Please join Jack Klatt and McKain Lakey and their fine bands in a co-bill HONKY TONK TAKEOVER of The Cedar's dancefloor.
Come early for a little partner dance (2-step & waltz) tutorial during doors (7-8 PM) led by McKain. A night of good-time urban cowboy fare for all!

Celebrating resistance in the forms of solidarity, love, and trans joy, The Cedar is honored to host TRANS DAY OF REVENGE benefittingTwin Cities Trans Mutual Aid.

A benefit for Doctors Without Borders, Minneapolis' DRONE NOT DRONES is part benefit concert, part art project, part community event. 

Now, for the TENTH offering in the Cedar's 36th year of existence,  more than fifty acts will rotate on and off the stage to create a single uninterrupted 28-hour drone to protest the extrajudicial and immoral drone program and raise money for the victims of the United States military-industrial complex.  

The Cedar Cultural Center presents the fourteenth annual Cedar Commissions!

Each evening, three artists of the 2024-25 cohort will present their commissioned work on The Cedar stage:

Friday, January 31 features A.P. Looze, Hibah Hassan, and Phillip Saint John.

The Cedar Cultural Center presents the fourteenth annual Cedar Commissions!

Each evening, three artists of the 2024-25 cohort will present their commissioned work on The Cedar stage:

Saturday, February 1 features John Jamison ll, May Klug, and YEEJ.

The multi award winning Lena Jonsson Trio continues to break new grounds around the world with their unique mix of deeply rooted Swedish folk, jazz, American old-time and electro acoustic sounds.

"a magical being" - Forbes

The Cedar is honored to present Samora Pinderhughes, founder of The Healing Project, with his Venus Smiles Not in the House of Tears Tour.

A composer, pianist, vocalist, filmmaker and multidisciplinary artist known for examining sociopolitical issues and fighting for change through his art.

The duo of Joropo maestro Larry Bellorín (Monagas, Venezuela) and GRAMMY-nominated bluegrass and oldtime star Joe Troop (Winston-Salem, North Carolina) returns. The fusion of their respective Venezuelan and Appalachian folk traditions on the harp, banjo, cuatro, fiddle, upright bass, guitar, and maracas prove that music has no borders. Their engaging bilingual (esp / eng) program includes storytelling, humor, singalongs, and dancing.

Guy Davis is a two-time Grammy nominee for Best Traditional Blues, a musician, Actor, Author, and Songwriter. Guy uses a blend of roots, blues, folk, rock, rap, spoken word, and global music to comment on and address the frustrations of social injustice, touching topics of politics, historical events, and common life struggles.

THE CRAFT is a showcase that highlights the nuances that go into great songwriting in Hip Hop. More than just dope beats and rhyme schemes, the most impactful rap and r&b songs evoke emotions and feelings relatable to all people. Curated by Sureshot Productions, please join us for a night of storytelling and dancing with some of the best artists making music in the Twin Cities.

Coveringthe country classics from Johnny Cash to Hank Williams, Dave Dudley, Jimmy Rogers, Charlie Pride and more along with some of Pop’s original songs in that old-time honky tonk style. This is dance music, friends! Bring your dancing shoes!

His cowboy anthems crackle with the warmth of a prairie campfire and his old time fiddle tunes set toes a-tappin' while he serves up spellbinding rope tricks and tall stories -- all with a good dose of friendly humor. - Minnesota's Legacy

GUITAR BAND celebrates the release of their debut album GUITAR BAND, out on legendary local label Bumpy, with a show at here at The Cedar featuring support from Erik Fratzke's Fake Accent and The Miami Dolphins.