live music

JaVue, Ennen will perform Oct. 18 at Lake City Area Arts

Oct 15, 2025

Dave JaVue and Thea Ennen will perform at Lake City Area Arts Center Saturday, Oct. 18, at 7 p.m. The doors open at 6:30 with a $15 suggested donation. A press release reads: “Thea Ennen (piano and vocals) is a talented folk country rock singer and guitarist Dave JaVue is known for his fluid...

Pop Wagner performs Saturday in Oak Center

Oct 8, 2025

Pop Wagner’s Bunkhouse Chorale will perform at the Oak Center General Store on Saturday, Oct. 11. The show features “oldtime, jug band, country blues and rowdy folksongs plus lariat tricks by Pop Wagner!” Tickets are $20 in advance and can be paid online at oakcentergeneral.store website or via...

Tom Peschges performs Sunday at arts center

Oct 1, 2025

Red Wing singer-songwriter Tom Peschges will perform at the Lake City Area Arts Center as part of its Coffee House Concert series on Sunday, Oct. 5, at 1:30 p.m. “As a songwriter I would describe my style as a storyteller - the story itself may or may not be true....but there should be a message...

Mac Cherry and Katie Henry perform Saturday

Sep 24, 2025

Lake City Area Arts is hosting a concert from Mac Cherry and Katie Henry on Saturday, Sept. 27, at 7 p.m. “Mac and Katie blend pristine vocals with piano and guitar as they cover every thing from he Beatles to James Taylor,” according to a news release. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. and there’s a $15...

Dean Magraw performs Saturday in Oak center

Sep 10, 2025

Dean Magraw will perform at the Oak Center General Store Saturday, Sept. 13. “Dean Magraw is a consummate guitarist, playing with wit and soulful abandon. A performer like no other, he is part-comedian, part-philosopher and all-around musical genius,” according to a news release. Doors open at 6:...

Red Wing duo Brent and Sheena to performa at arts center

Aug 27, 2025

Brent and Sheena will perform in concert at the Lake City Area Arts Center on Aug. 30. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Music begins at 7 p.m. There’s a $15 suggested donation. “Red Wing’s own Brent & Sheena brings you peace, love and music from the 60’s to today,” according to a news release. Lake...

Musicians play pop-up concerts at state park

Aug 27, 2025

The haunting, sometimes melancholy sound of Red Wing musician Kestrel Wright’s French horn floated across Frontenac State Park on Sunday as he played near the Pine Loop Trail as part of the Frontenac State Park Association’s (FSPA) Music in the Park pilot project. Hikers paused to listen as he...

Lehto and Wright play Aug. 16 at art center

Aug 13, 2025

On Saturday, Aug. 16, Lehto and Wright will perform at the Lake City Area Arts Center. Folk Roots reports that “Lehto and Wright produce a tight, seasoned yet compact sound, offering a fresh blast of inventive folk-rock American style.” Music begins at 7 p.m. The doors open at 6:30 p.m. The...

Next church community concert is Aug. 17 in Old Frontenac

Aug 13, 2025

Christ Episcopal Church has announced the fourth performance of their 2025 Community Concert Series to take place on Sunday, Aug 17, from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. The concert will take place in their outdoor Wakondiota Hillside Chapel/Amphitheatre and with a performance by singer/songwriter Adam Daniel....

Bill Cagley performs Aug. 3 at art center

Jul 30, 2025

Singer-guitarist Bill Cagley will perform in concert at the Lake City Area Arts Center at 1:30 p.m. on Aug. 3. “His award-winning guitar picking and harmonic voice plays a vast repertoire of folk, country, blues, and bluegrass,” according to a news release. There’s a $5 suggested donation and the...