folk music

Bill Staines performs Sunday, March 1, in Oak Center

Feb 26, 2020

Bill Staines has played over 30 shows at the Oak Center General Store’s Folk Forum: he’ll add one to that total at 3 p.m. Sunday, March 1. Regarded as a folk treasure, Staines is known for virtuosic guitar work, incisive vocals and stories filled with laugh-out-loud humor. Tickets are $15 in...

Live music: Curtis and Loretta coming to Oak Center Oct. 19

Oct 16, 2019

Celtic folk duo Curtis and Loretta will perform Saturday, Oct. 19, at the Oak Center General Store’s Folk Forum. The husband and wife ensemble is known for their acumen on a variety of stringed instruments and vocal harmonies. The show begins at 8 p.m. Tickets are $15 in advance or $18 at the door...

Live Music: Eddie Jeff Cahill at the Folk Forum on April 27

Apr 24, 2019

Singer, songwriter, storyteller, and adventurer Eddie Jeff Cahill will perform Saturday, April 27, at 8 p.m. at the Oak Center General Store’s Folk Forum. A veteran of the rennaissance festival circuit, Cahill has performed at folk festivals throughout the U.S. and Caribbean. Tickets are $15 in...

Bellville’s Folk Forum benefit show is Saturday, Feb. 16

Feb 14, 2019

Katey Bellville, “The Twin Cities’ sweetheart of bluegrass, Americana and folk,” will show why she’s called that with a Saturday, Feb. 16, fundraiser show at the Oak Center General Store’s Folk Forum. Bellville and her band are donating their share of the ticket sales back to the venue. They also...

Home Fires perform  Saturday at WideSpot

May 16, 2018

Minneapolis Americana duo The Home Fires will perform Saturday, May 19, at WideSpot Performing Arts in Stockholm, Wis. They perform original music featuring guitar, piano and vocal harmonies. Tickets are $15 in advance, $18 at the door. Showtime is at 7 p.m. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Widespot is...

Live Music: Curtis and Loretta perform in Lake City May 19

May 3, 2018

At 7 p.m. on Saturday, May 19 Lake City Area Arts will host their monthly music concert at the Lake City Arts Center. This month’s concert will be Curtis and Loretta from the Twin Cities. “The husband and wife duo’s harmonies and proficiency on a parade of stringed instruments create an alluring...

Katey Bellville returns to Oak Center General Store

Mar 21, 2018

Katey Bellville, “The Twin Cities’ sweetheart of bluegrass, Americana and folk,” will perform Saturday, March 24, at 8 p.m. at the Oak Center General Store’s Folk Forum. She’s toured extensively in the Midwest and even performed a duet with Alison Krauss on “A Prairie Home Companion.” Tickets are $...

Live music: Curtis and Loretta coming to Oak Center March 10

Mar 7, 2018

Celtic folk duo Curtis and Loretta will perform Saturday, March 10, at the Oak Center General Store’s Folk Forum. The husband and wife ensemble is known for their acumen on a variety of stringed instruments and vocal harmonies. The show begins at 8 p.m. Tickets are $15 in advance or $18 at the door...

Bill Staines performs Sunday, Feb. 25, in Oak Center

Feb 21, 2018

The indelible Bill Staines has played over 30 shows at the Oak Center General Store’s Folk Forum: he’ll add one to that total at 3 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 25. Regarded as a folk treasure, Staines is known for virtuosic guitar work, incisive vocals and stories filled with laugh-out-loud humor. Tickets are...

Folk duo Curtis and Loretta to bring songs of resiliency to Folk Forum March 5

Mar 2, 2016

Curtis and Loretta’s Saturday, March 5, performance at the Oak Center General Store’s Folk Forum will feature many songs from the duo’s new album “When there’s Good to be done.” “All 12 songs are ones I wrote about real-life people who have overcome great challenges in their lives,” Loretta Simonet...