August 23, 2026

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

Thaddeus-WHM February 13, 2026

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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Lowell Pickett and Richard Erickson with Mayor Jacob Frey

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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