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November 2025
VIP Event: Boney James – 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 – 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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Irish Christmas in America
Nov 26, 2025 • 7PM • From $52.25
“Lively and reflective…a powerful evocation of the season” — Folk Wax The hugely popular Irish Christmas in America show features top Irish music, song and dance. The show, produced by Sligo fiddler Oisín Mac Diarmada is an engaging performance rich in humour and boundless energy. The 2024 tour featured the return of vocalist Caitríona Sherlock. Moreover, she […]
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The Very Best of Julie London By Jaedyn James & Alex Browne
Nov 28, 2025 • 7PM • From $35.77
“Sultry and powerful R&B… fierce” – Maximum Ink “The Very Best of Julie London” will be a sultry night celebrating a jazz icon’s greatest hits and timeless elegance. Produced and performed by Jaedyn James and Alex Browne and backed by an incredible full band featuring strings, horns, flute, piano, and upright bass. Julie London is […]
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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 The 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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Mark O’Connor’s Appalachian Christmas
Feat. Maggie O'Connor
Americana Strings Master
Dec 10, 2025 • 7PM • From $69.76
“a national treasure” – Wynton Marsalis Three-time Grammy winning composer and fiddler Mark O’Connor has created several arrangements of Christmas classics. Here, he fashions a wondrous mixture of both instrumental and vocal music in bluegrass and other American music genres. The show features fresh takes on traditional songs with a few original compositions included. […]
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Merry Christmas From José James
Dec 16, 2025 • 7PM • From $47.10
“eclectic, groove-minded jazz singer” – NPR “Merry Christmas from José James” raises the bar for the contemporary Christmas show. James combines the classic jazz-crooner elegance of Frank Sinatra and Nat “King” Cole with the earthy sophistication of soul legends Stevie Wonder and Donny Hathaway. Further, James breathes new life into much-loved holiday classics such as “The […]
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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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