Hopefully, nobody will shoot off shotgun blanks like Gibby Haynes did at the installment I saw in Dallas during Saturday's Lollygagloser festival in the parking lot of Grumpy's Downtown, which aims to re-create 1991's Lollapalooza tour (2-9 p.m., 1111 Washington Av. S., Mpls., free, 21 & older).
The show will feature tributes to the six main bands on Lolla's first-year lineup — even including an Ice-T and Body Count set, played by hard-core punks In Defence. Also performing are headliners the Outstanding Achievements in the Field of Excellence (as Jane's Addiction), Kiss or Kill (Siouxsie & the Banshees), Brain Tumors singer Drew Ailes' Nine Inch Ailes (NIN), San Dimas (Butthole Surfers) and Diseratti (Rollins Band). …
After closing abruptly in July amid a dispute with its landlord, Cause nightclub doesn't appear to be too popular a cause. Less than 10 percent of the $25,000 goal to reopen the Lyn-Lake area venue had been raised at press time in its IndieGogo.com campaign (easily found via the club's Facebook page). The campaign wraps Monday. … Rock-centric nonprofit Kill Kancer, started by Soul Asylum bassist Karl Mueller's widow, Mary Beth Mueller, will host A Killer Soiree at Mill City Nights on Oct. 10, with performers including the New Standards and PaviElle French at the early gala (7 p.m.) followed by Howler, Black Diet, Black Market Brass and the Rebel Queens. More info at KillKancer.org. …
The Minnesota Music Coalition's fourth annual Caravan du Nord kicks off Friday in Austin, Minn., with afternoon workshops and a Paramount Theatre show starring John Mark Nelson and Alex Rossi & Root City. Future stops include the Okee Dokee Brothers in Detroit Lakes (Oct. 5), Communist Daughter in Red Wing (Oct. 17) and Romantica in Faribault (Oct. 24.) Full details at MNMusic Coalition.org. … A similar outstate nonprofit music program, the Cedar Cultural Center's MN Express tour will kick off at Austin's Paramount Oct. 10, followed by dates in Grand Rapids, Duluth, Morris and Northfield. Composers/performers showing off original works on the tour will be Aby Wolf, Nick Gaudette, Kyle Sobczak, Sara Pajunen and Nathan Hanson. More info at TheCedar.org. …
Ever the ladies man, Frankie Lee hosts a special "Sweethearts of the Rodeo" showcase at the Aster Cafe on Friday featuring twanged-up collaborations with a trio of women singers, Molly Maher, Lydia Liza and Lael Neale (9 p.m., $10.) … Missing in action for many months after dissolving her band, Zoo Animal's Holly Hansen will make a very welcome return with a solo set Friday at the Hexagon Bar for Web of Sunsets' send-off party (10 p.m., free). The trio is headed out on tour with some band named Poliça.
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