Weekend Checklist: Rock the Garden, Jimmy Cliff, Aerosmith, The Weeknd

Friday 6/15/2012

Stone Arch Bridge Festival
6/15, 16, & 17
Minneapolis Riverfront
Click here for full schedule and lineup.
AA, Free

The Chris Robinson Brotherhood
Varsity Theater
Chris sans The Black Crowes..
18+, $18 adv, $20 door, 7 pm

Mishka with Anuhea
Cabooze
A natural mystic drawn to reggae.
18+, $15 adv, $17 door, 8:30 pm

The Mynabirds with Sean Bones, Zoo Animal
7th Street Entry
Songs that range from intensely personal pleas to shout-out-loud protests with teeth.
18+, $8 adv, $10 door, 8 pm

Carnage with Out of Bounds, Ecid, I-One, and more
Triple Rock Social Club
"Respect the Name" video premiere party.
18+, $10, 8:30 pm

Painted Saints with Firefly Forest, Karen Townsend
Amsterdam Bar and Hall
Gutter blues spaghetti western.
21+, 9 pm

CeU
Dakota Jazz Club
Stunning Brazilian pop.
AA, $45, 7 pm

Kung Fu Vampire with Potluck
Station 4
Hip-hop doing big fangs.
AA, $15 adv, $20 door, 5 pm

The Rockford Mules (EP release) with Get Gone, Cavalier Crooks
Turf Club
An answer to rock 'n' roll that existed decades ago.
21+, $6, 9 pm

The Color Pharmacy with Adelyn Rose
331 Club
Independent rock.
21+, Free, 10 pm

Wits with Bobcat Goldthwait and Steven Page, Dave Pirner
The Fitzgerald Theater
Musical wit.
AA, $30 MPR members, $32, 8 pm

Saturday 6/16/2012

Rock the Garden
Walker Art Center/Minneapolis Sculpture Garden
Click here for full lineup.
AA, $49 GA, $175 VIP (all tickets are sold out), 3 pm

Jimmy Cliff with Toki Wright
MN Zoo Amphitheater
Jamaican ska and reggae singer, musician, and actor all rolled into one.
AA, $39, 7 pm

Stephen Kellogg and the Sixers with Chris Koza
Cedar Cultural Center
Stripped down, but fully clothed Americana.
AA, $18 adv, $20 door, 7 pm

Aerosmith with Cheap Trick
Target Center
Legends. Icons. Idols.
AA, $39.50-$149.50, 7 pm

Scale the Summit with Today I Caught the Plague, Windowvine, Words for Penga
Station 4
Instrumental rock.
AA, $10 adv, $12 door, 5 pm

The New Monarchs (Album release) with Fire in the Northern Firs, BNLX, Sex Burger
Triple Rock Social Club
Electro-indie.
18+, $6, 8 pm

Gear Daddies with Dan Israel
Fine Line Music Cafe
Americana legends.
21+, $31 adv, $36 door, 8 pm

Dang Ol' Trio (Album release) with Gabe Barnett & the Big House Jug Band, The Bitterroot Band
Turf Club
Put on your grass-stained overalls and prepare for a ho-down.
21+, $6, 9 pm

The Rope with CLAPS, Blood & Sun, The Night
Cause
Atmospheric rock inspired by darker post-punk bands.
21+, $5, 8 pm

Travis Porter with Twerk Team
Epic Nightclub
American hip-hop.
18+, $25 GA, $45 VIP, 10 pm

Mount Carmel with Dandylion Warpaint, The Set
7th Street Entry
A straight-up blues rock power trio.
18+, $8 adv, $10 door, 8 pm

The White Whales with Wolfhoppers (CD release), Caetani
331 Club
Wholesome indie-rock.
21+, Free, 10 pm

Maudlin with We Became Actors, Middlepicker
Amsterdam Bar and Hall
A night to celebrate Pat O'Brien's birthday.
21+, 9 pm

Sunday 6/17/2012

The Weeknd
First Ave.
R&B songbird.
18+, $30, 8:30 pm

Kill Kancer Benefit featuring The Magnolias, Golden Smog, Chan Poling, Jordan Gatesmith
Cedar Cultural Center
Proceeds benefit Karl's fund at the Minnesota Medical Foundation.
AA, $15, 6:30 pm

Melissa Manchester
Dakota Jazz Club
A pop luminary.
AA, $45, 7 pm

Under the Streetlamp
Pantages Theatre
Tight harmonies packed into a male vocal quartet.
AA, $37.50-$42.50, 7 pm

Friends with Splash
7th Street Entry
Turning live gigs into spontaneous parties.
18+, $10, 8 pm

Kristin Chenowith
State Theatre
Performing songs from her album & some show tunes.
AA, $39-$125, 8 pm

K-Holes with Pony
Turf Club
The sound of escape.
21+, $7, 9 pm

Andy Elwell
Aster Cafe
A singer-songwriter influenced by everything.
AA, $5, 9 pm

Brooklyn Island (CD release) with Jake Nelson & Jo Shu
Fine Line Music Cafe
A synth-pop solo project.
18+, Free, 7 pm

---

City Pages on Facebook | Gimme Noise on Facebook | Twitter | e-mail us