Weekend Checklist: Eddie Vedder, Black Keys, Jason Mraz, Noah Hoehn

​"Weekends don't count unless you spend them doing something completely pointless."

-Calvin (Calvin & Hobbes)


Friday 7/1/2011

Zumiez Couch Tour with Forever the Sickest Kids, Valencia
Mall of America
Music + Skateboarding = Free
AA, Free, Noon

Noah Hoehn Live Looping Show
Aster Cafe
One man, a whole lotta talent.
AA, $10, 9 pm

100 Monkeys with Kissing Club
Triple Rock Social Club
Every monkey dookies.
18+, $18, 8 pm

The Goondas with Satellite Voices, Mojo Pin-up
Turf Club
The Goondas are good.
21+, $6, 9 pm

Jessica Lea Mayfield with Ferraby Lionheart
Varsity Theater
Dark and moody in a mysterious way.
18+, $12, 7 pm


Saturday 7/2/2011

Dan Israel (CD release) with Slim Dunlap
Aster Cafe
Crosstown traveler.
AA, $8, 9 pm

Eddie Vedder with Glen Hansard
Orpheum Theatre
Eddie Vedder and his ukelele longing to belong.
6+, $79, 7:30 pm

Urge Overkill with Maudlin
First Ave.
Rock & roll submarine.
18+, $15, 6:30 pm

Alejandro Escovedo
Fineline Music Cafe
Street songs of love.
21+, $20, 8 pm

MFR & Afternoon Records present: We All Have Hooks for Hands with We Are Trees, Howler, Old Abram Brown
7th Street Entry
Minneapolis does fucking rock.
18+, $7, 8 pm

Davina and the Vagabonds
Dakota Jazz Club
Influenced by all great musicians.
21+, $12, 8 pm


Sunday 7/3/2011

Black Keys with Cage the Elephant
Roy Wilkins Auditorium
Minnesota hipsters have been waiting for this day with bated breath.
AA, $39.50, 6:30 pm

Jason Mraz
Mystic Lake Casino & Hotel Amphitheater
He won't worry his life away.
AA, $36.50-$46.50, 8 pm

Marnie Stern with Father You See Queen, Glass Buds
7th Street Entry
Hooks and choruses are sent careening through a cracked kaleidoscope.
18+, $10, 8 pm

Bury Your Dead with Evergreen Terrace and more
Station 4
Hardcore.
AA, $15 adv, $17 door, 3 pm

The Elected with Tristen, Holyoke
Triple Rock Social Club
Music was a thing of the past, an afterthought. Dead and gone.
18+, $10, 8 pm

3rd of July Music & a Movie
Nicollet Island Pavillion
4th of July Celebration of Music and Fireworks ... Minneapolis Red, White and Boom Outdoor Music.
AA, Free, 7 pm