Happy Easter from The Finnish Bistro. We will be open from 6:30am-3:00pm.  

The We Defy Foundation provides combat veterans coping with military connected disabilities a long term means to overcome their challenges through Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and fitness training. Come out and share some great music with us while raising funds for this great organization. https://wedefyfoundation.org/    

Sun Apr 14 Dan Schwartz & Jeff Ray, 1pm https://danschwartz.net/ https://jeffraymusic.com/ Dan Schwartz’s recordings have earned him a nomination for guitarists of the year (Minnesota Music Academy) and Folk/Roots album of the year (Mpls. St Paul Magazine). Dan has been featured on several internationally released acoustic guitar compilations including Narada Records Masters of Acoustic Guitar. While Dan does enjoy sharing his music center stage, some of his favorite musical moments have been as a side-man for friends and folk heroes Neal and Leandra, Peter Mayer, and Dan Navarro. His latest release, High Plains Gospel, is a collection of finger-style guitar tunes played on harp guitar and acoustic lap steel. He will be joined by Minnesota resonator slide-guitarist and songwriter Jeff Ray. Ray‘s music is rooted in the traditions of acoustic blues and American primitive fingerstyle guitar while also integrating Indian classical and world music styles under the cryptic guise of alternate guitar tunings. His music recalls early blues and rock, fingerstyle-folk, and Indian Carnatic music – sounding equal parts Ry Cooder, Grateful Dead and RL Burnside. Jeff has shared the stage with Chris Smither, Justin Townes Earl, Indigenous, Spider John Koerner, Earl Greyhound, Black Diamond Heavies, Pat Donohue, Retribution Gospel Choir, Dawes, and Charlie Parr, among others. He has earned recognition as a first-place winner of the Minnesota Blues Society “Road to Memphis” competition and placed second in the Trocadero’s Spotlight Songwriter Competition. JEFF RAY hosts the “Roots & Resophonics” concert series at the White Squirrel Bar on the 2nd Sunday of every month, 1-3pm, featuring a unique duo performance of the most talented local and regional musicians in the American roots genre.        

Dinner and cocktail seating and service begins 1 hour before showtimes. 50s 60s Pop, Rock and Folk A musical time-trip through the iconic hits of 50’s and 60s. If you’re a fan of Buddy Holly, The Everly Brothers, Simon and Garfunkel, or those lads from Liverpool, you’ll love this show. Kieran McCabe guitar, bass, piano, drums, harmonica, vocalsZachary Stevenson guitar, bass, piano, drums, harmonica, melodica, saxophone, vocals Chicago based Zachary Stevenson is an internationally recognized, award-winning actor, musician and writer. Best known for his performances as Buddy Holly, Zach was coined a “dead ringer for dead singers” by the Victoria Times Colonist for his portrayal of the legendary rock ‘n’ roller as well as Hank Williams, Elvis Presley, Carl Perkins, Jerry Lee Lewis and Phil Ochs. In 2018, Zachary won the prestigious “Jeff” Award in Chicago for Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role (Musical) for the Buddy Holly Story, a role he’s honed in more than a dozen productions of across Canada and the United States. Other acting highlights include Million Dollar Quartet, Hair, Fire, Urinetown, Assassins, Sweeney Todd, Company and Ring of Fire. Kieran McCabe is a Philadelphia-based multi-instrumentalist and actor. Kieran has starred in hit productions of Rock of Ages and Million Dollar Quartet. He also played the leading role in the world premiere of the punk rock musical Verboten, and was nominated for a “Jeff” award for his performance as Buddy in the Buddy Holly Story this year in Chicago. Kieran and Zach write original music together in a band called the Oh Boys who released their debut EP this spring. “Zachary Stevenson…is the epitome of effortless cool with a gorgeous voice and a star-quality stage presence.”–Mark Robbins, Vancouver Presents ZacharyStevenson.com

No cover–light fare available from 4:30pm to 9:30pm. Full-menu available until 8:30pm. Bar and table seating offered – NO RESERVATIONS Maggie’s Afterglow consists of casual entertainment offered outside our usual listening environment of ticketed concerts. Various jazz singers and pianists appear in the lounge. There is no cover, but tips are encouraged. You may sign up for the guest list, but space is not reserved. Seating is first come, first served in the bar and at lounge tables.

***Check the White Squirrel Instagram for weather pending updates!*** OUR NAMES  ARE MONA NEGASI, COLBY SWANSON, AND JESSE HEDMAN. WE BUILT OUR TRUCK FROM SCRATCH AND OUR FOOD IS MADE THE SAME WAY. GREAT INGREDIENTS AND A LOT OF INTENTION MAKE ALL THE DIFFERENCE IN OUR MENU. SO WHY ARE WE SO F#%@*$G ANGRY?!? WE BELIEVE THAT ANGER IS AN ASSET. IT FUELS US TO CREATE THE NECESSARY CHANGES WE WANT TO SEE IN OUR LIVES AND OUR COMMUNITY. WE’RE ANGRY BECAUSE WE’VE BEEN IN THE SERVICE INDUSTRY LONG ENOUGH TO BE BURNED BY IT. ANGRY BECAUSE THE WORLD IS ON FIRE. WE ARE ANGRY ENOUGH TO GIVE A DAMN AND ANGRY ENOUGH TO KEEP GOING. AFTER LOSING BUSINESSES, JOBS, AND LOVED ONES OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, WE WERE JUST ANGRY ENOUGH TO BUILD A FOOD TRUCK. THIS BUSINESS WAS BUILT WITH A LARGE HELPING OF RAGE AND AN EVEN LARGER HELPING OF HEART. https://www.theangrylinecookfoodtruck.com/

Dinner and cocktail seating and service begins one hour before showtime. 70s, 80s Adult Contemporary A fun, touching trip down memory lane with the hit songs of iconic singers who have a combined total of selling over 155 million records. Songs include Summer Nights, Could I Have This Dance, You Needed Me, Let Me Be There, Snowbird, Xanadu, Physical, Hopelessly Devoted To You, Daydream Believer, and many more hits. Jana Anderson vocalsLisa Keith-Bernard vocalsTara Brueske vocalsWayne Anthony vocalsSpencer Bernard guitars, vocalsLee Blaske keyboardsBill Chouinard bassDave Hanzel drumsEric Plotts electric guitarPete Whitman saxophones, flute, piccoloAtom Schmitt pedal steel, flugelhorn Jana Anderson, producer and lead singer toured for seven years as a backup singer in Fleetwood Mac, with Don Henley, and recorded with Prince. Lisa Keith-Bernard had a hit song, and was a star on “The Tonight Show”, interviewed by Jay Leno. Tara Brueske is an accomplished pianist and podcast host. JanaAndersonMusic.com

Dinner and drinks service starts 1 hour before showtimes. Jazz From Ellington To Contemporary Brian Grivna saxPhil Aaron pianoChris Bates bassPeter Kogan drums Brian Grivna, a renowned freelance musician in the Twin Cities, has spent 12 years as a staff woodwind player at the Guthrie Theater and has toured with the Buddy Rich Band. He has performed and recorded with the Minnesota Orchestra and the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra. He had been a regular on “A Prairie Home Companion” and has played in many Broadway pit bands. He teaches saxophone and jazz improvisation at Macalester College and the University of Minnesota.

Please join Bill’s family and former bandmates as we honor Bill the only way we know how – through music! We will begin the celebration by sharing a tribute before the music starts. Lite hors d’oeuvres provided and cash bar available With performances by Blue Dot Trance and Dances with Worms!

Patty and The Buttons preach the gospel of hot rhythm and happy feet. The band is similar to what you would find in a dance hall, cafe or nightclub anywhere around the world between 1920-1940. Despite being an ensemble firmly rooted in tradition, the band presents their music without being shackled to history. They play their own compositions as well as takes on music of the era. Patty’s eclectic taste gives the band diverse influences including New Orleans Traditional Jazz, Western Swing, Gypsy Melodies, Ragtime Piano Blues, Jug Music and 1930′s Popular Song. The core instrumentation of accordion, clarinet, guitar and bass is light and swift, but also melancholic and lush when it needs to be. Patty, mostly known as an accordionist doubles as the bands vocalist. His voice is inspired most by the old time hollers and croons from the dawn of recording once described as “Tom Waits meets Rudy Vallee.” More than anything, The Buttons is a group that is always enjoying themselves… Which seems to give audiences permission to do the same.