Eat your way to Music
Join our Lunch Loyalty Program It’s simple. You like food and music, you live or work Downtown and need to eat lunch… Why not come in, have a wonderful lunch AND earn some credit towards World-Class Music? That’s exactly what our Lunch Loyalty Program does, you earn $1 to be used toward any Ticketed [...]
Keston & Westdal
Watch electronic improvisation at its best when this trio creates groove music on the fly. As well as being composers and producers Keston and Westdal are also accomplished musicians and performers. Stylistically, Keston and Westdal focus on carefully evolving their compositions, layering them with contagious melodic themes and lush harmony. This duo has been consistently [...]
Shemekia Copeland
For more than a decade, Shemekia Copeland has been paving a road that will inevitably lead to her reign as Queen of the Blues. By some standards – numerous blues awards in the U.S. and elsewhere, a Grammy nomination, a resume that includes work with musical titans like Dr. John and Steve Cropper and film [...]
Ahmad Jamal
A true American original: jazz piano legend Ahmad Jamal returns to the Dakota for six shows! “…his playing is as sensitive, as passionate and as hypnotic as it’s ever been. –Marc Meyers, All About Jazz Ahmad Jamal is one of the most distinctive and influential pianists in jazz history. His use of space and ability [...]
Frankhouse
Dan Frankowski, trumpet/flugelhorn Dave Stanoch, drumset Shilad Sen, saxophone Karl Koopmann, guitar Graydon Peterson, bass From the house of Frank comes an instantly enjoyable new quintet, led by the original music of trumpeter Dan Frankowski. With a collective resume as varied as it is long (Cedar Ave. Big Band, Snowblind, Triplicate, Steeling Dan, to name [...]
Jason Weismann Quartet
Jason will be appearing with: Chris Lomheim, piano Graydon Peterson, bass Pete Hennig, drums Saxophonist/vocalist/composer Jason Weismann has active in the Twin Cities creative music scene for several years, honing his chops in groups like The Jazztronauts and Steeling Dan. Here he will present his original music, which owes as much to today’s modern jazz [...]
Marilyn Maye
“Calling her a cabaret singer is like calling Pablo Picasso a painter; it’s true all right, but it leaves a lot out!” -Philadelphia Inquirer “…She sings standards like she’s lived them.” Read the rest of last night’s review by Jon Bream here “As Marilyn Maye threaded her way from the stage through a packed house [...]
Celebrate Fat Tuesday • Beau Soleil avec Michael Doucet
Celebrate Fat Tuesday at the Dakota with “The best Cajun band in the world.” -Garrison Keillor The definitive ensemble in contemporary traditional Cajun music, Beau Soleil have nearly single-handedly sparked a renaissance in Cajun culture. Since their inception in 1975, they have taken the music of Southern Louisiana all over the world, resulting in eleven [...]
Valentine's Day Dinner
JoAnn Funk at 5:30 Debbie Duncan and Dennis Spears at 8:00 Join us for a passionate menu created by Executive Chef Jack Riebel. Reservations start at 5:30, $65. Feeling like something a little lighter on Sunday? Our “Love Nest” mezzanine seating will feature a light menu for sharing and cocktails, $15. Chef Jack’s menu for [...]
Sophia Shorai with Supreme Privacy
Sophia Shorai, vocals DeVon Grey, keyboards Sean McPherson, bass Andy Blessing, drums This honey-toned vocalist is one of the scene’s best kept secrets. “There’s been buzz about Sophia Shorai for some time. I think I heard Leigh Kamman rave about her a while back on his radio show The Jazz Image, and Tanner Taylor wants [...]