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Blackbird Music
4.9 ★★★★★ 30 Google reviews · Guitar & music store in Minneapolis, Minnesota
Warm, friendly music store offering stringed instruments for sale and lessons, plus repairs.
Plan your visit
- Repairs & setups a repair bench comes up in reviews and the store's own info — call ahead for turnaround, since good techs run a queue
- Lessons lessons come up in reviews and the store's own info — call about openings, instruments taught, and rates before the first visit
- Instrument rentals rentals mentioned — the usual route for band & orchestra season; ask about rent-to-own credit
- Today see hours ·
- Phone (612) 326-5745
- Website blackbirdsmusicstore.com
Hours
| Monday | Closed |
| Tuesday | 11 AM–6 PM |
| Wednesday | 11 AM–6 PM |
| Thursday | 11 AM–6 PM |
| Friday | 11 AM–4 PM |
| Saturday | 11 AM–2 PM |
| Sunday | Closed |
What's on the wall
“Store is clean, they mostly cater to acoustic stringed instruments.”
“Also some cool vintage amps and lessons available for any age.”
“Great place to learn and improve as a musician, not just for stings and repairs”
“If you are thinking about purchasing or renting a string instrument, taking lessons, or being a part of the bluegrass community, please consider this small local business.”
“Great shop to buy instruments(violins guitars mandolins banjos ukulele and more.”
“Great shop to buy instruments(violins guitars mandolins banjos ukulele and more.”
Brands they deal
“I would have given 5 stars but they don't stock fender 351 celluloid picks.”
What players say again and again
“The staff is very knowledgeable and friendly, they have a great stock of instruments at affordable prices and flexible payment options.”
From the reviews
This shop is a true gem. If you are thinking about purchasing or renting a string instrument, taking lessons, or being a part of the bluegrass community, please consider this small local business.
The Staff is very knowledgeable, and the prices are fantastic. I was able to sign up for lessons, and have had great experiences! 5/5 would recommend!
My daughter has taken ukulele lessons from Blackbird for a few years. She got her instrument there, it has felt like home ever since we first walked through the doors. Her progress as a musician aside, Blackbird has been a warm and welcoming place for her to play and learn.
Love this music store! I’ve been wanting to learn to play the ukulele for quite some time now. Charlotte was so friendly and helpful. She listened to what I needed and taught me some cords. I will be coming to adult music lessons (offered every other Tuesday evening)!
Lessons at Blackbird Music
Reviews and the store's own info mention lessons at Blackbird Music. If you're signing up a beginner (or restarting yourself), a quick call ahead answers the three things that matter: which instruments they teach, whether the schedule has openings at the time you actually need, and what a first lesson costs. There's no wrong first guitar — a good teacher will happily work with whatever you walk in with, and a shop that teaches usually keeps affordable starter instruments and rentals on hand for exactly this reason.
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