Minneapolis celebrates the completion of 1st Avenue NE and E Hennepin Avenue improvements with an event on July 30th.

Minneapolis has kicked off a $30 million renovation project designed to transform a half-mile stretch of 1st Avenue N. into a pedestrian priority corridor from Washington Avenue and N. 8th Street.

First Avenue did reopen. And while music fans might have thought the place hadn’t missed a beat, its new ownership was making some key changes.

More First Avenue nightclub in Minneapolis, Minnesota in December 1985. (Photo by Jim Steinfeldt/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images) Getty Images.

A fter six years of working at famed Minneapolis venue First Avenue, Sonia Grover, Nate Kranz and the rest of the staff got phone calls one November morning in 2004 telling them to come get their ...

According to city officials, First Avenue will be closed to vehicles until 9:30 a.m. Sunday from Fifth Street to Sixth Street, ahead of the Vikings home game at noon.

First Avenue announced in a statement that Chappelle would not perform at the venue on Wednesday night but at another location in Minneapolis. The venue had faced blowback for booking the ...

A performance venue in Minneapolis canceled a Dave Chappelle stand-up show on Wednesday shortly before the comedian was scheduled to take the stage. Hours before Chappelle was slated to perform ...

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First Avenue president Dayna Frank has signed an exclusive ticketing agreement with AXS for the company's six venues, including the marquee club in Minneapolis.

First Avenue also played host to The Replacements as they were starting to reach a larger audience. But the real sea change happened when a young Minneapolis-born musician called Prince began ...

Minneapolis’ historic First Avenue nightclub, immortalized in Prince’s 1984 movie/album Purple Rain, has been open since 1970. But the building has been around much longer than that, ...