live music

Suchy concert is Nov. 14 in Oak Center

Nov 12, 2015

Great Plains farmer and folk musician Chuck Suchy (pronounced “soo-key”) will perform at the Oak Center General Store’s Folk Forum Saturday, Nov. 14, at 8 p.m. Suchy has performed on Garrison Keillor’s A Prairie Home Companion radio show and has earned praise from folk music luminaries Rod Kennedy...

Coming to Oak Center Nov. 7, The High 48s

Nov 5, 2015

Bluegrass band The High 48s will make their Oak Center General Store Folk Forum debut with an 8 p.m. performance on Saturday, Nov. 7. The 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 soldiers or eight...

Several to offer special treats for Halloween

Oct 29, 2015

New residents of the recently opened Bluffs of Lake City assisted care facility are putting out the welcome mat Saturday evening. The facility is inviting young trick-or-treaters to stop by the facility on North Oak Street between 6 p.m. and 7 p.m. as they make their Halloween rounds. The facility...

Jazz trio to perform at Railhouse Grill Oct. 31

Oct 29, 2015

Jazz saxophonist John Paulson and his trio return to The Railhouse Grill on Saturday, Oct. 31, for a 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. performance. Paulson was a full-time music professor at St. Mary’s University in Winona for 31 years before retiring in 2012. He’s recorded six commercial albums. His latest is the...

Meyer, Kipper to play in Oak Center on Halloween

Oct 28, 2015

Rockabilly balladeer Barbara Meyer, long-time collaborator Stan Kipper and their band will perform at 8 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 31 for what her website promises will be a “spooky, spell-casting Hallowe’en party” at the Oak Center General Store. Meyer and Kipper are former members of the Minneapolis...

Sarah Morris at Folk Forum Oct. 24

Oct 22, 2015

Fresh off the release of her latest album, “Ordinary Things,” on Sept. 17, singer-songwriter Sarah Morris and her band will bring their rock and pop-infused brand of alt-country to the Oak Center General Store’s Folk Forum Oct. 24, beginning at 8 p.m. “Ordinary Things is kind of a marvel, an album...

The Sudden Lovely's coming to Oak Center this weekend

Oct 7, 2015

Self-described “aggressive folk” duo The Sudden Lovelys will return to the Oak Center General Store’s Folk Forum on Saturday, Oct. 10, for an 8 p.m. performance. Based in northeast Minneapolis, Daniel and Paige Ferrarro first met through Craigslist in 2008. In 2010 they formed the Sudden Lovelys, a...

Stephy J. and the Boys to perform at Railhouse grill

Aug 6, 2015

Singer-songwriter Stephanie Josselyn will perform as part of Stephy J. and the Boys at the Railhouse Grill on Friday, Aug. 7, from 7:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. Josselyn began performing at age 5 and has been playing, performing and writing music ever since. The former Zumbrota and Rochester Idol has...