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Featured artists for Minnesota Music Month 2020

The Current celebrates Minnesota Music Month throughout April, 2020.
The Current celebrates Minnesota Music Month throughout April, 2020.MPR Graphic

April 04, 2020

To celebrate Minnesota Music Month this April, we'll be spotlighting a series of incredible artists. Here's a schedule of which artists and when we're highlighting them this month.

Schedule

WEEK ONE

Monday, April 6 - Bob Dylan

Tuesday, April 7 - Atmosphere

Wednesday, April 8 - Cloud Cult

Thursday, April 9 - Hüsker Dü

Friday, April 10 - Low

WEEK TWO

Monday, April 13 - The Replacements

Tuesday, April 14 - Bad Bad Hats

Wednesday, April 15 - The Jayhawks

Thursday, April 16 - Hippo Campus

Friday, April 17 - Trampled By Turtles

WEEK 3

Monday, April 20 - Semisonic

Tuesday, April 21 - Prince

Wednesday, April 22 - Doomtree

Thursday, April 23 - Dillinger 4

Friday, April 24 - Polica

WEEK 4

Monday, April 27 - Babes in Toyland

Tuesday, April 28 - The Time

Wednesday, April 29 - Motion City Soundtrack

Thursday, April 30 - The Suburbs

Local Current


Of course, we're always keeping tabs on outstanding Minnesota Music with our 24/7 Local Current music stream, available on smart speakers, The Current app, and thecurrent.org/local.

The Local Show


Join Andrea Swensson every Sunday night at 6 p.m. as she explores Minnesota's local music scene, both past and present.

Follow along with The Current's Minnesota Music Month activities at thecurrent.org and on social media with the #mnmusicmonth hashtag.