May 2025
The Wailers
Natural Mystic 30th Anniversary Tour
May 17, 2025 • 9PM • From $41.95
“pure positive vibes… vibrant, relevant, and revolutionary” – Broadway World Embark on an extraordinary musical journey with The Wailers in 2025! Here, they commemorate the thirtieth anniversary of their acclaimed compilation album, Natural Mystic: The Legend Lives On. The Wailers are set to bring the entirety of Natural Mystic to life on stage, offering fans a unique and […]
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Benmont Tench
Former Tom Petty Keyboardist
May 18, 2025 • 7PM • From $47.10
“revered as one of rock’s greatest” – New York Times Benmont Tench is a founding member of Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers. Furthermore, he is one of contemporary music’s finest organ players, piano players, anything-with-keys players. In addition to all of the Heartbreakers recordings, Tench has played on records by Stevie Nicks, Willie Nelson, and […]
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Willie Wisely & Tommy Barbarella Organ Combo
May 19, 2025 • 7PM • From $25.47
“reckless and super high energy, but also soulful.” – Music In MN A new show inspired by icons Ray Charles, Brian Auger, Booker T., Georgie Fame & Graham Bond. Willie & Tommy join up with trap kit genie Dave Anania, string bass pusher Jeremy Boettcher & wunderkind saxophonist/flutist Nelson Devereaux. Here, they wade into vintage […]
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Matt Andersen
w/ Special Guest Julian Taylor
Powerhouse Soul Vocals
May 20, 2025 • 7PM • From $41.95
“Andersen knows how to make a joyful noise… soul-stirring” – No Depression The Big Bottle of Joy is about celebration – hard-won, overflowing, exuberant celebration. Matt Andersen’s latest long-player lives up to the grand title. Andersen finds reason to sustain this celebration of the life we share together everywhere. Here, he’s on the road, missing a […]
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JazzMN Orchestra Celebrates the Thad Jones & Mel Lewis Orchestra
Feat. Joe Pulice
May 21, 2025 • 7PM • From $52.25
“This is pure jazz in all its glory” – WCCO Join the premiere big band in the Twin Cities, JazzMN Orchestra, for an unforgettable evening. This esteemed ensemble tackles blistering, swinging and innovative arrangements from the collection of the Thad Jones and Mel Lewis Orchestra. Longtime JazzMN drummer Joe Pulice has been tapped as music […]
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Charles McPherson
Jazz Saxophone Legend
May 22, 2025 • 7PM • From $63.58
“McPherson’s harmonic ideas push the boundaries of bebop” – Downbeat Charles McPherson was born in Joplin, Missouri in 1939 and moved to Detroit at the age of nine. While growing up in Detroit, he studied with the renowned pianist Barry Harris. McPherson began playing professionally at nineteen. Then, compelled by a desire to be in […]
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Jay Young & the Lyric Factory
Funky Jazz Bass Virtuoso
May 24, 2025 • 7PM • From $25.47
“…the music exploded, showering the room with a joyful exuberance usually reserved for dance halls and gospel services. And no one had more fun than Jay Young” – Jazz Police Jay Young, piccolo bass Ian Young, bass Ginger Commodore, vocals Omar Abdulkarim, trumpet/flugelhorn Dale Alexander, keyboards Dave Stanoch, drums Dakota favorites, Jay Young and […]
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The Klezmatics
With Special Guests Red Thread
Klezmer Superstars
May 27, 2025 • 7PM • From $47.10
“catchy, pulse-quickening party tunes and heart-warming melodies” – Jewish Chronicle The Klezmatics are Grammy-winning klezmer superstars who revolutionized Yiddish music. There, they emerged from New York City’s East Village in 1986. Moreover, they infused Eastern European Jewish roots with bold contemporary themes like human rights and anti-fundamentalism. Their eclectic sound blends Latin stomps, jazz riffs, […]
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June 2025
Matteo Mancuso
Jazz/Rock Dynamo
Jun 4, 2025 • 7PM • From $47.10
“Matteo is the evolution of fusion guitar… breathtaking” – Steve Vai Matteo Mancuso was born in 1996 and raised in the province of Palermo. There, people quickly recognized him as a musical prodigy. His father, Vincenzo Mancuso, a well-known guitarist and producer, guided Matteo’s introduction to the world of music. Teaming up with his father, Matteo […]
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Matteo Mancuso
Jazz/Rock Dynamo
Jun 4, 2025 • 9PM • From $41.95
“Matteo is the evolution of fusion guitar… breathtaking” – Steve Vai Matteo Mancuso was born in 1996 and raised in the province of Palermo. There, people quickly recognized him as a musical prodigy. His father, Vincenzo Mancuso, a well-known guitarist and producer, guided Matteo’s introduction to the world of music. Teaming up with his father, Matteo […]
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It’s because of concerts like this that I can’t stand living in Los Angeles. Why is it that Lowell Pickett’s Dakota … gets artists and tours to come to Minneapolis, MN and not darken the doors of any club in LA?
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