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UPCOMING EVENTS

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THE GEORGE MICHAEL TRIBUTE

A George Michael tribute like no other is coming to Minnesota 🎤

Martin Kember — known for selling out shows across California — is bringing his electrifying performance to Minnesota Music Cafe for the very first time on Friday, May 29, 2026.

Faith. Freedom. Fast Love. Careless Whisper.

Every hit — smooth, seductive, and impossible to sit still to.

From the global pop explosion of Wham! to one of the most iconic solo careers in music history, George Michael created a soundtrack that still hits just as hard today.

And here’s the thing… This is NOT your sit-quietly-and-behave kind of night.

IT'S A 💃 Hit the dance floor and move ✨ Or grab a great seat and soak it all in This is that feel-it-in-your-body, lose-track-of-time kind of night.

📅 May 29, 2026 | 8PM–11PM

📍 Minnesota Music Cafe

🎟️ Tickets from $25 + fees

Don’t wait on this one, this will sell out… you already know you’re not staying home for this

BUY TICKETS HERE

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PURPLE MUSICOLOGY: A TRIBUTE TO PRINCE & THE MINNEAPOLIS SOUND

The 2nd Annual Purple Musicology returns June 2nd — of celebrating Prince & The Minneapolis Sound with Martin Kember & The Unit.

The week the city remembers its greatest, we kick it off & celebrate the music that changed the world.

Last year was legendary.

This year will be unforgettable.

🎤 Martin Kember — Lead Vocals

🎷 Eddie M — Prince' & Sheila E's Saxophonist

🎸 Corney Mims — 3x Grammy Award-Winning Bassist

🥁 Les Cleveland — Larry Graham & NPG

🎤 Myra Washington — Powerhouse Vocals, recently co-wrote with Boosty Collins

🎧 DJ Alphonso Starr

🚪 Doors 7:00PM

🎧 DJ 8:00PM

🎵 Show 9:00PM

21+

🎟 $34.84 Advance Ticket link or scan QR code

Please note, the Green Room, Minneapolis is a cashless venue.

BUY TICKETS HERE

Who is taking this cloud home 2nite from PURPLE MUSICOLOGY BY MARTIN KEMBER & THE UNIT

#cloudguitar
#purplemusjcology
#martinkember

Must be present to win Green Room

Myra Washington is joining us tonight for Purple Musicology at The Green Room in Minneapolis. She is a fantastic vocalist and also has co-written 4 songs with Bootsy Collins on his recent album!

Martin Kember And The Unit hit The Green Room for another Year of a funky Purple Musicology night honoring Prince and The Minneapolis Sound.

Plus, a special tribute to Jellybean Johnson.

Raffle for a White Cloud Guitar, too!

Tonight's all star line-up also includes
Eddie M on sax
Paul Vargas keys
Mike Edwards Guitar
Corney Mims 5 string bass
Les Cleveland on drums

Ticket link in bio

#minneapolissound
#celebration2026
#purplemusjcology
#martinkember
#myrawashington
#eddiem
#paulvargas
#mikeedwards
#lescleveland
#corneymims
#musicapolis
#myrawashington

@martin_kember And The Unit hit The Green Room for another Year of a funky Purple Musicology 🔥 night honoring Prince and The Minneapolis Sound, plus a special Tribute to Jellybean Johnson.

Tuesday June 2 Doors at 7
DJ Alphonso Starr at 8

Show at 9

Plus, be sure to enter to win 🎁 the White Cloud Guitar!

Last year's star studded line up was Eddie M 🎷 Kyle Bolden Guitar, Dmitry Gorodetsky bass, Stacey LaMont Sydnor drums, Paul Vargas keys

This year : Eddie M on sax 🎷, Paul Vargas keys 🎹, Mike Edwards Guitar, Corney Mims 5 string bass, Les Cleveland on drums.

Tickets 🎟 at Www.greenroommn.com
or at the door card only
cashless venue

#minneapolissound
#celebration2026
#purplemusjcology
#martinkember

Martin Kember, Mike Edwards on guitar, Brian Powers "Snowman" on sax, Jonathan Ross on drums, Paul Vargas keys, Ron long bass, jammin on this during the George Michael Tribute at The Minnesota Music Cafe Friday May 29 2026

#supportlivemusic #funky #GeorgeMichaelTribute

The George Michael Tribute with Martin Kember had a great crowd at Minnesota Music Cafe ! Thank you to all who came out and enjoyed the night!

See some of you at the Green Room in Tuesday June 2nd! For PURPLE MUSICOLOGY BY MARTIN KEMBER & THE UNIT

A George Michael tribute like no other is coming to Minnesota 🎤

Martin Kember — known for selling out shows across California — is bringing his electrifying performance to Minnesota Music Cafe for the very first time on Friday, May 29, 2026.

Every hit — smooth, seductive, and impossible to sit still to.

From the global pop explosion of Wham! to one of the most iconic solo careers in music history, George Michael created a soundtrack that still hits just as hard today.

And here’s the thing… This is NOT your sit-quietly-and-behave kind of night.

IT'S A 💃 Hit the dance floor and move ✨ Or grab a great seat and soak it all in This is that feel-it-in-your-body, lose-track-of-time kind of night.

May 29, 2026 | 8PM–11PM
Minnesota Music Cafe, 499 Payne Avenue, St. Paul, MN

🎟️ Tickets from $25 plus tax on line , link in bio

21 Plus event

Don’t wait on this one, this will sell out… you already know you’re not staying home for this

#mspmag #MeetMPLS #exploremn #GeorgeMichaelTribute #liveband

A George Michael tribute like no other is coming to Minnesota 🎤 Friday May 29th✨️

Martin Kember — known for selling out shows across California — is bringing his electrifying performance to Minnesota Music Cafe for the very first time on Friday, May 29, 2026.

Faith. Freedom. Fast Love. Careless Whisper.
Every hit — smooth, seductive, and impossible to sit still to.

From the global pop explosion of Wham! to one of the most iconic solo careers in music history, George Michael created a soundtrack that still hits just as hard today.

And here’s the thing…

This is NOT your sit-quietly-and-behave kind of night.

IT'S A

💃 Hit the dance floor and move
✨ Or grab a great seat and soak it all in

This is that feel-it-in-your-body, lose-track-of-time kind of night.

📅 May 29, 2026 | 8PM–11PM
📍 Minnesota Music Cafe
🎟️ Tickets from $25 + fees

Plus
Tickets available at the door cash $25

21 plus event

Don’t wait on this one, this will sell out… you already know you’re not staying home for this. 🎶✨

#GeorgeMichaelTribute
#livemusic
#Georgemichael

Memorial Day Weekend is here! Enjoy and be safe!

Get out & support live music this weekend!🥳

✨️Tap for full screen view✨️

Great live bands at 2 fantastic venues that have been supporting live music for over 25 years in the Twin Cities.

Bunker's Music Bar and Grill
And
Minnesota Music Cafe St. Paul

Step away from your screens and enjoy the music scene that we have in the Twin Cities 💜✨️💜

Plus, check out all the other live music venues... Shaw's, Icehouse, Berlin, Dakota, Green Room, Main Street in Hopkins , and many more!

✨️

👉Drop YOUR gigs in the comments below!👇👇👇👇
#supportlivemusicvenues #supportlivemusic #minneapolissound
##thingstodoinminneapolis
#thingstodoinstpaul

Do you have your tickets🎟 yet for these 2 shows👇

⚡️George Michael Tribute with Martin Kember
Friday , May 29th
8pm
Minnesota Music Cafe
499 Payne Ave
St. Paul, Mn

Or

⚡️Purple Musicology: A Tribute To Prince & The Minneapolis Sound
Tuesday, June 2nd
Kicking off a Purple Week💜
UPTOWN
At the Green Room
2923 Girard Ave South
Minneapolis, Mn

Link in bio🤩

#minneapolissound #celebration2026
#exploremn
#GeorgeMichaelTribute
#PrinceWeek

The book, Prince , The Beautiful Ones (Memoir) was released October 29, 2019.

Andrea Swensson hosted a panel discussion on that date in Minneapolis, Minnesota. On that panel were several people from the Minneapolis music scene that were around Prince.

Here's a clip of Jellybean Johnson reminiscing about Prince.

Jellybean also mentions sitting in the Skyway Movie on Hennepin Avenue one night growing up in Minneapolis, and that Andre' Cymone was watching the movie, too!

#Prince
#Jellybeanjohnson
#Andrecymone
#Minneapolissound
#musichistory

@obi_original just had to get into the energy of the crowd Saturday night at @bauhausbrewlabs Liquid Zoo for @nemaamn Art-A-Whirl!

During a calmer moment during his 1 hour action-packed show, he thanked @bauhausbrewlabs
For their support of local, live music artists and giving them a stage to perform over the 12 years of Bauhaus' business run and providing the crowds with an aways enjoyable experience that we will all miss!

#OBI_Original
#ART-A-WHIRL
#Bauhaus
#nemplsartsdistrict
#nempls

Do you know that there are some really cool live music venues in Northeast Minneapolis ALL YEAR ROUND?

A few are
Shaw's
And
The 331 Club

And during Art-A-Whirl, they stay open until late! 🌙

#shawsne
#artawhirl
#nemaa
##nemplsartsdistrict

Spring is here✨️

Get out & support live music this weekend!🥳

✨️Tap for full screen view✨️

Great live bands at 2 fantastic venues that have been supporting live music for over 25 years in the Twin Cities.

Bunker's Music Bar and Grill
And
Minnesota Music Cafe St. Paul

Step away from your screens and enjoy the music scene that we have in the Twin Cities 💜✨️💜

Plus, check out all the other live music venues... Shaw's, Icehouse, Berlin, Dakota, Green Room, Main Street in Hopkins , and many more!

✨️

👉Drop YOUR gigs in the comments below!👇👇👇👇
#supportlivemusicvenues #supportlivemusic #minneapolissound
##thingstodoinminneapolis
#thingstodoinstpaul

The Purple Majesty Ladies are throwing a party! Mayte Garcia and Sheila E. are ready to PARTY-UP! ✨️

June 7th 💜

Where- Quincy Hall

Giving back -Up to $10,000 fun the evening will go right into North Minneapolis to a youth arts program-Juxtaposition Arts 🎨

Stay tuned for more updates!

#SheilaE #Mayte
#PartyUp

Exploring the Viking Ship outside of the home of the @vikings the @usbankstadium the night before @brunomars dances and dazzles the crowd of 70,000 plus tonight!

#brunomars #djpeewee #leonthomas #silksonic #hellokitty

The Bat Signal just went UP over Minneapolis 💜!

Wednesday- you'll know why!

#homeoftheminneapolissound
#thecitywheremusicallegendsarefrom
#minneapolissound
#bmtn
#mspmag

Batman By Prince

Yes! Musicapolis was a part of this day!

This date May 10, 2023 ,Minnesota Governor Walz signed the Prince Rogers Nelson Highway Bill renaming sections of hwy 5 into Prince Rogers Nelson Memorial Highway.

#Prn #princerogersnelson
#princerogersnelsonhighway

Did you get your tickets yet?

Martin Kember The fantastic George Michael Tribute is coming to Minnesota!

🎟 link in bio ☝️

#georgemichaeltribute
#exploremn
#musicapolis

Alot of fun audience participation in Minneapolis 💜for Gigilos Need Love Too ⚡️

Sunday , July 7, 2024 -Morris Day and The Time performed at the 2024 Taste of Minnesota in Minneapolis. 💜🎹🎵

The legendary group was part of the Sunday lineup that also included Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis coming out later, with the free two-day festival that took place on Nicollet Mall in downtown.

Ricky Freeze bass
Christopher Troy
Jellybean Johnson drums
Tori Ruffin guitar

#Minneapolissound
#morrisdayandthetime
#morrisday

America! Have you heard?

@flytetymejam and @flytetymelewis are bringing their legendary hits back home to the Minnesota State Fair! 🎡

✨️A Celebration Of The Minneapolis Sound 🎵✨️😎

😎"I've been attending the Minnesota State Fair every year since I was a kid, so returning home to perform this year is a dream come true. Terry and I are assembling an incredible lineup of artists performing songs made right here in Minnesota, and you never know who's gonna show!" – Jimmy Jam

😎"During our homecoming concert, fans will experience the joy of time travel through the celebration of songs that became hits around the world – all made in Minnesota." – Terry Lewis

Recently named by The New York Times on its “30 Greatest Living American Songwriters” list, Jam & Lewis have toured their live concerts around the world, including an April 2026 sold-out residency at Voltaire at The Venetian Resort in Las Vegas, Nev.

Joining them on stage✨️

This incredible lineup includes special guests Johnny Gill, Ralph Tresvant, Morris Day & Jerome Benton of The Time, Jordan Knight from New Kids On The Block, Yolanda Adams, Stokley, Ann Nesby & Sounds of Blackness, Ruben Studdard, and Shanice Wilson.

BUY YOUR Tickets at THE OFFICIAL SITE
👇
Www.mnstatefair.org
@mnstatefair
🎟
On sale Friday May 8 10am!

The Great Minnesota Get Together is about to be GREATER than it's ever been😎🎹💜🎵

💜 Purple Musicology is back!
Martin Kember & The Unit return to The Green Room Minneapolis June 2, 2026 – bringing you Purple Musicology: A Tribute to Prince & The MPLS Sound.

🎶 Doors 7PM | Show 8PM | Tickets $34.84 advance
21+ event

Tickets
👇
Bit.ly/PurpleMusicology 👉case sensitive 💜

www.greenroomn.com

Let’s kick off Prince Week the right way — with pure Minneapolis magic in Uptown. ✨️💜✨

⚡️STRANGE DAZE ⚡️

🎸 Minnesota Music Cafe
📅 May 1, 2026 | 8–11 PM

Their first time ever at The Minnesota Music Cafe
499 Payne Avenue, St Paul, Mn.

⚡️Catch them now before they head out for summer festivals!

Friday , May 1

Doors at 7pm

Band at 8pm

Door $15 cash at the door
21+ event

⚡️They have shared the stage, or toured, with such acts as Aerosmith, 3 Doors Down, ZZ Top, Lynyrd Skynyrd,
Collective Soul, The Winery Dogs, Cheap Trick, Everclear, Ted Nugent, Soul Asylum , Hairball and more⚡️

Strange Daze includes:

⚡️Eric Moudry, (guitars/vocals/primary songwriter)

⚡️Scott Knudson (vocals/co-lyricist)

⚡️Derrick "Pixx" Russell (bass/vocals)

⚡️Marc Strini (drums)

They're ready to ROCK the Eastside!

For reserved tables- email Info@minnesotamusiccafe.com

#visitsaintpaul
#thingstodoinstpaul
#minnesotamusiccafe
#StrangeDaze #LiveMusic

G Sharp lighting the place UP 🔥😜🔥

On this date, 10 years ago, the
Minneapolis musicians gathered together at Bunker's as a family to celebrate the life of @prince -5 days after his unexpected death on April 21, 2016.

Musicapolis has captured many videos of music in the city over the past decade and more! 💜 stay tuned for more clips from this date 10 years ago

Jellybean Johnson

Gerry Eskridge

G Sharp

Jay Bee

Mark Lickteig

Michael Bland

Sonny Thompson

Margaret Cox

Bill Brown

And more!

Tag yourselves 💜

#Minneapolissound
#prince
#jellybeanjohnson

On this date, 10 years ago, the Minneapolis musicians gathered together at Bunker's as a family to celebrate the life of @prince -5 days after his death on April 21, 2016.

Musicapolis has captured many videos over the past decade and more! 💜 stay tuned for more clips from this date 10 years ago

@jellybeanjohnson2

Gerry Eskridge

G Sharp

Jay Bee

Margaret Cox

Mark Lickteig

Michael Bland

Sonny Thompson

And more!

Tag yourselves 💜

#Minneapolissound
#prince
#jellybeanjohnson

Flew in from his Vegas Residency at @voltairelv , played alongside Cornbread Harris for his dad's 99th Birthday night at the @thehookmpls , exchanged notes, smiles and laughs while on stage and off.

That's @flytetymejam

That's Minneapolis, and that's why the Minneapolis Sound is known around the world- the people who created it are very special.

#cornbreadharris
#minneapolissound
#flytetymejam

Happy 99th Birthday Cornbread Harris, today April 23, 2026!

This was August 16, 2024.

At the release of his biography, Deeper Blues: The Life, Songs, and Salvation of Cornbread Harris by Andrea Swensson, with a special performance at The Cedar Cultural Center in Minneapolis. The sold-out event featured Harris alongside his son, Jimmy Jam, and author Andrea Swensson, featuring live music and stories from Cornbread . At the time of the event, he was 97.

#cornbreadharris
#jimmyjam
#deeperblues
#flytetymejam

Sunsets are always beautiful at @officialpaisleypark

#prince
#princerogersnelsonhighway
#princerogersnelson
#Minneapolissound

REVELATION At the Dakota
Monday April 20, 2026

Michael Bland drums & MD
Bobby G guitar
Tommy Barbarella keys
Ron Long Bass
Tracey Blake guitar
Cory Eischen, keys

Jay Bee vocals
G -Sharp vocals
Ashley Commodore vocals

Special guest Liv Warfield

Performing The Cross
At
Celebrating the life and gifts of Prince

#prince
#thecross
#livwarfield

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PURPLE LOVE TOUR

GROUP TOURS AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST -STAY TUNED FOR UPCOMING JUNE DATES

It's happening tonight! Purple Musicology at The Green Room in Minneapolis with Martin Kember and The Unit Doors at 7, DJ Alphonso Starr at 8, Showtime 9pm. A few tickets remain

Musicapolis

The George Michael Tribute is coming to Minnesota! May 29, 2026

A George Michael tribute like no other is coming to Minnesota! Martin Kember — known for selling out shows across California — is bringing his electrifying performance to Minnesota Music Cafe for the very first time on Friday, May 29, 2026. Faith. Freedom. Fast Love. Careless Whisper. Every hit — smooth, seductive, and impossible to sit still to. From the global pop explosion of Wham! to one of the most iconic solo careers in music history, George Michael created a soundtrack

Musicapolis

Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis Talk "Nothing But Hits" Vegas Residency in Vegas on the morning TV circuit -Good Morning America on ABC and Live with Kelly and Mark on NBC

Minneapolis' own, Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, known for their signature sound, rooted in Minneapolis, are back on stage for a short residency in Vegas. The residency takes place at Voltaire at The Venetian Resort Las Vegas, April 17-18, 22, 24-26. Jimmy Jam And Terry Lewis backstage following their legendary once-in a lifetime performance at The Taste of Minnesota in Minneapolis MN , July 7, 2024. Here is the Good Morning America clip , March 27, 2026 interview with Michael St

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UPCOMING EVENTS

THE GEORGE MICHAEL TRIBUTE

PURPLE MUSICOLOGY: A TRIBUTE TO PRINCE & THE MINNEAPOLIS SOUND

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PURPLE LOVE TOUR

It's happening tonight! Purple Musicology at The Green Room in Minneapolis with Martin Kember and The Unit Doors at 7, DJ Alphonso Starr at 8, Showtime 9pm. A few tickets remain

The George Michael Tribute is coming to Minnesota! May 29, 2026

Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis Talk "Nothing But Hits" Vegas Residency in Vegas on the morning TV circuit -Good Morning America on ABC and Live with Kelly and Mark on NBC