The Cedar is honored to host the 2023 McKnight Composer Fellows whose music will be featured on this concert: Mychal “MMYYKK” Fisher; deVon Russell Gray / LaAerial; and Troy Rogers (aka Robot Rickshaw).

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

Now, for the Ninth offering in the Cedar's 35th 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 experts at Wikipedia say "Drone music is a minimalist musical style that emphasizes the use of sustained or repeated sounds... It is typically characterized by lengthy audio programs with relatively slight harmonic variations throughout each piece compared to other music." 

Be part of a unique experience while supporting a just cause. Come by before work, after work, or both. Bring a pillow/blanket to make yourself comfortable. Spend the night with us. 

Stay tuned for a lineup announcement later in December! 

For more information and to donate directly to Doctors Without Borders: dronenotdrones.com 

We may feel powerless to stop the military industrial complex from spreading war. But we can spread peace if we drone on and on about it...

Originally scheduled for July 29th, 2023, we are very excited to have this confirmed rescheduled date with our friends from Colombia!

Los Rolling Ruanas, one of the most well known bands in Colombia, blend elements of the peasant music from the Colombian Andes with different genres from Latin America and the world. We are delighted to host them again, first seen here in 2018, on their 2nd tour of the United States.

The Cedar is honored to host this co-bill of upcoming Nashville based dynamos!

Corey Harris & Cedric Watson grace our stage together as “True Blues” - exploring The Blues as a living music tradition and the blueprint for American popular music.

The Cedar is honored to present the return of blues-tinged rock and roll on-stage powerhouses, COREY MEDINA & BROTHERS, at the start of our 35th Anniversary year!

The Cedar Cultural Center kicks off its 35th year with a special concert celebrating some of the bands that have made its West Bank neighborhood such a hotbed of the local music scene. Headlining will be rock/reggae/punk/ska favorites The Mubbla Buggs, featuring the Cedar's own Eric Hohn (sound tech since 1997) and Jared Hemming (volunteer coordinator & event manager since 2016). Also performing will be kAt Band Project, featuring acclaimed vocalist Kathleen Johnson (Prince, The Petersons, Keri Noble, Robert Robinson), and Joe Roberto's Poverty Hash.

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Go fourth on January 4th in this twenty-twenty-fourth year with this four-band bill of warmth and merriment!