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The Cedar welcomes back avant cellist Zoë Keating, the astonishing one-woman orchestra and composer who uses a cello and a foot-controlled laptop to record layer upon layer of cello, creating intricate, haunting and compelling music.

Ticket options and info

• On sale date: noon Fri Nov 4
• Phone: 612-338-2674 ext 2 ($1 fee per ticket)
• In person: From a Cedar volunteer in the front lobby during events (no fee; cash, check, credit card), Depth of Field (no fee; cash or check only), or Electric Fetus (small fee)
• Online: Ticketweb (fees apply) (click on red Buy Tickets button at top of this page)
• All Cedar shows are all ages.
• Students with ID may purchase tickets at a discount at the door.

An Italian guitarist in love with American music combines talents with a Ukrainian American mandolin and violin virtuoso for a magical evening of cross-pollinated roots, jazz, and folk. Beppe and Peter are old friends who love playing together and cooking up new arrangements of their rich body of musical works, with deeply satisfying results.

The Cedar is now fully air-conditioned for your year-round comfort!

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After packing out the Cedar patio last summer, we just had to get another dose of extreme cello from the talented and charming folks of the Portland Cello Project. For a good sample of what to expect, check out the amazing video Denmark (posted to the right of this page), composed by cross-genre cellist Gideon Freudmann, and the first song of their most recent album Thousand Words...

Tickets go on sale at 12noon Fri Dec 17 from the Cedar Ticketline (612-338-2674 ext 2), from hard-working Cedar volunteers in the front lobby during shows, from Cedar outlets (Electric Fetus, Irish on Grand, Homestead Pickin' Parlor, and Depth of Field), and online at Ticketweb.

All Cedar shows are all ages. Students with ID may gain discounted admission for tickets purchased at the door.

In partnership with the Jerome Foundation, The Cedar has commissioned seven local artists to compose, practice, and perform new music pieces in collaboration with other local musicians. This project drives The Cedar's vision to support emerging artists.

Versatile violin player and teacher Zack Kline will debut his project Not Too Distant with his bluegrass-inspired chamber group Orange Mighty Trio and guest drummer Peter Leggett (Heiruspecs). The project is a thought experiment that takes the listener through something of an imaginary video game and includes classic Nintendo sounds and instrumental versions of music by Aphex Twin, Postal Service, and Radiohead.

Join The Sweet Colleens in this first ever Halloween Monkey Dance Spooktacular! Come in costume (there'll be prizes), it'll be a perfect time to try them out before Halloween. The show will be fun for the whole family, with an open area for the kids to dance, move around and sing along. All the kids are doin' it!

The Monkey Dance is the first kids CD released by the Minneapolis-based Celtic-folk-pop favorites The Sweet Colleens. The CD has 9 songs, which were selected with kids age 2 to 9 in mind; however, as with CDs by artists such as Dan Zanes, kids aged 9 to 99 will enjoy this record too!  Featuring The Sweet Colleens’ classic rootsy sound, the mostly original songs range in style from funky (The Monkey Dance) to folky (Woody Guthrie’s Pretty Baby), Cajun (No Beans, No Brownie) to Caribbean (Going on a Road Trip), sad (The Golden Vanity) to Celtic (the lullaby Da Doo) to…well…just plain gross (Big Fat Wet and Goopy Poopy Diaper).

The Way Out, the new album from sound-collagists The Books, was released July 20 on Temporary Residence.  To celebrate, the dynamic duo are presenting their stunning audiovisual live show to a select number of venues around the country, including this return stop at the Cedar. They'll be joined by doom-folk duo The Black Heart Procession, who release their new 40 minute EP Blood Bunny / Black Rabbit on Oct 12.

Savor the summertime sweet sounds of the massed cellos of the Portland Cello Project, outside on the Cedar patio! As likely to play Bach as Arvo Pärt, Britney Spears, or Manuel De Falla, the group will have you seeing the cello in a new light.

Free!

Enjoy the fun sounds of eclectic Michigan trio Breathe Owl Breathe outside on the Cedar patio! After wowing the crowd at the Megafaun show in the spring, we just had to bring them back for an encore performance.

FREE!

Join acoustic stringband Spaghetti Western String Company as they saddle up one last time to celebrate the release of their third album, and then amicably ride off into the sunset.

A homecoming celebration for chamber folk sextet Dark Dark Dark as they make the last stop on a national tour (including SXSW) in conjunction with the release of their EP Bright Bright Bright. The choir that accompanied the group on the EP will even be on hand to add their touch, making this an extra bright, and unique, occasion.

Spirits of the Red City will open, and Brett Bullion (of Tarlton) will provide interlude music.