Live Music

Dinner and drinks service starts 1 hour before showtimes. TCJazzFest – June 20-21, 2025. Free Admission. Reservations are recommended. Doug Haining is one of the most swinging sax and clarinet players, citing the influence ofJohnny Hodges. Doug has been delighting audiences for over three decades, working inMinneapolis, Minnesota area bands including The Wolverines Big Band, The Mouldy Figs,Red Wolfe’s Ellington Echoes, the Hall Brothers Band, the JazzMn Big Band, the RussPeterson Big Band, and many others. Doug performs in pit orchestras in local theaters, andleads the Twin Cities Seven, a local swing band playing for dances, parties, and events. Scott Agster moved to Minneapolis in 2005 to study at the University of Minnesota. The city quickly became his new adopted home. He currently writes music for and plays withgroups: Salsa del Soul, Urban Classic, CoMingl, KAJ Productions, Adam Bohanan, and theMinneapolis Funk All-Stars. Some career highlights include touring with the DocSeverinsen Orchestra, Davina and the Vagabonds, and the Minneapolis-based Neo Soulgroup Nooky Jones. Scott has nothing but love for Minneapolis. In 2012 Doug and Scott teamed up to form the Explosion Big Band, a 17 piece big band that has exploded since its inception. The band has a contagious repertoire of compositions from Basie, Ellington, Thad Jones, and many more contemporary composers. The band can be heard monthly at Jazz Central Studios in an open rehearsal. www.explosionbigband.com The Twin Cities Jazz Fest is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization with the mission of bringing communities together to enjoy and appreciate the art form of jazz and inspire new generations of youth. What started as a small one­-day event in downtown Minneapolis 26 years ago has grown into one of the largest free civic jazz festivals in the upper Midwest. www.twincitiesjazzfestival.com

Dinner and drinks service starts 1 hour before showtimes. TCJazzFest – June 20-21, 2025. Free Admission. Reservations are recommended. Descending from a cantor lineage and a member of the Levy ancient tribe of spiritually elated musicians, Daphna Levy grew up with a deep passion for music. Recent performances include: Bansko jazzfest, Bulgaria; Royal Albert Hall, London; New Cultural Center, Paris; Baku jazzfest, Azerbaijan; Chamber orchestra project, Jerusalem; Zrinski Art Festival, Croatia, to name a few. Daphna is also a composer, lyricist, arranger and educator. She holds an MA degree in Philosophy. Daphna collaborated for two decades with Tel Aviv based Hed Big Band, an orchestra with which she toured the US. Her album “Late Night Journey” features highly acclaimed tenor sax player Lew Tabackin. The album was recorded in Tel Aviv and NYC with an international band of musicians from the US and Europe. Daphna Levy, Vocals Adi Yeshaya, Piano The Twin Cities Jazz Fest is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization with the mission of bringing communities together to enjoy and appreciate the art form of jazz and inspire new generations of youth. What started as a small one­-day event in downtown Minneapolis 26 years ago has grown into one of the largest free civic jazz festivals in the upper Midwest. www.twincitiesjazzfestival.com