Industry · venue
First Avenue
First Avenue is a Minneapolis club that opened in 1970 and is independently owned and operated by First Avenue Productions. The company expanded in 2018 by purchasing the Fine Line Music Café, taking over its ownership, management and booking.
- Current relationships
- 5
- Historical
- 0
- Publishers cited
- 2
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-20
Who owns and operates First Avenue?
- First Avenue operates Palace Theatre. Operation · Confirmed · verified 2026-08-24 · record
- First Avenue Productions operates First Avenue. Operation · Confirmed · verified 2026-08-24 · record
- AXS sells tickets for First Avenue. Ticketing platform in use · Confirmed · verified 2026-08-24 · record
- First Avenue owns Turf Club. Ownership · Confirmed · verified 2026-08-24 · record
- First Avenue operates Turf Club. Operation · Confirmed · verified 2026-08-24 · record
The record
- Type
- Venue
- Venue type
- Multi-room complex
- Location
- Minneapolis, Minnesota
- Region
- Midwest (U.S. Census region)
- Address
- 701 North 1st Avenue, Minneapolis, MN 55403
- Coordinates
- 44.9785, -93.2758
- Founded
- 1970
- Capacity
- 1,550 (general admission)
- Capacity qualifier
- Mainroom GA capacity; varies by event.
- Coordinate basis
- Coordinates derived from the venue's published street address.
- Official site
- first-avenue.com
Evidence for this record
- First Avenue — our history — First Avenue Productions. Official website of the entity. Retrieved 2026-08-20.States: The venue states that it is independently owned and operated and traces its history to 1970.
- Private events — First Avenue — First Avenue. Official website of the entity. Retrieved 2026-08-24.States: First Avenue states a Mainroom general-admission capacity of 1,550, varying by event.
Ownership
| Relationship | Type | Period | Status | Verified | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First Avenue owns Turf Club. Turf Club | Ownership | — | Confirmed | 2026-08-24 | First Avenue |
Operation, booking and promotion
| Relationship | Type | Period | Status | Verified | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First Avenue operates Palace Theatre. Palace Theatre | Operation | — | Confirmed | 2026-08-24 | Palace Theatre |
| First Avenue Productions operates First Avenue. First Avenue Productions | Operation | — | Confirmed | 2026-08-24 | First Avenue |
| First Avenue operates Turf Club. Turf Club | Operation | — | Confirmed | 2026-08-24 | First Avenue |
Ticketing
| Relationship | Type | Period | Status | Verified | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AXS sells tickets for First Avenue. AXS | Ticketing platform in use | — | Confirmed | 2026-08-24 | First Avenue |
Cite this reference
- Plain
- Live Index, "First Avenue — industry register record", Live Index, August 20, 2026 (updated August 20, 2026), https://liveindex.io/industry/venues/first-avenue
- APA
- Live Index (2026, August 20). First Avenue — industry register record [Reference guide]. Live Index. https://liveindex.io/industry/venues/first-avenue
- Chicago
- Live Index. "First Avenue — industry register record." Live Index, August 20, 2026. https://liveindex.io/industry/venues/first-avenue.
- BibTeX
- @online{industry-venues-first-avenue-2026, author = {{Live Index}}, title = {First Avenue — industry register record}, organization = {Live Index}, date = {2026-08-20}, urldate = {2026-08-20}, url = {https://liveindex.io/industry/venues/first-avenue} }
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