Feb. 8, 2026
by Bill DeVille
February 08, 2026

This United States of Americana was about music discovery. We checked out new songs from artists like Emanuela Hutter, John R. Miller and Leah Blevins, among others.
Plus, there is a new collection set for release from the late Slim Dunlap. The collection includes his The Old New Me and Times Like This and a treasure trove of unreleased and hard to find tunes. It’s set for release on Friday!
Americana Gig List
2026
Ye Vagabonds - Mon 2/9 - The Cedar
Sierra Hull / Milk Carton Kids - Fri 2/13 - Hopkins Center for the Arts
Gear Daddies / The Belfast Cowboys - Fri 2/13 Medina Ent. Ctr
Lola Kirke w/Storey Littleton and Calder The Destroyer - Fri 2/13 Parkway Theater
Kiss The Tiger - Tribute to Lucinda Williams - Sat 2/14 - Turf CLub
Arkansause / Chicken Wire Empire - Mon 2/15 - The Cedar
Stephen Kellog & the Homecoming - 2/18 - Turf Club
Chris Koza & Rogue Valley Wed 2/18 - Dakota
Turnpike Troubadours; 3rd Annual Concert For Conservation feat. Dave Simonett - Thurs 2/19
- State Theatre
David Huckfelt & The Unarmed Forces Album Release Show w/Channy Leaneagh - Thurs 2/19 - The Cedar
Brandi Carlile / The Head and the Heart - Sat 2/21 - Target Center
Bayker Blankenship - Sat. 2/21 - Varsity Theatre
Tinsley Ellis - 2/24 - Dakota
Shemekia Copeland - Wed 2/25 - Dakota
Noah Rinker- Wed 2/25 - 7th St Entry
Damien Jurado - 2/25 - Turf Club
Cat Power: The Greatest Tour - Thurs 2/26 - First Avenue
Emily Scott Robinson - Sun 3/1 - 7th St Entry
Margo Price - 3/1 - First Avenue
Freedy Johnston - 3/1 - Parkway Theater
Los Straitjackets & Deke Dickerson - 3/4 - The Hook and Ladder
Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit - Thurs 3/5 - Armory
Dar Williams / Joy Clark - Fri 3/6 - The Cedar
The Lone Bellow - Fri 3/6 - Hopkins Center For the Arts
Drew and Ellie Holcomb - 3/6 - Fitzgerald Theatre
Los Lobos - 3/11 & 3/12 - The Dakota
Jesse Welles - 3/12 & 3/13 - First Avenue
Chicago Farmer - 3/14 - The Cedar
Lucero - 3/15 - First Avenue
Dale Watson - Mon 3/23 - Uptown VFW
Wednesday - Thurs 3/26 - First Avenue
John Craigie - 3/26 - The Cedar
Cowboy Junkies - Sat 3/28 - Fitzgerald Theater
Wyatt Flores / Kashus Culpepper - 4/1 - Palace Theatre
Chris Smither & Loudon Wainwright III - 4/8 - The Cedar
The Silos 40th Anniversary Tour - 4/8 - Icehouse
An Evening with Jimmy Webb - 4/8 - Parkway Theatre
Madison Cunningham - 4/11 - Fitzgerald Theatre
Cat Clyde / Boy Golden - 4/11 - Turf Club
The Nude Party - 4/13 - Turf Club
Them Coulee Boys - 4/17 - The Cedar
Courtney Marie Andrews - 4/17 - Turf Club
Waxahatchee & M.J. Lenderman Solo and Together w/Brennan Wedl - 4/29 - State Theatre
Reverend Horton Heat w/Black Joe Lewis and Piñata Protest - Wed 4/29 - First Avenue
Iron and Wine - 5/1 - Fitzgerald Theater
Daniel Romano's Outfit w/Uni Boys - Sun 5/10 - Fine Line
Joshua Ray Walker - Fri 5/29 - Turf Club
Clay Street Unit - 5/30 - Turf CLub
The Wallflowers - Sat 6/13 - First Ave
Blue Ox Music Fest. feat. Charley Crockett, Valerie June, Dom Flemons, Marcus King Band, I’m With Her, Kurt Vile and the Violators, Pert Near Sandstone, Sierra Hull etc - 6/25-6/27 - Eau Claire, WI
MN Country Club Festival feat. Charley Crockett, the Red Clay Strays and Treaty Oak Revival, Trampled by Turtles, and The Beach Boy - 7/10 & 7/11 - Harriet Island Regional Park, St. Paul
John Mellencamp - 7/14 - Mystic Lake Amphitheatre
The Black Crowes - 7/28 - Canterbury Park, Shakopee
Chris Stapleton - 7/29 & 7/30 - Canterbury Park, Shakopee
Music On A Stick feat. Sierra Ferrell - 8/30 - MN State Fair
Booker T. - 9/17 - Parkway Theater
Residencies
Erik Koskinen - Friday in February - Icehouse
Turn Turn Turn Album Release Residency - Thursday In February
Roe Family Singers (early) - Mondays - 331 Bar
St. Dominic's Trio - Tuesdays - Driftwood, Minneapolis
