The Cedar is honored to debut Brazil-based Argentine composer and accordionist Alejandro Brittes. Interpreting chamamé, a music and dance genre forged from Baroque and Indigenous Guaraní influences of southern South America. Chamamé has been declared as an "Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO."

The Cedar celebrates composer Ted Olsen and the Violette Ensemble's "Violette" - the new album of chamber works released on Shifting Paradigm Records.

"Peter Mulvey is a forthright singer and songwriter. He’s made a habit of mining emotion by sharing songs that avoid painting pretty pictures simply for the sake of wooing his listeners with an upward gaze. Yet it’s that very honesty that makes his music so compelling, given that it’s flush with realities that are often simply too difficult to avoid." — American Songwriter

30 years into a prolific career as a genre and gender-defying songwriter, Melissa Ferrick continues to disrupt normative categorization. Indie, Alternative, Folk, Punk….Melissa Ferrick won’t be labeled. With disarming wit and raw vulnerability, every lyric in Ferrick’s immense catalog is an invitation to confession or catharsis.

Tina Schlieske is joining Freaque in their return to The Cedar in support of Unite 2 Fight Paralysis, a Minneapolis based non profit fighting to restore federal cuts to spinal cord injury research by the current Administration.

Join us for an experiment pt II. an additional offering -  the second part of the experience.

Robert Lehmann’s debut "Ancestral Currents" traces moments of his Lolo’s life in The Philippines and immigration. Sunpearl to open.

Summer at The Cedar #1 with SINKANE - Soul with the rhythms of Sudan mixed with pop, funk, and JOY!

Allison de Groot & Tatiana Hargreaves create a sound that is adventurous, masterful, and original, as they expand on the eccentricities of old songs, while never losing sight of what makes them endure.

The Cedar is honored to welcome MARYNA KRUT back, during this critical moment. With her gorgeous voice and bandura, she brings the story and culture of Ukraine to our stage. 

“Not only is she a virtuoso on her 65-string harp, but she has a voice from the heavens, covering all the colors of the human vocal rainbow, seemingly effortlessly.” - Banning Eyre, AFROPOP

Summer at The Cedar #2 - Live from Colombia, the heir to cumbia, YEISON LANDERO and his band!

Shamarr Allen is the True Orleans Experience!

U.S. Cultural Ambassador and "musician Shamarr Allen played the National Anthem for President Obama, traveled the world for the State Department and lived in Atlanta for three years, but there’s only one place he calls home: New Orleans." - Forbes

Join in once again on the Twin Cities long-standing experimental tradition, Noise Party. Volume 11 features six more artists from the fields of ambient, drone, noise, and experimental styles of music.

All of this with a background of live experimental visuals to guide the way.

Drummer & Composer Abinnet Berhanu’s Ahndenet አንድነት (meaning: Unity) pays respect to Ethiopian folk, pop, and instrumental music, exploring the unique musical cultures that span northern and southern Ethiopia.