Oct 26, 2016
Bluegrass band The High 48s will make their return to the Oak Center General Store Folk Forum with an 8 p.m. performance on Saturday, Oct. 30. The bluegrass band takes their name from railroad slang for the boxcars originally used to transport troops on the front lines in WWI that could carry 40...
Oct 26, 2016
If your worst fear at Halloween is the fear of missing out, there are several Halloween-themed activities leading up to and on Monday, Oct. 31.
People of all ages can enter the Halloween haunted house at the Lake City Sportsman’s Club. It’s 2,000 square (or is it scare?) feet of creepy sights and...
Oct 19, 2016
It’s not every Folk Forum concert announcement that comes with a content warning. The Oct. 22 performance of Pop Wagner (pictured) and the Hampden Rounders at the Oak Center General Store guarantees “a fun, easygoing show chock-full of old-timey fiddle tunes and swing, bluegrass and folk songs,...
Oct 19, 2016
The public is invited to watch the Minnesota Adult and Teen Challenge Choir perform this Sunday, Oct. 23, at 9 a.m. and 11 a.m. at the Lake City United Methodist Church.
Minnesota Adult and Teen Challenge’s mission is to “assist teens and adults in gaining freedom from chemical addictions and...
Oct 19, 2016
Trinity Lutheran Church – Lincoln will present Christian recording artist Chris Driesbach in concert tonight (Thursday, Oct. 20) at 7 p.m.
Christian musician Chris Driesbach was homeless for six and half years and couldn’t have been happier about it. In June of 2006, he paid off his debts, sold...
Oct 13, 2016
Minneapolis-based retro jazz trio Rio Nido will perform at WideSpot Performing Arts Center on Oct. 15 at 7:00 p.m.
After three decades of pursuing diverging professional paths, the members of the popular late-1970’s jazz trio Rio Nido have reunited, bringing their unique renditions of 1930’s and...
Oct 6, 2016
Fall is here, and with it the Oak Center General Store’s Folk Forum season. This year’s concert series opens with the swamped roots rock of Minneapolis’ The Fattenin’ Frogs on Oct. 8 at 8 p.m. The Frogs have electrified the blues and roots music of the south to create a driving, soulful and at...
Oct 6, 2016
Four-piece classic rock and country cover band Wreckless will perform at Port 104 Saturday, Oct. 8, from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. From the band’s website: “Our music spans the gap from classic and current rock to country and Christian and can be described as ‘powerful and edgy.’ We perform for clubs,...
Sep 8, 2016
Lake City resident Lorne McDonald will perform as a member of the Winona Hims in three concerts next weekend. Based in Winona, the Winona Hims are an all-male choir that performs gospel and patriotic music to raise money for charity. In 16 years, the group has raised over $330,000, all for...
Sep 1, 2016
For the first hour or so, things went just fine at the annual community hog roast in the Bethany Lutheran Church parking lot Saturday. Then it started drizzling and threatening to rain more heavily. No big deal. The dozens of church volunteers grabbed the roasters of pork from the on-site hog roast...