| Sunday | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday |
| 1
April Fool's
Day Twins opener |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5
Khmer Dance Michael Nesmith |
6 Aziz
Ansari Doobie Bros. |
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| 7
Bon
Jovi |
8 | 9 Fearless | 10 | 11
Boz
Scaggs Clint Black Florida Georgia Line |
12 | 13 Powwow Remodeling Supercross |
| 14 | 15 Tax Day |
16 | 17 | 18
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19 Ordway
Gardens REO & Styx  |
20 Gabriel
Iglesias Jay Leno Savor MN Soul Party World Circus |
| 21 Emily
Johnson
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22
Earth
Day |
23 | 24 Threads | 25 Mozart
& Bruckner Vikings Draft 
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26
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27 Chicago Second City |
| 28 BandWidth Fleetwood Mac |
29 Gordon Lightfoot | 30 | |
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| April 1 | holidayish
April
Fool's Day baseball Twins opener, Target Field (3:10pm) |
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| April 1-5 | films
Health
Week Film Festival, Mayo
Memorial Auditorium, U of M (5pm, free) >> Mon: Genetic Roulette, Tues: Pink Ribbons Inc, Wed: MN Nice?, Thu: Bhopali, Fri: Trans |
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| April 1, 3-4, 12-17, 22-23, 25-28 |
baseball Twins, Target Field | ||
| April 2-7 | musical
Flashdance,
Orpheum Theatre ($34+) -- here's an ad
and interview
>> Emily Padgett as Alex Owens and Matthew Hydzik as Nick Hurley |
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| April 4, 6, 7 | play Much Ado About Nothing, Xperimental Theatre, Rarig Center, UofM (free) | ||
| April 5 | rock Michael Nesmith, Fitzgerald Theater (7:30pm, $40+) | ||
| April 5-6 | dance
Khmer Arts
Ensemble - A Bend in the River, Northrop
Dance, State
Theatre (8pm, $37+) variety Sistah Solo by Maia Maiden, Patrick’s Cabaret (7:30pm, $10) |
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| April 5, 6, 7 | play Midsummer Night's Dream, Xperimental Theatre, Rarig Center, UofM (free) | ||
| April 6 | comedy
Aziz
Ansari, State
Theatre (7pm-sold out & 10pm, $35) -- Aziz on Conan
about Bullying rock Doobie Brothers, Treasure Island, Prairie Island Mdewakanton (8pm, $38+) -- Black Water food Lutefisk & Meatball Dinner, Norwegian Glee, Good Shepherd Church, 4801 France Av, Edina |
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| April 7 | rock Bon Jovi, Xcel Center (7:30pm, $27+) -- here's It's My Life | ||
| April 8 | folk Sarah Morris, Bryant-Lake Bowl (7pm, $7) -- here's Lonely Or Free | ||
| April 9 | comedy Fearless Labs, Honey, 205 E Hennepin Av, Minneapolis (7:30pm, donation) | ||
| April 11 | rock
Boz Scaggs,
State
Theatre (7:30pm, $54+) -- here's the Lowdown country Clint Black, Burnsville Arts Center (7:30pm, $55) -- here's Like The Rain country rap Florida Georgia Line, Myth, Maplewood (7:30pm, $27, sold out) -- here's Cruise |
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| April 11-21 | play Something About A Bear, Stoll Thrust Theatre, Rarig Center, Uof M ($10) | ||
| April 11-28 | films International Film Festival, St. Anthony Main Theatre, 115 Main St SE, Mpls ($12+) | ||
| April 12-14 | musical
Once
Upon a Mattress, O'Shaughnessy, St. Catherine University
($17) -- the princess test art fair Spring Festival - an Arts & Crafts Affair, Canterbury Park, Shakopee ($8) -- over 500 artists |
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| April 13 | show
Remodeling
Fair, Burnsville High School, 600 MN Highway 13, Burnsville
(10am-4pm, free) powwow SCSU Powwow, Halenbeck Hall, St. Cloud State (grand entries at 1pm & 7pm, free) motorcross Supercross, Metrodome (7pm, 12:30pm qualifying; $15+) |
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| April 15 | civics Tax Day | ||
| April 17-19 | bluegrass Trampled By Turtles, First Avenue (sold out) -- here's Wait So Long (also May 7th Rochester) | ||
| April 18 | civil rights LGBT Equality Day, MN United for All Families, State Capitol, St. Paul | ||
| April 19 | acoustic duo
Fountains of
Wayne, Dakota
Jazz Club (8pm, $35) -- here's Stacy's
Mom rock REO Speedwagon & Styx, Target Center (7pm, $25+) -- here's Roll With The Changes |
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| April 19-21 | opening Ordway Gardens, Como Park Zoo and Conservatory -- here's the schedule | ||
| April 20 | comedy
Gabriel
Iglesias (Fluffy), Northern
Lights Casino, Leech
Lake Ojibwe, Walker, MN (sold out) comedy Jay Leno, Grand Casino Mille Lacs (8pm) run Running of the Pigs 5K, Midway Stadium (9:30am, $40) drinks Savor Minnesota - wine, food, & beer; Canterbury Park, Shakopee (1-5pm, $40) soul Underground Soul Party, MN Music Cafe, 499 Payne, St. Paul acrobatics World Circus Day, Circus Juventas, 1270 Montreal Av, St. Paul (5:30 & 7:30pm, $20) |
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| April 20-21 | gameshow Price Is Right, Mystic Lake Casino -- here's an ad | ||
| April 21 | dance, perform
Emily
Johnson - Catalyst, O'Shaughnessy
(& Northrop),
St. Catherine U. (6:30pm, $31) -- ad cheerleading Vikings Cheerleaders Semi-Final Auditions, Pantages Theatre & Seven, Mpls (6pm, $10+) |
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| April 22 | holidayish
Earth Day honor, prayer Moment of Silence for the victims of the Boston Marathon bombing, nationwide (1:50pm CST) |
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| April 23 | cheerleading Vikings Cheerleaders Final Auditions, Mall of America Rotunda (6:30pm, free) | ||
| April 23-28 | musical Mary Poppins, Orpheum Theatre ($39+) | ||
| April 24 | fashion show Threads, Weisman Art Museum, University of Minnesota (7:30pm, $5) -- MN Daily info | ||
| April 25 | classical Mozart & Bruckner, Minnesota Orchestra Musicians, O’Shaughnessy (7:30pm, $22+) | ||
| April 25, 27 | football Viking Draft Weekend, Metrodome (Thurs 5-10pm, Sat 10am-4pm, $10+) -- 3 first round picks! | ||
| April 25-27 | fair Spring Jam, Coffman Union, University of Minnesota (free) | ||
| April 25-May 19 | play Treasure Island, Theatre in the Round | ||
| April 26 | movie Big Wedding, divorced couple pretend to be happily married for their son's wedding -- trailer | ||
| April 26-28 | art shows
St. Paul Art Crawl,
various locations show Horse Expo, State Fairgrounds ($9) |
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| April 27 | jazz pop
Chicago,
State
Theatre (8pm) -- here's an ad jazz sax Eric Marienthal, JazzMN, Hopkins High School PAC (7:30pm, $29+) -- here's NY State of Mind folk Peter Yarrow, Hopkins Arts Center, Hopkins (8pm, $28) -- here's Puff the Magic Dragon comedy Second City Laughing Matters, Burnsville Performing Arts Center (8pm, $39) |
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| April 28 | astronomy
Saturn
at Opposition (closest, brighest) pop tribute Abba, Pantages Theatre (7pm, $43+) -- here's Waterloo concert bands BandWidth, Landmark Center, St. Paul (noon-5:30pm, free) jazz pop Chicago, Mayo Civic Center Auditorium, Rochester, MN (7:30pm, $50+) rock Fleetwood Mac, Xcel Center (8pm, $50+) fundraising March for Babies, March of Dimes, Como Park, St. Paul (11am) |
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| April 29 | folk Gordon Lightfoot, State Theatre (7:30pm, $49) -- here's Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald |
