Celebration @ 318 Café Music & Wine Bar – Excelsior
Acoustic Listening, Wine and Dine while sharing in the celebration of Michael and Deb’s 17th anniversary or is it 35 years!?
318 Café Music Venue – Excelsior – Michael and Deb are sharing their 17th anniversary and it’s really 35 years since they began to work together! They were married 8/09/08 during his concert at Lake Harriet Bandshell with 3k in attendance! Check out the tunes by” MN Acoustic Music Master” (Star Tribune), Michael Monroe on guitar, vocal, flutes…acoustic favorites and original tunes. Best wine and dine!
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“Minnesota Acoustic Music Master,” (Star Tribune) and Emmy Award-winning acoustic troubadour, Michael Monroe, performs an evening of warm-hearted original music and selection of “folk legend acoustic favorites!” Experience the amazing music of James Taylor, Cat Stevens, Michael Johnson, Gordon Lightfoot, Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell, Simon and Garfunkel, Carole King as well as Peter, Paul and Mary.
318 Cafe named best concert venue by the MN Star Tribune! (4/2025)
(We’ve known that for decades!)
Photo by Mary Jindra
From vinyl to digital, Monroe is celebrating over 55 years performing acoustic music for his profession. He plays hand-crafted Seaton guitars, which are “works of art,” made of 200 year-old reclaimed wood from the bottom of Lake Superior and made on the Gunflint Trail. His rich vocals and crystal/bamboo flutes showcase his signature mellifluous sound. Monroe has always embraced “…technology as an instrument…” (Jon Bream Star Tribune) and though vinyl has become trendy again, digital technology has been his music medium of choice. He was a ‘looper’ in 1990, long before it became mainstream and he could be considered the one of the ‘grandfathers’ of LIVE looping!
Michael Monroe returned to the Twin Cities following his 28 years on the North Shore of Lake Superior and he presented Log Cabin Concerts in his cabin for the past 17 years which were featured on KSTP’s Jason Davis’ On The Road and in Lake Superior and Cabin Life Magazines as well as the Star Tribune. Monroe’s award winning instrumental soundtracks have been featured on PBS/CBC, Toronto Enviro/New York Indie Film Fests in the documentary, “Chased By The Light” presenting Jim Brandenburg’s life and stunning photography.