This blazingly energetic trio takes on Vince Guaraldi‘s holiday classic, A Charlie Brown Christmas. Follow the story of these musicians who are told they must go on a fantastical adventure. Then, they must leave in the middle of the night to bring holiday spirit to the world. Here, they play the timeless music of Vince Guaraldi, including “Christmas Time Is Here“ and “Linus and Lucy.”
Comet Lake, WI, is your typical small town in the Heartland. Cute little main street. Picturesque park down by the lake. Quaint bookstore. Surprisingly elevated food served at the dive bar. Historic gazebo in danger of demolition if they can’t raise the money to restore it by Christmas…which is next week!
There’s no better place to be right before Christmas than at Dakota with Andrew Walesch and his eighteen-piece big band. Ring in the holidays with the songs of Bennett, Sinatra, Bublé, Basie, and more!
Suzanne Vega will be joined on stage by her longtime guitarist, Gerry Leonard (of David Bowie fame). Together they perform a career-spanning show including favorites like “Tom’s Diner”, “Luka”, and more!
SATURDAY, December 7, 2024
10:00 AM to 4:00 PM
900 Summit Avenue, St. Paul, MN 55105
The Summit Avenue Artisan Festival is a festive annual winter market, a St. Paul Grand Meander event, in its 15th year. It draws in hundreds of people, looking to experience holiday festivities as well as purchase gifts for their loved ones and themselves. We will deck the halls filled with local artisans, good cheer and joy!
In a career that took flight in 1985 with commercial and critical acclaim, guitar virtuoso Stanley Jordan has consistently displayed a chameleonic musical persona of openness, imagination, versatility and maverick daring. Be it bold reinventions of classical masterpieces or soulful explorations through pop-rock hits, to blazing straight ahead jazz forays and ultramodern improvisational works—solo or with a group—Jordan can always be counted on to take listeners on breathless journeys into the unexpected.
Alicia Witt makes her debut at The Dakota to celebrate the release of her first full length Christmas album. I Think I’m Spending Christmas With You is due November 2024. Witt stars in this summer’s smash hit movie Longlegs, opposite Nicolas Cage. She has also starred in nine Hallmark Christmas movies. Additionally, Witt has performed on film, TV and stage for four decades.
Louisiana’s slide guitar wizard will deliver his bottle-neck style slide chops. Meanwhile, Austin’s sweetheart of the steel guitar will showcase the renowned talent that earned her a spot in the Texas Music Hall of Fame.
Shaun Johnson returns with his jazz pop holiday show. As the lead singer of Tonic Sol-fa and an Emmy winner, Shaun reworks classic Christmas fare with a charismatic charm. Also, his performances routinely sell out. Make plans to see this nationally acclaimed Billboard Top 5 artist with his new show!
The Shaun Johnson Big Band Experience is leading a “jazz pop renaissance” (The Guardian).
The Shabby Road Orchestra is an ad-hoc Minneapolis rock collective. It features members of The Honeydogs, Six Mile Grove, Greazy Meal, and The New Standards holiday show.
Beginning in 2017, the Shabby Road Orchestra stages intermittent, sprawling and over-achieving live recreations of the Beatles’ iconic later albums. They faithfully recreate note-for-note versions, complete with sound effects, harmonies, Lennon-esque idiosyncrasies and largely authentic instrumentation.
