New Year's Eve-Toast of the Nation
Join us New Year’s Eve to ring in 2010 This year we are offering two choices on New Year’s Eve. Come to both or choose just one. • Dinner Show • • Seating begins at 5:30 • $130 tax and dinner gratuity included Pianist Paris Strother, a rising star who now lives in Los Angeles, will start the [...]
Young Lions Showcase
Paris Strother has been playing piano professionally since age 13, having started playing at age 2. After attending DeLaSalle High School and the Ramsey International Fine Arts Center in Minneapolis, she took her talents to the Berklee School of Music in Boston, graduating with a double major in contemporary production and film scoring. She has [...]
Fat Kid Wednesdays
Mike Lewis, saxophones Adam Linz, bass J.T. Bates, drums Fat Kid Wednesdays have been playing together for over 16 years, and have been instrumental to the success of improvised music haven The Clown Lounge in St. Paul, where they regularly appear. With their seamless interaction and sense of adventure (and humor), FKW have consistently defined [...]
Happy Holidays from the Dakota!
Benny Weinbeck
Pianist Benny Weinbeck has performed, composed and arranged music for over 25 years in this town and many others. He has worked with some of the top musicians and producers in the music industry. His several self-produced recordings highlight his compositions as well as his piano chops. Involved in film scoring, corporate projects, and teaching [...]
The Peterson Family-"Back Home For the Holidays"
3:00 and 7:00 Sun, 7:00 Mon Tickets go on sale Friday, Nov 13 at 10:00! Minnesota’s’ First Family of Music, The Peterson Family, has been performing locally, nationally, and internationally for many years. The family consists of Matriarch Jeanne Arland Peterson, her five children Linda, Billy, Ricky, Patty and Paul as well as grandson Jason. [...]
Bryan Nichols Quartet
Bryan Nichols, piano/composer Mike Lewis, saxophones Adam Linz, bass J.T. Bates, drums Minneapolis native Bryan Nichols moved back home a few years ago, and the scene hasn’t been the same since. While living in Chicago, he worked regularly with Von Freeman and Maurice Brown, among others. He was selected to be a resident at the [...]
Jennifer Grimm and CC Septet
Tim Lackas, piano Greg Stinson, bass Brett Smith, drums Ralph Brindle, trombone Paul Peterson, tenor sax Larry Neumann, alto sax Scott Snyder, trumpet Jennifer Grimm has traveled the globe and is home now with some of her music from her Holiday CD, “A Christmas with Family and Friends.” Known for her crystal clear yet sultry [...]
Esera Tuaolo
This show is a benefit for Bridge For Youth, an organization that supports homeless children in Minnesota. Read more at bridgeforyouth.org. Esera Tuaolo is not your typical musician. Or football player. In fact, not much about Tuaolo is what you could call “typical.” Born in Hawaii, Tuaolo enjoyed nine seasons as an NFL defensive lineman, [...]
A Copasetic Christmas Carol
$55 for three-course dinner and the show! $16 for show only. A Copasetic Christmas Carol returns to the Dakota Sunday, December 13, for one show only! Get ready to deck your halls with some hep-cat jive! Twin Cities vocalist Charmin Michelle, along with saxophonist Doug Haining and the Twin Cities Seven will swing you into [...]