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Aster Cafe

Minneapolis, MN · American

The Aster Cafe is located under the trees on the prettiest street in Minneapolis. Overlooking the mighty Mississippi river and the skyline of the city, the Aster is a candle-lit restaurant-bar with a sweet European patio. Live music, great brunches, craft beers and cocktails, and a thoughtful wine list add up to City Pages calling us the “best place to go on a first date”. Our menu is fresh (no deep fryers!) and inventive.

Aster Cafe hosts live music most Wednesday-Saturday nights at 8pm and Sundays from 11am-2pm. If you aren't able to locate an available table for your general reservation, it may be during our live music. Please choose from the shows listed below to reserve your table for live music. Patio dining is walk-in only, but we are happy to schedule your indoor dining reservation by clicking: Book now under General Reservations. For parties of 9+ please email: info@astercafe.com for availability and we will do our best to accommodate you for live music or indoor dining. Please note that all credit card purchases will incur a 3% processing fee, this is not charged on debit cards and is not more than we pay in fees.

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  General reservations are for indoors only; our patio service is walk-in only. We unfortunately can't ...
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  Sunday Swing Brunches with Patty and the Buttons ($6 Cover)
  Patty and The Buttons preach the gospel of hot rhythm and happy feet. The band is similar to what you ...
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  Friday 7/18/25 - Follow The Firefly ($15 Cover)
  Follow the Firefly is an imaginative trio comprised of guitar, bass, harp, and voices - chamber pop at...
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  Saturday 7/19/25 - Brady Grey ($20 Cover)
  Songwriter Brady Grey returns to Aster Cafe for a special hometown show! After four years in Arizona, ...
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  Wednesday 7/23/25 - Dean Sibinski & St. Anthony Mann ($10 Cover)
  Dean Sibinski creates contemplative songs, electronic poetry, and rhythmic ambience. Smithing transcen...
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  Thursday 7/24/25 - Honey Please & Mwago Kuria ($10 Cover)
  Honey Please is an indie pop rock band out of Minneapolis Minnesota. Through a shared joy of musical e...
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  Friday 7/25/25 - Stanley Kipper Project ($15 Cover)
  Stanley Kipper Project grew out of a desire to play more intimate spaces with a condensed version of S...
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  Saturday 7/26/25 - Spencer LaJoye & Sadie Gustafson-Zook ($15 Cover)
  Spencer LaJoye is a singer/songwriter from the Midwest making queer indie folk music for everyone. The...
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  Wednesday 7/30/25 - The Umamies & Sammie Jean Cohen ($10 Cover)
  The Umamies are a Minneapolis based band of Asian American musicians with Filipino and Japanese backgr...
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  Thursday 7/31/25 - Honeymoon Madness & Living Bloom ($12 Cover)
  A Twin Cities based psych-rock band, led by brothers Adam and Mike Nyland, bringing you their explorat...
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  Friday 8/1/25 - The New Entangled Particles ($15 Cover)
  Pat Frederick aka “Papa Fred,” joins local music luminaries Donnie La Marca, Dr. Dave Schmalenberger a...
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  Saturday 8/2/25 - The Friend Ship ($15 Cover)
  These popular singer/songwriters first got together to perform on Joel Sax’s debut album, ‘Billions of...
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  Wednesday 8/6/25 - Jill Andrews & Annie Fitzgerald ($18 Cover)
  From her years in the Everybodyfields, to her critically acclaimed solo career, to her latest collabor...
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  Thursday 8/7/25 - Steady Range & Embahn ($10 Cover)
  Steady Range is a four-piece dad rock band based in the Twin Cities. Fka Fragile Canyons, Steady Range...
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  Friday 8/8/25 - Taylor James Donskey with Frankie & Gwen ($15 Cover)
  Taylor James Donskey, playing what feels good since 1990.
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  Frankie & Gwen are a...
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  Saturday 8/9/25 - Dizzy ($15 Cover)
  Each live performance with Dizzy is filled with some of the best performers this side of the Mississip...
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  Wednesday 8/13/25 - Devin Wolf & Mike Vitale ($12 Cover)
  Mike Vitale is a singer/songwriter based out of Los Angeles, CA. He has been touring the United States...
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  Thursday 8/14/25 - Jenna Graves & The Loons ($15 Cover)
  Jenna Graves & The Loons is a Minneapolis-based group with a unique style that blends the sounds of po...
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  Friday 8/15/25 - Single Release: Jennifer Marie & Josh Cleveland ($15 Cover)
  Jennifer Marie releases her new single, ‘Can't Escape The Rhythm’. Learning to play piano at age 8 and...
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  Saturday 8/16/25 - Bill Chadwick with Telae ($15 Cover)
  Bill Chadwick is a teller of tales, stand-up comedian, preacher, author, ventriloquist and girls’ bask...
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  Wednesday 8/20/25 - Kray Klaas ($20 Cover)
  Kray Klaas is a R&B singer, guitar player, and songwriter. Inspired by the greats such as Eric Clapton...
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  Thursday 8/21/25 - Jessie Street Band ($15 Cover)
  Take a trip down memory lane with this nostalgia filled show, "The Beat Goes On" featuring songs from ...
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  Friday 8/22/25 - Thomas Abban & Mathias Saint john ($15 Cover)
  Welsh-Ghanian, multi-instrumentalist, Thomas Abban is hard to categorize and even harder to ignore. Un...
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  Saturday 8/23/25 - Zoey Says Go ($10 Cover)
  Zoë Says Go delivers a compelling fusion of Americana and rock, weaving socially conscious themes into...
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  Sunday 8/24/25 - The Plattes McDonough Project ($15 Cover)
  Violinist Jim Plattes and pianist Larry McDonough bring their new show “Grappelli, Ellington, and More...
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  Wednesday 8/27/25 - An Evening with Tina Schlieske solo ($25 Cover)
  Tina Schlieske is Midwestern rock mainstay, commanding a dedicated and passionate following, especiall...
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  Thursday 8/28/25 - Ashtyn Barbaree with Katy Tessman ($15 Cover)
  Embarking on her first Minnesota tour, Ashtyn Barbaree is an internationally touring singer-songwriter...
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  Friday 8/29/25 - Second Hand Dan ($10 Cover)
  Second Hand Dan is a Minnesotan indie folk/rock band with two lead singers and a trombone. Since the r...
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  Saturday 8/30/25 - AirLands ($15 Cover)
  AirLands is the indie rock project of Kevin Calaba, featuring Eric Julio Carranza’s fluid guitar, Dean...
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  Friday 9/5/25 - The Neighborhood Quartet: Groovy & Ethereal ($15 Cover)
  The Neighborhood Quartet—vibraphonist Steve Roehm, guitarist Dan Schwartz, bassist Nick Salisbury, and...
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  Sunday 9/7/25 - Scarlet Rivera & Chris Mulkey ($30 Cover)
  Bob Dylan was the first to discover and acknowledge Scarlet, making her as an integral part of the leg...
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  Wednesday 9/10/25 - Matty O’Reilly & Andy Ulseth w/Eric Carlson ($10 Cover)
  Matty O’Reilly (Coolidge and The Old Grey Whistle Test) writes and performs original songs about love,...
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  Thursday 9/11/25 - The Bitter Spills: 20th Anniversary Show ($15 Cover)
  "Baby" Grant Johnson and Rich Mattson met in the late 1980's, when they were playing original rock and...
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  Friday 9/12/25 - Bill Giese with Kismet Rendezvous ($12 Cover)
  Just when some critters are going into hibernation, songwriting ace Bill Giese is resurfacing with a n...
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  Thursday 9/18/25 - Ben Cook-Feltz & Nikki Lemire ($15 Cover)
  Iowa-raised, Minneapolis-based Ben Cook-Feltz is a singer, songwriter, pianist and very occasional dru...
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  Friday 9/19/25 - Judy Thomas ($20 Cover)
  Whether it’s blues, jazz, roots or even gospel, it’s always deeply soulful with the Judy Thomas Band. ...
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  Sunday 9/21/25 - The Imaginaries ($15 Cover)
  The Oklahoma-based husband-and-wife duo blends vocalist/guitarist Shane Henry’s blues-rock roots with ...
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  Saturday 9/27/25 - Billy Johnson & George McKelvey w/ Zachary Spirov ($15 Cover)
  Billy Johnson is a singer/songwriter from Minneapolis. Billy was the lead singer of The Hillcats, and ...
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Hours and location

Aster Cafe
125 SE Main St
Minneapolis, MN 55414

Parking: Street parking

+1 612-379-3138

Email Aster Cafe

http://www.astercafe.com

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