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 ...

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

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

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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.

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