SHAYFER JAMES with Maiah Wynne

The Cedar Presents

Wednesday, April 15, 2026 / Doors: 6:30 PM / Show: 7:30 PM

All Ages

Standing

$23 Advance, $28 Day of Show

This is a standing show with an open floor. To request seating or other access accommodations, please go to our.

For Cedar presented shows, online ticket sales typically end one hour before the door time, and then, based on availability, tickets will be available at the door. Tickets purchased at the door will include a $1 Eventbrite fee.

Shayfer James is an internationally touring American singer–songwriter, pianist, and composer known for hauntingly beautiful and bombastic music that blends elements of rock, pop, soul and cabaret.

Shayfer James performs his Counterfeit Arcade and Summoning albums in full, with songs from both albums woven together into a single continuous live set. Celebrating 15 years of Counterfeit Arcade and 1 year of Summoning, the show includes songs never previously performed live and others that may not be played again for quite some time.

To learn more about Shayfer James:

Visit his website here

Psyche, the Greek goddess of the soul, is often depicted wearing butterfly wings representing the trials she’s endured. Like Psyche, Maiah Wynne wears butterfly wings to symbolize hard-won hope and a lingering belief in beauty despite all her trials. “I found a lot of meaning in butterflies that I could connect to. Their ability to grow and transform, their strength, and chaos theory and the idea that a single flap from a butterfly could change the world. When I’m feeling small, I remind myself that I can still make big changes,” says Wynne.

Those changes happen in her music as she tells her own stories, alchemizing her victimhood into agency. “This album touches on themes of hope, failure and triumph, joy and sadness, pain and growth,” Wynne says of her debut solo LP Out of the Dark, which she also self-produced. “It’s an eclectic mix of heartfelt singer-songwriter ballads, alternative rock, and uplifting cinematic folk-pop. There are a lot of unique instruments on this record and a lot of talented musicians that have lent their skills.”

While those motifs re-occur, the musical variety sets the songs apart. Wynne is a self-taught multi-instrumentalist with a downright fearless curiosity about trying new things. “I own over 50 instruments and love playing all of them. The collection continues with some of my latest additions being the harp guitar and cigar box guitar.” Her live performances offer a taste of this, with her playing various drums with her feet while her hands circulate among guitar, ukulele, mandolin, banjo, or other stringed instruments, all while singing.

To learn more about Maiah Wynne:

Visit her website here

Event Venue

The Cedar Cultural Center, 416 Cedar Avenue South, Minneapolis, United States

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