry, 18+
Oct. 29 – The Blind Shake Celebrate Your Worth Record Release Show with Fury Things and Tongue Party at 7th St. Entry, 18+
Oct. 29 – Arcwelder with Ringout! and the New Age Healers at Turf Club, 21+
Oct. 30 – An Evening with Peter Hook and the Light performing Substance with DJ Jake Rudh at First Avenue, 18+
Oct. 30 – Honeyblood with Jay Som and Monica Laplante at 7th St. Entry, 18+
Oct. 30 – An Evening with David Ramirez at Turf Club, 21+
Oct. 31 – First Avenue's Halloween Party and Costume Contest at First Avenue and 7th St. Entry, 18+

First Avenue Rocktober Grand Prize Giveaway

Use this form to enter the First Avenue Rocktober Grand Prize Giveaway between 1 p.m. CT on Tuesday, Sept. 20, and 11:59 p.m. CT on Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2016.

Three (3) winners will receive two (2) guest list spots to any three (3) shows of their choosing from the above show list provided. Three (3) backup names will be drawn.

Prize retail value: $42 to $210 (prize retail value depends on shows chosen by winner)

We will contact the winner on Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2016. Winner must accept by 10 a.m. CDT on Thursday, Sept. 29, 2016.

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