page_title: First Avenue (nightclub)
section_title: 7th St Entry
hierarchical_section_title: First Avenue (nightclub) / 7th St Entry
caption_attribution_description: English: Convert venue 7th St. Entry and First Avenue in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
context_page_description: First Avenue & 7th St Entry are two music venues housed in the same landmark building in downtown Minneapolis, Minnesota. The names are derived from the building's location on the corner of First Avenue and 7th Street. The building is marked by 531 stars on its exterior commemorating past venue performers.
  David Carr wrote in The New York Times that First Avenue's cultural weight and history is matched by only a few clubs in the United States: CBGB, Maxwell's, Metro Chicago and the 9:30 Club.
  The nightclub celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2020.
context_section_description: The 7th St Entry is a smaller stage (capacity 250) attached to the historic First Avenue (capacity 1500). This space was once a restaurant (the "Greyhound Cafe") and later a coatroom, before staffer Danny Flies and McClellan spent $1,500 to turn it into a barebones music venue as part of Sam's. Meyers donated his own Bose speakers for stage monitors. Like Jay's Longhorn Bar and Duffy's, the Entry catered to local bands, often too new to play the mainroom.
  The Entry opened its doors on March 21, 1980, with Cathy Mason fronting Wilma & the Wilburs, who were first to play, as warmup for headliner Curtiss A.
caption: The 7th St Entry
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