Apr
1
st
2023
First Avenue
Saturday
Apr
1
st
2023
First Avenue
Danceteria Through the Decades
First Avenue’s 53rd Anniversary with DJ Keezy (The Klituation) • Sophia Eris (Lizzo's DJ) • TML (Too Much Love) • Bryan Gerrard (Beatopia/Dig Deep) • Dean Vaccaro (System33) • Roy Freedom (More Funk)
Doors Open
7PM
Show Starts
7PM
Ages
18+
Tickets (until 3/16)
$10
Tickets (after 3/16)
$15
Both veteran spinners who have put in hundreds of hours behind the turntables at First Ave, [Dean] Vaccaro and [Peter] Lansky (aka Sovietpanda) [aka TML] will return to the Minneapolis music hub’s Mainroom on Saturday for a 53rd anniversary party being billed as “Danceteria Through the Decades.”
Six different DJs have been tasked with representing the different decades since First Ave opened under its first name, the Depot, on April 3, 1970.
Each turntablist will represent one decade at the party, starting with Roy Freedom for the 1970s and ending with Lizzo’s DJ and hypewoman Sophia Eris for the 2010s and hip-hop mainstay DJ Keezy for the 2020s.
Rock club First Avenue celebrates 53 years with a dance party for the ages
Chris Riemenschneider, Star Tribune
Performers
DJ Sophia Eris
Sophia Eris is a DJ/MC currently residing in Minneapolis, MN. Born as a Military Brat, she has moved through many different homes & influences that has left her open minded...
Read MoreTML (Too Much Love)
TML’s music matches his DJ sets – a rhythmic collision of acid, electro, and the weirdest, darkest corners of the hardcore continuum. Over more than a decade of gigs, TML...
Read MoreBryan Gerrard
Bryan Gerrard is the owner and operator of the Poplar Haus up the Gunflint Trail. But before he went up north to become a lodge owner, he had spent decades...
Read MoreDean Vaccaro
Dean’s ’80s cred was cemented at the 4th Street downtown haunts, Graffitti’s [proper spelling] and Schiek’s (when it was a disco), along with the hot Pacific Club, plus the groundbreaking...
Read MoreRoy Freedom
Roy Freid – one of First Av’s original DJs dating back to Uncle Sam’s – was the heart and soul of MF, guiding the night through its seven+ year run,...
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