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Sat | August 02, 2025
The Rialto Theatre Presents
Mike Dawes @ 191 Toole
w/ TBA
Doors: 7:00 pm / Show: 8:00 pm
191 Toole
21 and up
$25-$30
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Doors 7PM | Show 8PM | GA Seated | 21 & Over - ID REQUIRED | Public On Sale - 4/4 An Evening With.

   
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The Rialto Theatre Foundation has a clear bag policy in place at Rialto Theatre and 191 Toole. The policy limits the size and type of bags that may be brought into our venues. The following is a list of bags that will be accepted for entry: Bags that are clear plastic or vinyl and do not exceed 12in x 6in x 12in One-gallon clear plastic freezer bags (Ziploc bag or similar) Small clutch bags, approximately 5in x 7in All bags subject to search. Clear bags are available for sale at the box office.

Artists

Mike Dawes

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 Reading 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, a success 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 join multiple award-winning artists such as Tommy Emmanuel, with whom he recorded the duet record ‘Accomplice Vol. 3’ and tours the world with regularly.
Mike Is featured on multiple Justin Hayward live releases including Spirits…Live, which debuted at #2 on the US Billboard Chart. Dawes also has a strong reputation as an educator, acting as a columnist for Guitar World and acoustic guitar magazines as well as teaching guitar masterclasses all over the world, creating apps, publishing degree level literature, appearing as a TV judge on SKY TV’s ‘Guitar Star’, and more.
Recently he contributed electric guitars to Mentrix And Gareth Croker’s stunning soundtrack to Ubisoft’s Prince Of Persia: The Lost Crown, with other session work featured on TV shows such as AMC’s Better Call Saul.
Mike’s passion, however, is performing. Having shared the stage with acts as diverse as Tommy Emmanuel, Christopher Cross, Periphery, The Aristocrats, Justin Hayward and The Athens State Orchestra In 2023 Alone. His third studio album is anticipated for release in 2024.

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