Easily the Most Marsalises I’ve Ever Listed in Your Complete Concert Calendar: October 13-19

MusicEasily the Most Marsalises I’ve Ever Listed in Your Complete Concert Calendar: October 13-19Pretty much all the music you can catch in the Twin Cities this week.By Keith Harris4:22 PM CDT on October 13, 2026Add Racket to GoogleAbsolutely Yours, Crush Scene |Photos providedWe've got a real Marsalis-laden listings installment for ya this week. Wynton brings the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra to town tonight. Then on Saturday older brother Branford pays tribute to John Coltrane along with Dianne Reeves at the Ordway, and the youngest sibling, Jason, plays a set a Berlin. Hope they all get a chance to hang out.There is, of course, plenty of Marsalis-free music below as well. The Smashing PumpkinsPhoto providedTuesday, October 13DJ Cam Jones @ AcadiaGreatest Jam on Earth @ Blues SaloonInternational Reggae Allstars @ Bunker’sCapri Big Band @ CapriJesse Roper, Mae Simpson @ Cedar Cultural CenterJazzMN Orchestra Presents @ DakotaSt. Dominic’s Trio @ Driftwood Char BarKaraoke with On Call Entertainment @ Eagles 34Tiny Tuesdays @ Eagles 34The Smashing Pumpkins @ Grand Casino ArenaClyss, Mishi Mega, Bookowski, Sunshine Behavior @ Green RoomCedar Avenue Big Band @ Jazz CentralNova Jazz Orchestra @ Minnesota Music CafePop Up! With Sam Woodman @ Mortimer’sJazz at Lincoln Center with Wynton Marsalis @ Orchestra HallSting @ Orpheum TheatreIrish Trad Session @ PadraigsLovergirl, Bags Bags Bags, Slut Intent @ Pilllar ForumSilly Goose, Cheem, Muttlee @ 7th St EntryOctober Conspiracy Series feat. ditch pigeon  sawtooth witch, astronomy town @ 331 ClubWorker’s Playtime with Jake La Botz @ 331 ClubHey, Nothing @ VarsityThe Dan’s @ White SquirrelDJ Dedicated Enemy @ White SquirrelHUGChristian StavrosWednesday, October 14Austin Moses @ AcadiaGodsmack, Dorothy @ ArmoryMN Songwriter Showcase @ Aster CafeDPAD @ BerlinThe Cherry Pit Open Jam @ BerlinOCE with Sama Duo @ Bryant Lake BowlTwine @ Bunker’sTony Cuchetti @ Carbone’sElton John’s Captain Fantastic Tribute @ CroonersFeeling Groovy: Simon & Garfunkel Tribute @ CroonersTribute to the Andrews Sisters @ CroonersPam Tillis @ DakotaTom Dahill and Ginny Johnson @ Dubliner PubBad Companions @ Eagles 34Armand Hammer, Quelle Chris @ Fine LineParis Paloma, Susannah Joffe @ First AvenueKels, Ella Maddux @ Green RoomChrissa Sparkles @ Hook and LadderHiss Golden Messenger, Sam Amidon @ IcehouseNorth Star Jazz Workshops: Michael Ragonese Trio @ Jazz CentralBriand Morrison, Ben Woolman and Mark Keating @ Mainstreet BarPat Donahue and Friends @ Midway SaloonSmiling Cowboys, Yeah Doggos @ Minnesota Music CafeBoss’s Daughter @ Mortimer’sSting @ Orpheum Theatrein shining armour, 12th House Sun, Upnow!, Eat Lava @ Pilllar ForumRank Strangers, the Boot R&B @ Schooner TavernFirst to Eleven, Keepsake @ 7th St EntryRobert Plant and Saving Grace feat. Suzi Dian, Rosie Flores @ State TheatreDJ Night @ Terminal BarThe Flying T, Bobby J’s West Band Social Club @ 331 ClubSlift, Cor de Lux @ Turf ClubCastle Rat @ VarsityHUG featuring Devendra Banhart, Gyan Riley, and Noah Georgeson @ Walker Art Center—Onetime freak-folk kingpin Devendra Banhart teams up with pals Gyan Riley and Noah Georgeson for what’s billed as a night of “collaborative ambient-folk.” They’ll be soundtracking films from archetypal NYC bohemian Harry Smith: Early Abstractions (1939, 1956) and Heaven and Earth Magic (1962).—Keith HarrisMolly Maher @ White SquirrelCole Diamond’s Whiskey Wednesdays @ White SquirrelUnkle Daddy, VIA, Golden Satellite @ Zhora DarlingRakimPhoto providedThursday, October 15Blossm @ Abi’sLower Level @ AcadiaDigital Age Rave 2 @ AmsterdamHonky Tonk Night feat. Cole Diamond @ AnimalesThe Federales @ Aster CafeMichael Ragonese Trio @ BerlinCrates: Wede Harer Guzo by Hailu Mergia @ BerlinJaybee & the Routine @ Bunker’sJoshua Burnside @ Cedar Cultural CenterThe Secrecy, Autumn, Velour Tomb @ CloudlandErica West and Phil Kadidlo @ CroonersJon Sullivan Band @ CroonersJoyann Parker @ CroonersRakim with Room3 Collective @ Dakota—Sometimes the tired old conventional wisdom is right: When it comes to MCs, there’s before Rakim and then there’s everything after. He unleashed a proliferation of rhyme styles that immediately made rappers a year his senior sound hopelessly old school. He’s old school himself now, if not prehistoric to today’s hip-hop fans, but when I caught the god in 2018 at the Varsity, he continued to dominate. I saw the local jazz combo Room3 backing Slum Village in this same club, and they’ll provide Ra with the music he deserves.—Keith HarrisHamil-Griffin Cassidy @ Driftwood Char BarPaul Bergen @ Dubliner PubDevil Dodger @ Dubliner PubLGBTQ+ Twin Cities Latin Dance @ Eagles 34Karaoke With On Call Entertainment @ Eagles 34Friko, Nine Perfect Lives @ Fine LineZack Fox (DJ Set) @ First AvenueEgodeath, Frontal Assault, Torrentia, Damage Case @ Flying VSnapz Live Band Open Mic @ Green RoomDirty P’s Thirsty 3rd Thursday Club @ Hook and LadderMy Kid Banana, Jon Q Public, Velvet Ghoul, Dirty930 @ Hook and LadderTCC4SLAY 3.0 @ Hook and LadderAcoustic Thursdays @ Mainstreet BarThe Brian Grivna Quartet @ Metronome BreweryMigueal Vargas and Terrell LaMarr of Radio Pocho @ MiaMary Elias’s Young Rebels @ Minnesota Music CafeCurtiss A with Dark Click @ Minnesota Music CafeSPELLBOUND with DJ Gwiingwans, Coagula, and PRSPHNE @ Mortimer’sGlam Toyota, lowjoy, Kimi Karako, Onsite, DJ Foxxtrot @ Pilllar ForumMubbla Buggs, Rodents @ Schooner TavernEmily Bjorke, clovers daughter, anni xo @ 7th St EntryJosh Teed & High Step Society @ Studio BCross Pollination: Knife Emoji, Embahn @ 331 ClubRapture @ Underground MusicMartin Devaney & Friends, Tiki Barnsworth and the Barnburners @ White SquirrelThe Makeouts, Cain& Co., Mike and the TV's @ White SquirrelPassion Mango, Cherry Pick @ Zhora DarlingHeavens to BetsyChloe AftelFriday, October 16Shiner Shine Entertainment @ AcadiaMilk @ AmsterdamTeague Alexy & the Common Thread (Album Release) @ AnimalesBob Frey & the Adaptors @ Aster CafeMichael Ragonese Trio @ Ber