The Minnesota Historical Society has produced a number of resources related to First Avenue and the history of artists who played there.

MNHS Press books:

• “First Avenue: Minnesota’s Mainroom” by Chris Riemenschneider
• “Heyday: 35 Years of Music in Minneapolis” photos by Daniel Corrigan, text by Danny Sigelman
• “Hijinx and Hearsay: Scenester Stories from Minnesota's Pop Life” (April 2019) text by Martin Keller, Photography by Greg Helgeson
• “Prince: Before the Rain” photos by Allen Beaulieu, foreword by Dez Dickerson, introduction by Jim Walsh
• “I Live Inside: Memoirs of a Babe in Toyland” by Michelle Leon
• “Complicated Fun: The Birth of Minneapolis Punk and Indie Rock, 1974-1984” by Cyn Collins
• “Sights, Sounds, Soul: The Twin Cities Through the Lens of Charles Chamblis” photos by Charles Chamblis, text by Davu Seru

​MNopedia articles:

• “First Avenue & 7th Street Entry” by Ehsan Alam
• “Hüsker Dü” by Kim Park Nelson
• “Babes in Toyland” by Lizzie Ehrenhalt
• “Prince” by Kristen Zschomler
• “Paisley Park” by Heidi Gould and Lizzie Ehrenhalt

Minnesota History articles:

• “PunkFunkRockPop” by Patty Dean
• “The Purple One” by Adam Scher
• Book Reviews, “Funky Towns” by John Dougan

For more information about MNHS Press titles please contact Alison Aten, alison.aten@mnhs.org, 651-259-3203.