With the number of show announces reaching critical mass leading into “Rocktober,” we are providing you with a rundown of some of our biggest announces this week as we look beyond October.

Breaking Benjamin hit the Palace Theatre for the 93X Halloween Hangover event on Friday, November 3.

Wilco return to Minnesota, this time for two nights at the Palace Theatre on Wednesday and Thursday, November 15 and 16.

Minneapolis-based rap collective Doomtree play the Palace Theatre on Wednesday, November 22; we can’t wait to welcome this hometown supergroup to our Saint Paul stage.

Look forward to an acoustic evening with the indie/roots group Dispatch at the Pantages Theatre on Monday, December 11.

Semisonic grace the First Avenue Mainroom stage for back-to-back nights on Friday and Saturday, December 15 and December 16 to perform Feeling Strangely Fine in its entirety.

Black Rebel Motorcycle Club is back in the building, playing First Avenue on Sunday, February 11, 2018.

Local indie-darlings Hippo Campus have a new 3-song EP “Warm Glow” out now, and an all ages show just announced at the Palace Theatre for Saturday, February 17, 2018.

Architects’ “Doomsday Tour” brings the 5-piece metalcore band from the UK stateside. See them at First Avenue on Saturday, February 24, 2018.

Tickets for the above shows are on sale this Friday, September 15, 2017.

This week’s featured event:

J. Roddy Walston & The Business are back, and they’ve got the new material to prove it. The band’s new album Destroyers of the Soft Life is on pre-order now and in stores September 29. Catch the long-haired rockers doing their thing in the Mainroom this Friday, September 15 with special guests Sleepwalkers.

Please see the attached show listings release for all newly announced shows and updates.

Breaking Benjamin: http://palacestpaul.com/event/breaking-benjamin/

Wilco: http://palacestpaul.com/calendar/2017-wilco/

Doomtree: http://palacestpaul.com/event/doomtree/

Dispatch: http://first-avenue.com/event/2017/12/dispatch

Semisonic: http://first-avenue.com/content/2017/12/semisonic

Black Rebel Motorcycle Club: http://first-avenue.com/event/2018/02/brmc

Hippo Campus: http://palacestpaul.com/event/hippo-campus-with-special-guest-sure-sure/

Architects: http://first-avenue.com/event/2018/02/architects

J. Roddy Walston & The Business: http://first-avenue.com/event/2017/09/jroddywalston

Press Inquiries:

Ashley Ryan: ashley@first-avenue.com

Emily Hoar: emily@first-avenue.com