updated March 16, 2026
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RIP BOB DOWMA d. February 18, 2026; world class barbershop tenor and arranger; friend & colleague in the River City Quartet (photo: Bob Dowma, John Chouinard and Jim Foy)
Monday March 16, 7pm St. Paul: the third-Monday St. Anthony Park sing-along with Ann Reed, at St. Matthew’s Episcopal, 2136 Carter Ave. Also live streamed on Ann’s YouTube page. Song lyrics below.
CHANGE OF PERSONNEL: Wednesday March 18, 6pm St. Paul: Singer Lynn Peterson has had to bow out of the Pat Donohue and Friends show this week. In her stead, joining Pat and Dan will be guitar/mando/fiddle phenom Richard Kriehn. At the Midway Saloon, University Avenue and Snelling. Free parking behind the building.
Thursday March 26, 6pm Fridley: The Great Lakes American Songbook with Dane Stauffer in the Dunsmore Room at Crooners.
Friday March 27 and Saturday March 28, 7pm Stillwater MN: Music by Leonard Bernstein and his contemporaries with Music St. Croix at the Historic Courthouse. With the the MSC orchestra and guests soprano Sarah Lawrence and baritone Calland Metts.
Monday March 30, 7pm Fridley: The Harold Arlen Songbook with Prudence Johnson and Bradley Greenwald, returning to the Main Stage Room at Crooners after a sold out performance in 2025. A Wizard of Oz singalong wraps up the show.
Monday April 6, 7pm Minneapolis: The monthly singalong at the Danish American Center, 3030 W. River Parkway (just south of the Lake Street bridge). Free will donation, easy parking.
Sunday April 12, 2pm St. Croix Falls WI: The annual Once Upon a River show, at the newly restored Historic Auditorium downtown St. Croix Falls. Co-hosted by singer Barbara McAfee and featuring guest musicians Peter Mayer and the River City Quartet, along with poets, conservationists and other lovers of the river and all its communities and creatures. In collaboration with Unexpected Company Chorale, the Festival Theatre, the Historic Auditorium and North Woods and Waters of the St. Croix Heritage Area
Monday April 13 and Tuesday April 14, 7pm St. Paul: At Nautilus Music Theater: An informal musical reading of select songs from the musical Chopin’s Heart, set in pre-World War II Warsaw, a vibrant and cosmopolitan city with a cabaret scene rivaling Berlin and Paris, destroyed utterly in 1939. With music and lyrics by Gary Rue, and book by Dan Pinkerton. Featuring Prudence Johnson, Jennifer Grimm and Maud Hixson on vocals, Dan on piano/accordion and Randy Sabien on violin.
NEW DATE: Tuesday April 21, 7pm Minneapolis: The monthly singalong at the Loring Park Arts Center at the corner of 14th and Willow, with Brian Peterson joining on guitar. Free parking near the center for those with accessibility needs. Free will offering.
Saturday April 18, 630pm St. Paul: A springtime singalong at St. John the Evangelist Episcopal Church. Free and open to all, refreshments provided.
Sunday April 19, 7pm Northfield MN: Connie Evingson and Dan on the 411 Concert Series at the Northfield Arts Guild Theater, 411 3rd Street. Revisiting the interview-with-songs format of The Singer’s Voice radio series which broadcast live from the old Dakota Jazz Club in St. Paul in the 1990s.
Monday April 20, 7pm St. Paul: the third-Monday St. Anthony Park sing-along with Ann Reed, at St. Matthew’s Episcopal, 2136 Carter Ave. Also live streamed on Ann’s YouTube page. Song lyrics here when they’re ready.
Tuesday April 21, 7pm Minneapolis: The monthly singalong at the Loring Park Arts Center at the corner of 14th and Willow, with Brian Peterson joining on guitar. Free parking near the center for those with accessibility needs. Free will offering.
Friday May 1, 730pm Minneapolis: Opening night of Scarecrow On Fire at Illusion Theater. A return engagement of the play by Kevin Kling. Through May 17.
Saturday May 2, 4pm, Stillwater: The Big Spring Stillwater Sing returns to Charlie’s Restaurant and Irish Pub on the St. Croix waterfront. A fundraiser for Zephyr Theatre.
Monday May 4, 7pm Minneapolis: The monthly singalong at the Danish American Center, 3030 W. River Parkway (just south of the Lake Street bridge). Free will donation, easy parking.
Tuesday May 12, 7pm Minneapolis: The monthly singalong at the Loring Park Arts Center at the corner of 14th and Willow, with Brian Peterson joining on guitar. Free parking near the center for those with accessibility needs. Free will offering.
Sunday May 17, 5pm Fridley: The annual Bird Show, a.k.a. Ornithophilia, returns to Crooners. A celebration of birds with Ann Reed, Claudia Schmidt and Joan Griffith.
Monday May 18, 7pm St. Anthony Park: the third-Monday St. Anthony Park sing-along with Ann Reed, at St. Matthew’s Episcopal, 2136 Carter Ave. Also live streamed on Ann’s YouTube page. Song lyrics here when they’re ready.
Monday May 25, 1pm Minneapolis: The annual Memorial Day singalong at Lakewood Cemetery Memorial Chapel, a marvel of mosaics and acoustics. Part of an entire day of activities at Lakewood.
Wednesday May 27 7pm Minneapolis: The quarterly singalong at Northeast United Methodist. Community-centered and family friendly. Free treats and child care.
Saturday May 30, Fort Snelling: Minneapolis and St. Paul host the 6th annual conference of the French Heritage Corridor, with a concluding event featuring French and Québecois music, local history and (someone’s) family stories.
Monday June 1, 7pm Minneapolis: The monthly singalong at the Danish American Center, 3030 W. River Parkway (just south of the Lake Street bridge). Free will donation, easy parking.
Sunday June 14, 7pm Northfield MN: Ginger Commodore and Dan on the 411 Concert Series at the Northfield Arts Guild Theater, 411 3rd Street. Reviving the interview-with-songs format of The Singer’s Voice radio series, which broadcast live from the old Dakota Jazz Club in St. Paul in the 1990s.
Monday June 15, 7pm, St. Anthony Park: the third-Monday St. Anthony Park sing-along with Ann Reed, at St. Matthew’s Episcopal, 2136 Carter Ave. Also live streamed on Ann’s YouTube page. Song lyrics here when they’re ready.
Tuesday June 16, 7pm St. Paul: Tiny Porch Concert with Maria Jette. New Location: the park behind House of Hope, at Portland and Grotto.
Saturday June 27, 7pm International Falls: With Prudence Johnson on the Open Range Concerts series hosted by Faith United Church.
Monday July 6, 7pm, Minneapolis: The monthly singalong at the Danish American Center, 3030 W. River Parkway (just south of the Lake Street bridge). Free will donation, easy parking.
Sunday July 12, 6pm Fridley: Lush Country returns to Crooners. Classic hits from the ’40s ’50s and ’60s from this well-traveled band: Joe Savage, Richard Kriehn, Peter Johnson, Gary Raynor, Gary Rue and Prudence Johnson.
Tuesday July 14, 7pm Minneapolis: The monthly singalong at the Loring Park Arts Center at the corner of 14th and Willow, with Brian Peterson joining on guitar. Free parking near the center for those with accessibility needs. Free will offering.
Monday July 20, 7pm St. Anthony Park: the third-Monday SAP sing-along with Ann Reed, at St. Matthew’s Episcopal, 2136 Carter Ave. Also live streamed on Ann’s YouTube page. Song lyrics here when they’re ready.
Dan Chouinard 