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The 400 Bar's 79-year-old bar is for sale

The future of the storefront at 400 Cedar Avenue is still hazy, but it definitely won't have the 400 Bar's massive redwood bar -- a custom piece that has apparently stood in the space since December of 1933. With the announcement in December the bar is closing, it's time to empty out.According to a ... More >>

The 400 Bar auction is open for business

For anyone who cares to own a piece of the 400 Bar's music history, the West Bank venue has put up several keepsakes from the space. Just last week, news came of the bar's closing after three decades of hosting live music officially -- and more years of being a Cedar Avenue landmark prior to that.An ... More >>

The 400 Bar is closing its West Bank location after 17 years

With 2012 breathing its final breaths, so is a West Bank landmark and live music institution. The 400 Bar, located at 400 Cedar Avenue in Minneapolis, is closing its doors after 17 years of hosting live music in its intimate environs.In recent months, the gritty bar's management team of Tom and Bill ... More >>

Zombie Pub Crawl

Wiping Out Thousands' This Came First cover, release date, track listing unveiled

See Also: West Bank Music Festival with Astronautalis, 8/18/12 Wiping Out Thousands talk new album and free music ahead of West Bank Music Festival After giving Gimme Noise a brief progress report on the status of their debut full-length during a recent interview, Wiping Out Thousands have just ann ... More >>

West Bank Music Festival with Astronautalis, 8/18/12

West Bank Music Festival With Astronautalis, Wiping Out Thousands, Bloodnstuff, Brass Messengers, MaLLy, and moreWest Bank, MinneapolisSaturday, August 18, 2012See Also:Slideshow: West Bank Music FestivalWiping Out Thousands talk new album and West Bank Music FestivalWest Bank Music Festival with De ... More >>

Wiping Out Thousands talk new album and free music ahead of West Bank Music Festival

See Also: West Bank Music Festival lineup and schedule Wiping Out Thousands drop new video for "Mass Nerve" Wiping Out Thousands revive David Bowie's "Let's Dance" live Local electro-rock duo Wiping Out Thousands went from being just a musical idea stored on a laptop to setting local stages on fir ... More >>

Me and My Arrow comb the Twin Cities for records (INTERVIEW)

See Also:Prissy Clerks and Gimme Noise go shopping at Treehouse Records (INTERVIEW)West Bank Music Festival 2012 lineup and scheduleRed Fox Grey Fox reforms at West Bank Music FestivalWiping Out Thousands talk new album and West Bank Music FestivalWhile Minneapolis' Me And My Arrow have distilled th ... More >>

West Bank Music Festival 2012 lineup and schedule

The third City Pages West Bank Music Festival is this week! As in years past, Cedar Avenue will be packed with performances inside the bars in the West Bank neighborhood, and the street itself will host an outdoor stage of some of the area's most captivating live performers.Leading the way are punk- ... More >>

The Cedar's African Summer music series begins tonight

The Cedar Cultural Center has long ago established itself as one of the best world music venues in the country, and in fact, was named just that earlier this year in a nationwide poll. Tonight they launch a new music series, African Summer on the West Bank, which will go a long way towards assuring ... More >>

Best of Hot Dish: April 2-April 6, 2012

It's been another fine week filled with the tastiest of food news here at Hot Dish. Here are a few of the week's top stories.~In Chef Chat, we chatted up John Kraus of Patisserie 46 and discussed his recent victory in the Food Network Chocolate Challenge.~Another local makes the natio ... More >>

Eat Street Pizza, West Bank Diner reviewed

Reconsider your ideas about two favorite foods

Tuesdays on the West Bank: Out the Box and Triple Double

​She just dances and keeps on dancing. She holds her glass up high, and pours out her beer as it splashes on the dance floor below. Instead of pouring some out for her homies, she is pouring some out for her girls' night out, or maybe the calculus exam she bombed earlier in the day. This is Rack C ... More >>

Month in Review: Open, Closed, Coming Soon March '12

​OPENColossal Cafe in St. Paul (City Pages review)Eli's East Food & Cocktails (City Pages review)Eat Street Social (City Pages preview)Eat Street PizzaThe Hole Sports LoungeOceanaire  (new location)Turkey To Go  (Minneapolis skyway)Uncle Moe's Deli and DraftsWest Bank DinerWhich Wich

Hot Corn! The Longest Cabaret of the Year

2 Live Crew, Andrew WK playing Zombie Pub Crawl as it expands into St. Paul

2 Live Crew are one of the headliners at this year's ZPC​Anyone who tried to set foot on the West Bank last year during Zombie Pub Crawl can tell you that the once modestly sized bar crawl has gotten a bit too big for its britches. What started as a 150-person tour of Northeast bars later moved to ... More >>

Critics' Picks: Janet Jackson, West Bank Music Festival, and more

West Bank Music Festival lineup announced

Photo by Erik Hess​The West Bank Music Festival will return for a second installment this year, anchored around an outdoor stage and fanning out to all of the music venues that line Cedar Ave. in the West Bank neighborhood of Minneapolis. The festival will take place on the evening of Saturda ... More >>

Palmfest 2011 lineup announced

City Pages file photo​Palmfest, the annual celebration of West Bank music at the West Bank's quintessential neighborhood bar, Palmer's, will return on Saturday, July 23 for 10 straight hours of free music. The event is 21 , kicks off at 2 p.m., and goes all the way until bar close.If you can't wai ... More >>

Every Wall Will Fall

'1968 Film Festival' screens Saturday

​The 2010 "1968 Film Festival" will take place tomorrow at the Minnesota History Center, showcasing short films triggered by any and all things related to that crucial turning point in American history; the year 1968. And the best part is, it's sure to be educational, enlightening, and it is defin ... More >>

Twin Cities all-ages venues: Clubs, coffeeshops, and more

With school back in session, there's plenty of live music for the under-21 crowd

West Bank Music Festival set times

​If you've picked up a copy of City Pages this week, you may have noticed that something is happening tomorrow over on the West Bank... Once you've read up on performers Dessa, the Book of Right On, and Culture Cry Wolf, check out the full schedule below for all the bands performing at Saturday's ... More >>

Book of Right On, Dessa, Culture Cry Wolf featured in this week's City Pages

​Our music section in this week's City Pages is bursting at the seams with content related to this weekend's West Bank Music Festival, which spans several venues up and down Cedar Avenue. Here's a quick rundown of the articles you can find in today's paper:Dessa on DessaOne of the West Bank Fest's ... More >>

West Bank Music Festival coming August 21

​Much in the spirit of the defunct CedarFest, the City Pages West Bank Music Festival will take over the West Bank neighborhood with a multi-venue local music extravaganza on Saturday, August 21. We are pleased to announce the initial lineup today, with many more acts yet to be added (including th ... More >>

Bedlam Theatre closing: What's next for Bomp?

Jonathan Ackerman DJing at Bomp! at the Bedlam last February​News that the Bedlam Theatre will be closing hit the music and theater communities hard yesterday, but it doesn't necessarily mean the end of the Bedlam Theatre company or the end of the popular monthly dance night, Bomp! We caught up wi ... More >>

Bedlam Theatre forced to vacate by September 7

Photo by Denis Jeong PlasterA busy Bomp! dance night at the Bedlam this past January​The Bedlam Theatre, a much-loved West Bank hotbed of experimental theater and DIY music, has been asked to vacate its property by September 7 to accommodate a neighboring mosque in need of a new home.The Star Trib ... More >>

Culture Cry Wolf, Sheeped, and more at Red Sea

​It's been a long while (ok, actually it's never happened) since we've gotten a Flyer of the Week submission for a show at the Red Sea, the small restaurant and club tucked into the West Bank near the 400 Bar that showcases under-the-radar local acts. This flyer, with its Pleasantville-esque '50s ... More >>

Electric Fetus vintage photos unearthed

​Minnesota history blog Nokohaha dug up this awesome vintage shot of the Electric Fetus from 1972, back when the record store was still situated on the West Bank of Minneapolis. For the uninitiated, Nokohaha is a great resource for learning more about the history of the area, as they are often pos ... More >>

Palmer's Halloween Costume Party

Zombie Pub Crawl V: It's Starting to Stink

Party with the Nomad World Pub this Sunday

The popular bar and music venue turns four.

Serial groper can't keep his hands off U of Minn students

The bike-by groper has now become a serious serial groper after two more incidents were reported Monday. How can this guy keep at it for so long?

Is the U of Minn. groper at it again?

After University of Minnesota police released crime alerts last week about a suspect groper, police think he might be at it again. This time the bike-by groper was on foot.

Vandals loot University of Minnesota Army office

Give RNC arrestees your sympathy, cash

If you feel any sympathy for the protesters arrested during the Republican National Convention, pe ... More >>

Student tries old trick to get out of class, fails miserably

10/20 Photo of the Day: BRAINS!

Café Accordion Orchestra

Free Will Astrology

Ruckus On the West Bank

Gentrification: The Musical

Has anyone ever written an aria about condo conversions?

Viewmaster

Nomad World Pub

Eyes Wide Open

Let us now praise nameless peaceniks and hippies

Happy Hour

With fans like the Front Porch Swingin' Liquor Pigs has, who needs enemies?

Norse by Midwest

This weekend's Nordic Roots Festival unearths connections to the Old World