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Big summer concerts: Minnesota outdoor live music guide for 2025

by Staff

May 26, 2025

Alabama Shakes (left to right): Heath Fogg, Brittany Howard, and Zac Cockrell. The band will perform at Minnesota Yacht Club on Friday, July 18, 2025.
Alabama Shakes (left to right): Heath Fogg, Brittany Howard, and Zac Cockrell. The band will perform at Minnesota Yacht Club on Friday, July 18, 2025.Brantley Gutierrez

Use this summer-long guide to find outdoor music events at amphitheaters, festivals, stadiums, parks, rooftops, block parties, patios, and more in the Twin Cities, greater Minnesota, and a few outside our borders.

Related: The Current's Summer Gig List Giveaway

JUNE

June 1 - Grand Old Day featuring the Cactus Blossoms, Them Coulee Boys, the 4onthefloor, the Scarlet Goodby, Ashley DuBose, Miloe, Yonder, Dem Atlas, and more : 8 a.m. at Grand Avenue, St. Paul 

June 1 - Front Row Paul Fest: A Celebration of Life for Paul Engebretson: 12 p.m. at Palmer’s Bar, Minneapolis

June 1 - Rachel Kurtz & Going To The Sun - Rooftop Concert Series: 7 p.m. at Hewing Hotel, Minneapolis

June 2 - Dan Israel Band: 7:30 p.m. at Lake Harriet Bandshell, Minneapolis (FREE)

June 4 - Wild Horses with Tennessee Stiffs: 5:30 p.m. at Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Park, Rochester, Minn. (FREE)

June 4 - Dan Lowinger Four - Tribute to the Greats of Country Music: 6 pm at The Gardens of Castle Rock, Northfield, Minn.

June 6 - Breakaway Music Festival featuring Tiesto and Alison Wonderland: 4 p.m. at Allianz Field, St. Paul

June 6 - VIAL: 7 p.m. at Hook & Ladder Under the Canopy, Minneapolis

June 6 - Cedric Burnside: 8:30 p.m. at Hook and Ladder Under the Canopy, Minneapolis

June 7 - Roots, Rock & Deep Blues Festival featuring Peterson Brothers Band, Kent Burnside, Left Lane Cruiser, Lightnin’ Malcolm, Hillstomp, and more: 2 p.m. at Hook and Ladder, Minneapolis

June 7 - Surly Brewing 19th Anniversary Party ft. The Suburbs, Solid Gold, Gramma’s Boyfriend and more:  2 p.m. at Surly Brewing, Minneapolis (FREE)

June 7 - New Primitives: 3:30 p.m. at Graze Food Hall, Minneapolis (FREE)

June 7 - Breakaway Music Festival featuring John Summit and Linska: 4 p.m. at Allianz Field, St. Paul

June 7 - Rootstock ft. Poetic Roots, BakkwoodDrift, SoulFlower, and more: 4 p.m. at Icehouse, Minneapolis

June 7 - Prince Celebration 2025 Downtown Block Party: 5 p.m. at Prince Mural, Minneapolis

June 8 - CAAMP with Blind Pilot: 5 p.m. at Surly Brewing Festival Field, Minneapolis 

Five people in long coats standing in a field of autumn leaves
For nearly four decades, Alison Krauss & Union Station have upheld their legacy as one of the most influential and widely celebrated acts in bluegrass and roots music.
Randee St. Nicholas

June 8 - Alison Krauss & Union Station Featuring Jerry Douglas: 7:30 p.m. at The Ledge Amphitheater, Waite Park, Minn

June 8 - Dylan Salfer - Rooftop Concert Series: 7 p.m. at Hewing Hotel, Minneapolis

June 11 - Kick’n Up Kountry: 12 p.m. at Wagon Wheel Ridge, Karlstad, Minn.

June 11 - Clay Fulton & The Lost Forty with Poppa Bear Norton: 5:30 p.m. at Cascade Lake Park, Rochester Minn. (FREE)

June 11 - Groovin’ In The Garden: Innocent Reggae Band: 6 p.m. at Marjorie McNeely Conservatory, St. Paul (FREE)

June 11 - Jeremy Poland & Lantz Dale: 6 pm at The Gardens of Castle Rock, Northfield, Minn.

June 12 - Kick’n Up Kountry: 12 p.m. at Wagon Wheel Ridge, Karlstad, Minn.

June 12 - The Current Happy Hour featuring Blondshell: 4 p.m. at Surly Brewing Co., Minneapolis (FREE)

June 12 - Lowertown Sounds: Flamin’ Oh’s, Faith Boblett, and Lonesome Dan Kase: 6 p.m. at Mears Park, St. Paul (FREE)

June 12 - ZZ Top with The Wallflowers: 7:30 p.m. at The Ledge Amphitheater, Waite Park, Minn

June 13 - Kick’n Up Kountry: 12 p.m. at Wagon Wheel Ridge, Karlstad, Minn.

June 13 - 50th & France Summer Concert Series: The Teardowns with GUP!: 5:30 p.m. at the Plaza at Nolan Main’s, Edina, Minn. (FREE)

June 13 - Wild Nights: Daphne Jane, Lighter Co., Smells Like Nirvana, and Nur-D: 6 p.m. at Minnesota Zoo, Apple Valley, Minn.

June 13 - Chicago: 7 p.m. at The Ledge Amphitheater, Waite Park, Minn.

June 13 - The Belfast Cowboys: 7:30 p.m. at Lake Harriet Bandshell, Minneapolis (FREE)

June 14 - Delano Sculpture & Blues Fest with Joyann Parker and Trent Romens: 10 a.m. at Delano Sculpture Park, Delano, Minn. (FREE)

June 14 - Kick’n Up Kountry: 12 p.m. at Wagon Wheel Ridge, Karlstad, Minn

June 14 - Pryes Block Party ft. Kiss The Tiger, Nathan Graham, Mary Bue, The Shackletons and more: 12 p.m. at Pryes Brewing, Minneapolis

the band gully boys performing on stage
Gully Boys performed at Mid West Music Fest in Winona, Minn. on Friday, May 9, 2025.
Juliet Farmer for MPR

June 14 - Wort Tour ‘25: Gully Boys, Quarter Life Crisis, Cheap Bouquet, Umbrella Bed, Linus: 1 p.m. at Insight Brewing, Minneapolis

June 14 - Mae Simpson with Feed The Dog and Rebel Queens: 7 p.m. at Hook & Ladder Under the Canopy, Minneapolis

June 15 - HEATBOX Father’s Day Festival: 4 p.m. at Hook & Ladder Under the Canopy, Minneapolis

June 15 - Erik Koskinen & Molly Maher - Rooftop Concert Series: 7 p.m. at Hewing Hotel, Minneapolis

June 15 - Barenaked Ladies with Guster and Fastball: 7:30 p.m. at The Ledge Amphitheater, Waite Park, Minn

June 17 - The Current Happy Hour featuring Wild Horses: 4 p.m. at Drekker Brewing Company, Fargo, North Dakota (FREE)

June 18 - Beth Bombara with Becky Schlegel: 5:30 p.m. at Allendale Park, Rochester, Minn. (FREE) 

June 18 - Groovin’ In The Garden: Maria & The Coins: 6 p.m. at Marjorie McNeely Conservatory, St. Paul (FREE)

June 18 - Scott Laurent: 6 pm at The Gardens of Castle Rock, Northfield, Minn.

June 19 - Beer, Brats & Bourbon with The Brothers Burn Mountain and Maygen & The Birdwatcher: 5:30 p.m. at Feeding Our Communities Partners, North Mankato, Minn.

June 19 - Lowertown Sounds: The New Standards & Friends, Tina Schlieske: 6 p.m. at Mears Park, St. Paul (FREE)

June 19 - I Want My 80s Tour: 7 p.m. at Treasure Island Amphitheater, Welch, Minn. 

June 19 - Justin Moore & Joe Nichols: 7 p.m. at The Ledge Amphitheater, Waite Park, Minn

June 20 -Winstock 2025 featuring Jordan Davis and Scotty McCreery: 2 p.m. at Winsted, Minn

June 20 - Twin Cities Jazz Festival: 4 p.m. at Mears Park, St. Paul

June 20 - 50th & France Summer Concert Series: Rion with The Beta Version!: 5:30 p.m. at the Plaza at Nolan Main’s, Edina, Minn. (FREE)

June 20 - Having Fun Fest featuring Greentop, Killed By Kiwis, In Lieu, Pullstring, League Two, Poolboy, and Blue Bottom: 7 p.m. at Palmer’s Bar, Minneapolis

June 21 - Winstock 2025 featuring Thomas Rhett, Dustin Lynch, and Clint Black: 9:30 a.m. at Winsted, Minn.

June 21 - Twin Cities Jazz Festival: 4 p.m. at Mears Park, St. Paul

June 22 - Dispatch with John Butler, with Donavon Frankenreiter and Illiterate Light: 4:30 p.m. at Surly Brewing Festival Field, Minneapolis 

June 22 - Tina Schlieske - Rooftop Concert Series: 7 p.m. at Hewing Hotel, Minneapolis

June 25 - Groovin’ In The Garden: Flamin’ Oh’s: 6 p.m. at Marjorie McNeely Conservatory, St. Paul (FREE)

June 24 - Old Country Brothers Duo: 6 pm at The Gardens of Castle Rock, Northfield, Minn.

June 25 - Groovin’ In The Garden: Flamin’ Oh’s: 6 p.m. at Marjorie McNeely Conservatory, St. Paul (FREE)

June 26 - Blue Ox Music Festival featuring Sam Bush Band and Rising Appalachia: 3 p.m. at Eau Claire, Wisc

June 26 - The Current Happy Hour featuring Night Moves: 4 p.m. at Sociable Cider Werks, Minneapolis (FREE)

June 26 - Lowertown Sounds: Dr. Mambo’s Combo, Purple Funk Metropolis: 6 p.m. at Mears Park, St. Paul (FREE)

June 27 - Blue Ox Music Festival featuring Greensky Bluegrass, St. Paul and the Broken Bones, Molly Tuttle, Big Richard, and Charlie Parr: 3 p.m. at Eau Claire, Wisc

June 27 - 50th & France Summer Concert Series: Favourite Girl with Liam Halloran!: 5:30 p.m. at the Plaza at Nolan Main’s, Edina, Minn. (FREE)

June 27 - Palmer’s Pride Party 2025 with All the Pretty Horses, Mary Jam, Spit Takes, and Surly Grrly: 6 p.m. at Palmer’s Bar, Minneapolis

A woman wearing a cowboy hat and tie-dyed top plays an acoustic guitar.
Margo Price performs during 2025 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival at Fair Grounds Race Course on May 03, 2025 in New Orleans, Louisiana.
Erika Goldring/Getty Images

June 27 - Wild Nights: The Big Wu, Davina and the Vagabonds, Bloodline, The Cobra Trio: 6 p.m. at Minnesota Zoo, Apple Valley, Minn.

June 28 - Blue Ox Music Festival featuring Warren Haynes Band, Margo Price, Pert Near Sandstone, Peter Rowan with Sam Grisman Project, and Hurrary for the Riff Raff: 3 p.m. at Eau Claire, Wisc

June 28 - Tern & Crow Fest featuring A Sunken Ship Irony, Poison Ivy and the People, NATL PARK SRVC, Whispered the Rabbit, Malamiko, the Great Went, Falcon Arrow, and Tender Comrade: 3 p.m. at Palmer’s Bar, Minneapolis

June 28 - Cherokee Social: 7:30 p.m. at Grand Oak Opry, St. Paul

June 28 - “Weird Al” Yankovic with Puddles Pity Party: 8 p.m. at Treasure Island Amphitheater, Welch, Minn

June 29 - Katy Tessman: 2 p.m. at Lake Harriet Bandshell, Minneapolis (FREE)

June 29 - Shoeless Revolution - Summer Concert Series: 7 p.m. at Hewing Hotel, Minneapolis

JULY

July 2 - Debbie Briggs Vintage Jazz Trio: 6 pm at The Gardens of Castle Rock, Northfield, Minn.

July 2 - Groovin’ In The Garden: Leslie Rich & The Rocket Soul Choir: 6 p.m. at Marjorie McNeely Conservatory, St. Paul (FREE)

July 5 - Taste of MN featuring Joan Jett and the Blackhearts and Cheap Trick: 12 p.m. at Downtown Minneapolis (Free)

July 5 - Frankie Torres: 3:30 p.m. at Graze Food Hall, Minneapolis (FREE)

July 5 - Trampled By Turtles with S.G. Goodman: 6 p.m. at Bayfront Festival Park, Duluth, Minn

July 5 - Incubus with Manchester Orchestra: 7 p.m. at Treasure Island Amphitheater, Welch, Minn. 

July 6 - Taste of MN featuring Ludacris and Nur-D: 12 p.m. at Downtown Minneapolis (Free)

July 9 - Groovin’ In The Garden: Salsa Del Soul: 6 p.m. at Marjorie McNeely Conservatory, St. Paul (FREE)

July 9 - Turn Turn Turn: 6 pm at The Gardens of Castle Rock, Northfield, Minn.

July 10 - The Current Happy Hour featuring Kashus Culpepper: 4 p.m. at Utepils Brewing, Minneapolis (FREE)

July 10 - Lowertown Sounds: Dan Rodriguez, Becky Kapell: 6 p.m. at Mears Park, St. Paul (FREE)

July 10 - Lutsong Music Festival featuring the Scarlet Goodbye and Dusty Heart: 6 p.m. at North Shore Winery, Lutsen, Minn

July 10 - Nolen Sellwood: 7 p.m. at Bryant Square Park, Minneapolis (FREE)

July 11 - Lutsong Music Festival featuring Molly Dean, Jeremy Messersmith, Jack Klatt, and Wild Horses: 3:30 p.m. at Caribou Highlands Lodge, Lutsen, Minn 

July 11 - Lakefront Music Fest featuring Foreigner, 38 Special, and Loverboy: 5 p.m. at Lakefront Park, Prior Lake, Minn 

July 11 - Riversong Music Festival featuring Michael Shynes, Sam Licari & the Sweet Tease, Goldpine, and Hawthorne Oachs: 5 p.m. at Hutchinson, Minn

July 11 - Rhythm of the River Music Festival featuring Saltydog, Todd Partridge, the Quantum Mechanics, and MorningBird: 5 p.m. at Fort Belmont, Jackson, Minn

July 11 - 50th & France Summer Concert Series: Chutes with Sam Soderholm: 5:30 p.m. at the Plaza at Nolan Main’s, Edina, Minn. (FREE)

A man in sunglasses smiles and holds out a trombone
Born Troy Andrews, Trombone Shorty has released five chart topping studio albums since 2010 (his most recent being 2022’s "Lifted").
Jean Frank

July 11 - Wild Nights: The Cactus Blossoms, Bad Bad Hats, Gully Boys, Colin Bracewell: 6 p.m. at Minnesota Zoo, Apple Valley, Minn.

July 11 - Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue with JJ Grey & Mofro: 7 p.m. at Surly Brewing Festival Field, Minneapolis 

July 11 - Turnpike Troubadours with Old Crow Medicine Show: 7:30 p.m. at The Ledge Amphitheater, Waite Park, Minn

July 12 - Lutsong Music Festival featuring Lucy Michelle, Nicky Diamonds, Eli Gardiner, Rogue Valley, and Sarah Morris: 10:30 a.m. at Caribou Highlands Lodge, Lutsen, Minn

July 12 - Rhythm of the River Music Festival featuring Squeaky Feet, Joseph Huber, Dan Rodriguez, Squid City Slingers, and Janice Gilbert: : 1:30 p.m. at Fort Belmont, Jackson, Minn

July 12 - Riversong Music Festival featuring Gear Daddies, Wild Horses, the Orange Goodness, Johnny Clueless, and Woodzen: 3 p.m. at Hutchinson, Minn

July 12 - Lakefront Music Fest featuring Miranda Lambert, Randy Houser, and Dillon Carmichael: 5 p.m. at Lakefront Park, Prior Lake, Minn.

July 12 - Martin Zellar - Rooftop Concert Series: 7 p.m. at Hewing Hotel, Minneapolis

July 12 - IAMJOY: 7:30 p.m. at Grand Oak Opry, St. Paul

July 14 - Saltydog: 7:30 p.m. at Lake Harriet Bandshell, Minneapolis (FREE)

July 15 - Lake Street Dive with Your Smith: 7 p.m. at Bayfront Festival Park, Duluth, Minn

July 16 - Groovin’ In The Garden: Jellyjacket: 6 p.m. at Marjorie McNeely Conservatory, St. Paul (FREE)

July 16 - Joyann Parker: 6 pm at The Gardens of Castle Rock, Northfield, Minn.

July 17 - Lowertown Sounds: Annie and the Bang Bang, Maria and the Coins: 6 p.m. at Mears Park, St. Paul (FREE)

July 18 - Minnesota Yacht Club Festival featuring Hozier, Train, Alabama Shakes, Father John Misty, Sheryl Crow, Gigi Perez, and Hamilton Leithauser: 12:30 p.m. at Harriet Island Regional Park, St. Paul

July 18 - AJ Scheiber: 5 p.m. at Black Market BBQ Pop-Up Food Fest, St. Paul

July 18 - 50th & France Summer Concert Series: Rich Larson & Friends with Clara Rose: 5:30 p.m. at the Plaza at Nolan Main’s, Edina, Minn. (FREE)

July 18 - Chastity Brown: 6 p.m. at Hook and Ladder, Minneapolis 

July 18 - Warren Zeiders: 7:30 p.m. at The Ledge Amphitheatre, Waite Park, Minn

remi wolf and her band performing on stage
Remi Wolf performed at Palace Theatre in St. Paul on Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2024.
Laura Buhman for MPR

July 19 - Minnesota Yacht Club Festival featuring Fall Out Boy, Remi Wolf, Weezer, Cory Wong, O.A.R., Motion City Soundtrack, and Silversun Pickups: 12:30 p.m. at Harriet Island Regional Park, St. Paul

July 19 - Our House: The Music of Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young with Taming the Tiger: 6 p.m. at Hook and Ladder, Minneapolis 

July 19 - Bachman-Turner Overdrive & The Marshall Tucker Band with Jefferson Starship: 7 p.m. at Treasure Island Amphitheater, Welch, Minn. 

July 20 - Minnesota Yacht Club Festival featuring Green Day, 311, Sublime, Garbage, Beach Bunny, and the Beaches: 12:30 p.m. at Harriet Island Regional Park, St. Paul

July 20 - The Okee Dokee Brothers: 1 p.m. at The ROC, St. Louis Park, Minn

July 20 - Railroad Earth and Yonder Mountain String Band: 4 p.m. at Utepils Brewing, Minneapolis

July 23 - Cryote: 6 pm at The Gardens of Castle Rock, Northfield, Minn.

July 23 - Groovin’ In The Garden: Favourite Girl: 6 p.m. at Marjorie McNeely Conservatory, St. Paul (FREE)

July 24 - Lowertown Sounds: Turn Turn Turn, Molly Brandt: 6 p.m. at Mears Park, St. Paul (FREE)

July 25 - The Great Beyond featuring Border One, Henry Chow, Mary Yuzovskaya, Sard, Furtive, Müzmin, and more: 12 p.m. at Minnesota River Valley Sanctuary, Franklin, Minn

July 25 - 50th & France Summer Concert Series: League Two with Sylvia Dieken: 5:30 p.m. at the Plaza at Nolan Main’s, Edina, Minn. (FREE)

July 25 - Wild Nights: Wookiefoot, Captain Fantastic, Free Fallin, Nici Peper: 6 p.m. at Minnesota Zoo, Apple Valley, Minn.

July 25 - Music By The Mississippi ft. Shane Smith & The Saints, James Whatton Band and more: 7 p.m. at Treasure Island Amphitheater, Welch, Minn. 

July 26 - The Great Beyond featuring Dustin Zahn, Modest, Toyacoyah, Centrific, Jen Symmetry Marijuana Deathsquads, and more: 9 a.m. at Minnesota River Valley Sanctuary, Franklin, Minn.

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Charlie Parr performed at Mid West Music Fest in Winona, Minn. on Saturday, May 10, 2025.
Juliet Farmer for MPR

July 26 - Music By The Mississippi ft. Shakey Graves, Soul Asylum, Charlie Parr and more: at Treasure Island Amphitheater, Welch, Minn.

July 26 - Saint Free: 7:30 p.m. at Grand Oak Opry, St. Paul

July 27 - The Great Beyond featuring Quelza, Paul Fleetwood, TML, Livwutang, Tekk Nikk, and more: 9 a.m. at Minnesota River Valley Sanctuary, Franklin, Minn

July 27 - Michael Franti & Spearhead with Allen Stone: 6:30 p.m. at Hilde Performance Center, Plymouth, Minn.

July 27 - The Scarlet Goodbye - Rooftop Concert Series: 7 p.m. at Hewing Hotel, Minneapolis

July 30 - Groovin’ In The Garden: School of Rock: 6 p.m. at Marjorie McNeely Conservatory, St. Paul (FREE)

July 30 - Tony Cuchetti Band: 6 pm at The Gardens of Castle Rock, Northfield, Minn.

July 31 - Lowertown Sounds: Salsa del Soul, Alma Andina: 6 p.m. at Mears Park, St. Paul (FREE)

AUGUST

August 1 - Hinterland Music Festival featuring Tyler, the Creator, Clairo, Remi Wolf, Royal Otis, Rebecca Black, and more: 12 p.m. at St. Charles, Iowa

August 1 - 50th & France Summer Concert Series: Beemer with Matthew Smith: 5:30 p.m. at the Plaza at Nolan Main’s, Edina, Minn. (FREE)

August 1 - Yam Haus: 7:30 p.m. at Lake Harriet Bandshell, Minneapolis (FREE)

August 2 - Hinterland Music Festival featuring Kacey Musgraves, the Marias, Still Woozy, Role Model, Glass Beams, Gigi Perez, and more: 12 p.m. at St. Charles, Iowa

August 2 - Sierra Ferrell: 7 p.m. at Surly Brewing Festival Field, Minneapolis 

August 2 - RAWTWHYLAH: 7:30 p.m. at Grand Oak Opry, St. Paul

Lana Del Rey holds a microphone to her mouth.
US singer and songwriter Lana Del Rey performs on stage during the 20th edition of the 'Rock en Seine' music festival in Saint-Cloud, Paris' suburb, on August 21, 2024.
Anna KURTH / AFP via Getty Images

August 3 - Hinterland Music Festival featuring Lana Del Rey, Bleachers, Sierra Ferrell, Wyatt Flores, Michael Marcagi, Evan Honer, and more: 12 p.m. at St. Charles, Iowa

August 3 - Nur-D - Rooftop Concert Series: 7 p.m. at Hewing Hotel, Minneapolis

August 3 - Rainbow Kitten Surprise: 7:30 p.m. at The Ledge Amphitheatre, Waite Park, Minn

August 6 - The New Havoline Supremes: 6 pm at The Gardens of Castle Rock, Northfield, Minn.

August 6 - Slightly Stoopid with Iration and Little Stranger: 6:30 p.m. at The Ledge Amphitheater, Waite Park, Minn

August 6 - WE Fest Kickoff Party featuring Noah Hicks, Mackenzie Carpenter, and Pecos & The Rooftops: 6:30 p.m. at Soo Pass Ranch, Detroit Lakes, Minn

August 7 - WE Fest featuring Hardy, Ashley McBryde, Treaty Oak Revival, Sammy Kershaw, and Bayker Blankenship: 2 p.m. at Soo Pass Ranch, Detroit Lakes, Minn

August 7 - Lowertown Sounds: Kiss the Tiger, Keep for Cheap: 6 p.m. at Mears Park, St. Paul (FREE)

Ceol on the River: The Coronas, Róisín O, The Belfast Cowboys: 6:45 p.m. at Harriet Island, St. Paul

August 7 - KC & the Sunshine Band with The Village People: 7 p.m. at The Ledge Ampitheater, Waite Park, Minn.

August 8 - Bayfront Blues Festival featuring Ana Popovic, Desoto Tiger’s Testimony, John Nemeth, Reverend Payton’s Big Damn Band, and more: 11 a.m. at Bayfront Festival Park, Duluth, Minn

August 8 - WE Fest featuring Jon Pardi, Megan Moroney, Gavin Adcock, Rodney Atkins, and Avery Anna: 2 p.m. at Soo Pass Ranch, Detroit Lakes, Minn

A musician sings and plays guitar on a stage inside a tent
Sophia Spiegel of Dilly Dally Alley performing at Whirlygig at Indeed Brewing during Art-A-Whirl in Minneapolis on Saturday, May 17, 2025.
Darin Kamnetz for MPR

August 8 - Irish Fair: Talisk, Ally the Piper, Emma Langford: 3 p.m. at Harriet Island, St. Paul

August 8 - 50th & France Summer Concert Series: Dilly Dally Alley with Burden of Youth: 5:30 p.m. at the Plaza at Nolan Main’s, Edina, Minn. (FREE)

August 8 - Wild Nights: Cloud Cult, Sweet & Tender Hooligans, DJ Jake Rudh, Alexis Rose: 6 p.m. at Minnesota Zoo, Apple Valley, Minn.

August 8 - Let Me Have It All – Dr. Mambo’s Combo tribute to Sly & the Family Stone, Rufus & Chaka Khan: 7 p.m. at Hook and Ladder Under the Canopy, Minneapolis

August 8 - Travis Tritt & Trace Adkins: 7 p.m. at Treasure Island Amphitheater, Welch, Minn.

August 9 - Irish Fair: Gaelic Storm, The Diddley Idols, Eileen Ivers, Ally the Piper, Emma Langford: 10 a.m. at Harriet Island, St. Paul

August 9 - Bayfront Blues Festival featuring Tommy Castro & the Painkillers, Sugaray Rayford, Nick Moss Band, McKinley James, and more: 11 a.m. at Bayfront Festival Park, Duluth, Minn

August 9 - WE Fest featuring Cody Johnson, Kip Moore, Ian Munsick, Gretchen Wilson, and Caylee Hammack: 2 p.m. at Soo Pass Ranch, Detroit Lakes, Minn

August 9 - Shane Martin: 3:30 p.m. at Graze Food Hall, Minneapolis (FREE)

August 10 - Irish Fair: The High Kings, The Diddley Idols, Eileen Ivers, Ally the Piper, Emma Langford: 10 a.m. at Harriet Island, St. Paul

August 10 - Bayfront Blues Festival featuring Dwayne Dopsie & the Zydeco Hellraisers, Marcia Ball featuring the Jimmys, the Stephen Hull Experience, and more: 11 a.m. at Bayfront Festival Park, Duluth, Minn

August 10 - jeremy messersmith - Rooftop Concert Series: 7 p.m. at Hewing Hotel, Minneapolis

August 10 - Earth, Wind & Fire: 7 p.m. at The Ledge Ampitheater, Waite Park, Minn.

August 10 - SESAY: 5:30 p.m. at Lake Harriet Bandshell, Minneapolis (FREE)

August 13 - Avey Grouws Band with Jake La Botz: 5:30 p.m. at John Withers Sports Complex, Rochester, Minn. (FREE)

August 13 - Old Country Boys: 6 pm at The Gardens of Castle Rock, Northfield, Minn.

August 14 - Lowertown Sounds: Yam Haus, The Thirsty River, Haley E Rydell: 6 p.m. at Mears Park, St. Paul (FREE)

August 14 - Sound for Silents 2025: Film + Music on the Walker Hillside: 7 p.m. at Walker Art Center’s Wurtele Upper Garden, Minneapolis

August 15 - 50th & France Summer Concert Series: Colin Bracewell with Isla Anderson: 5:30 p.m. at the Plaza at Nolan Main’s, Edina, Minn. (FREE)

August 16 - The Dylan Salfer Band: 7:30 p.m. at Grand Oak Opry, St. Paul

August 17 - Turn Turn Turn - Rooftop Concert Series: 7 p.m. at Hewing Hotel, Minneapolis

August 18 - Goo Goo Dolls with Dashboard Confessional: 7 p.m. at The Ledge Amphitheater, Waite Park, Minn.

August 19 - Nolen Sellwood: noon at Minnehaha Bandstand, Minneapolis (FREE)

A man sits on a chair holding an acoustic guitar.
Gregory Alan Isakov
Glen Ross

August 19 - Gregory Alan Isakov with Ocie Elliott: 7 p.m. at Surly Brewing Festival Field, Minneapolis 

August 20 - Nathan Graham with Mark Joseph and the American Soul: 5:30 p.m. at White Oaks Park, Rochester, Minn. (FREE)

August 20 - Erik Koskinen: 6 pm at The Gardens of Castle Rock, Northfield, Minn. 

August 21 - Old Dominion: 7 p.m. at MN State Fair Grandstand, Falcon Heights, Minn.

August 21 - Deke Dickerson & The Whippersnappers: 8 p.m. at MN State Fair West End Market Stage at Schilling Amphitheater, Falcon Heights, Minn. (FREE w/fair admission)

August 21 - Sounds of Santana Starring Joe Cruz: 8 p.m. at MN State Fair Summit Stage at the Bazaar, Falcon Heights, Minn. (FREE w/fair admission)

August 21 - Rachel Platten: 8:30 p.m. at MN State Fair Bandshell, Falcon Heights, Minn. (FREE w/fair admission)

August 22 - 50th & France Summer Concert Series: LAAMAR with FINICK: 5:30 p.m. at the Plaza at Nolan Main’s, Edina, Minn. (FREE)

August 22 - Meghan Trainor: 7 p.m. at MN State Fair Grandstand, Falcon Heights, Minn

August 22 - Deke Dickerson & The Whippersnappers: 8 p.m. at MN State Fair West End Market Stage at Schilling Amphitheater, Falcon Heights, Minn. (FREE w/fair admission)

August 22 - Sounds of Santana Starring Joe Cruz: 8 p.m. at MN State Fair Summit Stage at the Bazaar, Falcon Heights, Minn. (FREE w/fair admission)

August 22 - Rachel Platten: 8:30 p.m. at MN State Fair Bandshell, Falcon Heights, Minn. (FREE w/fair admission)

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Atmosphere's Ant and Slug
Samantha Martucci

August 23 - The Current’s Music On-A-Stick featuring Atmosphere, Cypress Hill, Lupe Fiasco, the Pharcyde, and DJ Abilities: 5 p.m. at MN State Fair Grandstand, Falcon Heights, Minn

August 23 - TABAH: 7:30 p.m. at Grand Oak Opry, St. Paul

August 23 - The Belfast Cowboys: 8 p.m. at MN State Fair Summit Stage at the Bazaar, Falcon Heights, Minn. (FREE w/fair admission)

August 23 - Jonah Marais: 8 p.m. at MN State Fair West End Market Stage at Schilling Amphitheater, Falcon Heights, Minn. (FREE w/fair admission)

August 23 - Arrested Development: 8:30 p.m. at MN State Fair Bandshell, Falcon Heights, Minn. (FREE w/fair admission)

August 24 - Melissa Etheridge and Indigo Girls: 7 p.m. at MN State Fair Grandstand, Falcon Heights, Minn.

August 24 - The Belfast Cowboys: 8 p.m. at MN State Fair Summit Stage at the Bazaar, Falcon Heights, Minn. (FREE w/fair admission)

August 24 - Jonah Marais: 8 p.m. at MN State Fair West End Market Stage at Schilling Amphitheater, Falcon Heights, Minn. (FREE w/fair admission)

August 24 - Arrested Development: 8:30 p.m. at MN State Fair Bandshell, Falcon Heights, Minn. (FREE w/fair admission)

August 25 - Happy Together Tour 2025 featuring the Turtles, Jay and the Americans, Little Anthony Gary Puckett & the Union Gap, the Vogues, and the Cowsills: 7 p.m. at MN State Fair Grandstand, Falcon Heights, Minn

August 25 - Jaybee and the Routine: 8 p.m. at MN State Fair Summit Stage at the Bazaar, Falcon Heights, Minn. (FREE w/fair admission)

August 25 - Poppa Bear Norton: 8 p.m. at MN State Fair West End Market Stage at Schilling Amphitheater, Falcon Heights, Minn. (FREE w/fair admission)

August 25 - Los Lobos: 8:30 p.m. at MN State Fair Bandshell, Falcon Heights, Minn. (FREE w/fair admission)

August 26 - Def Leppard with Brother Cane: 7 p.m. at MN State Fair Grandstand, Falcon Heights, Minn

August 26 - Jaybee and the Routine: 8 p.m. at MN State Fair Summit Stage at the Bazaar, Falcon Heights, Minn. (FREE w/fair admission)

August 26 - Poppa Bear Norton: 8 p.m. at MN State Fair West End Market Stage at Schilling Amphitheater, Falcon Heights, Minn. (FREE w/fair admission)

August 26 - Los Lobos: 8:30 p.m. at MN State Fair Bandshell, Falcon Heights, Minn. (FREE w/fair admission)

August 27 - Space Monkey Mafia with The Reach Outs: 5:30 p.m. at Cook Park, Rochester, Minn. (FREE)

August 27 - Gabe Marchán Group: 6 pm at The Gardens of Castle Rock, Northfield, Minn.

August 27 - Hank Williams Jr. with Marty Stuart and the Fabulous Superlatives: 7 p.m. at MN State Fair Grandstand, Falcon Heights, Minn.

August 27 - The Cedar Cultural Center Presents The Global Get-Together: 8 p.m. at MN State Fair Summit Stage at the Bazaar, Falcon Heights, Minn. (FREE w/fair admission)

August 27 - Lady Midnight: 8 p.m. at MN State Fair West End Market Stage at Schilling Amphitheater, Falcon Heights, Minn. (FREE w/fair admission)

August 27 - Tayler Holder: 8:30 p.m. at MN State Fair Bandshell, Falcon Heights, Minn. (FREE w/fair admission)

August 28 - Steve Miller Band with the Rascals: 7 p.m. at MN State Fair Grandstand, Falcon Heights, MInn.

August 28 - The Cedar Cultural Center Presents The Global Get-Together: 8 p.m. at MN State Fair Summit Stage at the Bazaar, Falcon Heights, Minn. (FREE w/fair admission)

August 28 - Lady Midnight: 8 p.m. at MN State Fair West End Market Stage at Schilling Amphitheater, Falcon Heights, Minn. (FREE w/fair admission)

August 28 - Tayler Holder: 8:30 p.m. at MN State Fair Bandshell, Falcon Heights, Minn. (FREE w/fair admission)

August 29 - 50th & France Summer Concert Series: anni xo with Miral Babal: 5:30 p.m. at the Plaza at Nolan Main’s, Edina, Minn. (FREE)

Two people singing into one microphone on stage
Scott Avett and Seth Avett of The Avett Brothers. The Avett Brothers and Trampled By Turtles performed at Xcel Energy Center on Thursday, October 24.
Darin Kamnetz for MPR

August 29 - The Avett Brothers with the Milk Carton Kids: 7 p.m. at MN State Fair Grandstand, Falcon Heights, Minn

August 29 - Creeping Charlie: 7:30 p.m. at Lake Harriet Bandshell, Minneapolis (FREE)

August 29 - First Avenue Goes to the Fair: Dwynell Roland, Emma Jeanne and Hattie Peach, Jacob Mullis, Mary Cutrufello, Purple Funk Metropolis: 8 p.m. at MN State Fair West End Market Stage at Schilling Amphitheater, Falcon Heights, Minn. (FREE w/fair admission)

August 29 - Malamanya: 8 p.m. at MN State Fair Summit Stage at the Bazaar, Falcon Heights, Minn. (FREE w/fair admission)

August 29 - Karla Perez: Selena the Show: 8:30 p.m. at MN State Fair Bandshell, Falcon Heights, Minn. (FREE w/fair admission)

August 30 - First Avenue Goes to the Fair: Christy Costello, Clare Doyle, Jack Klatt, Miloe, P.O.S: 8 p.m. at MN State Fair West End Market Stage at Schilling Amphitheater, Falcon Heights, Minn. (FREE w/fair admission)

August 30 - Malamanya: 8 p.m. at MN State Fair Summit Stage at the Bazaar, Falcon Heights, Minn. (FREE w/fair admission)

August 30 - Karla Perez: Selena the Show: 8:30 p.m. at MN State Fair Bandshell, Falcon Heights, Minn. (FREE w/fair admission)

August 31 - The Ocean Blue - Rooftop Concert Series: 7 p.m. at Hewing Hotel, Minneapolis

August 31 - Pamela McNeill - Janis, Stevie, Dolly, and Me: 8 p.m. at MN State Fair Summit Stage at the Bazaar, Falcon Heights, Minn. (FREE w/fair admission)

August 31 - Joyann Parker: 8 p.m. at MN State Fair West End Market Stage at Schilling Amphitheater, Falcon Heights, Minn. (FREE w/fair admission)

Ber performing on stage
Ber performed at First Avenue on Saturday, January 11 featuring Chutes.
Laura Buhman for MPR

August 31 - Ber: 8:30 p.m. at MN State Fair Bandshell, Falcon Heights, Minn. (FREE w/fair admission)

Find daily live music shows, indoors and out, at The Current’s Gig List.

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This activity is made possible in part by the Minnesota Legacy Amendment’s Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund.