MINNEAPOLIS — FRIDAY NIGHT
Friday night the Turf Club is hosting a tribute to The Replacements, featuring The Melismatics, Annie and the Bang Bang, Mad Ripple Hoot for Slim and many more bands. Doors open at 7 p.m., and the show starts at 8 p.m. A portion of the proceeds from the show are going to The Ed Ackerson Family Fund.
American rock group Alpha Consumer plays a Black Friday show at Hook and Ladder.
Cory Wong, featuring Antwaun Stanley and Caleb Hawley, is at First Avenue. Wong bills himself as a 'hype man' first and foremost, and promises a night of funky R&B fusion and dad jokes.
SATURDAY NIGHT
The Cactus Blossoms are two Minneapolis-based brothers who keep the traditions of The Beach Boys and Bee Gees alive with their sibling vocal blends. The First Avenue show is at 7 p.m.
Lydia Liza's solo album release is at Cedar Cultural Center, with doors at 7 p.m. and the show starting at 8 p.m. Liza may be best known locally for her viral cover of 'Baby It's Cold Outside', but now she's releasing a solo effort that's described as "echoes of Nick Drake, Jeff Buckley and Laura Marling with...a sprinkle of nostalgic pop-punk."