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Minneapolis officials on Thursday gave the go-ahead for an 8,000-seat outdoor amphitheater along the city's riverfront, ...
First Avenue CEO Dayna Frank is part of a local ownership group that has purchased the building that houses the downtown ...
A long-planned concert venue on the bank of the Mississippi River in Minneapolis is officially moving forward. City and state leaders gathered Thursday afternoon on the city’s North Side to celebrate ...
The 650-capacity venue, which typically hosts indie artists, opened in 1987 and has been run by First Avenue since 2018.
A local ownership group that includes First Avenue CEO Dayna Frank and a pair of local real estate veterans has purchased the ...
First Avenue was set to celebrate 50 years in the business in 2020 when the pandemic forced its stages to go dark. Frank went on to help found the National Independent Venue Association, ...
First Avenue, Entry, Record Room & The Depot will close Thursday, August 13 and Friday, August 14 to assess the cause of the incident. Our thoughts and hearts are will those who were injured." ...
From the late '80s through the '90s, dance nights at First Ave veered all over the map with themes like the R&B-centric Beatopia and the more house- and techno-oriented System 33.
First Avenue didn't host live music for more than a year during the pandemic, and workers were furloughed. Owner Dayna Frank led an effort to earmark federal COVID-19 relief money for shuttered ...
“First Avenue has agreed to voluntarily recognize our Union. This is a testament to the love the First Ave workers have for each other, their unity, and their desire to make their workplaces better.