live music

Reina del Cid and band to make Folk Forum debut Saturday, Feb. 20

Feb 17, 2016

Reina del Cid will perform at Oak Center General Store’s Folk Forum at 8 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 20. From the band’s website: “Faced with the question of influences, (band leader) Reina del Cid cites literary rather than musical heroes. She commands a flexibility of language reminiscent less of Regina...

Concert to combine music, art spirtuality

Feb 17, 2016

First Lutheran Church in Lake City will present Music and Light — Reflections on Spirituality, a concert and art exhibit Sunday, April 10. The event will honor former Lake City artist Al Knudsen. The church welcomes experienced voices to join them as they sing the Fauré Requiem Opus 48 accompanied...

Rad Lorkovic Valentine show comes to Oak Center Feb. 13

Feb 10, 2016

Croatian multi-instrumentalist Radoslav Lorkovic will perform his take on the traditional American styles of folk, blues, jazz and zydeco at the Oak Center General Store’s Folk Forum Saturday, Feb. 13, beginning at 8 p.m. Descended from renowned classical pianist Melita Lorkovic, the lifelong...

Peter Ostroushko and Dean Magraw to perform here Saturday night

Feb 3, 2016

Renowned fiddle and mandolin player Peter Ostroushko (above) and guitarist Dean Magraw will perform together beginning at 8 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 6, at the Oak Center General Store. Tickets are $5 to $15: patrons pay what they can. Children’s tickets are available in exchange for a freewill donation...

Joe and Vicki Price to perform in Oak Center Jan. 23

Jan 21, 2016

Country blues mainstays Joe and Vicki Price (above) will play a concert at the Oak Center General Store’s Folk Forum Saturday, Jan. 23, at 8 p.m. The Prices have opened for John Lee Hooker, the Rev. Al Green, and Greg Brown and are reknowned for the interplay of their steel, electric and acoustic...

St. John's choir concert raises $1,000

Dec 24, 2015

St. John’s Choir Director Joyce Zillgitt and Accompanist Sandi Rodman presented a $1,000 check to the Lake City Food Shelf Dec. 22. A free-will offering for the food shelf was collected during the annual holiday concert presented by the church’s choir, chime choir and instrumentalists on Dec. 16....

Miller, band bring southern blues to Folk Forum

Nov 19, 2015

The Scottie Miller Blues Band will perform at the Oak Center General Store’s Folk Forum Saturday, Nov. 21, at 8 p.m. A former touring companion of the late Bo Diddley, Miller plays southern soul, greasy funk, gospel ballads and blues. Tickets are $5-$15, patrons pay what they can. Children’s...

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...