Mike Dawes

Mike Dawes has a torn tendon in his bicep and it’s just too painful for him to perform for the next few months. Unfortunately, he’s going to have to reschedule his performance at The Ark on February 12 to Friday, October 16.

Tickets purchased for this show will be valid for the new date. Ticket holders have until February 24 to request a refund if they cannot make the new date.

Mike Dawes is an English guitarist known for composing, arranging, and performing multiple parts simultaneously on a single guitar. He is regarded as one of the world’s most creative modern fingerstyle guitarists, with a repertoire spanning original viral videos and popular arrangements, alongside mainstream chart success performing with Justin Hayward of The Moody Blues.

Dawes was named ‘Best Acoustic Guitarist in the World’ two years in a row (2017 & 2018) by Total Guitar Magazine & MusicRadar reader polls, with numerous 2nd place rankings in the proceeding years. YouTube personality Rick Beato named Mike ‘one of the finest acoustic guitar players in the world.’

His debut release, a solo guitar arrangement of Gotye’s ‘Somebody That I Used to Know,’ quickly became a viral hit with tens of millions of views on YouTube. This success has been duplicated and expanded upon numerous times since with songs like ‘One,’ ‘The Impossible,’ and ‘Jump’ across multiple video platforms.

His reputation has invited him opportunities to collaborate with GRAMMY Award-winning artists such as Tommy Emmanuel, with whom he recorded the duet record ‘Accomplice Vol. 3,’ and the GRAMMY-nominated metal band Periphery, with whom Mike joined on their 2024 double single release.

Mike Dawes’ VIP workshop experience includes

• One (1) General Admission ticket 
• Invitation to pre-show experience with Mike Dawes, including:
  Meet & greet and photo opportunity
  Intimate guitar workshop
  Performance of an exclusive song not in the setlist
  Early entry into the venue
  Early merch shopping before doors open to the public
  VIP Exclusive pack of Mike Dawes’ personal D’addario XS DADGAD strings
  Commemorative VIP laminate
  Limited availability