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.

Dinner and cocktail seating and service begins 75 minutes before showtimes. Choral The Minnesota Boychoir will sing a selection of sacred and secular choral classics including tunes featured during its recent tour to Tennessee. Mark Johnson Executive & Artistic DirectorTodd Price AccompanistPhil Radtke Assistant to the Director The Minnesota Boychoir, now finishing its 62nd season, is the oldest continually operating boys choir in the Twin Cities. Their reputation for excellence has brought invitations from local and national music conventions, as well as sporting events and touring Broadway companies. The choir has performed with the Minnesota Orchestra, the Minnesota Opera, the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, the Baltimore Symphony, the Prague Philharmonic, and a long list of local and national performers. The Boychoir has traveled to five continents with recent tours that included performances at Sydney’s Opera House, Saint Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican and Montserrat Abbey in Barcelona. The Minnesota Boychoir trains young men to be outstanding musicians and strives to help them develop a sense of poise and self-confidence through education and performance. boychoir.org

Harold Tremblay, Dan Schwalbe & Doug Otto, as an acoustic trio for an early evening blues and roots show.

Dinner and cocktail seating and service begins 1 hour before showtimes. From Broadway to the Village When the artistry of vocalist Jennifer Grimm met the mastery of composer arranger Adi Yeshaya, a new sound was born. Don’t miss this 13-piece jazz orchestra in a night of compositions and new arrangements of jazz and pop favorites. Composer, arranger and jazz pianist Adi Yeshaya was born and raised in Israel. Graduate of Berklee College of Music in Boston, Adi has been active, both as a musician and educator for nearly four decades. His credentials include arranging and orchestration for many artists, including Prince, Whitney Houston, Aretha Franklin, Lena Horne, Burt Bacharach, The Swiss Jazzaar jazz festival, and for NBC’s The Voice. As a resident of the Twin Cities, he served as a pianist and musical director for the late Debbie Duncan for nearly three decades until her passing; performed and arranged for the Minnesota Orchestra with conductors Sarah Hicks and Doc Severinsen; and for countless singers and ensembles like Dennis Spears, Gwen Matthews, Bruce Henry, Cookie Coleman, Ginger Commodore, Prudence Johnson, the Guthrie Theater, Jack McDuff, JazzMN Big Band, The Peterson Family and his own big band. Adi has been active as an educator, as well. He taught at the University of Minnesota, McNally Smith College of Music (St. Paul, MN) and Berklee College of Music (Boston, MA). “Wonderful arrangements.” –Aretha Franklin AdiYeshaya.com

Witness: Witness is currently an experimental sad-rock duo. We will be playing songs about Texas, a doomsday prepper, reverse seasonal affective disorder, and other fun topics. More info: https://witnessmebaby.bandcamp.com/music Ungrateful Little String Band: fun-loving humans who play music together, trying to do our part to overthrow the Kyriarchy one lush harmony at a time.More info: https://ungratefullittlestringband.bandcamp.com/music Whispered the Rabbit: Whispered the Rabbit blends progressive folk, rock and punk to take you on a lore-inspired journey through secret gardens, cosmic storms and historic dance battles. WtR creates its tone poems out of a mutual love for storytelling. After a year of adventures including a pub crawl in the UK, their first album “Vol.I” was released digitally and on vinyl in Sept 2023. Vol. II’s script is being explored in cabin jams and live performances with an intention to record later this spring and set sail on another pub crawl this fall. More info: https://whisperedtherabbit.com/home

Van Morrison & Beyond Date & Time SHOW • 7PMDOORS • 5:30PM Cost $30/25

The Twin Cities have some great touring artists that like to jam local when back in town. The Schooner Tavern is one of the great venues that accomodate with flexible management. Stop on by! Great drink specials!

New Irish Trad Session, every Sunday at 8!

Vinny Franco and the Love Channel, Marvelous, The Dregs

6PM DOORS // 8PM SHOW START // $18 ADVANCE (+fees) // $23 AT THE DOOR // $28 PREMIUM BALCONY SEATING (+fees)

Funky Minneapolis Sound with frequent special guests

Teague Alexy plays every Monday at Sir Ben's!  Start your week off right with some great toe tappin' tunes, brews and views!

Join Johnny Mac, Kent Dougherty, Tom Harkness, and Nick Zwack for a ripping good jam. https://www.facebook.com/Bogeys-Lounge-Monday-Night-Blues-Jam-2200763886917562

Every Monday at 7:00 pm Bring your stix, axe, horn, voice..or just sit back and enjoy the music with some great food & cocktails...and Good vibes....That's what you do on a Monday Night.....

North Suburban Concert Band

Soulful Sounds of Summer Date & Time SHOW • 7PMDOORS • 5:30PM Cost $30/25/20

There's a Monday jam in town! The Moses Oakland Quartet will be hosting a weekly jam at the Midway Saloon Top Shelf musicians join Moses on stage Bring your instrument - Bring your game

Doors: 6pm (Full Food & Beverage menu available all night) Showtime: 8pm $18 in advance $24 at the door

Solomon Falls

Get ready for dancing at Devil Dodger’s gig with Country Two-Step dance lessons! Lessons: 5-6, Music 6-9.

Tony Houle, Allen Kirk, George Moye, and Jim Stairs host this longest running St Paul Blues Jam Tuesday night on the big stage at The Blues Saloon! Big dance floor, Food available, Doors open at 6:30Bring your instrument, Sign up, and Get your turn!

A fundraiser for Foothold Twin Cities The Trio is actually a four-piece most of the time. We often play songs that we don't really know with varying results, but a good time is had by all, while we raise money for local families in crisis.

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Ukrainian Punk Folk Circus Rock Date & Time SHOW • 7:30PMDOORS • 5PM Cost $85/80/70

Raised on Eminem and the Beatles, my music is full of emotionally charged lyrics with catchy melodies. Chorally trained vocals with a pop-like-attitude gives my sound a unique balance between the two genres. I’m a full time mother to the sweetest boys who are my whole world (outside of music) and we live in the beautiful little town of St. Paul.

Tacos & Tunes Meat Raffle at 5pm

"Groovin' in the Garden"

Bluegrass Jam is a jam session that has taken place for over 30 years!  Bring your instrument and join in the fun.  Open to all ages and talent levels.  Come for the music and stay for the comradery! 

Old time banjo and guitar

Music done by 9pm

The premier Midwest Bowie tribute

Ukrainian Punk Folk Circus Rock Date & Time SHOW • 7:30PMDOORS • 5PM Cost $85/80/70

The Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board is thrilled to announce the return of Red, White & Boom!, our beloved Fourth of July event, taking place on the Downtown Minneapolis Riverfront in 2024. Join us for an unforgettable evening of festivities, music, food, and fireworks as we celebrate America’s Independence Day in grand style. Live Music and Food Trucks: Starting at 6:00 PM Fireworks Display: Beginning at 10:00 PM Parking, Social, and other information is available on the Event Page

Free Fallin The Tom Petty Concert Experience 8:30pm Fireworks at 10:00pm

Dinner and drinks service starts 1 hour before showtimes. Great American songs from across the decades Come join other music lovers and make your voice heard this Independence Day with Dan Chouinard and special guest Arne Fogel, in a sing-along of the great American songs that have brought us together and made us better. Dan Chouinard host, pianoMaria Jette vocals Pianist/accordionist Dan Chouinard is accompanist for innumerable Twin Cities performers, an enabler of community singalongs and writer of shows for radio and theater. He’s the founder of the classic country band, Lush Country, comprised of Prairie Home Companion alumni. Maria Jette, guest vocalist and all-American soprano, has the Statue of Liberty on her mind: she’s just back from a trip to France, where she visited the home of her long-ago French immigrant ancestor, Urbain Jetté. “Eclectic Minnesota accompanist Dan Chouinard is everyone’s go-to guy. “ –Kim Ode, StarTribune DanChouinard.com

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Structured Jam

Brothers open 5-10pm

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.

Dinner and cocktail seating and service begins 90 minutes before showtimes. Local Legend Rockers Pat (Lamont) Hayes, with his brother Larry, founded Lamont Cranston in 1969. This Minneapolis-based band has a rich history in the music scene, having recorded 14 albums and written and produced a number of hit songs, including the chart topping “Upper Mississippi Shakedown.” The Cranstons have shared bills with some of the biggest names in the industry, including Muddy Waters, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Charles Brown, Buddy Guy, Keb Mo, Jonny Lang, Little Feat, The Kinks, The Yardbirds, The Animals II, Kansas, Yes, Bonnie Raitt, The Blues Brothers and many more. One of the biggest thrills was opening for The Rolling Stones on a leg of their North American tour in 1981. In 2010, the band was inducted into the Mid-America Music Hall Of Fame. The band has also been featured regularly on Dan Aykroyd’s House Of Blues Radio Show. In fact, Aykroyd (the original Blues Brother!) is quite fond of Cranston, proclaiming, “No one infects venues with the party virus quite like Pat Hayes and The Lamont Cranston Blues Band. They’ve always been my favorite.” “It’s great to hear Lamont Cranston back on the scene. Pat Hayes plays some of the baddest harp and guitar around!” –Bonnie Raitt LamontCranston.com

Tekno Performing Live In Minneapolis With Full Band🎉 Get Ready to Dance All Night Long with Tekno LIVE at Grenada Theatre in Minneapolis! 🎶📅 Date: July 5th, 2024📍 Venue: Grenada Theatre, Minneapolis🔥 Brace yourself for an electrifying night as the Nigerian superstar, Tekno, takes center stage at Grenada Theatre for a concert experience like no other! Get ready to be swept away by his infectious beats, pulsating rhythms, and sensational performances.🎵 Tekno, known for his chart-topping hits like "Pana," "Duro," and "Skeletun," is set to ignite the stage with his signature Afrobeat tunes and high-energy dance moves. From his smooth vocals to his catchy hooks, every moment promises to be an adrenaline-fueled celebration of music and unity.💃 This is more than just a concert – it's a full-blown party where you can let loose, groove to the rhythm, and create unforgettable memories with friends and fellow fans. The atmosphere will be buzzing with excitement, and the energy will be through the roof!🌟 Don't miss your chance to witness Tekno's powerhouse performance LIVE at Grenada Theatre. Whether you're a die-hard fan or just looking for an incredible night out, this is an event you won't want to miss. Grab your tickets now and get ready to experience the magic of Tekno like never before!🎟️ Tickets are selling fast, so secure yours today and mark your calendars for July 5th, 2024. Let's make this a night to remember at Grenada Theatre in Minneapolis with Tekno! 🔊🎉

Experience a night of eclectic sounds guaranteed to expand your musical horizons and keep you dancing all night long!

Jennifer Grimm is a nationally acclaimed vocalist and songwriter with credits including performing at New York’s Carnegie Hall, scoring hits internationally and having her music featured on networks such as NBC, USA, and SHOWTIME.   She will perform original work, favorites off her respective records, and familiar tunes, with a few surprises along the way.   Umbra hosts complimentary live music every single Thursday, Friday, and Saturday evenings. Learn more by visiting our website.

Music done by 9pm

Donny Brang is a solo acoustic artist from Central Minnesota with decades of live performing experience.  His repertoire encompasses a wide variety of music, from yesterday’s favorites to songs of today.  Enjoyable easy listening at its best!

8PM DOORS // 930PM SHOW START // $15 ADVANCE (+fees) // $20 AT THE DOOR // $25 PREMIUM BALCONY SEATING (+fees) This is an 18+ event With FÈNIX DION & DYLAN SALFER 

TRAM RIDES, THE MARV NISSEL BAND, 1919 ROOT BEER FLOATS*, ICE CREAM*, PIE*, WASHBOARD LAUNDRY, YARD GAMES, WOOL CARDING, RUG WEAVER, HORSE CART RIDES, & MORE! :)  This 4th of July weekend event is perfect for the WHOLE FAMILY!  Admission:  General Public: $5  |  2 & Under: FREE  |  FA Members/Season Passholders: FREE Day of Event: $10 *Available for purchase.

Scott Hefte and the Bury ‘em Deep Bio: From the ashes of such bands as Seymore Saves the World, Superdanger, Me and My Arrow, and Beasthead, rises a dark and brooding indie-western soundtrack for your apocalypse. Scott Hefte and the Bury ‘em Deep have combined to create hellish landscapes of a dystopian nightmare while not forgetting the righteous influences of old school country, indie-pop, and noise rock. The resulting sound is one of Johnny Cash, Phil Collins, and Godspeed You Black Emperor, fighting a bloodless three way cage match for superiority. No one wins but you, when you dig the music of Scott Hefte and the Bury ‘em Deep.

Rock the Docks with Headliner High & Mighty at 7:30pm and opener, Chris Lawrence at 5:30pm!No cover, tables first come first serve!

Folk Rock Pioneer Date & Time SHOW • 7PMDOORS • 5:30PM Cost $65/60/50

Jennifer Grimm is a nationally acclaimed vocalist and songwriter with credits including performing at New York’s Carnegie Hall, scoring hits internationally and having her music featured on networks such as NBC, USA, and SHOWTIME.   She will perform original work, favorites off her respective records, and familiar tunes, with a few surprises along the way.   Umbra hosts complimentary live music every single Thursday, Friday, and Saturday evenings. Learn more by visiting our website.

Michael Sherwood started playing music in 2010 in his hometown of Big Lake, Minnesota as a kid. Most of his inspiration comes from 70s and 80s rock and roll and has incorporated other sounds throughout the years. His range as an artist goes from rap to pop, with majority of his favorite work being rock and alternative rock. He released “Anywhere” in September 2020. He is currently playing shows all across Minnesota. His new album “It’s About Time” is scheduled to release in March 2024.

WACO BROTHERS stumble out of the desert with a fierce thirst and an epic album: The Men That God Forgot. "Clash meets Cash" - Rolling StoneThe Cedar PresentsWACO BROTHERS with Jake La Botz and Jon Langford & Alice Spencer of the Bright ShinersSaturday, July 6, 2024 / Doors: 7:00 PM / Show: 8:00 PMAll AgesStanding$23 Advance, $28 Day of ShowThis is a standing show with an open floor. To request seating or other access accommodations, please go to our Access Page.For Cedar presented shows, online ticket sales typically end one hour before the door time, and then, based on availability, tickets will be available at the door.ABOUT THIS SHOWShaking off the plague days like a snake sheds its skin, the WACO BROTHERS stumble out of the empty, burning desert with a fierce thirst and an epic new album: The Men That God Forgot, their first collection of original tunes since 2016."It's the mission of the Waco Brothers — a Chicago-based outfit that Jon Langford started in the mid-90s — to bring blood, sweat, and tears back into country music.…" - KenTucker, NPR"Clash meets Cash" - Rolling StoneWACO BROTHERSShaking off the plague days like a snake sheds its skin the WACO BROTHERS stumble out of the empty, burning desert with a fierce thirst and an epic new album: THE MEN THAT GOD FORGOT.It’s the first collection of original WACO tunes since 2016’s GOING DOWN IN HISTORY and comes to you via their own label Plenty Tuff Records.The Waco Brothers got together in Chicago in the mid-90s; battle weary punk musicians who wanted nothing more than to play classic country covers for free beer in their adopted home city. Their residencies at bars like the Wrigleyville Tap and Augenblick became legendary for the sheer volume, speed and energy they brought to this task. After an early and particularly deranged appearance at SXSW, Rolling Stone dubbed the Wacos “Clash meets Cash” and they unleashed a fistful of ferocious albums and endlessly entertaining live gigs that defined the Insurgent Country movement.Every night is still Friday night for the WACO BROTHERS but these new songs lace that reckless exuberance with a more sober awareness of the tsunami of cynical corruption & materialism that infects our everyday existence. BEST THAT MONEY CAN BUY rips its verses from what’s left of honest journalism while IN THE DARK provides a requiem for functioning democracy AND boasts the best twin-lead guitar solo since Thin Lizzy. The album ends with NOWHERE TO RUN a deceptively gentle dance number (inspired by a night on the Outlaw Country Cruise where the Wacos backed up their hero Lee “Scratch” Perry) that presents the struggle for social and economic justice as neverending. GEORGE WALKS WITH JESUS is a song about George Jones walking with Jesus.“It's the mission of the Waco Brothers — a Chicago-based outfit that Langford started in the mid-90s — to bring blood, sweat, and tears back into country music.… They have a rather romantic view; I doubt that, this side of Merle Haggard, any American country act has written a furious hymn to organized labor like the song "Plenty Tough and Union Made.” - KenTucker, NPRThe WACO BROTHERS lost their powerhouse drummer Joe Camarillo to a stroke in January 2021 and it took some time to regroup. They’d often been joined onstage by violinist Jean Cook and drummer Dan Massey (ex-Robbie Fulks) who had deputized for Joe for years, so now the time seemed right to add them both as permanent members. The current line-up is:Jean Cook – violin & vocalsTracey Dear – mandolin & vocalsAlan Jesus George Jones Mr. Spanky Captain Giggles Sproketts Doughty Vega – bass & vocalsJon Langford – guitar & vocalsDan Massey – drumsDean Schlabowske – guitar & vocalsTHE MEN THAT GOD FORGOT is the 10th Waco Brothers full length album and was recorded with Mike Hagler at Kingsize Soundlabs in Chicago in 2022. The cinematic brass parts were arranged and performed by longtime collaborator Max Crawford with Dave Smith. Other Waco Cousins appearing are Barkley Mckay on piano and organ, Patty Vega on jingling tambourine and Andre Michot of the Lost Bayou Ramblers on accordion.“Where does this pack of goofy bastards get off thinking they can one-up our national heritage? But they do, damn it. Jon Langford has always utilized his extracurricular time with the Wacos to exorcise the C&W demons that have lurked in his work with the Mekons since the 1980s. Where great Mekons albums integrate a vaguely folkish, space cowboy vibe, the Waco Brothers sound like real-deal ten-gallon hatters with a grouchy streak and a subscription to The Nation. Sure, there's a William Blake nod on occasion, but mostly, Langford and co-singer/songwriter Dean Schlabowske invoke the spirit of the common man, crank up the hollow-body guitars and rock their wary ways.” - Pitchfork"The Waco Boys! The Rainbow Men!” - Lee “Scratch’ PerryTo learn more about the Waco Brothers:Visit their website hereJAKE LA BOTZJake La Botz’s rough and tumble Chicago upbringing took him from juvenile delinquency and punk rock to learning blues from the last of the Delta bluesmen. From there, with guitar in tow, he made his way across the U.S.A. until he hit the end of the line in Hollywood where an improbable acting career began to unfold.After getting clean from heroin at thirty years old, La Botz became a Buddhist meditation practitioner and teacher. He also took his bluesy guitar licks to the Greater Mt. Zion Church in South Central L.A. where he steeped himself in gospel music. Ever since then La Botz has been putting out his own brand of Gospel-noir Americana. The eccentric stories, characters, and underlying spiritual messages often heard in his songs come to a head on his latest album Hair on Fire.Among more than twenty film and TV credits, La Botz has acted in True Detective, Rambo, and On the Road. His most recent film, D.O.A., stars fellow musician John Doe from the punk band X.Beyond music and acting, La Botz is also a writer. A collection of short fiction is forthcoming from Cornerstone Press and a graphic memoir is also in the works.To learn more about Jake La Botz:Visit his Instagram page hereJON LANGFORD & ALICE SPENCER OF THE BRIGHT SHINERSJon Langford's been in more bands than you have digits- and that's true even if you were born with a few extras! From his early days in Mekons, Delta 5,Three Johns and even Sisters Of Mercy to a veritable explosion of one-off recordings and performances with more names than we could ever hope to list in full. A Wikipedia description for this group,The Bright Shiners (described therein as 'circa 2022 through at least 2023,in Northern California') provides some sense of the complex taxonomy needed just to keep track of Jon's massive oeuvre. Happily, that's an understated description of a serious new outlet for his endless creativity, and The Bright Shiners' recording activities have produced a full album, Where It Really Starts, the first recording in a collaboration with Tamineh Gueramy, Alice Spencer,and Jon's frequent musical partner, John Szymanski.Jon's never sung or written better, and the sense that the band realised they were onto something great is palpable in an instant. Each song is a minimalistic jewel-there's nothing here that doesn't need to be-yet the album is unsparing of aptly astonishing adornment - wonderful harmonies, horns, mellotron, bowed guitar, piano.looped percussion and more), by our reckoning this is one of Jon's finest works of art and his best outfit outside The Mekons themselves.To learn more about Jon Langford:Visit his Instagram page hereTo learn more about Alice Spencer:Visit her Instagram page hereSPONSORED BY