updated February 16, 2026
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Monday February 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.
Sunday February 22, 7pm Northfield MN: Erin Schwab 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 February 23, 7pm Fridley: In the Main Stage room at Crooners: 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.
Tuesday February 24, Fridley: A fundraiser for Ukraine in the Main Stage Room at Crooners on the 4th anniversary of the Russian invasion of Crimea, and the 5th anniversary of the death of beloved local musician Peter Ostroushko. Hosted by Prudence Johnson and featuring lots of Peter’s music from Natalie Nowytski, Tatiana Riabokin, Kevin Kling, Dean Magraw, Richard Kriehn and the Minneapolis Mandolin Quartet.
Thursday February 26, 7pm Lakeville: Songs of Patsy Cline at Brianno’s Chart House with singer Colleen Raye and a not bad band: Dan on piano, Richard Kriehn on guitar, Joe Savage on pedal steel, Peter Johnson on drums, Gary Raynor on bass.
Friday February 27, Moose Lake MN: The songs of George and Ira Gershwin at Hope Lutheran Church, featuring Moose Lake native Prudence Johnson, and Randy Sabien on violin.
Saturday February 28, 7pm Duluth MN: Songs of George and Ira Gershwin with Prudence Johnson and Randy Sabien, at the Sacred Heart Music Center. $25 in advance / $30 at the door.
Monday March 2, 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.
Monday March 9, 6pm Fridley: The Movie Song Singalong in the Dunsmore Room at Crooners, an Oscar season tradition. Academy Award winners and nominees since 1934 (when the Best Original Song category was opened) plus your favorite movie tunes by request. And who knows? maybe a special guest or two.
Tuesday March 10, 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 March 15, 2pm New Ulm MN: Jennifer Grimm sings Judy Garland, at the State Street Theatre in historic downtown New Ulm. With an 11-piece big band
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 here when they’re ready.
Thursday March 26, 6pm Fridley: The Great Lakes American Songbook with Dane Stauffer in the Dunsmore Room at Crooners.
Friday March 27, 7pm Stillwater MN: Music by Leonard Bernstein and his contemporaries with Music St. Croix at the Historic Courthouse. With guests soprano Sarah Lawrence and baritone Calland Metts.
Saturday March 28, 7pm Stillwater MN: Music by Leonard Bernstein and his contemporaries with Music St. Croix at the Historic Courthouse. With guests soprano Sarah Lawrence and baritone Calland Metts.
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.
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.
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.
Dan Chouinard 