The Dakota Tavern

The Dakota Tavern is a live music venue and bar in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

History
The Dakota opened in December 2006. It's co-owned by business partners Shawn Creamer and Shannon Kohlmeier. It is located in the Little Portugal neighbourhood of Toronto.

The bar participates as a venue yearly for North by Northeast. The venue also hosts a recurring event on weekends called Bluegrass Brunch.

In 2020, owners of the bar expressed concerns about rising insurance prices during the COVID-19 pandemic in Toronto and considered closing.

Notable acts
• Skydiggers

• Ron Sexsmith

• Blue Rodeo

• Broken Social Scene

• Kathleen Edwards

• Luke Doucet

• Cowboy Junkies

• The Sadies

• Marlon Chaplin

• Freeman Dre and the Kitchen Party

• Suitcase Sam

• Lady A

• Jason Collett

• Barenaked Ladies

• Lindi Ortega

• Corb Lund

• Gord Downie

• The Avett Brothers

• Slow Down, Molasses

• Sleepy Sun

• Tuns

• Del Barber

House band
The house band for the venue are The Beauties.