December 2020

Streaming: The Bad Plus—A Two-Set Concert for the Holidays
Presented by The Dakota and Big Ears Festival
Dec 27 • 7PM • $15
This event is being streamed on Mandolin. For questions about your purchased streaming link or experience, email help@mandolin.com or hello@mandolin.com Please note: you can purchase the concert until 11:59PM CT on January 1, 2021. The on-demand replay will be available 48 hours after your purchase date. The Bad Plus has played a holiday series at […]

Livestream: The New Standards Preener’s Eve Show
Loved Local Legends
Dec 30 • 7PM • $15
The Dakota tradition continues! Preener’s (Pre-New Year’s Eve) with The New Standards—led by Twin Cities musicians and raconteurs Chan Poling (The Suburbs) on piano, bassist John Munson (Trip Shakespeare, Semisonic), and Steve Roehm (Billygoat, Electropolis) on vibraphone. This dazzling trio creates jazz arrangements of recognizable hits and deep tracks alike, drawn from diverse musical genres […]

Livestream: New Year’s Eve w/Davina & The Vagabonds
Roots Blues Jazz Pop
Dec 31 • 8PM • $20
Like many of you, we can’t wait to wish 2020 a bon voyage. And even though we aren’t able to gather at the Dakota, we can still welcome 2021 in together, along with most swinging ticket in town! Leading a band that performs every show like it’s a holiday, Davina will celebrate New Year’s for her eleventh straight […]
January 2021

Rebroadcast: New Year’s Eve w/Davina & The Vagabonds
Roots Blues Jazz Pop
Jan 1 • 8PM • $15
Even though we weren’t able to gather at the Dakota, we can still welcome 2021 in together, along with most swinging ticket in town! Leading a band that performs every show like it’s a holiday, Davina celebrated New Year’s for her eleventh straight year on the Dakota stage—entertaining us with her wit, and that soulful […]

Rebroadcast: New Year’s Eve w/Davina & The Vagabonds
Roots Blues Jazz Pop
Jan 2 • 8PM • $15
Even though we weren’t able to gather at the Dakota, we can still welcome 2021 in together, along with most swinging ticket in town! Leading a band that performs every show like it’s a holiday, Davina celebrated New Year’s for her eleventh straight year on the Dakota stage—entertaining us with her wit, and that soulful […]

Rebroadcast: New Year’s Eve w/Davina & The Vagabonds
Roots Blues Jazz Pop
Jan 3 • 8PM • $15
Even though we weren’t able to gather at the Dakota, we can still welcome 2021 in together, along with most swinging ticket in town! Leading a band that performs every show like it’s a holiday, Davina celebrated New Year’s for her eleventh straight year on the Dakota stage—entertaining us with her wit, and that soulful […]
February 2021

Livestream: Joyann Parker “Out of the Dark” Album Release
Passion, Power & Soul
Feb 13 • 7PM • $15
Stylistically diverse and roots-connected, Out of the Dark expands on the success of Parker’s debut, Hard to Love, with 11 new songs composed by Parker and guitarist Mark Lamoine. Parker was first tagged as a blues and R&B singer but her versatility, along with her expansive range and influences, have moved her into the broad category of Americana—as listeners will […]

Livestream: Robert Robinson Celebrates Martin Luther King Jr. & Black History Month
With Sam Reeves
Minnesota's Greatest Gospel Singer
Feb 21 • 7PM • $15
Once again, “The Pavarotti of Gospel” (Star Tribune), raises his voice to perform music that exemplifies the spirit of Martin Luther King Jr. and Black History Month. From the gospel sounds of Rev. James Cleveland and Mahalia Jackson to the more subtle messages of freedom and hope by artists like John Lennon, Sam Cooke, Pop “Roebuck” Staples, Mavis […]

Streaming: Jearlyn & Jevetta Steele “Healing, Peace, and Joy”
Free Concert
Feb 24 • 7PM • Free
Originally conceived as a three-part series “Healing Peace, and Joy” has been redesigned into a single evening of music that will be streamed at no cost to viewers as a gift to our community from Jearlyn, Jevetta and the Dakota. The important musical themes of Healing, Peace, and Joy will be vividly brought to life in this […]

Streaming: Gershwin! with Prudence Johnson & Dan Chouinard
Classic songs of Romp and Romance
Feb 27 • 7PM • $15
Twin Cities favorites Prudence Johnson (vocals) and Dan Chouinard (piano) present an evening of inventive and beloved Gershwin songs including “The Man I Love,” “Vodka,” and “It Ain’t Necessarily So.” “Most Americans probably can hum a bar or two of at least one George Gershwin tune. Gershwin wrote popular songs in jazz, opera and for […]
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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