Legends @ the Capri: Thrown to the Wolves: Featuring the Wolverines Jazz Trio
Legends
Thrown to the Wolves: Featuring the Wolverines Jazz Trio
April 5 and 6, 2025
This concert will take you back to our very first Legends concert ever. And this time it’ll be hotter than ever. With Judy Vinar and Dennis Spears on vocals.
Legends @ the Capri: Thrown to the Wolves: Featuring the Wolverines Jazz Trio
Legends
Thrown to the Wolves: Featuring the Wolverines Jazz Trio • Single Tickets Now
April 5 and 6, 2025
This concert will take you back to our very first Legends concert ever. And this time it’ll be hotter than ever. With Judi Vinar and Dennis Spears on vocals.
A Conference on CircleSinging for educators of all kinds
3/31 and 4/1 - 9:00 am - 3:00 pm UMass Amherst Old Chapel.
In this 2-day workshop, participants will:
Experience the excitement of creating circle songs
Strengthen musicianship skills for performing and improvising
Learn to facilitate improvisation activities in any music setting
Build community through circle singing
Reflect on how to implement new music-making possibilities in traditional ensembles
https://www.umass.edu/music-dance/events/circle-singing-music-education-festival
The registration fee ($10 per day/$20 for both days)
Judi Vinar has covered almost every category in the musical style area as well as occupations in the industry! Her performance career spans from singing and playing guitar at Glacier National Park to serving pasta while singing arias at Gustino’s in The Marriott in Minneapolis to touring the world and teaching with the amazing Bobby McFerrin!
She also has had a very full career as an educator and leader at colleges and universities and now as freelance vocal clinician, Judi gives Master Classes and Clinics on Vocal Improvisation, Efficient Vocal Techniques, Understanding Your Audience, and Ensemble Performance Strategies. This night is going to be epic! It will be like AM radio in the 60s and 70s … we won’t know what style and groove she will be singing next
PUBLIC WELCOMED!
PARKING LOT RIGHT NEXT TO THE CLUB
Doors open at 5:00 PM for food and cocktails - Music 5:30 PM to 7:00 PM
Call or email the front desk if you have any questions
612-813-5300
Here comes the sun" - sunday, march 9th @ 7PM
Featuring Lori Dokken, Ginger Commodore, Judi Vinar, Rachel Holder, Joyann Parker & Connie Evingson
It’s a Beatles song fest!
For this concert event, Lori Dokken (pianist/vocalist/music director) has enlisted FIVE of the Twin Cities’ finest female vocalists: Patty Peterson, Joyann Parker, Rachel Holder, Connie Evingson, Ginger Commodore and Judi Vinar. This diverse group of artists promises to deliver, in their own unique ways, a wide range of selections from the Beatles’ vast catalogue of songs.
Hear songs like “Imagine,” “Strawberry Fields Forever,” “The Long and Winding Road,” “Across the Universe,” “As My Guitar Gently Weeps,” “Here, There and Everywhere,” “When I’m 64,” “Act Naturally,” “Help,” “Come Together,” “All You Need is Love” and more!
If you are a fan of Lori’s I Am Woman, Shout! Sister, Shout! or Women on the Moon shows, you need to see this concert!
SUNDAY, MARCH 9th - 7:00 PM
The Band
Lori Dokken – Producer, Piano, Vocals
Ginger Commodore – Vocals
Judi Vinar – Vocals
Rachel Holder – Vocals
Joyann Parker – Vocals
Connie Evingson – Vocals
Benjamin Kelly – Bass
Nate Babbs – Drums
Chanhassen Dinner Theatres
501 West 78th Street
Chanhassen, MN 55317
“Three” Rachel Holder, Judi Vinar, and Lori Dokken
@ Robbinsdale Parkway United Church of Christ (the temporary home of Unity Minneapolis)
Join us for an evening of our greatest hits!
Everything from Joni Mitchell , Brandi Carlile, Crosby Stills Nash and Young, The Wailin’ Jennys, Tom Petty, Stevie Wonder…the list goes on and on!
Always adding new tunes to our enormous list of Swing Bests!
Alexandria, MN, is about to turn up the heat this February with the first-ever Beat the Winter Blues & Jazz Festival! Get ready for a celebration of live music, community spirit, and the unique charm of Alexandria. Enjoy jazz, blues, gospel, and more, while embracing cozy winter vibes. Take in the beautiful environment next to sweet Lake Charlie, sip drinks at the outdoor ice bar, and cozy up indoors with soulful tunes. Whether you’re a music lover or a winter enthusiast, this inaugural festival is your ticket to warm up, get involved, and join the fun. Don’t miss it— grab your tickets today and be part of this exciting new tradition from the very beginning!
All the best of the Swing Era, and more, with Twin Cities Finest Swingman, Rick Carlson! No Cover, join us!
"Songs By Boys By Girls!"
Featuring:
Patty Peterson, Judi Vinar, Rachel Holder and Lori Dokken
For ONE NIGHT ONLY - The Girls from the “I Am Woman” group sing songs made famous by BOYS such as Stevie Wonder, Bill Withers, Elton John, The Beatles and many more.
They are a current day female version of “The Rat Pack” for one night!
January 31st happens to be “National Backward Day” which provides an opportunity to reverse our ways, eat dessert for breakfast, change our direction or change the songs they sing!
Every time these great friends take the stage; it promises to be a fantastic evening of hearing these women deliver as only they can!
Friday, January 31st
PUBLIC WELCOMED!
PARKING LOT RIGHT NEXT TO THE CLUB!
Doors open at 4:00pm for cocktails - Concert 4:30pm to 6:00 PM
612-813-5300
The St. Luke Performing Arts Series
LORI DOKKEN, RACHEL HOLDER, & JUDI VINAR Sing TAPESTRY and BLUE
Sunday, January 26, 4:00 PM
Embark on a remarkable musical journey as Lori Dokken, Rachel Holder, and Judi Vinar pay tribute to two iconic albums: Carole King’s Tapestry and Joni Mitchell’s Blue.
These captivating singers will bring these heartfelt melodies and introspective lyrics to life with fresh and vibrant interpretations. Don’t miss this cozy winter afternoon of evocative music and extraordinary talent!
A freewill offering will be taken
Sunday, January 26th
4:00 PM
St. Luke Presbyterian Church
3121 Groveland School Road
Minnetonka, MN 55391
PUBLIC WELCOMED!
Rick and I are Swinging again at Maggie’s Lounge, Crooners in Fridley. 8-10, no cover, good live music!
Join Rick and I after the show at Crooners, in Maggie’s Lounge. Or just come out and have some Swing!
Spiked! — Table Salt Productions’ perennial holiday favorite — is back!
What is Spiked? First-rate music plus sketch comedy, all mixed up in a sparkling holiday punch! Featuring local music headliners and Brave New Workshop alums, it’s Saturday Night Live meets Mariah Carey … with cocktails!
Kick off the holiday season right, right after Thanksgiving. Spiked! opens on Friday, November 29, and is a perfect night (or afternoon) out for you and all of your out-of-town guests. Work off that turkey dinner with plenty of belly laughs, plus good old-fashioned hooting and hollering! Rocking holiday songs will get you in the spirit; sweet foreign language carols will tug at your heart; and sketches that take aim at the workplace, the home — and an exploration of what exactly the family pets are getting up to — will have you rolling in the aisles!
This year's cast includes Brave New Workshop alums Jim Robinson, Katy McEwen and Joshua Will plus local sketch comedy and improv favorite Maureen Tubbs, with music from Dennis Curley (The Explainers, Country Roads), Dorian Chalmers (Church Basement Ladies, The Mancini Players), Natalie Nowytski (Orkestar Bez Ime, Follow the Firefly), Emily Judge-Becker (Ukrainian Village Band), Scott Keever (The Sweet Colleens, solo artist) and Marc Bohn (Tim Sigler, Jim Stairs Band).
Our list of guest artists is ALMOST complete — keep checking back for updates!
“Three” is the brainchild trio of local Twin Cities’ musicians Rachel Holder, Judi Vinar and Lori Dokken. These three artists have not only been friends for many years but have also been colleagues in a diverse array of musical groups and productions. “Three” brings together a triad of diverse voices that are skilled in multiple styles and genres and the end product is an incredible performance that unites them into a singular sound — rich in color, character, confidence and the sonic seasoning of experience. Three represents so many things: past, present and future … beginning, middle and end … body, mind and soul … Rachel, Judi and Lori.
Tickets here:
https://chanhassendt.com/shows/shoutsistershout/
Presented by Lori Dokken
The musical journey begins with Sister Rosetta Tharpe and travels through time up to today featuring female phenoms like Billie Holiday, Laura Nyro, Carole King, Nina Simone, Phoebe Snow, Joni Mitchell, Bonnie Raitt, Aretha Franklin, Janis Ian, Lady Gaga, India Arie and more. The evening will also be interspersed with words from some well-known writers and celebrities such as Maya Angelou, Terry Tempest Williams, Winona LaDuke, Coretta Scott King, Mary Oliver and more.
On stage to deliver an eclectic and dynamic array of arrangements written or performed by iconic female vocalists is a cadre of local Twin Cities’ luminaries such as Judi Vinar, Joyann Parker, Rachel Holder, Charmin Michelle and Anna Christy backed by pianist Lori Dokken (Producer & Music Director of Shout! Sister, Shout!) along with an all-star rhythm section. They will also be joined by Eden Bodnar, a local actress/artist/voiceover talent who will be delivering the spoken word sections.
A visual backdrop also accompanies this production and features digital renderings of the writers, composers and vocalists associated with each song and quotation.
Rick Carlson, David Schmalenberger, Steve Pikal, Judi Vinar, Dave Graf
https://www.croonersmn.com/event/great-women-of-jazz-with-judi-vinar/
The Judi Vinar Quintet has curated a feast of classics by iconic jazz vocalists, including Ella Fitzgerald, Anita O’Day, Diana Krall, Dianne Reeves, Shirley Horn, Diane Schuur, Astrud Gilberto, and more!
Judi Vinar: Vocals
Dave Graf: Trombone
Rick Carlson: Piano
Steve Pikal: Bass
Dave Schmalenberger: Drums
