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Sunday, February 2, 2025  ·  7:00 PM CST

Mike Dawes

4545 N Lincoln Ave · The Myron R. Szold Music & Dance Hall · 773.728.6000


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.

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, a success duplicated and expanded upon numerous times since with songs like ‘One', ‘The Impossible' and ‘Jump' across multiple video platforms.

Mike's passion is performing. Having shared the stage with acts as diverse as Tommy Emmanuel, Christopher Cross, Periphery, The Aristocrats, and Justin Hayward.

"Taking percussive fingerstyle technique to new heights.” - Guitar World

https://www.mikedawes.com/