June 5, 2026

Jazz

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Jacksonville Jazz Festival: Nile Rodgers & CHIC at Ford on Bay (May 24, 2026)

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Our Neighbor: A Benefit Concert at The Dakota (February 12, 2026)

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Our Neighbor: A Benefit Concert held at The Dakota was truly that, with an actual cavalcade of Twin Cities musicians, centered by The New Standards, playing songs of protest and raising money for local charities fighting for our neighbors who are under attack.

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GoGo Penguin at Fine Line, Minneapolis (October 7, 2025)

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Manchester trio GoGo Penguin brought their intricate, guitar-free blend of jazz and electronica to the Fine Line. Surrounded by keyboards, laptops, and acoustic drums, they delivered dizzying polyrhythms and luminous tension. Bassist Nick Blacka anchored the chaos.

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Dakota 40th Anniversary Block Party at Dakota Jazz Club (September 20, 2025)

dave@weheartmusic.com September 21, 2025

Forty-year anniversary celebrations were on the menu this weekend. In Chicago the Pogues played Riot Fest to celebrate the 40 years since the release of their seminal album Rum Sodomy & the Lash. At The Bank on the University of Minnesota campus an all-star line-up, including Willie Nelson and Bob Dylan, headlined the 40th Farm Aid Music Festival. And on Nicollet Mall in the heart of downtown Minneapolis, a jazz club reached the rare milestone and decided to throw a party.

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Selby Avenue Jazz Fest (September 13, 2025)

dave@weheartmusic.com September 14, 2025

The Selby Avenue Jazz Fest is in the heart of St. Paul, specifically, the Rondo neighborhood. It was founded in 2002 as a response to the one-year anniversary of 9/11. Co-founder, Michael Wright, felt a need to celebrate the good things going on in the world and in the heart of St. Paul, and he felt, “Nothing gets people together like a good old-fashioned block party.” The inaugural Jazz Fest had 600 people. There were quite a few more on Saturday.

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We♥KC! August 22-24, 2025 Upcoming concerts / shows (Kansas City, MO /Lawrence, KS metro)

JohnC@weheartmusic.com August 20, 2025

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