BZ3 Organ Trio
Genre: Jazz/Soul/Fusion/Funk
Details: BZ3 Organ Trio returns to the Schooner Tavern every last Wednesday of the month for a free show. Two sets.
Tickets: FREE
David Feily (Set 1)
Genre: Fusion/Jazz
Details: David Feily is a genre-blending force and has become one of the Twin Cities most in-demand guitarists, touring/session musicians, and educators. His collaborative spirit has led him to work with many artists such as LA Buckner, Minneapolis String Project, BZ3 Organ Trio, and Rhythm Street Movement. He is also known for backing up artists such as Steve Cole, The Steeles, Lucia Sarmiento, Bryan White, Jaki Blue, Chuck Lazerus, and Bruce Henry. Drawing from jazz, funk, R&B, rock, and world influences, David Feily's playing is as emotive as it is technically masterful. Whether he's laying down syncopated grooves or exploring adventurous improvisations, the live concert experience is both electrifying and intimate. Don’t miss the rare chance to see David showcasing his own compositions with an all-star line-up of supporting musicians. Band Members: David Feily - Guitar Nelson Devereaux - Sax/Woodwinds Lasse Corson - Keys Ryan Butler - Bass Austin Lee - Drums
Tickets: $20
David Feily (Set 2)
Genre: Fusion/Jazz
Details: David Feily is a genre-blending force and has become one of the Twin Cities most in-demand guitarists, touring/session musicians, and educators. His collaborative spirit has led him to work with many artists such as LA Buckner, Minneapolis String Project, BZ3 Organ Trio, and Rhythm Street Movement. He is also known for backing up artists such as Steve Cole, The Steeles, Lucia Sarmiento, Bryan White, Jaki Blue, Chuck Lazerus, and Bruce Henry. Drawing from jazz, funk, R&B, rock, and world influences, David Feily's playing is as emotive as it is technically masterful. Whether he's laying down syncopated grooves or exploring adventurous improvisations, the live concert experience is both electrifying and intimate. Don’t miss the rare chance to see David showcasing his own compositions with an all-star line-up of supporting musicians. Band Members: David Feily - Guitar Nelson Devereaux - Sax/Woodwinds Lasse Corson - Keys Ryan Butler - Bass Austin Lee - Drums
Tickets: $20
Gathering Wool
Genre: Acoustic modern folk
Details: A beautiful setting at the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum.
Tickets: Included with entrance fee
Marcin – Solo Dragon Tour
Genre: Classical and percussive fingerstyle guitarist.
Details: Marcin Patrzalek, known as Marcin, is a Polish guitarist, composer, producer, and arranger. His online audience is the biggest among young guitarists in the world, and among the top in the instrumental world at large. He won two major talent shows in Europe, and reached the semifinal in America’s Got Talent, but continued to grow his audience exponentially in the years since.
Tickets: $36
Natania & Ticket To Brasil
Genre: Brazilian Jazz/Bossa Nova
Details: Natania Kamin-vocal, Pavel Jany-guitar, John Croarkin-sax/flute/harmonica, Ted Godbout-piano, Matt Senjem-bass, Josue Alfaro-drums/vocal. This will be the band's only show in the Twin Cities this summer season. Don't miss out!
Tickets: $20
BZ3 Organ Trio
Genre: Jazz/Soul/Fusion/Funk
Details: BZ3 Organ Trio returns to the Schooner Tavern every last Wednesday of the month for a free show. Two sets.
Tickets: FREE
Pavel Jany & Global Jazz Collegium
Genre: Jazz/World
Details: Global Jazz Collegium is an assembly of local and international musicians founded by the Twin Cities based guitarist and composer Pavel Jany. The group has released two albums of mostly original material and performed at the Selby Jazz Festival, TC Jazz Festival, MN State Fair and at many local jazz venues and concert series. In addition to the original material, Global Jazz Collegium's repertoire includes works by Chick Corea, Herbie Hancock, Jaco Pastorius, Pat Metheny, Billy Cobham, Carlos Santana, Hermeto Pascoal, and other legends of jazz/fusion.
Tickets: Donation encouraged
Alvaro Henrique - Brazilian Treasures
Genre: Classical Brazilian Music
Details: Come listen to forgotten Brazilian masterpieces and new commissioned works which represent Brazilian music outside Rio de Janeiro.
Admission: $15
The Dream Songs Project
Genre: Contemporary/Experimental
Details: Border CrosSing's Artists Recital Series: featuring The Dream Songs Project performing "El poeta y el Minotauro: Tres poemas de Crisantemos de Ana Rosa Núñez" by Jonathan Posthuma for voice and guitar
Tickets: FREE
The Dream Songs Project
Genre: Contemporary/Experimental
Details: Concert of newly commissions works for voice and guitar: "El poeta y el Minotauro: Tres poemas de Crisantemos de Ana Rosa Núñez" by Jonathan Posthuma "in vain the net is spread or shaft is shot" by Tiffany Skidmore.
Tickets: FREE
Ichiko Aoba
Genre: Japanese Folk
Details: Ichiko Aoba has the power to bend space around her, pulling listeners from reality and surrounding them in the comforting fabric of her imagination. She’s been casting these spells since her debut at 19 years old, making picturesque dioramas with only her voice and guitar. But in recent years, she’s turned a corner and let a new process take hold. The Japanese singer, songwriter, composer, and multi-instrumentalist tapped into the full breadth of her ability, marrying the classical guitar of her earlier work with lofty orchestral sweeps.
Tickets: $37.50-$48.56
Ichiko Aoba
Genre: Japanese Folk
Details: Ichiko Aoba has the power to bend space around her, pulling listeners from reality and surrounding them in the comforting fabric of her imagination. She’s been casting these spells since her debut at 19 years old, making picturesque dioramas with only her voice and guitar. But in recent years, she’s turned a corner and let a new process take hold. The Japanese singer, songwriter, composer, and multi-instrumentalist tapped into the full breadth of her ability, marrying the classical guitar of her earlier work with lofty orchestral sweeps.
Tickets: $37.50-$48.56
BZ3 Organ Trio
Genre: Jazz/Soul/Fusion/Funk
Details: BZ3 Organ Trio returns to the Schooner Tavern every last Wednesday of the month for a free show. Two sets.
Tickets: FREE
Jesse Cook
Genre: Flamenco, Jazz, World Music
Details: Beyond his prolific accomplishments as a beloved Nuevo Flamenco guitarist over the past 25 years, JESSE COOK has honed his skills as a composer, producer, arranger, performer, and filmmaker.
Tickets: $45-$59
Alvaro Henrique - Steal Like an Artist
Genre: Classical
Details: A DMA Recital with works by composers whose creative process included borrowing something.
Tickets: Free
Sara d'Ippolito Reichert
Genre: Classical
Details: Classical guitarist from Calabria, southern Italy. Diverse program of women composers.
Tickets: $15-20 suggested donation
Porch Light
Genre: Some call it "shoe gaze", but we just call it rock.
Details: Minnesota Legit presents ART BEAT: Live glass blowing, tattooing, graffiti artists and bands. It's artists supporting artists in a 420 friendly environment.
Tickets: FREE
BZ3 Organ Trio
Genre: Jazz/Soul/Fusion/Funk
Details: BZ3 Organ Trio returns Berlin jazz club in the north loop.
Tickets: $12
Sara d'Ippolito Reichert
Genre: Classical
Details: Doctoral Recital - Challenging the Canon. Featuring Works by Teresa De Rogatis, Ida Presti, Nadia Borislova, Lilith Guegamian, Olga Amelkina-Vera.
Tickets: Free
Minneapolis String Project
Genre: Jazz/Soul/Fusion
Details: Ernest Bisong, David Feily and Greg Byers have spent years performing and honing their musicianship in separate spheres of the Minnesota music scene and come together to form this unique musical partnership. MPLS String Project deviates from the standard repertoire for bowed stringed instruments and draws from jazz, fusion, soul, as well as an array of world music influences. Live performances leave audiences dazzled by their cooperative improvisation and creativity.
Tickets: Free
BZ3 Organ Trio
Genre: Jazz/Soul/Fusion/Funk
Details: BZ3 Organ Trio returns to the Schooner Tavern every last Wednesday of the month for a free show. Two sets.
Tickets: FREE
LA Buckner & BiG HOMiE
Genre: Jazz/Fusion/Neo-Soul
Details: Drummer/Bandleader/Composer LA Buckner returns to the legendary Dakota Jazz club following multiple sell out performances and his second album release.
Tickets: $30
Dreamers’ Circus
Genre: Indie-Folk
Details: The ambitiously inventive Nordic trio Dreamers’ Circus is one of the most talked-about acts in acoustic music. The three members mine their backgrounds in traditional and roots music to present a genre-bending amalgam of folk sensitivity, jazz-tinged improvisation, and classical complexity, distilled through an openness to pop influences across a range of instruments, including fiddle, accordion, piano, and cittern.
Tickets: $25
Shoeless Revolution
Genre: Rock/Funk/Jam
Details: Shoeless Revolution returns to play original rock/funk/jam tunes as well as fun covers.
Tickets: $12
Sonic Dream
Genre: Jazz/soul/reggae
Details: Sonic Dream is a guitar-led trio that is known for "hip retooling" (Star Tribune) of pop songs that span from Elvis to Dua Lipa. The trio is: Jeff Perry, guitar; Matt Blake, bass; Bob Johnston, drums
Tickets: FREE
BZ3 Organ Trio
Genre: Jazz/Soul/Fusion/Funk
Details: BZ3 Organ Trio returns to the Schooner Tavern every last Wednesday of the month for a free show. Two sets.
Tickets: FREE
Trace Bundy
Genre: Fingerstyle
Details: Internationally acclaimed guitar virtuoso Trace Bundy must be seen, not just heard. Here, he uses harmonics, looping, and multiple capos to create music that is poetry in motion. Seeing the fan-dubbed “Acoustic Ninja” play live confounds even the most accomplished music lovers. Fans marvel as to how one person can do all that with just two hands and ten fingers.
Tickets: $30-40
Masters of Hawaiian Music George Kahumoku, Jr., Sonny Lim & Herb Ohta, Jr.
Genre: Hawaiian guitar
Details: Three Masters, featured regularly at Maui’s renowned Slack Key Show, share the uniquely Hawaiian styles of slack-key guitar and ‘ukulele. These styles originated in the early 19th century, when Portuguese immigrants introduced the ‘ukulele to Hawai‘i. Then, Mexican cowboys brought guitars to the islands, along with their ranching knowledge. Hawaiians have made these instruments their own.
Tickets: $40-45
The Dream Songs Project
Genre: Classical (new music)
Details: Alyssa Anderson voice and Joseph Spoelstra, guitar. New music for voice and guitar featuring "The Waste Land Pt 1" by Yoshi Weinberg and "The Old Wide Way" by Katherine Bergman. Both song cycles were commissioned by the ensemble.
Tickets: Free
Henry & Salfer Duo
Genre: Blues
Details: Robb Henry and 2025 International Blues Festival "best guitarist" winner Dylan Salfer team up.
Tickets: FREE