7th Street (named for obvious reasons) is the smaller music venue attached to First Avenue (also named for clever reasons). This club (First Ave) was the setting for Purple Rain with Twin Cities native Prince. First Ave has been a launching pad for many bands from the Twin Cities (The Replacements, Soul Asylum, Semisonic, The Jayhawks, etc). The club nearly went down in 2004 for financial reasons, which nearly got us the opportunity to see Mayor RT Ryback do a crowd dive.
It’s definitely a great venue, I was down at First Ave a few weeks ago to see another Minnesota resident, Mason Jennings (Mason, if you ever happen to read this, I’d love to shoot you in concert sometime, I’m a huge fan!)
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