The Cadenza All Stars are back in Fingal’s Cave! Last time this wonderful group sold out so get your tickets early.

Pianist Jorge Luis Pacheco headlined the 2024 Twin Cities Winter Jazz Festival and was featured at the 2019 Twin Cities Jazz Festival. He’s headed back to the Twin Cities this fall for two high-energy trio shows copresented by CAYO at Berlin! Jorge Luis Pacheco is a leading pianist from the new generation of jazz in […]

Virginia transplant Abinnet Berhanu (drums) will be performing a wide spectrum of modern Amercian and African Jazz + his original music most influenced by the Black American Music he grew up with in the American South and the Ethiopian culture he was surrounded with at home.    featuring: Abinnet Berhanu - drums  Ryan Freitas - saxophone […]

To celebrate 40 years of music and dining, we’re throwing a FREE 40th Anniversary Block Party on Saturday, September 20 from 2–10 PM! The party takes over Nicollet Mall outside the Dakota and our indoor stage, with live performances from more than 10 incredible acts, culinary specials inspired by the vibrant flavors of New Orleans, […]

We’re jump-starting the season with Mac Santiago and his Latin Soultet. A seasoned drummer and percussionist, rhythm runs deep through Mac Santiago’s Puerto Rican lineage. You’ll hear this expressed through this seven-piece group’s spicy interpretations of traditional tunes and Latin Jazz favorites. Travel with us to a fiery tropical paradise, and prepare to be lured […]

Jered Byford is a Southern-Minnesota based trombone player, and previous co-winner of the Carl Fontana Jazz trombone competition. He grew up in Western Washington, studied at the University of Miami, and takes heavy inspiration from a combination of bebop and modern jazz.   His drumless quartet will perform mostly originals, with a few standards and […]

We’re jump-starting the season with Mac Santiago and his Latin Soultet. A seasoned drummer and percussionist, rhythm runs deep through Mac Santiago’s Puerto Rican lineage. You’ll hear this expressed through this seven-piece group’s spicy interpretations of traditional tunes and Latin Jazz favorites. Travel with us to a fiery tropical paradise, and prepare to be lured […]

What is “Sitting-In”? Sitting in is not the same as a “jam session”. A musician’s definition of “sitting in” is to participate in a working group, as a guest, usually to play a couple of songs. This usually occurs at the invitation of someone in the band. This is how Jazz Musicians typically audition and […]