Canby Misfits 4th of July Show at The AV
2024-07-04 12:00 - 17:00 (America/Chicago) | The AV Lounge, 4 West Main Street, Vermillion, SD, 57069, United States
A Vermillion tradition. Come see the Canby Misfits for their 4th of July spectacular.
Times: TBA

Rock the Rez
2024-07-06 00:00 - 23:59 (America/Chicago) | The AV Lounge, 4 West Main Street, Vermillion, SD, 57069, United States
Rock the Rez on July 6

Goatroper with Humbletown at The AV Monday, July 15
2024-07-15 19:30 - 22:00 UTC | The AV Lounge, 4 West Main Street, Vermillion, SD, 57069, United States
Goatroper is live at The AV with very special guest Humbletown.
Door at 7:30 p.m.
Music at 8 p.m.

Talon Bazille Ducheneaux live at The AV September 19
2024-09-19 20:00 - 22:00 (America/Chicago) | The AV Lounge, 4 West Main Street, Vermillion, SD, 57069, United States
Don’t miss Talon Bazille Ducheneaux live at The AV .
Doors will open at 8 p.m. Show will start about 8:30 p.m.

Comedian Neil Rubenstein Live at The AV September 21
2024-09-21 19:30 - 22:00 (America/Chicago) | The AV Lounge, 4 West Main Street, Vermillion, SD, 57069, United States
An Evening of Comedy with Neil Rubenstein. Saturday, September 21.All your friends will probably be there.

Comedian Neil Rubenstein is a burly, tattooed guy who plays against type; kind, cerebral, but still casually mentions past illegal activities (running a poker room, owning a brothel, etc.) the way one might reference a Renaissance Lit course you took in college

SXSD II Main Show
2024-11-09 15:00 - 23:30 UTC | The AV Lounge, 4 West Main Street, Vermillion, SD, 57069, United States
South by South Dakota II is a music concert, but it is also a celebration of all things music. Starting on November 4th and continuing to the main show on November 9, SXSDII will stuff as much music into Vermillion as it can.Events will happen almost every night of the week. Check the website (southbysouthdakota.com) for more information on the different events.Monday: Music doc at the Coyote Twin: The Devil and Daniel JohnstonTuesday: Go Vote (listen to your favorite album while you fulfill your civic duty)Wednesday: Songwriter’s group at The AV (Come and rub shoulders with some of the performers and other brilliant songwriters from the area. Share your own work if you have it)Thursday: USD Chamber Singers at The AV (They have talent and they show it)Friday: Author Chris Vondracek book reading and discussion Dancing with Welk at Outside of a DogSaturday: The big show. 3 p.m.-11 ish at The AV.Performers include:Jami LynnGhostCatDrew PetersonFine MessWelby JuneMarcus DestinEtta and the VendettaElsa Rae & Jon Bakken
It will be the greatest thing you have ever seen.

Blue Rune and Fine Mess
2025-02-22 19:00 - 23:00 (America/Chicago) | The AV Lounge, 4 West Main Street, Vermillion, SD, 57069, United States
Saturday, Feb. 22 7 p.m.
Two huge bands
One Huge Night

Tim Snow
2025-02-27 19:00 - 21:00 (America/Chicago) | The AV Lounge, 4 West Main Street, Vermillion, SD, 57069, United States
Feb 27

Sound Mind at The AV
2025-04-05 19:00 - 22:00 (America/Chicago) | The AV Lounge, 4 West Main Street, Vermillion, SD, 57069, United States
Sound Mind features five to six rotating members, including Augustana students Beckstrom and Jacob Moeller on guitar, and Zachary Van Meter on trumpet. They are joined by Billie Bright III and Jesse Dodd on drums, Kamal Albousafi on alto saxophone and Clare Dvoracek, an Augustana graduate, on piano.
It is going to be awesome!

Open Mic with Featured Performances
2025-04-10 19:00 - 22:00 (America/Chicago) | The AV Lounge, 4 West Main Street, Vermillion, SD, 57069, United States
We are trying something new at The AV. We want everybody to have the opportunity of getting up on the stage in front of a live audience. However, there just aren’t enough days in the calendar. So, what we are going to try is a featured artist open mic.
How it will work is this:
Doors open. Everybody comes in and buys a drink and sits down.
An opener starts the night out with a short set or original music.
Then we bring out a featured artist to play an hour long show.
After that, we open the mic up to the audience. Each time we have one of these nights we will have a different opener and a different featured audience. You will get to see a great show and a sneak peak at what might be coming next.

Stupid Happy Collective is back at The AV
2025-04-25 19:30 - 23:30 (America/Chicago) | The AV Lounge, 4 West Main Street, Vermillion, SD, 57069, United States
There are only so many superlatives I can use for the force that is S.H.C.
They are back at The AV. Friday Sept. 25!
Be there… or be somewhere else (but it will not be as good as being there).

Fine Mess w/ Troubadour Aug 15
2025-08-15 19:00 - 22:00 (America/Chicago) | The AV Lounge, 4 West Main Street, Vermillion, SD, 57069, United States
Doors at 7 p.m.
Troubadour 7:30 p.m.
Fine Mess 8:00 p.m.
Fresh off their third visit to Levitt, Fine Mess is playing a local show for anyone who couldn’t make it.
$5 at the door. All Ages.

Daniels & Baker at The AV Lounge Aug 23
2025-08-23 19:00 - 22:00 (America/Chicago) | The AV Lounge, 4 West Main Street, Vermillion, SD, 57069, United States
Daniels & Baker is an acoustic duo (Nate Baker, and Jackie Rae Daniels) with over 10 years of experience playing together. You’ll find elements of bluegrass, folk, swing, and original music in their extensive repertoire. They are known for their musical chemistry and unique arrangements of classic tunes. With instrumentation of mandolins, fiddle, guitars and duo vocals, they are an act that does not disappoint.
Doors Open at 7 p.m.
Daniels & Baker 8 p.m.

AV Lounge Album Club
2025-09-30 19:00 - 20:30 (America/Chicago) | The AV Lounge, 4 West Main Street, Vermillion, SD, 57069, United States
The AV Lounge is starting an “album club.” What’s that? It’s like a book club, but for music albums. Each month, the club will choose an album that we plan on discussing. You will listen to the album, absorb every ounce of emotion from it, and then you will come and talk about it with a group of fellow music lovers.

What does it cost? Nothing. Seriously, we are holding it at The AV because I don’t want people at my house. You can buy a beverage if you want, it is still a business, but nobody will give you a dirty look if you don’t.

What’s the catch? None. I just miss listening to a whole album and then talking about it with friends.

When is it? The first meeting will be September 30. 7 p.m. We will start discussing at 7:15ish and we will be out of there by 8:30 (probably, depends on the album and discussion)

Will you remind me? Oh yeah. I’m going to annoy you with reminders about this. I’ll make an event, and invite you all. I’ll do that thing where I “mention” you in a post.

What’s the first album? Well, since there hasn’t been a meeting, I get to pick. For the first meeting, we will be discussing Big Thief’s new album Double Infinity.

The album releases September 5. That gives you all plenty of time to listen to it, listen to it again, form an opinion, bring that opinion with you.

See you all September 30.

Private Event
2025-10-25 19:00 - 23:59 (America/Chicago) | The AV Lounge, 4 West Main Street, Vermillion, SD, 57069, United States
None of your business. Unless you are in the know.

November Album Club
2025-11-04 19:00 - 20:30 (America/Chicago) | The AV Lounge, 4 West Main Street, Vermillion, SD, 57069, United States
The AV Album Club will be meeting Tuesday, November 4 at 7 p.m.Read all about the album club at https://theavlounge.com/the-av-album-club/

Secret Christmas Event
2025-12-13 20:00 - 23:00 (America/Chicago) | The AV Lounge, 4 West Main Street, Vermillion, SD, 57069, United States
More information is coming. Come back to learn more soon.

Humbletown at the AV Jan 24
2026-01-24 19:00 (America/Chicago) | The AV Lounge, 4 West Main Street, Vermillion, SD, 57069, United States
Read more about Humbletown at https://humbletownband.com/
Doors open at 7 p.m.
$5 to get in

Trevor Sensor at The AV Feb 13
2026-02-13 19:00 (America/Chicago) | The AV Lounge, 4 West Main Street, Vermillion, SD, 57069, United States
Learn more about Trevor Sensor at https://trevorsensorofficial.com/
Feb 13. Doors open at 7 p.m.

VermCats at the AV March 6
2026-03-06 20:00 (America/Chicago) | SD
Friday, March 6 The Vermcats are back at the AV.
Learn more about them at: https://www.stupidhappycollective.com/

Comedy Night at the AV with Dan Alten March 25
2026-03-25 19:00 - 22:00 (America/Chicago) | The AV Lounge, 4 West Main Street, Vermillion, SD, 57069, United States
See more of Dan Alten at https://www.instagram.com/goofydanalten/
Dan Alten is an intelligent goofball from Kentucky who has been traveling the country for the past decade bringing his charming nonsense to everywhere from theaters to punk basements to art galleries to beloved comedy clubs. Doing over 200 shows a year bringing his tight night surreal fun to the people, like if the Ramones were one guy with a mustache and good jokes. He has opened for Kyle Kinane, Bobcat, Sam Tallent, Rory Scovel, Sarah Sherman from SNL, Johnny Pemberton, Hari Kondabolu, rapper Open Mike Eagle, DJ Doug Pound & David Leibe Hart from Tim & Eric, various punk bands with silly names, and a guy at an open mic who tried to throw his father’s ashes into the crowd. He has recorded 2 albums, written a zine, and filmed a pilot for an Amazon Prime stand up show that was lost to history. But most importantly he’s funny. You will enjoy him. And if not you can mud wrestle him after the show.
and here’s some clips:
anti capitalism: https://www.instagram.com/reel/C_y2Pu0MBwY/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==
random jokes: https://www.instagram.com/reel/C1E9WKqOD8F/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==
landlord wont let me have a car: https://youtube.com/shorts/Bb4gjYsi8-g?feature=share
windshield whiper: https://youtu.be/Hk83KfGC8PY
Tickets on sale soon!

Songwriters group
2026-05-19 19:00 - 21:00 (America/Chicago) | The AV Lounge, 4 West Main Street, Vermillion, SD, 57069, United States
Vermillion’s monthly songwriters group is just what it sounds like. Beginner songwriters to seasoned veterans get together once a month to share the music they have been working on.
You don’t need a song to play, or even be a songwriter to join us. Anyone and everyone is welcome! We’ll go around the group, listen to anyone who brought a song to share, then comment on it once they’re done. If your song has lyrics, it helps to bring a few copies so people can read along as you play and write comments on the sheet. Most people play live, but if you have a recording of your song, we can play it on the PA system. You can email the tracks to avloungevermillion@gmail.com in advance if you’d rather not mess with it during the meeting.
Normally, the group meets on the 2nd Tuesday of every month at 7 p.m. unless otherwise noted.
May’s meeting will be shifted to the 3rd Tuesday. May 19th, 7 p.m.

Drew Acero Live
2026-05-23 20:00 - 22:00 (America/Chicago) | The AV Lounge, 4 West Main Street, Vermillion, SD, 57069, United States
Good Music. Good Vibes. Don’t Miss a Night to Remember.

AV Album Club June
2026-06-02 19:00 - 21:00 (America/Chicago) | The AV Lounge, 4 West Main Street, Vermillion, SD, 57069, United States
The AV Lounge has an “album club.” What’s that? It’s like a book club, but for music albums. Each month, the club will choose an album that we plan on discussing. You will listen to the album, absorb every ounce of emotion from it, and then you will come and talk about it with a group of fellow music lovers.
What does it cost? Nothing. Seriously, we are holding it at The AV because I don’t want people at my house. You can buy a beverage if you want, it is still a business, but nobody will give you a dirty look if you don’t.
What’s the catch? None. I just miss listening to a whole album and then talking about it with friends.
When is it? The date will be posted on social media and this website to alert people to the date for each meeting. We will meet at 7 p.m. We will start discussing at 7:15ish and we will be out of there by 8:30 (probably, depends on the album and discussion)
Will you remind me? Oh yeah. I’m going to annoy you with reminders about this. I’ll make an event, and invite you all. I’ll do that thing where I “mention” you in a post.
What’s the album? It will change every meeting. We may do special “classic” albums or an album by a local band at some point, but for now, we will go with an album that has been released within the previous few months of the meeting.

June 10 TOP SECRET EVENT. MORE INFO SOON. CHECK BACK LATER
2026-06-10 19:00 - 22:00 (America/Chicago) | The AV Lounge, 4 West Main Street, Vermillion, SD, 57069, United States
I Can’t talk about it right now, but you are definitely going to want to hear about this. If you miss out, you are going to kick yourself.
More details to follow.
Shhhhh…

Distorting a Woodpecker Live at the AV
2026-06-15 19:00 - 21:00 (America/Chicago) | The AV Lounge, 4 West Main Street, Vermillion, SD, 57069, United States
June 15. Distorting a Woodpecker.
More news to follow

POSTPONED: Two Crows for Comfort / Alli and I Live at The AV has been Postponed
2026-06-20 19:00 - 22:00 (America/Chicago) | The AV Lounge, 4 West Main Street, Vermillion, SD, 57069, United States
THIS EVEN HAS BEEN POSTPONED
Perhaps the best show of the summer. Come see Two Crows for Comfort / Alli and I

Vermillion Pride presents Pride Prom June 27
2026-06-27 19:00 - 22:00 (America/Chicago) | The AV Lounge, 4 West Main Street, Vermillion, SD, 57069, United States

The AV Album Club for July is July 7
2026-07-07 19:00 - 20:30 (America/Chicago) | The AV Lounge, 4 West Main Street, Vermillion, SD, 57069, United States
Albums this month are:
New: Puscifer Normal Isn’t
Classic: Talking Heads Remain in Light

Logan Hale Farewell show
2026-07-11 19:00 - 22:00 (America/Chicago) | The AV Lounge, 4 West Main Street, Vermillion, SD, 57069, United States
Logan Hale and friends will be playing a farewell show at the AV Lounge July 11.
Doors open at 7 p.m. Music to start 7:30
More to follow about the lineup, but it will be good. Real good.
