Twin Cities Calendar for April  2016


Friday, April 1

April Fool's Day


Saturday, April 2
 
Earth, Wind & Fire and Chicago, Xcel Center (7:30pm, $30+)


Sunday, April 3

April 3, 11, 13:  Timberwolves basketball, Target Center


Tuesday, April 5

April 5, 9: Wild hockey, Xcel Center


Thursday, April 7

Barry Manilow, Xcel Center


April 7-10: Marvel Universe Live, Target Center (7pm, $28+)


Friday, April 8


Wanda Sykes, State Theatre (8pm, $40+)


April 8-10:  Arts & Crafts Affair, Canterbury Park, Shakopee ($9) -- over 500 artists


Monday, April 11

Twins opener

April 11, 13-19, 25-27, 29-30: Twins baseball


Friday, April 15

Rascal Flatts, Mystic Lake Casino, Shakopee Mdewakanton, Prior Lake MN (8pm, $99+)


Monday, April 18

Tax Day


Thursday, April 21


Full Moon

Mumford & Sons, Xcel Center (7:30pm, $40+)


Prince memorial block party, First Avenue (11pm-7am, free)


Friday, April 22

Earth Day

Pat Benatar & Neil Giraldo, Treasure Island Casino (8pm, $30+)

Prince memorial dance, First Avenue (1:30am Sat, free)

April 22-23:  Sleeping Beauty, O'Shaughnessy


Saturday, April 23

Brantley Gilbert, Target Center (7pm, $35+)

Prince memorial dance, First Avenue (1:30am Sun, free)


Thursday, April 28


Vikings Draft Party, Minneapolis Convention Center (7pm, sold out)
•  Yaquon Treadwell, a 6'2" receiver from the University of Mississippi, was the Viking's pick in the first round (23rd).


Friday, April 29

Craft Fair, Crossroads PTA, 543 Front Av, St. Paul (5pm-8pm)

Purple Rain (1984) film, Fitzgerald Theater (7pm, sold out)

April 29-30:  An American In Paris, O'Shaughnessy


Saturday, April 30

Prince block party, Sabathani Community Center, 310 E 38th St, Minneapolis (1pm-6pm, free) - wear purple