After a successful run of shows to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the store, Extreme Noise is back for one blow out show at the Cedar. This year’s show features long running Tokyo legends LiFE, alongside Blazing Eye, Destruct, Alement, HOPE?, and Giallo.

Kaitlin Cassady is releasing her second album, "North Star", on August 22nd and celebrating with a show at The Cedar with Emmy Woods and Lexie Modica

Marc Ribot released Map of a Blue City on May 23, 2025 via New West Records. Most renowned as a wildly inventive guitarist who has collaborated with Tom Waits, Elvis Costello, John Zorn, Wilson Pickett, Marianne Faithfull, Caetano Veloso, Solomon Burke, Robert Plant & Alison Krauss, Neko Case, among many, many others, Map of a Blue City features Ribot’s imaginative playing and leads to what may be his definitive statement as an instrumentalist, as a songwriter, and even as a singer.

"the intersection of free improvisation and the spirit of punk-infused rock n’ roll" - Glide Magazine

For this show, Bernadette will be singing an eclectic mix of new and old jazz arrangements. She will be sharing her own journey of how jazz can be a powerful and positive way to exercise and build social connections through music.

Aly Muilenburg and Joe Keyport founded Ear Coffee in 2017 and since then it has been many things: a blog, a radio show, a podcast, live sessions, a newsletter, and more. Please join us in celebrating their 8th year with 26 BATS!, The Briefly Gorgeous, hey,ily, and Mouthful!

Hailing from a quaint town in Co. Cork, Ireland, Darren Kiely's folk-infused pop sound originates from his inherited love of traditional Irish music, intertwined with modern influences such as The Lumineers, Mumtord & Sons, and Noah Kahan.

“hewing surprisingly close to gospel and folk while still sounding modern and secular” (Acoustic Guitar)

Twin Cities Public Television (TPT) Documentary Film Screening of Art + Medicine: Disability, Culture and Creativity followed by a Post-Show Panel Discussion with Jessica Horvath Williams, PhD, Kevin Kling and Elizabeth McLain, PhD.

Our favorite Estonian duo return to The Cedar stage: Puuluup! Two talharpa enthusiasts, Ramo Teder and Marko Veisson, in midlife crisis living a rock & roll lifestyle. 

ZAR ELECTRIK, a Franco-Moroccan trio, has created a marriage of Gnawan trance with loops of sub-Saharan music and bewitching electro. The result is an engagingly dynamic celebration!

“Mama’s Broke may seem traditional, but their tales of modern life have too much bite to be nostalgic; they are new and unique voices in modern, rootsy Americana that must be heard.” - Folk Radio UK

Join Mizna at The Cedar Cultural Center for a night of purging our grief and anger on the dance floor, featuring local DJs Jacques, Jamal, and Talia Knight. Mizna merch and journals will be available to purchase on site. Free for Arab Film Fest pass holders.

Symbio is regarded as one of the most prominent new bands from the Nordic Folk & World music scene. With a magical interplay of hurdy-gurdy & accordion, an electrifying stage presence and captivating original compositions - the duo has become known as a phenomenon having toured in more than 20 countries.

Limerick-based 3-piece Kingfishr have quickly established themselves as one of the rising prospects in Irish music

Behind a new release considered "the best of his career" folk music's renaissance man, master instrumentalist, powerful singer-songwriter, storyteller, activist, and author - JOHN McCUTCHEON returns to The Cedar stage.

Nidia Góngora blends Afro-Colombian roots with modern funk, earning a Latin Grammy nod and global acclaim as a marimba music guardian.

The Cedar Presents TALISK and GARDINER BROTHERS: UNLEASHED at Hennepin Arts' Pantages Theatre. UNLEASHED unites the award-winning folk trio Talisk with the electrifying Gardiner Brothers, whose Irish dance performances have garnered over 1 billion views on social media. This high-energy showcase blendsTalisk’s ground breaking melodies with the Gardiners’ viral choreography, celebrating tradition and innovation in an unforgettable fusion of music and dance.

Saxophonist, composer and improviser Cole Pulice traffics in shimmering, otherworldly beauty.

Making their Cedar debut, the kings of smooth beats -Pachyman & MNDSGN- bring an evening of reggae-infused notes and sun-kissed percussion.

The Wildwoods are a folk/Americana trio crafting rich harmonies & heartfelt tales. Dear Meadowlark (2025) honors their Nebraska roots.

Swedish folk from Upsala, Väsen return to The Cedar for a co-headlining show with Canadian folk quintet The Fretless.

NOISE PARTY has returned once again to its new home at The Cedar Cultural Center. Continuing the tradition of showcasing the best local acts within the fields of ambient, drone, noise, and experimental music, Noise Party Vol. 12 pulls no punches with this upcoming lineup. Come and experience a one of a kind musical adventure paired with hypnotic live visuals. Whether it’s your first time experiencing a “noise” show or your hundredth, come and join an attentive audience and bathe in soundscapes sent from another galaxy.

Thee Sinseers and The Altons deliver modern soul from East L.A., deeply rooted in the souldies scene for the “CLUB HEARTACHE TOUR.”

The Cedar Presents the return of COLIN HAY to the Pantages Theatre!

Prairie Fire Choir with Barbara Cohen & Little Lizard - Great Big Hill of Hope.

East Forest is a multidisciplinary artist, producer, speaker, and ceremony guide. Since 2008, East Forest’s “lush” (Rolling Stone) and “blissful” (NPR) music has blended ambient, neoclassical, electronic, and avant-pop to explore sound as a tool for inner journeys and consciousness expansion.

A group of folk musicians will gather on the exact date of the original concert, 77 years later, in memory of that concert and to play their favorite Lead Belly songs. 

Brìghde Chaimbeul is a leading purveyor of celtic experimentalism and a master of the Scottish smallpipes – the bellows-blown, mellower and more emotive cousin to the famous Highland bagpipes – and she’s taken them to the global stage.

"Rules of art were made to be shattered. When broken by accident, that's gaucheness. When broken on purpose, well, that's style. John Gorka's technique breaks free from the rules of modern music". - Huffington Post

Cutting-edge fiddle and cello explorations of Scottish and global music.