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November 2025
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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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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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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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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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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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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