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November 2025
Alex Cuba
Genre-bending Latin Jazz
Nov 13, 2025 • 7PM • From $35.77
“Staying true to his Spanish language folk-funk-rock hybrid has paid off.”— Billboard It’s a strange thing, watching audiences sing along with Alex without speaking his native Spanish. But they do. They “la-la-la” their way from chorus to chorus, caught up in his inescapable gravitational pull. His warm, elastic vocals float above a sound essentially from […]
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Brett Dennen: Art Is Life Tour
Nov 14, 2025 • 7PM • From $52.25
“funkily elegant strands of timeless pop” – Paste Through his career, Brett Dennen has established himself as the kind of singer-songwriter who finds inspiration in the human condition. Here, he digs into the nooks and crannies, exploring pain, joy, sadness, and all points in between. 2024’s If It Takes Forever, the California native’s eighth solo album […]
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Iam Tongi
Passionate Hawaiian Idol
Nov 15, 2025 • 7PM • From $47.10
“a soaring performance” – American Songwriter You can hear it in the gentle rasp of his wave-washed vocal soul. You can see it in his smile. For Iam Tongi, music is about transformation – and it always has been. Tongi is a Hawaiian-born singer-songwriter and the Season twenty-one champion of American Idol. Twenty-year-old Tongi first picked up […]
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Boney James: The Slow Burn Tour
Nov 22, 2025 • 6:30PM • From $81.09
“R&B-inflected saxophone… lyrical and intimate” – Jazz Times Boney James’s latest, 2024’s Slow Burn is a new high point in a remarkable career that now spans more than three decades. He has earned a long list of accolades: four Grammy nominations and three NAACP Image Award nominations. Also, a Soul Train Award for Best Jazz Album and […]
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VIP Event: Boney James: The Slow Burn Tour
Nov 22, 2025 • 8:15PM • From $115
Boney James VIP event. VIP Meet & Greet will be after the 1st show and before the doors open for the 9pm performance. •6:30PM TICKET HOLDERS- will be asked to stay in the room after the performance. •9PM TICKET HOLDERS- Please arrive to the club before 8pm. You will need to check in and then we […]
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Boney James: The Slow Burn Tour
Nov 22, 2025 • 9PM • From $81.09
“R&B-inflected saxophone… lyrical and intimate” – Jazz Times Boney James’s latest, 2024’s Slow Burn is a new high point in a remarkable career that now spans more than three decades. He has earned a long list of accolades: four Grammy nominations and three NAACP Image Award nominations. Also, a Soul Train Award for Best Jazz Album and […]
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December 2025
George Maurer Group Annual Holiday Show
Clever Contemporary Christmas Tunes
Dec 1, 2025 • 7PM • From $25.47
“What’s the Maurer magic? A mix of wit, sophistication, humor and keeping it fresh.” – Minnpost This merry band of “genre-bending eclectics” (Jazz 88) has been entertaining sold-out houses at the Dakota since 2000. The George Maurer Group takes the stage by storm with their irreverent style and sly musical humor. Here, they will bring you an […]
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Private Event
Closed
Dec 4, 2025 •
We will be closed on DEC 4 for a private event. BOOK YOUR EVENT HERE: https://www.dakotacooks.com/private-events/
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Gunhild Carling
Sweden's Queen of Swing
Dec 5, 2025 • 7PM • From $52.25
“a star with megawatt energy and a breathtaking breadth of talent” – Theater Pizzazz Swedish musical sensation Gunhild Carling is an internationally acclaimed superstar whose show is a can’t-miss event! Whether she’s singing favorite swinging jazz standards, playing one of many instruments (trumpet, trombone, harmonica, oboe, harp, flute, recorder or jazz bagpipe!) or juggling and tap dancing, […]
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Leo Kottke: Live at The Ordway
With Special Guest OK Factor
Dec 5, 2025 • 7PM • From $50-$75
“wild, highly technical blend of bluegrass, folk, and jazz and classical” – Rolling Stone Prolific guitarist Leo Kottke boasts an impressive body of work and an unrivaled fingerpicking style. His forty-plus albums over four decades have earned him two Grammy nominations and widespread acclaim. Drawing inspiration from folk, blues and jazz, he plays his signature six-string and […]
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It’s because of concerts like this that I can’t stand living in Los Angeles. Why is it that Lowell Pickett’s Dakota … gets artists and tours to come to Minneapolis, MN and not darken the doors of any club in LA?
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