Post rock

Wizards Are Real in perhaps their only live appearance this summer--outside on the Cedar patio!

Thee Silver Mt. Zion have incrementally evolved from a meditative, mostly instrumental orchestro-folk ensemble into an imposingly heavy, politically enraged rock band, with [Efrim] Menuck emerging as the most seething, peculiar agit-punk mouthpiece since Guy Picciotto. (Pitchfork)

Canadian post-rock band make the trek to The Cedar! Opening tonight will be The Cloak Ox, the new project by Andrew Broder, Martin Dosh, Mark Erickson and Jeremy Ylvisaker.

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

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Rock on at the Cedar on one of the darkest days of December with this sweet four-fer, featuring The Book Of Right On and Kill The Vultures, with support from Gay Witch Abortion and Wizards Are Real.

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

Ticket options and info

• On sale date: noon Fri Oct 21
• 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.

Multi-instrumentalist and electronica sculptor Dosh returns to The Cedar for his eagerly anticipated December gig. Tonight, his friends on stage will include Madison's All Tiny Creatures, featuring guitarist Thomas Wincek of Volcano Choir and Collections Of Colonies Of Bees, and a specially reunited lateduster, featuring Martin Dosh along with Bryan Olson, and James Everest.

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

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Canadian four-piece industrial art rock band Suuns, with Valleys to open.

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

Ticket options and info

• On sale date: noon Fri Jul 22
• Phone: 612-338-2674 ext 2 ($1 fee per ticket)
• In person: From a Cedar volunteer in the front lobby before and after shows (no fee), Depth of Field (no fee), 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 gain discounted admission for tickets at the door.

An exciting night with experimentalists Jaga Jazzist from Norway! Featuring trumpets, trombone, electric guitar, bass, tuba, bass clarinets, Fender Rhodes, vibraphone and a rack of electronics, as well as strong melodies and rhythms, the band rose to prominence when the BBC named their first album A Livingroom Hush the best jazz album of 2002. Their most recent album One Armed Bandit (2010) was mixed by John McEntire of Tortoise, a group with whom they are often compared. The 9- or 10-piece band doesn't tour the USA often; not an opportunity to be missed.

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A very rare opportunity to hear Volcano Choir live, the second of only two shows currently scheduled!

Volcano Choir is an assembly of Wisconsinites Jon Mueller, Chris Rosenau, Jim Schoenecker, Daniel Spack, Justin Vernon, and Thomas Wincek, who also perform under the monikers Collections of Colonies of Bees and Bon Iver. The collaboration predates the meteoric rise of Justin Vernon's Bon Iver project, with original songwriting dating back to the summer of 2005, right around the time the Bees first toured with Vernon's previous band DeYarmond Edison.

Mystery Palace opens this late night show. ADVANCE TICKET PURCHASE HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!

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The Residents bring their Talking Light tour to The Cedar in this unique show presented by First Avenue. Songs about various characters' obsessions with invisible siblings, fictional serial killers, people in mirrors, and more. And yes, some costumes would not be out of place on stage tonight.

Tickets go on sale at 11am Fri Jan 21 from from First Avenue and their outlets, and online at TICKETMASTER.

All Cedar shows are all ages.