Got a gig? Welcome to the Minnesota Guitar Society's brand new Gig List! The Gig List is a regularly updated calendar featuring the performances of Minnesota-based guitarists. With the intention of providing a platform for local guitarists to reach a wider audience, and for audiences to find their new favorite Minnesota guitarists, any and all local guitarists are welcome to submit their gigs to the calendar regardless of style/genre, city, or experience — and you don't need to be a member of the MGS either!
Click here to register your upcoming show(s) on the MGS Gig List!
Genre: Classical
Details: Doctoral Recital - Challenging the Canon. Featuring Works by Teresa De Rogatis, Ida Presti, Nadia Borislova, Lilith Guegamian, Olga Amelkina-Vera.
Tickets: Free
Genre: Jazz/Soul/Fusion/Funk
Details: BZ3 Organ Trio returns Berlin jazz club in the north loop.
Tickets: $12
Genre: Some call it "shoe gaze", but we just call it rock.
Details: Minnesota Legit presents ART BEAT: Live glass blowing, tattooing, graffiti artists and bands. It's artists supporting artists in a 420 friendly environment.
Tickets: FREE
Genre: Classical
Details: Classical guitarist from Calabria, southern Italy. Diverse program of women composers.
Tickets: $15-20 suggested donation
Genre: Classical
Details: A DMA Recital with works by composers whose creative process included borrowing something.
Tickets: Free
Genre: Flamenco, Jazz, World Music
Details: Beyond his prolific accomplishments as a beloved Nuevo Flamenco guitarist over the past 25 years, JESSE COOK has honed his skills as a composer, producer, arranger, performer, and filmmaker.
Tickets: $45-$59
Genre: Jazz/Soul/Fusion/Funk
Details: BZ3 Organ Trio returns to the Schooner Tavern every last Wednesday of the month for a free show. Two sets.
Tickets: FREE
Genre: Japanese Folk
Details: Ichiko Aoba has the power to bend space around her, pulling listeners from reality and surrounding them in the comforting fabric of her imagination. She’s been casting these spells since her debut at 19 years old, making picturesque dioramas with only her voice and guitar. But in recent years, she’s turned a corner and let a new process take hold. The Japanese singer, songwriter, composer, and multi-instrumentalist tapped into the full breadth of her ability, marrying the classical guitar of her earlier work with lofty orchestral sweeps.
Tickets: $37.50-$48.56
Genre: Japanese Folk
Details: Ichiko Aoba has the power to bend space around her, pulling listeners from reality and surrounding them in the comforting fabric of her imagination. She’s been casting these spells since her debut at 19 years old, making picturesque dioramas with only her voice and guitar. But in recent years, she’s turned a corner and let a new process take hold. The Japanese singer, songwriter, composer, and multi-instrumentalist tapped into the full breadth of her ability, marrying the classical guitar of her earlier work with lofty orchestral sweeps.
Tickets: $37.50-$48.56
Genre: Jazz/Soul/Fusion/Funk
Details: BZ3 Organ Trio returns to the Schooner Tavern every last Wednesday of the month for a free show. Two sets.
Tickets: FREE
Genre: Jazz/Soul/Fusion/Funk
Details: BZ3 Organ Trio returns to the Schooner Tavern every last Wednesday of the month for a free show. Two sets.
Tickets: FREE
Genre: Acoustic modern folk
Details: A beautiful setting at the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum.
Tickets: Included with entrance fee
Genre: Jazz/Soul/Fusion
Details: Ernest Bisong, David Feily and Greg Byers have spent years performing and honing their musicianship in separate spheres of the Minnesota music scene and come together to form this unique musical partnership. MPLS String Project deviates from the standard repertoire for bowed stringed instruments and draws from jazz, fusion, soul, as well as an array of world music influences. Live performances leave audiences dazzled by their cooperative improvisation and creativity.
Tickets: Free
Genre: Jazz/Soul/Fusion/Funk
Details: BZ3 Organ Trio returns to the Schooner Tavern every last Wednesday of the month for a free show. Two sets.
Tickets: FREE
Genre: Jazz/Fusion/Neo-Soul
Details: Drummer/Bandleader/Composer LA Buckner returns to the legendary Dakota Jazz club following multiple sell out performances and his second album release.
Tickets: $30
Genre: Indie-Folk
Details: The ambitiously inventive Nordic trio Dreamers’ Circus is one of the most talked-about acts in acoustic music. The three members mine their backgrounds in traditional and roots music to present a genre-bending amalgam of folk sensitivity, jazz-tinged improvisation, and classical complexity, distilled through an openness to pop influences across a range of instruments, including fiddle, accordion, piano, and cittern.
Tickets: $25
Genre: Rock/Funk/Jam
Details: Shoeless Revolution returns to play original rock/funk/jam tunes as well as fun covers.
Tickets: $12
Genre: Jazz/soul/reggae
Details: Sonic Dream is a guitar-led trio that is known for "hip retooling" (Star Tribune) of pop songs that span from Elvis to Dua Lipa. The trio is: Jeff Perry, guitar; Matt Blake, bass; Bob Johnston, drums
Tickets: FREE
Genre: Jazz/Soul/Fusion/Funk
Details: BZ3 Organ Trio returns to the Schooner Tavern every last Wednesday of the month for a free show. Two sets.
Tickets: FREE
Genre: Fingerstyle
Details: Internationally acclaimed guitar virtuoso Trace Bundy must be seen, not just heard. Here, he uses harmonics, looping, and multiple capos to create music that is poetry in motion. Seeing the fan-dubbed “Acoustic Ninja” play live confounds even the most accomplished music lovers. Fans marvel as to how one person can do all that with just two hands and ten fingers.
Tickets: $30-40
Genre: Hawaiian guitar
Details: Three Masters, featured regularly at Maui’s renowned Slack Key Show, share the uniquely Hawaiian styles of slack-key guitar and ‘ukulele. These styles originated in the early 19th century, when Portuguese immigrants introduced the ‘ukulele to Hawai‘i. Then, Mexican cowboys brought guitars to the islands, along with their ranching knowledge. Hawaiians have made these instruments their own.
Tickets: $40-45
Genre: Classical (new music)
Details: Alyssa Anderson voice and Joseph Spoelstra, guitar. New music for voice and guitar featuring "The Waste Land Pt 1" by Yoshi Weinberg and "The Old Wide Way" by Katherine Bergman. Both song cycles were commissioned by the ensemble.
Tickets: Free
Genre: Blues
Details: Robb Henry and 2025 International Blues Festival "best guitarist" winner Dylan Salfer team up.
Tickets: FREE
Genre: Fingerstyle
Details: Guitarist and composer Bobby Ekstrand began playing the guitar at age ten. His eclectic tastes and myriad influences have inspired him to create extremely stylistically diverse music.
Tickets: FREE
Genre: modern blues guitar, vocals
Details: Ana Popović has been touring and recording regularly for over 20 years. Her high-energy concerts showcase not only Ana’s mesmerizing guitar skills but also her fabulous band, successfully merging musical styles. Ana’s passion on stage is so evident that it is clear, this IS what she lives for. Ana estimates that over the years she has done about 2500 shows, and easily has another 2500 in the making.
Tickets: $35-45
Genre: Jazz/fusion
Details: Pavel Jany & Global Jazz Collegium will offer a playlist of originals combined with a few classics by Weather Report, Pat Metheny, Chick Corea, Billy Cobham and other legends of jazz/fusion.
Tickets: $15
Genre: Folk, Pop, Rock
Details: Mike Dawes is an English guitarist known for composing, arranging, and performing multiple parts simultaneously on a single guitar. He is regarded as one of the world’s most creative modern fingerstyle guitarist and has shared the stage with acts as diverse as Tommy Emmanuel, Christopher Cross, Periphery, The Aristocrats, Justin Hayward, and others.
Tickets: $30
Genre: Blues, jazz, Americana
Details: Four prominent MN guitarists perform their own arrangements of classic Beatles songs in imaginative ways. Guitarists: Tim Sparks, Zacc Harris, Chris Olson, Jeff Perry. Bass, Matt Blake. Drums, Bob Johnston.
Tickets: $25+
Genre: Fingerstyle
Details: Three winners of the National Fingerpicking Championship happen to live right here! Pat Donohue (1983), Tim Sparks (1993), and Phil Heywood (1986) converge on the Dakota stage for some truly dazzling guitar pyrotechnics.
Tickets: $30+
Genre: Fingerstyle Guitar
Details: This will be a release show for The Daily Norm's debut album. The Cottonwood Shivers will be joining as well.
Tickets: Free
Genre: Jazz, Classical, International Music
Details: Cellist Jacqueline Ultan and guitarist Pavel Jany blend together elements of jazz, classical music and a variety of international music styles. Their repertoire includes some original material combined with works from Astor Piazzolla and Joaquín Rodrigo to Django Reinhardt, Chick Corea and Jaco Pastorius.
Tickets: Free
Genre: Fusion Rock
Details: Paying tribute to the late guitar hero Jeff Beck. Featuring songs written for and by him, focusing on his critically acclaimed jazz and funk fusion albums of the 70s.
Tickets: $25
Genre: Jazz Fusion
Details: Pavel Jany & Global Jazz Collegium will bring a blend of energetic original music combined with a few timeless compositions by Pat Metheny, Billy Cobham, Chick Corea and other legends of the jazz/fusion genre. Pavel Jany-guitars John Croarkin-sax/flute/harmonica Ted Godbout-piano/keyboard Dan Weston-bass Josue Alfaro-drums/percussion
Tickets: $15
Genre: Holiday Extravaganza!
Details: Welcome to the Ultimate Holiday Party where all the guests are world class singers, tap dancers, musicians and beatboxers! It's an interactive, high energy, joyful medley of feel good holiday mash-ups spanning genres from big band to swing. And funky country western to Acapella! The party takes a turn when 2 of the cast members become beatboxing investigators on the hunt to find "Who Brought the HUMBUG?" Join this vibrant and talented cast in an inspirational, all-age, all-inclusive, hilarious, family-friendly, fun, funky, feel-good celebration of the Holiday Season! Is it like a Broadway show? YES! Is it like a concert? YES! Does it sleigh?!?!? YES YES YES!
Tickets: $40
Genre: Holiday Extravaganza!
Details: Welcome to the Ultimate Holiday Party where all the guests are world class singers, tap dancers, musicians and beatboxers! It's an interactive, high energy, joyful medley of feel good holiday mash-ups spanning genres from big band to swing. And funky country western to Acapella! The party takes a turn when 2 of the cast members become beatboxing investigators on the hunt to find "Who Brought the HUMBUG?" Join this vibrant and talented cast in an inspirational, all-age, all-inclusive, hilarious, family-friendly, fun, funky, feel-good celebration of the Holiday Season! Is it like a Broadway show? YES! Is it like a concert? YES! Does it sleigh?!?!? YES YES YES!
Tickets: $40
Genre: Holiday Extravaganza!
Details: Welcome to the Ultimate Holiday Party where all the guests are world class singers, tap dancers, musicians and beatboxers! It's an interactive, high energy, joyful medley of feel good holiday mash-ups spanning genres from big band to swing. And funky country western to Acapella! The party takes a turn when 2 of the cast members become beatboxing investigators on the hunt to find "Who Brought the HUMBUG?" Join this vibrant and talented cast in an inspirational, all-age, all-inclusive, hilarious, family-friendly, fun, funky, feel-good celebration of the Holiday Season! Is it like a Broadway show? YES! Is it like a concert? YES! Does it sleigh?!?!? YES YES YES!
Tickets: $40
Genre: Holiday/R&B/Pop/Inspirational
Details: Former NFL player and The Voice contestant Esera Tuaolo brings a new Xmas show to the Dakota featuring a brand new international band! Included holiday classics, originals tunes, and inspirational/uplifting songs!
Tickets: $35/$50/$60
Genre: Classical/Jazz/International music
Details: Duo CORDA will be performing at the "Benefit Event for Doctors Without Borders.”
Tickets: Free
Genre: Acoustic Jazz
Details: Talking Strings trio will reunite for a special performance on Tuesday, December 10th 7:00-9:00 PM at MetroNOME's Fingal's Cave in St Paul as part of Jazz and Fingerstyle Guitar Concert Series.
Tickets: Free
Genre: Jazz-Groove
Details: Righteous Rooster is an organ trio featuring Henry Dickhoff on organ, Kenny Reichert on guitar, and Luke Sagadin on drums and cymbals. Drawing inspiration from the Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio, Soulive, Medeski Martin & Wood, Goldings/Bernstein/Stewart, Grant Green, and the Sam Yahel Trio, they blend rich grooves with soulful melodies, crafting music that honors the classic organ trio tradition while embracing contemporary influences.
Tickets: $15