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![]() Dinner and cocktail seating and service begins 1 hour before showtimes. Broadway Meets the Billboard Top 40 This electrifying concert celebrates the undeniable crossover between Broadway stages and Billboard charts. From show tunes that made their way onto radios around the world to pop hits that eventually found their home in the theater, this show is a musical love letter to the songs we can’t stop singing. James A. Rocco: Host and Vocals Erin Schwab: Vocals Elena Glass: Vocals Colleen Raye: Vocals Randy Schmelling: Vocals Emily Villano: Vocals Lori Dokken: Musical Director & Piano +A rockin’ band! TWIN CITIES SINGS: The Sound of Our City—Live on Stage. From the creative minds behind the hit Songbook Series, TWIN CITIES SINGS is a dynamic concert experience that unites the Twin Cities’ most powerful and diverse voices in unforgettable, one-night-only performances. Each edition is built around a fresh musical theme, blending iconic songs, hidden gems, personal storytelling, and cultural history. What makes it truly special? These are artists who don’t usually share a stage—brought together to celebrate the music that has shaped our lives and showcase the talent that defines our community.It’s more than a concert. It’s a coming together. It’s a celebration. It’s a moment you’ll want to be part of. Join us—and feel the music that brings the Twin Cities to life. The ultimate mash-up of music, culture, and community. TWIN CITIES SINGS is where the voices in the Twin Cities come together to slay the stage with hidden gems, deep cuts, and fresh takes on classic hits. “A magical, intimate celebration of great American music! Packed with humor, history, and heart.” — Katie Fraser, WCCO thirtysaintsproductions.com
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![]() No cover. Bar and table seating offered – NO RESERVATIONS. Sheridan Zuther: Vocals Ted Godbout: Piano Maggie’s Piano Lounge is a warm, relaxed and inviting space featuring a variety of seasoned singers and piano players. No cover. Order all of your favorite Crooners drinks and dinner items, experience superb service, and enjoy the great music! |
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![]() Dinner and drinks service starts 1 hour before showtimes. Manouche Swing Jazz A Twin Cities-based swing Jazz band, performs a timeless jazz tradition commonly known as Jazz manouche, a blend of traditional Roma music and swing jazz. The ‘Hot Club’ jazz tradition brings back happy memories of the swing jazz era. Glen Helgeson: Guitar Gary Schulte: Violin Steve Pikal: Upright bass Jay Epstein: Drums Glen Helgeson Composing and performing for nearly three decades, Glen Helgeson has established himself jointly in both world music and in the field of music therapy. Glen has recorded eight CDs with combined sales of over 50,000 units. His professional recognitions include: A Minnesota Music Award for “Best Instrumental, Experimental, Environmental” album; A Minneapolis Walker Art Center commissioned grant for the Sculpture Garden; and the Jazz Composer Grant from the West Bank School of Music.Glen achieved a Masters degree in Music (1999); a certification in Neurologic Music Therapy (2003), and has practiced music therapy for 22 years. Gary Schulte is a master improvisor and performance composer to whom Stephane Grappelli gave his most sincere blessing. A veteran of A Prairie Home Companion, he has done everything from classical improvisation with harpsichord master Layton James to the avant garde with David Byrne, and extensive collaborative work with groups such as Ballet of the Dolls, Theatre de la Jeune Lune, and Zorongo Flamenco. Sought after as a jazz violinist, he has gigged with some of the greatest artists of the Gypsy Jazz genre, including guitarist legend Dorado Schmitt. A performance graduate of IndianaUniversity School of Music, Schulte studied with Paganini virtuoso Rugierro Ricci. Steve Pikal Steve Pikal is highly regarded as a first call bass player from the Minnesota Twin Cities area jazz scene. He has had the pleasure backing shows with legendary performers such as Cab Calloway, Bob Hope, and Margaret Whiting. Some of his additional playing credits include the Jim Cullum Jazz band, Butch Miles, Artie Shaw Orchestra, the Barbary Coast Dixieland Show band, Dick Hyman, Delfeayo Marsalis, Jon Weber, Danny Coots, Brian Holland, the Wolverines Big band, Butch Thompson, Hal Smith, John Cocuzzi, Jeff Barnhart, The Midiri Brothers, and the Bill Evans New Orleans Jazz band. Jay Epstein has an extensive career as a performer, recording and touring artist. He’s been on 7 European tours with pianists Bill Carrothers & Giacomo Aula. Some of the notable artists he has performed with include the rock band Gypsy, Barney Kessel, Roseanna Vitro, Manfredo Fest, Sheila Jordan, Karrin Allyson, Kenny Werner, Howard Levy, Toots Thielemans, and Sarah Vaughan. His CDs, Long Ago’ & ‘Easy Company’, featuring bassist Anthony Cox and pianist Bill Carrothers, have garnered luminous reviews in the international press. Current bands include Red Planet, Klezmerica, Framework, Firebell, and Gypsy Mania.worldviewmusic.com
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Live Music Every Thursday we bring a little Celtic twist to our English pub with Celtic Jam at 7pm! An open jam session available to anyone that wants to join in! Open to all ages and talent levels. |
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![]() No cover. Bar and table seating offered – NO RESERVATIONS. Colleen Raye: Vocals Rick Carlson: Piano Maggie’s Piano Lounge is a warm, relaxed and inviting space featuring a variety of seasoned singers and piano players. No cover. Order all of your favorite Crooners drinks and dinner items, experience superb service, and enjoy the great music!
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![]() Dinner and drinks service starts 1 hour before showtimes. Haunting Twists on Cabaret Songs Doug Anderson hosts a unique vault of songs perfect for the Halloween Season. Featuring a wonderful crypt of live performers adding their own seasoning to fun, funny and naughty songs. Hauntingly charming. Horribly wonderful. Dress appropriately for the event and you will be rewarded with undying gratitude. BOO! Doug Anderson: Vocals Lori Dokken: Vocals and Piano Nate Babbs: Drums Ben Kelly: Bass Doug Anderson has been an actor/ dancer/ performer in the Minneapolis/St. Paul area for 40+ years. Performing at the Guthrie, Chanhassen Dinner Theater, Hey City Theater, Center City Theater to mention a few. He has performed his cabaret show at The Hey City Theater, The Bryant Lake Bowl and Crooner’s Dunsmore Room. In London he’s performed at The St. James Theater (now The Other Palace), Piaño, Crazy Coq’s, The Music Café and The Phoenix Arts Club. dougaanderson.com |
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![]() No cover. Bar and table seating offered – NO RESERVATIONS. Katie Gearty: Vocals Rick Carlson: Piano Maggie’s Piano Lounge is a warm, relaxed and inviting space featuring a variety of seasoned singers and piano players. No cover. Order all of your favorite Crooners drinks and dinner items, experience superb service, and enjoy the great music!
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![]() Dinner and drinks service starts 1 hour before showtimes. Instrumental Funk, R&B, Soul, and Jazz Ronny delivers a high-energy mix of Funk, R&B, and Soul—where the saxophone takes center stage as the lead vocalist. The Ronny Loew Band’s sound is a high-energy fusion of jazz, funk, soul, R&B, and rock — blending original material with dynamic takes on timeless classics. Also enjoy special tributes to legendary saxophone icons like David Sanborn, Maceo Parker, and Grover Washington Jr. No two shows are alike — and that’s exactly what keeps fans coming back for more. Ronny Loew: Sax Kevin Anderson: Guitar Tony Axtell: Bass Brian Ziemniak: Keys David Anania: Drums Members of the Ronny Loew Band have performed with icons including David Sanborn, Michael McDonald, Bobby Lyle, Candy Dulfer, Dr. Mambos Combo and Blue Man Group! www.ronnyloew.com |
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![]() Dinner and cocktail seating and service begins 1 hour before showtimes. A Wonderful Night of Jazz – Cabaret Style Life is a cabaret! Four shows in one night. Three amazing vocalists. An all-star, award winning lineup of players. Jazz from four different eras /styles of jazz placed in historical perspective. Steve Clarke: Saxophones, Flutes and Host Phil Aaron: Piano Tom Lewis: Bass Haralds Bondaris: Drums Maurice Jacox: Vocals Laurie Knutson: Vocals Charmin Michelle: Vocals Steve Clarke has 11 Minnesota Music Awards, 3 Grammy Nominations (including work on a Ringo Starr DVD); 3 MSP Nice Awards and has been inducted into the Mid-America Music Hall of Fame. Maurice Jacox is an award winning singer with multiple from the City Pages and Minnesota Music and City Pages Awards and has been inducted into the Minnesota Blues Hall of Fame. Charmin Michelle is an internationally know charismatic chanteuse whose conversational style recalls the late Billie Holiday and other legendary ladies of jazz. “Each player was handpicked by Mr. Clarke to create a combo with explosive playing power” – Nate Dungan – Minnesota State Fair www.thesteveclarke.com |
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![]() No cover. Bar and table seating offered – NO RESERVATIONS. Katie Finn: Vocals & Piano Maggie’s Piano Lounge is a warm, relaxed and inviting space featuring a variety of seasoned singers and piano players. No cover. Order all of your favorite Crooners drinks and dinner items, experience superb service, and enjoy the great music!
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![]() Dinner and drinks service starts 1 hour before showtimes. Opera Curious, Music Theater, Fun The Overdressed Duo is coming to Crooners! This show features a variety of genres of music from shows set in different locations around the world. It will feature opera, musical theater, jazz and more! Come take a world tour right from your dinner table with Overdressed! Elizabeth Chua: Piano Carole Schultz: Soprano Elizabeth and Carole are two best friends who founded Overdressed to make opera more accessible. The friends met during their doctoral work at the University of Minnesota and bonded over a shared love of food, wine, and music. Before Overdressed, Elizabeth tour nationally with multiple young artist programs while Carole mostly sings locally with various choirs, opera companies, and new music groups. www.overdressedduo.com |
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![]() Dinner and drinks service starts 1 hour before showtimes. Great Classic Country Music with Soul Singing the songs and telling the stories of the women who made the unforgettable country hits that defined the era: Loretta Lynn, Tammy Wynette, Kitty Wells, Dolly Parton and more. Joyann Parker: Guitar, Vocals Mark Lamoine: Guitar, Vocals Tim Wick: Piano Chris Bates: Bass Bill Golden: Drums, Vocals With roots in the church and a solid foundation of musical education, Joyann Parker found her authentic voice later in life and created her own blend of roots music that combines soul, R&B, gospel, jazz and traditional blues styles. Parker has been a steadily rising star on the Midwest music scene and now brings her full range of talent as an accomplished singer, pianist, guitarist and songwriter to national and international stages. “Joyann Parker knows her way around a song. She climbs inside it, dwells in it, lives with every note and phrase, delivering performances that seize our emotions and capture the ragged despair and heightened joy of life.” –Living Blues Magazine JoyannParker.com
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![]() Dinner and drinks service starts 1 hour before showtimes. An Evening of Great Entertainment What’s in a name? Well, for many songwriters, it seems there is quite a bit! Across all music genres there are songs named after people: Maria, Jenny, Jack, Barbara Ann, Mack, Mandy, Jolene, Danny Boy, Dulcinea, and so many more. From Broadway to Pop to Country to Swing, join Jen, and Andrew as they sing and play an eclectic mix of songs with names as their titles. 80% Music + 20% comedy = 100% Fun! Jen Maren: Host, Vocals Andrew Fleser: Piano, Vocals +Special Guest & Crooners Favorite, Doug Anderson! Jen Maren is an actress, singer, and VoiceOver talent. Known for her role of Marjorie Congdon in GLENSHEEN at The History Theatre, she has also appeared on many Twin Cities Stages including: Guthrie Theater, Ordway Theatre, Penumbra Theatre, Mixed Blood, Old Log Theater, Illusion Theater, Park Square Theatre, and Children’s Theater Company. Dr. Andrew Fleser, pianist and teacher, has performed as a soloist and accompanist throughout the United States and Europe. He has worked with many theaters in the Twin Cities, including Minnesota Orchestra, Children’s Theatre Company, History Theatre, and Park Square Theatre. His performances can be heard on Minnesota Public Radio, A Prairie Home Companion, and Cantus’s albums A Harvest Home and Manifesto. www.jenmaren.com |
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![]() Dinner and drinks service starts 1 hour before showtimes. Great American Songbook Celebrating one of the most long-lived (101 years!) and beloved composers. He wrote words and music for over 1,000 songs for stage and screen, anthems and holiday favorites. Hear evergreens from “Blue Skies” to “What’ll I Do?” to “Always“. Maud Hixson: Vocals Rick Carlson: Piano Hailed as “gently virtuosic” (All About Jazz), Maud Hixson is a devoted exponent of great songs, ranging from the classic Great American Songbook to the often unsung or forgotten compositions awaiting rediscovery. Based in Saint Paul, Minnesota, Maud made her Guthrie Theater debut in the Noel Coward revue Coward’s Women, also appearing in Park Square Theater’s The Soul of Gershwin. Her newest recording is devoted to the music of her mentor, Sir Richard Rodney Bennett, which earned a 2024 Bistro Award. Rick Carlson taught himself to play the piano by studying the vast works of Count Basie and Duke Ellington and capitalizing on a long string of happy accidents. He has been the pianist for the Wolverines Big Band since 1980. “Her vocal style is so warm, intimate and compelling–it’s clear that she cares about the words and telling the story, with clarity and without artifice–practically a lost art these days.” –Michael Feinstein www.maudhixson.com
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![]() Dinner and cocktail seating and service begins 1 hour before showtimes. A Great Night of Elton John Mick Sterling Presents brings you a dream show if you’re an Elton John fan, with a unique performance of every song, in album order, of Elton John’s masterpiece double album GOODBYE YELLOW BRICK ROAD. Peter Guertin: Piano Charlie Peterson: Keyboards Cate Fierro: Background Vocals Cierra Hill: Violin and Background Vocals Lisi Wright: Violin and Background Vocals Brad Swagger: Drums Steve Price: Bass Steve Lehto: Guitar Joshua Stigen: Acoustic Guitar Mick Sterling: Lead Vocal Mick Sterling is a 40 year veteran of the Twin Cities music scene and a recipient of the Midwest Music Hall of Fame and The Minnesota Music Hall of Fame. He is also one of the leading voices in the Twin Cities music scene and a producer of over 30 different shows in the region www.micksterlingpresents.com |
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![]() Crooners Classics – every Wednesday at 5:30 PM we will celebrate the beloved musical treasures of yesterday. Limited Menu Available A Joyful Tribute Containing All Of The Favorites! This fantastic tribute is a joyful, wholehearted celebration of Simon & Garfunkel and Paul Simon favorites. The show is led by a dynamic female duo (yep, that’s the twist!) who capture the well-known tight & intricate harmonies beautifully and is backed by a cracklin’ band. Their unique live performance includes unforgettable stories, audience participation, and performances that will grab your heart and have you smiling with nostalgia. Barbara Piper: Vocals, Guitar Pauline Jennings: Vocals Steve Jennings: Drums Craig Wasner: Keyboards, Guitar Pat Thorsteinson: Guitar Mike Legvold: Bass “I didn’t want the music to end. When it did, I wanted it to start all over again.” -Julianna (Feeling Groovy Audience Member) FeelingGroovyTribute.com
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![]() Dinner and drinks service starts 1 hour before showtimes. Latin Music Adventure Cruzando pays tribute to classic Cuban Son and boleros from the Buena Vista Social Club, including hits like Chann Chann, El Cuarto de Tula, and Dos Gardenias. Their musical journey continues to Puerto Rico, where they perform En Viejo San Juan featuring the Puerto Rican Cuatro. Cruzando also covers artists like Celia Cruz, Gloria Estefan, Polo Montañez, and even Santana, showcasing a wide range of musical styles. Come along on this Latin Music Adventure! Joe Cruz: Guitar, Cuban Tres and Puerto Rican Cuatro Estibaliz Anabella Price: Vocals Tom Peterson: Bass Joel Arpin: Percussion www.joecruzmusic.com |
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![]() Dinner and cocktail seating and service begins 1 hour before showtimes. An Evening of Classic 1967 Greatness! Erin and Jay Cabaret are bringing back one of their most popular shows and some fantastically sentimental songs from The Mamas and the Papas, Jefferson Airplane, and Simon and Garfunkel to Vicky Carr, Bobbie Gentry and the Musical HAIR! They always Let The Sunshine In and you will be California Dreamin! Erin Schwab: Vocals Jay Fuchs: Piano, Vocals Erin Schwab and Jay Fuchs have been playing together in the Twin Cities and across the US for over 25 years. Erin and Jay have played all of the stages at Crooners for years and have written and performed many shows including 1967: Summer of Love, Erin sings Bette and their VERY popular Naughty and Nice Holiday Shows! They have played clubs, theaters, weddings, fundraisers, garages, living rooms, corporate and political events. Jay was the head of the Theory and Composition Department at McNally Smith College of Music and Erin was on the Voice & Ensemble Faculty there. Erin and Jay started Cabaret Camp and Jay has now evolved the original classes to cultivate a new group, The Cabaret All-Stars and they are playing numerous places around town. Erin is the audience coordinator and a regular Jason Show contributor on Fox 9. She also is a Director of Educational Theater and a teaching artist and one of the co-founders of ETC Productions, a new educational theater company here in the Twin Cities! “The Twin Cities’ Bette Midler” –Fox 9 Host Jason Matheson |
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![]() Dinner and drinks service starts 1 hour before showtimes. Classical, Modern, Underrepresented Composers Get ready for an unforgettable night as the internationally award-winning Mill City String Quartet makes their debut at Crooners Supper Club! This dynamic performance will transport you through vibrant Spanish dance rhythms, soulful African melodies, and bold modern classical works. With a program celebrating both renowned and underrepresented composers, MCSQ brings passion, precision, and heart to every note. Don’t miss this thrilling fusion of global sounds and string virtuosity! Huldah Niles: Violin Erika Hoogeveen: Violin Coca Bochonko: Viola Rebeccah Parker Downs: Cello Mill City String Quartet (MCSQ), established in 2007, is an internationally award-winning ensemble based in the Twin Cities. Recent honors include First Prize at the 2024 Fanny Mendelssohn International Competition and additional top prizes at the Charleston and Clara Schumann International Competitions in 2025. Renowned for their dynamic programming, MCSQ champions both classical masterworks and music by underrepresented composers. Their recent highlights include national anthem performances for the Minnesota Twins and concert engagements across the U.S.www.millcityquartet.com
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Live Music Every Thursday we bring a little Celtic twist to our English pub with Celtic Jam at 7pm! An open jam session available to anyone that wants to join in! Open to all ages and talent levels. |
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![]() No cover. Bar and table seating offered – NO RESERVATIONS. Arne Fogel: Vocals Rick Carlson: Piano Maggie’s Piano Lounge is a warm, relaxed and inviting space featuring a variety of seasoned singers and piano players. No cover. Order all of your favorite Crooners drinks and dinner items, experience superb service, and enjoy the great music! |
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Live Music Every Thursday we bring a little Celtic twist to our English pub with Celtic Jam at 7pm! An open jam session available to anyone that wants to join in! Open to all ages and talent levels. |
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Live Music Every Thursday we bring a little Celtic twist to our English pub with Celtic Jam at 7pm! An open jam session available to anyone that wants to join in! Open to all ages and talent levels. |
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Live Music Every Thursday we bring a little Celtic twist to our English pub with Celtic Jam at 7pm! An open jam session available to anyone that wants to join in! Open to all ages and talent levels. |
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