Kaki King returns to the Twin Cities for the first time since 2011

After nearly 16 years away, the guitarist plays The Parkway Theater on March 14, 2027, with a run of new records behind her.

The last time Kaki King played the Twin Cities, it was June 2011 at The Cedar. Next March she's back, nearly 16 years later, in a room of about the same size.

Kaki King plays The Parkway Theater in Minneapolis on Sunday, March 14, 2027. The show starts at 7 p.m., with tickets through DICE. The date was announced Oct. 7, and it's her first show in the market since June 26, 2011.

Sixteen years is a long time for any touring musician to skip a city, let alone one with a listening-room scene like this one. A lot of King's work in that span has gone into projects that don't travel the way a standard rock tour does, and the last couple of years show how much she's been making.

In 2025 alone she released three works: *Tutto Passa*, a six-song EP; *Stop Sometime*, a four-song EP; and *SEI*, a full album that serves as the soundtrack to a performance show of the same name. *SEI* is all-instrumental, co-written, produced and performed with Tamar Eisenman. The title is Italian for "six" and also "you are," and the live version features 16 guitars, which one presenter described as "transforming the stage and forming a constellation of sound." In the show, guitarists become dancers.

SEI features 16 guitars, "transforming the stage and forming a constellation of sound."

She's taken that work on the road in 2026. City Winery in New York presented *SEI* on Sept. 27, and her calendar this year has also included the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton in April, a University of Michigan date in July and Vinegar Hill Music Theatre in Maine in August. The Twin Cities date is the first we have on record here since the Cedar show.

What isn't clear yet is which version of Kaki King Minneapolis gets: a solo guitar set, or something closer to the *SEI* production. The announcement doesn't say, so treat it as a solo night until the venue or the artist says otherwise. Either way, her catalog sits in the indie and folk tags, and the draw has always been the guitar itself.

The Parkway Theater holds 360, which suits that. It's an intimate room, and a 7 p.m. Sunday start makes it an easy night out before the work week.

What to know before going. Tickets are through DICE, which delivers them to your phone; download the app before the night so you're not sorting it out at the door. Check the DICE listing for the price, since our listing doesn't show one. And given the size of the room and the length of the wait, don't count on buying at the door.

After 16 years, the Twin Cities finally gets Kaki King back. Get a ticket while there's still room.

Sources: Kaki King (University of Michigan Events) (events.umich.edu); Kaki King & Tamar Eisenman present SEI (City Winery) (tickets.citywinery.com); Kaki King (Memphis Flyer) (memphisflyer.com); Happy Hour with Live Music (Institute for Advanced Study) (ias.edu); Kaki King (Vinegar Hill Music Theatre) (vinegarhillmusictheatre1.thundertix.com); Kaki King at The Parkway Theater (JamBase) (jambase.com)