The Growlers' comeback reaches the Varsity Theatre in April
After a 2026 return that took them around the world, The Growlers play Minneapolis on Sunday, April 25, 2027 — their first Twin Cities date since 2020.
The last Twin Cities date on The Growlers' record was July 24, 2020, at First Avenue. Since then, the band has been away and come back — and next spring the comeback finally reaches Minneapolis.
The Growlers play the Varsity Theatre on Sunday, April 25, 2027, with the show starting at 6:30 p.m. Tickets run $59.50 to $144.55 through Ticketmaster. The Varsity holds about 962. The date was announced October 20.
The return began in January 2026 in Australia, the launch of what was billed as the band's first global run since 2019, with legs planned for the UK, France, Germany, Denmark and the Netherlands, according to Soapcentral. By April the run had reached New York, where NYS Music described the band's Brooklyn Steel show as a "long awaited return." The North American leg covered 27 dates, followed by a show in Mexico and an 11-show fall tour.
That fall run worked up the West Coast in September — San Francisco, Portland, Vancouver, Seattle — and finished at home in Los Angeles with a Greek Theatre show on October 3, per the Nederlander Concerts listing. Now, with a full year of comeback dates behind them, they're starting to fill in the places that last tour skipped.
Minneapolis is one of them. Nearly seven years without a local date is a long time for a band with a following here, and the 2027 booking gives fans who missed the 2026 run a chance to see what the comeback looks like after a year of shaping on the road.
The genre tags on their listing are indie and rock. The Varsity, a roughly 960-capacity room in Dinkytown, is a fitting size for that: big enough for a crowd that's been waiting years, small enough that the show doesn't get lost.
The 6:30 start on a Sunday is early, so if you're planning dinner around it, plan it beforehand.
Sunday, April 25. Tickets are on sale now.
Sources: The Growlers 2026 Australian tour: Presale code, dates, venues, and more explored — Soapcentral (soapcentral.com); The Growlers Long Awaited Return Hits Brooklyn Steel — NYS Music (nysmusic.com); The Growlers — Nederlander Concerts (nederlanderconcerts.com); JamBase: The Growlers at Varsity Theatre (jambase.com)
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