Mother Soki is one of First Avenue’s Best New Bands of 2025.
Mother Soki is one of First Avenue’s Best New Bands of 2025. Juliet Farmer for MPR

The Gig List for January 17: First Avenue’s Best New Bands; Lissie; The Belfast Cowboys

Saturday, January 17
12:00 pm

All showtimes listed below are Central Standard Time (CST).

  • Hotel Minnesnowta: 11 a.m. at Crowne Plaza Minneapolis West, Plymouth, Minn.

  • Cornell Power Service: 1 p.m. at White Squirrel Bar, St. Paul (FREE)

  • Cole Diamond: 3 p.m. at Animales BBQ, Minneapolis

  • The Belfast Cowboys: 6 p.m. at Dakota, Minneapolis

  • Sam Graber Band: 6 p.m. at White Squirrel Bar, St. Paul (FREE) 

  • Plague of Stars, UXIA, & Phase Meridian: 6:30 p.m. at Zhora Darling, Minneapolis

  • SJ, 14 Hunnitvon + DJ Devario & Amir, Kodj, & Myallo: 6:30 p.m. at Underground Music Venue, Minneapolis

  • Broken Demeanor with Mary Jam: 7 p.m. at Pilllar Forum, Minneapolis

  • Economic Headwinds with The Outer Ring, Couch Potato Massacre, Nemesissy: 7 p.m. at Eagles #34, Minneapolis

  • First Avenue’s Best New Bands of 2025 featuring Chutes, GR3G, LASALLE, Maygen & The Birdwatcher, Mother Soki, Sallyforth, and Sophie Hiroko: 7 p.m. at First Avenue, Minneapolis

  • Mouthful, Agora Bomb, Yolk, Ray Gun Youth: 7 p.m. at Underground Music Cafe, Minneapolis

  • Preston Gunderson: 7 p.m. at Animales BBQ, Minneapolis

  • SOB’s: 7 p.m. at Badger Hill Brewing, Shakopee, Minn. (FREE)

  • Gathering Darkness 3 ft. Another Heaven, The Rope, Lovely Dark, The Muatas, shadingthesun, and Finesse: 7:30 p.m. at Hook and Ladder, Minneapolis

  • Lissie - 3rd Annual Winter Residency with Chris Koza: 7:30 p.m. at Parkway Theater, Minneapolis 

  • Tram (feat. Aby Wolf): 7:30 p.m. at Berlin, Minneapolis

  • Austra: 8 p.m. at 7th St. Entry, Minneapolis 

  • Dan Rodriguez: 8 p.m. at 318 Cafe, Excelsior, Minn.

  • Terrapin Flyer - Tribute to The Grateful Dead: 8 p.m. at Turf Club, St. Paul

  • Urgent Emergent Performance Art Series: Volume One, Root Music: 8 p.m. at Icehouse, Minneapolis

  • The Belfast Cowboys: 8:30 p.m. at Dakota, Minneapolis 

  • The Farewell Season: 8:30 p.m. at Aster Cafe, Minneapolis 

  • All Are Welcome CD release with TinyNormous, Okie, and Maggie Black & Kirby Gage: 9 p.m. at White Squirrel Bar, St. Paul (FREE)

  • Sapphic Factory: Queer Joy Party: 9 p.m. at Fine Line, Minneapolis

  • FLUID FREQUENCIES: 9:30 p.m. at Uptown VFW, Minneapolis

  • GB Leighton: 9:30 p.m. at Bunkers, Minneapolis

  • Lords of the Universe, Girdle of Judith, and Baby Mahi & the Sitters: 10 p.m. at 331 Club, Minneapolis (FREE)

  • Late Night Lounge: Tati Arbelaez: 10:30 p.m. at Berlin, Minneapolis

On TV

  • Reneé Rapp | Thee Sacred Souls on Austin City Limits (PBS)

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