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The Dakota Jazz Club and Restaurant is a jazz club in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The club opened in 1985 at Bandana Square in St. Paul as a restaurant with local jazz in the bar. In 1988, the programming expanded to national artists with performances by McCoy Tyner and Ahmad Jamal. In 2003, the Dakota moved to downtown Minneapolis on Nicollet Mall.
First Avenue also appeared in Prince's 1984 film Purple Rain, [28] and many of the film's music performances take place at the venue. [29] U2 wrote part of October at First Avenue, during sound check. [30] Grammy Award-winning alternative-country star Lucinda Williams was married on stage following a performance at First Avenue in 2009. [31]
On May 16, 2015, a "Longhorn Bar Reunion" was held at First Avenue and 7th St Entry in Minneapolis. Local bands and performers (including X-Boys, Curtiss A, Hypstrz, Flamin'-Oh's, Yipes! and members of The Suburbs and the Suicide Commandoes, billed as "the Sub-Commandoes"), many containing members who played at Jay's Longhorn, paid tribute.
The duo are hard at work building out the space at 2201 NE. 2nd St. in Minneapolis to create a room with around 30 seats, a sound system bolstered by the room's thoughtful sound construction, and ...
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A Mr. Folta ran the bar from 1959 to 1975. His son Roger Folta co-owned the bar from 1975 to 1996. [4] Keith Berg and Lisa Hammer purchased the bar in 2001. [2] Under Berg and Hammer's ownership, the bar remained open every day of the year. [3] The bar shares a wall with a mosque, the Dar Al-Hijrah Islamic Civic Center. [6]
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