First Avenue is throwing a summer long anniversary celebration! Check out the details...you know you can't miss these!

Too Much Love Twitter Contest
Every Saturday night during Too Much Love from June 6 - August 1, 2009
18+ show
$3.00 admissions ($1.00 with College ID)
10:00pm doors

DJ Soviet Panda and his guests will play one song from the record every Saturday night during Too Much Love for nine consecutive weeks. The songs will be played in the order they appear on the record.

AFTER the song is played, the first person to send a tweet containing “@firstavenue” via their twitter account will receive a prize pack consisting of five pairs of tickets to First Avenue shows and more. The winner of the last week’s contest will receive a prize pack with 10 pairs of tickets to First Avenue shows and a Purple Rain standup.

Week 1- Saturday, June 6, 2009: Let’s Go Crazy
Week 2- Saturday, June 13, 2009: Take Me With U
Week 3- Saturday, June 20, 2009: The Beautiful Ones
Week 4- Saturday, June 27, 2009 : Computer Blue
Week 5- Saturday, July 4, 2009: Darling Nikki
Week 6- Saturday, July 11, 2009 : When Doves Cry
Week 7- Saturday, July 18, 2009: I Would Die 4 U
Week 8- Saturday, July 25, 2009: Baby I’m A Star
Week 9- Saturday, August 1, 2009: Purple Rain

First Avenue’s twitter account: http://twitter.com/Firstavenue
Too Much Love website: http://www.toomuchlove.net/

Purple Rain Sing-A-Long and Costume Contest hosted by Ian Rans
Friday, June 26, 2009
18+ show
$3.00 admission
8:00pm doors
9:00pm costume contest
10:15pm movie

Dress up as your favorite Purple Rain character for your chance to win fabulous prizes. Following the costume contest there will be a showing of Purple Rain. Lyric sheets will be provided for the ultimate sing-a-long.


Let’s Go Crazy: A Prince dance night featuring Mike The 2600 King, Lenka Paris and more
Friday, July 17, 2009
18+ show
$3.00 admission ($1.00 with College ID)
9:00pm doors

Dance night featuring Burlesque’s Mike The 2600 King and Lenka Paris spinning all the Prince hits and more.

See you there!

I will definitely be at the sing-along this Friday and the Lenka party in July...I checked out her set at Chambers last weekend and she was fantastic.