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Mpls: Don Was and the Pan-Detroit Ensemble at Dakota Jazz Club (Oct 4, 2026)
October 4 @ 6:30 pm
Don Was and the Pan-Detroit Ensemble at Dakota Jazz Club (Oct 4, 2026)
Six-time GRAMMY-winning musician, producer, and composer, Don Was is on his 2026 tour, with the full band, billed as Don Was and the Pan-Detroit Ensemble. The show promises music from his new album Groove in the Face of Adversity as well as honoring The Grateful Dead’s Blues for Allah and Bob Weir and the album’s 50th Anniversary.
We interviewed Don Was in 2024 and we got the answer to his hat: ““It was 1996,” he replied. “I was producing a record for Richie Sambora, and we were working in my house in L.A., and he had a hat maker come to the house.” The hatmaker was from Baron and Sambora said Was should get one made. Being receptive, Was showed the hatmaker two album covers. One was a Merle Haggard album and the other, Bob Dylan’s Desire. “Do a combination of these two hats. And the guy made it and showed up two weeks later and I put it on, and it felt like I was born in it.””
Don Was and the Pan-Detroit Ensemble Tour Dates:
Sep 29 – Austin, TX – Antone’s Nightclub
Sep 30 – Austin, TX – Antone’s Nightclub
Oct 1 – Houston, TX – The Heights Theater
Oct 2 – Dallas, TX – The Kessler Theater
Oct 3 – Kansas City, MO – Knuckleheads
Oct 4 – Minneapolis, MN – Dakota (Early Show)
Oct 4 – Minneapolis, MN – Dakota (Late Show)
Oct 6 – Traverse City, MI – The Alluvion (Early Show)
Oct 6 – Traverse City, MI – The Alluvion (Late Show)
Oct 7 – Lansing, MI – Grewal Hall at 224
Oct 9 – Kent, OH – The Kent Stage
Oct 10 – Nelsonville, OH – Stuart’s Opera House
Oct 11 – Buffalo, NY – Asbury Hall
Oct 13 – Homer, NY – Center for the Arts of Homer
Oct 14 – New York, NY – Le Poisson Rouge
Oct 15 – Fairfield, CT – The Warehouse at FTC
Oct 16 – Boston, MA – The Sinclair
Oct 17 – Groton, MA – Groton Hill Music Center
Oct 18 – Bar Harbor, ME – Criterion Theatre
Sep 30 – Austin, TX – Antone’s Nightclub
Oct 1 – Houston, TX – The Heights Theater
Oct 2 – Dallas, TX – The Kessler Theater
Oct 3 – Kansas City, MO – Knuckleheads
Oct 4 – Minneapolis, MN – Dakota (Early Show)
Oct 4 – Minneapolis, MN – Dakota (Late Show)
Oct 6 – Traverse City, MI – The Alluvion (Early Show)
Oct 6 – Traverse City, MI – The Alluvion (Late Show)
Oct 7 – Lansing, MI – Grewal Hall at 224
Oct 9 – Kent, OH – The Kent Stage
Oct 10 – Nelsonville, OH – Stuart’s Opera House
Oct 11 – Buffalo, NY – Asbury Hall
Oct 13 – Homer, NY – Center for the Arts of Homer
Oct 14 – New York, NY – Le Poisson Rouge
Oct 15 – Fairfield, CT – The Warehouse at FTC
Oct 16 – Boston, MA – The Sinclair
Oct 17 – Groton, MA – Groton Hill Music Center
Oct 18 – Bar Harbor, ME – Criterion Theatre
If your band is coming to the Minneapolis/St Paul area, please email details to vu@weheartmusic.com with a good lead time. Thank you.