Twins Announce Inaugural TC Summer Fest at Target Field

[Melissa Berman]

Twins fans, get ready to rock this summer: the Twins just announced the lineup for an all new concert festival called TC Summer Fest, a two-day music festival taking place at Target Field on July 14 and 15.

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Las Vegas rock powerhouse The Killers will headline Friday night, with The Flaming Lips, Death Cab for Cutie, Cannons, and a to-be-announced artist to support. Saturday, stadium-friendly Imagine Dragons will close the night down, supported by AJR, Chelsea Cutler, Em Beihold, and Talk. 

This concert comes when other area festivals have shuttered or been canceled for 2023, including Walker Art Center's Rock the Garden, Twin Cities Summer Jam, and the Basilica Block Party. The Lakefront Music Fest in nearby Prior Lake features a mix of country and rock artists. This inaugural concert likely seeks to capitalize on a Twin Cities market featuring no other rock festivals. 

Target Field has hosted several other rock shows in the past, including Journey and Def Leppard in 2018, the Eagles and Jimmy Buffett in 2018, and Weezer and Green Day last summer, but it has never hosted a festival.

Before announcing the lineup on Monday morning, the Twins had teased the artists by posting picture clues in a post on the Target Field Events Instagram page: A Killer Whale represented the Killers, dragons were for Imagine Dragons, a symbol of an explosion was AJR's hit song "Bang," red lips for The Flaming Lips, cutlery for Chelsea Cutler, a little ladybug for Em Beihold's hit song "Numb Little Bug," taxis for Deathcab for Cutie, and a microphone for artist Talk. 

July will not be Twins fans' only chance to rock out: Target Field is hosting P!NK with rock legend Pat Benatar later in the summer on August 10.

Tickets go on sale Friday, May 5 at 10:00 a.m. and feature tickets at a wide price range. Tickets for Friday are the same price as Saturday only, and the Twins feature two-day discount pricing. 

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Will you go to TC Summer Fest? What do you think of the lineup? Let us know in a COMMENT below. 

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[wsnydes]

Interesting!  Concerts at TF are awesome, so I'm curious how this will go.

Good luck to the grounds crew for getting the field back into playable shape though!

[Melissa Berman]

28 minutes ago, wsnydes said:

Interesting!  Concerts at TF are awesome, so I'm curious how this will go.

Good luck to the grounds crew for getting the field back into playable shape though!

I'm super excited, I'm definitely going to go Friday. I always wonder what kind of toll it is having an event like this on the field, even with the flooring they'll put down. Luckily it looks like the grounds crew will have until the following Friday to get things in order!

Edited May 1, 2023 by Melissa Berman

[DJL44]

Interesting. Only interested in Flaming Lips though so I'm out at those prices.

[wsnydes]

55 minutes ago, Melissa Berman said:

I'm super excited, I'm definitely going to go Friday. I always wonder what kind of toll it is having an event like this on the field, even with the flooring they'll put down. Luckily it looks like the grounds crew will have until the following Friday to get things in order!

I'll have to see what sort of chaos awaits me in July, but I'll probably try to snag tickets for both days.  Hopefully, I'll be able to use them.  I've seen the two headlining acts before.

The field seems to do pretty well for the most part with the precautions that they take, but I wonder what two full days of it will do.  

[Johnny Ringo]

The Killers? The back half of our bullpen has a band?

[Melissa Berman]

6 hours ago, Johnny Ringo said:

The Killers? The back half of our bullpen has a band?

In the words of Common Man on KFAN: "IALTO!" ("I always love that one")

[Melissa Berman]

8 hours ago, wsnydes said:

I'll have to see what sort of chaos awaits me in July, but I'll probably try to snag tickets for both days.  Hopefully, I'll be able to use them.  I've seen the two headlining acts before.

The field seems to do pretty well for the most part with the precautions that they take, but I wonder what two full days of it will do.  

I've seen The Killers 3 times before this and I saw Imagine Dragons in 2013. Both put on an incredible show! That flooring they put down must do an unbelievable job

[Melissa Berman]

8 hours ago, DJL44 said:

Interesting. Only interested in Flaming Lips though so I'm out at those prices.

It's definitely a little steep if someone is just interested in one act. I'm mostly just interested in seeing The Killers so that these prices are much higher than the $70 I paid for GA floor Killers tickets this past September, but hey, a chance for me to check out some new acts I guess! (And that "to be announced" one 😂

[wsnydes]

8 hours ago, Melissa Berman said:

I've seen The Killers 3 times before this and I saw Imagine Dragons in 2013. Both put on an incredible show! That flooring they put down must do an unbelievable job

I've seen the Killers twice and Imagine Dragons around the same time as you.  I'd agree that both put on a great show!  For something like this, they're pretty good gets, in my opinion.

[Peter]

Great lineup but target field is strictly for baseball not concerts or anything else 

[Squirrel]

1 minute ago, Peter said:

Great lineup but target field is strictly for baseball not concerts or anything else 

They've held other things there. 

[Melissa Berman]

1 hour ago, Peter said:

Great lineup but target field is strictly for baseball not concerts or anything else 

I think we found the Grounds Crew member in the thread! Just kidding 

[Melissa Berman]

1 hour ago, Squirrel said:

They've held other things there. 

Yes! And they have a whole separate "Target Field Events" account for that reason!

[wsnydes]

1 hour ago, Squirrel said:

They've held other things there. 

They even set up a golf "course"!  Nevermind the concerts and such.

[Johnny Ringo]

15 hours ago, Melissa Berman said:

In the words of Common Man on KFAN: "IALTO!" ("I always love that one")

Oh boy Melissa. Quoting Common is like being in a Whitesnake tribute band. You are ripping off Coverdale, who ripped off Plant who ripped off everyone. You are like 12th derivative from the source when the dust settles.  :) 

[Original_JB]

No. Passing interest in the Flaming Lips (who I've seen a few times at other venues), the rest a hard 'pass'. Took a group to the Journey/Def Leppard show a couple years back, and even with decent "infield" seats it's a mile away from the stage (look for the people on the stage in the photo that goes with the article), but maybe in this day and age people just watch the show on the video boards. 

Anybody catching Graham Nash at the Dakota this week?

[isaacw]

My son is the hugest Imagine Dragons fan - from what I can see, they only play outdoor stadium concerts in the US - everything else in Europe! He's 10 and I'm trying to figure out it's if it's worth paying to be on the ground level or if we'll just be standing for 5 hours and he won't be able to see?? I think the music is more important than seeing them (?) and maybe he'll be able to see more from the first few rows of the outfield? Would love input!

[wsnydes]

7 minutes ago, isaacw said:

My son is the hugest Imagine Dragons fan - from what I can see, they only play outdoor stadium concerts in the US - everything else in Europe! He's 10 and I'm trying to figure out it's if it's worth paying to be on the ground level or if we'll just be standing for 5 hours and he won't be able to see?? I think the music is more important than seeing them (?) and maybe he'll be able to see more from the first few rows of the outfield? Would love input!

Welcome to TD!

I have yet to find a bad place to sit for a concert there.  They do a pretty good job with the acoustics, so if the music is more important, I think you'd be fine getting seats somewhere in your price point comfort zone.  I'm a fan of the Club level because you're straight on for the stage and the seats are cushioned.  It's further away, but it's a good spot to sit comfortably for a long period of time.

[Original_JB]

2 hours ago, isaacw said:

My son is the hugest Imagine Dragons fan - from what I can see, they only play outdoor stadium concerts in the US - everything else in Europe! He's 10 and I'm trying to figure out it's if it's worth paying to be on the ground level or if we'll just be standing for 5 hours and he won't be able to see?? I think the music is more important than seeing them (?) and maybe he'll be able to see more from the first few rows of the outfield? Would love input!

Well, the image Melissa posted with the article should really give you an idea of what's what. Her shot is from the lower infield seats facing towards the stage at the back wall of centerfield. For "infield" seats (regardless of up/down the line or level) these are roughly about as close as you can get to the stage. If you want a better/closer view, you have to get the "floor" seats out there in the outfield grass. As others have noted, the sound is pretty good all over.

[Melissa Berman]

On 5/3/2023 at 10:57 AM, Original_JB said:

Well, the image Melissa posted with the article should really give you an idea of what's what. Her shot is from the lower infield seats facing towards the stage at the back wall of centerfield. For "infield" seats (regardless of up/down the line or level) these are roughly about as close as you can get to the stage. If you want a better/closer view, you have to get the "floor" seats out there in the outfield grass. As others have noted, the sound is pretty good all over.

Yes! That's where I sat to see Jimmy Buffett and the Eagles in 2018. The stage is a ways away as you note- I mostly watched it on the screens. It's too bad the outfield grass seats are so pricey, but I was in the upper level for Def Leppard/ Journey, and it was a lot of fun. I don't think the view is as important as long as the sound is good, which it is at Target Field! I will definitely be there Friday!

Edited May 4, 2023 by Melissa Berman