Gregg Marquardt © Andrea Canter

Festival Singers Showcase!

July 1. You can hear many of the JVM singers in one afternoon! The JVM will again perform in a Singers Showcase as part of the Twin Cities Jazz Festival, on the Dakota Jazz Club stage on July 1^st. Visit the Dakota website (or Festival website) for time, tentatively scheduled for 11 am – 3 pm (brunch available).

Lila Ammons

• June 7, Chicago Blues Festival in Grant Park (Chicago)

Thomas Bruce (www.tommybrucejazz.com)

• June 16 (9 pm-midnight) at the Palm Court (Minneapolis)

Dorothy Doring (www.dorothydoring.com)

• June 12 & 26 (8 pm), hosting Skylark Singers Club at Jitters (Minneapolis)
• June 14-15, National Anthem, all state winners performance in Washington, DC

Connie Dusseau

•  June 9 (8 pm- Midnight) with Pizzazz Jazz at Matty B's (St Paul)
  

Lee Engele

• June 5 (6:30-8:30 pm) with Sarah Dye (piano), Jason McLean (bass) and Chris Gray (drums) at Southwest Station (Eden Prairie)
• June 8 (11 am-1:30 pm) with Jason McLean (bass), Nick Haas (guitar), Jon Schneider (sax), Chris Gray (drums) at Fairview Bridges Restaurant (Minneapolis)
• June 8 (4-6 pm) with Nick Haas and Jason McLean at Southwest Station (Eden Prairie)
• June 15 (4-6 pm) with Nick Haas and Jason McLean at Southwest Station (Eden Prairie)
• June 19 (6:30-8:30 pm) with Bellatrex at Southwest Station (Eden Prairie)
• June 22 (11 am-1:30 pm) with Bellatrex at Fairview Bridges Restaurant (Minneapolis)
• June 26 (6:30-8:30 pm) with Somewhat Dixieland Band at Southwest Station (Eden Prairie)

Katie Gearty (www.katiegearty.com)

Katie Gearty © Andrea Canter

• June 3 (7:30 pm), opening for Raymond Yates CD Release at the Cedar Cultural Center (Minneapolis)
• June 6 (8:30-11:30 pm) with the Wolverines at The Times (Minneapolis)
• June 8 (9 pm – 1 am) at Rossi’s (Minneapolis)
• June 13 (8:30-11:30 pm) with the Wolverines at The Times (Minneapolis)
• June 20 (8:30-11:30 pm) with the Wolverines at The Times (Minneapolis)
• June 21 (8:30 pm) with the Sam Kuusisto Band at The Narrows (Navarre)
• June 27 (8:30-11:30 pm) with the Wolverines at The Times (Minneapolis)
• June 28 (8:30 pm) with the Sam Kuusisto Band at The Narrows (Navarre)
• June 29 (9 pm- midnight) with Brian Ziemniak at Café Maud (Minneapolis)
• June 30 (9 pm-1 am) with Jason Craft and Graydon Peterson at Rossi’s (Minneapolis)

Bruce Henry (www.bruceahenry.com)

• June 3 (7-11 pm) with Yolanda Bruce at the Dakota Jazz Club (Minneapolis)
• June 19 (5:30 pm), Summer Celebration at the Messiah Lutheran Church (Minneapolis)
• June 22 (7:30 pm), Freedom Train Ensemble at the First Universalist Church (Minneapolis)
• June 23 (8-11 pm) at the Dakota Jazz Club (Minneapolis)
  

Maud Hixson (www.maudhixson.com)

• June 9 (8 pm-12am) with the Wolverines Quartet at the Dakota County Music Café (Burnsville)
• June 15 (9:30 pm – 12 am) with Laura Caviani at Crave (Edina)
• June 30 (8pm-12:30am) with the Tanner Taylor Trio at Cue (Guthrie Theater, Minneapolis)
  

Paula Lammers

Paula Lammers © Andera Canter

• June 5 (7-8:30 pm), with the River City Jazz Orchestra at the Como Lakeside Pavillion (St Paul)
• June 10 (3-4 pm) with the River City Jazz Orchestra at Staring Lake Park Amphitheater “Jazz on the Prairie” Festival (Eden Prairie)
• June 12 (7-10 pm) with the River City Jazz Orchestra at the South St Paul VFW
• June 29-30 (7-11 pm) with Reeves Cary at the Dakota County Music Café (Burnsville)

Gregg Marquardt

• June 3 (2 pm), with Debbie O’Keefe and the Minnesota Jazz Orchestra at the Lake Harriett Bandshell (Minneapolis)
• June 14 (7-10 pm) with Debbie O’Keefe and the Minnesota Jazz Orchestra at Wabasha Street Caves (St Paul)

Lucia Newell (www.lucianewell.com)

• June 8 (9:30 pm- 12:30 am) with Laura Caviani at Crave (Edina)

• June 20 (9 pm), at the Artists Quarter (St. Paul)

• June 29 (9:30- pm-12:30 am) with Joan Griffith at Crave (Edina)

Connie Olson

• June 3 (2-4 pm), Connie’s Rising Stars (voice students) at Rossi’s (Minneapolis)
• June 13 & 26 (7:30-11:30 pm) with pianist Mary Louise Knutson at Rossi’s (Minneapolis)

Sue Tucker (www.suetucker.com)

• June 3 (11 am – 2 pm) with the Wolverines; Jazz Brunch at The Times (Minneapolis)
• June 17 (11 am – 2 pm) with the Wolverines; Jazz Brunch at The Times (Minneapolis)
• June 23 (9:30 pm – 1 am) with Rick Carlson Trio at the Times (Minneapolis)
• June 24 (11 am – 2 pm) with the Wolverines; Jazz Brunch at the Times (Minneapolis)

Donna Wilson

Donna WIlson © Andrea Canter

• June 8-9 (8:30 pm-12:00 am) with Bellatrex and James Buckley (bass) at Café Havana (Minneapolis)
• June 17 (11:15 am- 12 pm) with Bellatrex, Cities 97 stage at the Stone Arch Festival of the Arts at St. Anthony Main (Minneapolis)
• June 19 (6:30-8:30 pm), with Bellatrex and Lee Engele, at Summer Jazz at Southwest Station (Eden Prairie) Prairie
• June 22 (11 am – 1:30 pm) with Bellatrex and Lee Engele at Fairview Bridges Restaurant (Minneapolis)
• June 23 (7-10 pm) with Bellatrex at the Sage Wine Bar (Mendota Heights)
• June 30 (7-10 pm) with Bellatrex at Cafe Juliahana (West St Paul)

Venues

• Artists Quarter—408 St. Peter Street, St. Paul; www.artistsquarter.com

• Café Havana--119 Washington Ave. South, Minneapolis

• Café Juliahana--879 Smith Ave. South, West St. Paul

• Café Maud – 5411 Penn Av South, Minneapolis

• Cedar Cultural Center - 416 Cedar Av South, Minneapolis; www.thecedar.org

• Crave – Galleria, Edina; www.cravemn.com

• Cue – Guthrie Theater, 818 S. Second Street, Minneapolis

• Dakota County Music Café – 14201 Nicollet Avenue South, Burnsville,
  952-435-6624

• Dakota Jazz Club—1010 Nicollet Mall, Minneapolis; www.dakotacooks.com

• Fairview Bridges Restaurant - 500 Harvard Street, Minneapolis

  

  Bruce Henry © Andea Canter

• First Universalist Church—3400 Dupont S., Minneapolis

• Jitters – lower level of the Times at 201 E. Hennepin, Minneapolis

• Matty B's - 325 Wabasha, St Paul; www.mattybs.com

• Messiah Lutheran Church—2504 Columbus Ave, Minneapolis; 612-871-8831

• Palm Court Restaurant Music Lounge – 2424 Central NE, Minneapolis; 612-789-3373

• Rossi’s Blue Star – 80 S. 9^th Street, Minneapolis; www.bluestarjazz.com

• Sage Wine Bar - 730 Main Street, Mendota Heights

• South St Paul VFW—111 South Concord Exchange, South St Paul

• Southwest Station - 13300 Technology Drive, Eden Prairie

• Stone Arch Bridge Festival of the Arts - 125 Main Street S.E., Minneapolis (Stone Arch Bridge by St. Anthony Main)

• The Narrows – 3380 Shoreline Dr, Navarre

• The Times – 201 E. Hennepin, Minneapolis; www.timesbarandcafe.com

• Twin Cities Jazz Festival—www.hotsummerjazz.org

• Wabasha Street Caves—215 Wabasha St South, St. Paul (www.wabashastreetcaves.com)

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