Cracker hits the Fine Line Music Café in Minneapolis on Jan 7.

Check out this list of  big upcoming entertainment options just outside our area. These totally drive-to-able events maybe just thing to scratch your mini-road trip itch. Or, if you just need to get out of town for the day (we're not asking questions), you might as well have some place to go, right?

Cracker
Jan. 7 • Fine Line Music Café, Mpls

The Lion King
Jan. 11-Feb. 11 • The Orpheum, Mpls

A Prairie Home Companion
Jan. 14 & 21 • Fitzgerald Theater, St. Paul

Brad Paisley
Jan. 14 • Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul

Jordan Knight
Jan. 26 • The Cabooze, Mpls

Gretchen Wilson
Jan. 27 • Treasure Island, Red Wing

Shawn Colvin
Jan. 31 & Feb. 1 • Dakota Jazz Club, Mpls

Dark Star Orchestra
Feb. 1 • First Avenue, Mpls

Umphrey’s McGee
Feb. 2-3 • First Avenue, Mpls

Jeff Ross
Feb. 4 • Varsity Theater, Mpls

Leo Kottke
Feb. 4 • Sheldon Theatre, Red Wing

The Darkness
Feb. 12 • First Avenue, Mpls

Megadeath + Motorhead
Feb. 14 • Myth, St. Paul

Moe.
Feb. 15 • First Avenue, Mpls

Anvil
Feb. 22 • Station 4, St. Paul

Atmosphere
Feb. 22 • First Avenue, Mpls

Dropkick Murphys
Feb. 25 • First Avenue, Mpls

Ron White
Feb. 26 • Grand Theater, Wausau

Reverand Horton Heat
Feb. 29 • First Avenue, Mpls

Brian Regan
March 2 • The Orpheum, Mpls

Lady Antebellum + Darius Rucker
March 11 • Target Center, Mpls

G Love & Special Sauce
March 16 • First Avenue, Mpls

Riverdance
March 20 • La Crosse Center Arena

Cirque du Soleil
March 27-28 • Target Center, Mpls

Of Montreal
March 27 • First Avenue, Mpls

Donald Glover & Danny Brown
March 29 • Epic Event Center, Mpls

Gabriel Iglesias
March 30 • Treasure Island, Red Wing

Nada Surf
March 31 • First Avenue, Mpls