The Belvedere at Crooners

Dinner and cocktail seating and service begins 75 minutes before showtimes. Bluegrass Americana Original Virtuosity The Barley Jacks play original bluegrass and roots with jaw dropping virtuosity. Brian Wicklund: Fiddle, Mandolin, Vocals Mike Cramer: Guitar, Vocals Josh Granoski: Bass Joel Arpin: Drums Band leader Brian Wicklund is a 2024 Minnesota Music Hall of Fame Inductee and has toured worldwide. He is featured in hundreds of recording projects. Mike Cramer has won both the Minnesota and Wisconsin Flatpicking Championship and placed second in the National Flatpicking Contest. The Barley Jacks have three critically acclaimed albums and have headlined top music festivals in the midwest. “The Barley Jacks are musicians’ musicians playing seriously good music. If you can sit there and listen to these guys without smiling or tapping your toe, check your pulse.” –Ron Arsenault, Rock Bend Music Festival barleyjacks.com

Dinner and cocktail seating and service begins 90 minutes before showtimes. Jazz With a Cowboy Hat Honky-Tonk Jump plays swingin’ Texas dance hall music in the tradition of Bob Wills, Milton Brown, Ernest Tubb and Spade Cooley with a sprinkling of Hank Williams and other early honky-tonk legends. This band rustles up a rhythm roundup with accordion, twin fiddles, guitar, pedal steel, mandolin, bass, drums and vocals. Their music features signature twin and triple leads on accordion, fiddle, pedal steel and guitar with soulful vocals, all backed by a hard-swingin’ rhythm section. This band has fun and it’s contagious! Dan Newton accordion/vocals Richard Kriehn fiddle/vocals Joe Savage pedal steel/vocals Dan Lowinger guitar Vaughn Asselstine upright bass Lars-Erik Larson drums Tom Schaefer fiddle Dan Newton performed many times on A Prairie Home Companion and played Western swing with various bands since the 1980s. He serves triple duty as the front man, accordionist and lead vocalist. “The crowd of over 600 were roaring their approval beginning the moment they heard the first twang from the stage. Honky-Tonk Jump played old favorites and new tunes with an ease that comes from the many years they’ve all played professionally.” –MIssissippi Music HonkyTonkJump.com

Dinner and cocktail seating and service begins 90 minutes before showtimes. Jazz Join the Mary Petrich Quartet as they celebrate the brilliant, transcendent music of Duke Ellington, from lesser-known masterworks to familiar favorites. Mary Petrich: Saxophones Mary Louise Knutson: Piano Joan Griffith: Bass Sheila Earley: Drums Saxophonist Mary Petrich balances an active career as a performer and educator. Her work blends traditional and non-traditional approaches with an abiding love for improvisation and creative expression. Her resume includes appearances with The Phoenix Symphony, The Temptations, AZ Music Festival Orchestra, and Patty Peterson’s Jazz-Women All Stars. She also leads her own quartet, “OpenHand”. www.marypetrich.com

Dinner and cocktail seating and service begins 75 minutes before showtimes. Balkan Party Music Best known for its toe-tapping ‘Euro music, but not stuck up’ (Star Tribune), Orkestar Bez Ime brings an intimate musical experience to Crooners. Travel with OBI through the captivating music of the Balkan Peninsula, including the vibrant traditions of the Romany people of Eastern Europe, all peppered with the band members’ personal stories behind the music. Even OBI regulars are likely to hear something new! Colleen Bertsch: Violin, Vocals Scott Keever: Guitar, Tambura Matt Miller: Bass Katrina Mundinger: Clarinet, Vocals Natalie Nowytski: Vocals, Percussion Eric Ray: Accordion, Vocals Orkestar Bez Ime , meaning “orchestra without a name” in Bulgarian, was formed in 2002 to recreate the sounds of the village with a presentation as festive as the music itself. Focusing on Eastern Europe and music of the Rom (“Gypsy”) people, OBI’s repertoire reaches from Albania to Ukraine, with plenty of stops in between. Orkestar Bez Ime is a winner of the 2011-2012 McKnight Artist Fellowships for Performing Musicians administered by MacPhail Center for Music and a recipient of a 2012 Minnesota Emerging Composers Award from the American Composers Forum. “Full-bodied, flavorful music” – Minnesota Public Radio orkestarbezime.com

Fully-tented outdoor venue with choice lake-views, full dinner and cocktail service (same menu as indoors). Dinner and cocktail seating and service begins 75 minutes before showtimes. R&B and Soul Johnnie Brown uses his raspy baritone voice, sings songs of Teddy Pendergrass like none other. As an illustrious karaoke singer Johnnie Brown attributes his love of music to the great Philadelphia sound and to that which personifies the legendary Teddy Pendergrass. Deciding to take his dream as a performer to the next level, Johnnie formed a band and has since established a reputable name for himself and performs locally within the surrounding areas of St. Paul, Minneapolis Minnesota. With re-occurring sold out performances at many of Minnesota’s well established venues. Johnnie continues to strive to make a difference in the entertainment community. “Johnnie Brown is commonly known for his many tribute performances, honoring the legendary performers that’s inspired his singing career”