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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: Blues
Details: Robb Henry and 2025 International Blues Festival "best guitarist" winner Dylan Salfer team up.
Tickets: FREE
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: 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: 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: 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: 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
Genre: Jazz/Rock Fusion
Details: Cody Steinmann Trio is releasing their debut full length album “Confined Spaces”.
Tickets: $15
Genre: Rock/Jam Band
Details: Local jam bands unite at the Cabooze for GivingFest! Mae Simpson, Heatbox, Shoeless Revolution. Participate in the winter coat drive to receive a ticket discount!
Tickets: $20
Genre: Jazz/Funk/Soul
Details: BZ3 Organ trio makes its debut at the newest jazz club in town – Berlin.
Tickets: $10
Genre: Instrumental Progressive Jazz/Gospel/Fusion
Details: “Norfside” native LA Buckner brings his BiG HOMiE band back to the legendary Dakota Jazz Club. Coming off a freshly released album and a sold out release show, this one should be a heater!
Tickets: $20
Genre: Jazz Fusion with International Flair
Details: Global Jazz Collegium will return to Jazz Central Studios in Minneapolis . This time we'll play mostly material from our recently released album "Labyrinth", but we might spice it up with a few classics by Pat Metheny, Weather Report, Chick Corea, Billy Cobham, etc.
Tickets: $15
Genre: MPLS Sound
Details: Halloween Bash at Bunkers w/ JayBee and the Routine – MPLS Sound, R&B, Funk.
Tickets: $8