It’s all about independence — from Virus and Virtual Life, back to what’s real. Poetry and Stories and Classic Duets.
Celebrate the July 4th Independence Day holiday with Garrison Keillor and a few friends from his radio show. It should be a fun filled concert featuring poetry, songs, a few stories an audience sing a long and more. Join us for one of the 4 upcoming shows as we get back out on the road for the first time in over a year. Let's create some fireworks together!
June 29, 2021, 5:30 PM – 8:30 PM THE AVALON, STILLWATER, MN
St. Croix Boat & Packet Co., 525 Main Street South, Stillwater, MN 55082 We depart the beautiful historic city of Stillwater for an evening of humor and insight, fine dining, and beautiful views of the St. Croix River Valley aboard the Avalon.
Dinner (included) . . . Tender petite filet and wild rice stuffed chicken rib served with choice of potato, fresh seasonal fruit, green garden salad, rolls & butter.
(Cash bar will be available for purchase of drinks.)
Seating is limited for this event - so book soon!
June 30, 2021, SOLD OUT THE AVALON, STILLWATER, MN
St. Croix Boat & Packet Co., 525 Main Street South, Stillwater, MN 55082
July 2, 2021, 7:30 PM BIG TOP CHAUTAUQUA, BAYFIELD, WI RESERVED TICKETS - SOLD OUT Garrison and his musical friends will enthrall us with a free association of great American songs and poems, and some above-average stories. Mr. Keillor, founder and star of public radio’s “A Prairie Home Companion”, has been a great friend of the Big Top for many years. We are pleased to welcome him back for his 22nd performance under the Big Blue Tent. Discover the joys of Bayfield, Wisconsin and Lake Superior and the Apostle Islands!
LIVESTREAM July 2nd concert from Bayfield
Can't attend in person? This concert will be a livestream to support the 35th Anniversary of the Big Top so grab a snack, the most comfortable chair in your home and join us for the evening as we celebrate Independence Day. Both the concert and livestream begin at 7:30pm (the stream can only be watched LIVE) LIVESTREAM JULY 2 - 7:30P - For tickets >>>
JULY 4, 2021, 4:00 PM SUMMERFIELD AMPHITHEATER
4300 O’Day Ave. NE, St. Michael, MN 55376 (Just 30 minutes north of Minneapolis)
WATCH: A video invitation from Garrison
Join us for a concert at the new outdoor concert area featuring full bar service, food, restrooms, and everything you will need for a great night. Classic duets, stories, and songs should start the evening out with a bang!
As a subscriber to this newsletter, enter the discount code WOBEGON to trigger a $10 savings! Hope to see you there (it's only a short drive from Minneapolis) Joining GARRISON KEILLOR for each evening:
DAN CHOUINARD, Musical Director
Dan Chouinard is a St. Paul-based honky-tonk pianist, concert soloist and accompanist, street accordionist, sing-along enabler, Italian and French teacher, and bicycling vagabond. He’s been writer and host of a number of live history-with-music shows broadcast on Minnesota Public Radio and Twin Cities Public Television. He played on a dozen live broadcasts of A Prairie Home Companion plus a half dozen APHC cruises, and served as rehearsal pianist for Meryl Streep, Lily Tomlin, and Lindsay Lohan on the 2005 movie. He’s featured on a number of recordings with APHC regulars Peter Ostroushko (RIP), Prudence Johnson, and Maria Jette.
PRUDENCE JOHNSON
Prudence Johnson’s long and happy career as a singer, writer, and teacher has landed her on the musical theater stage, in two feature films (A River Runs Through It, A Prairie Home Companion), a national radio (several long stints on A Prairie Home Companion), and on concert stages across North America and occasionally Europe. She has released more than a dozen recordings, including albums dedicated to the music of Hoagy Carmichael and Greg Brown, and a collection of international lullabies.
Adam Granger:
More than four decades ago, guitarist Adam Granger moved from his native Oklahoma to Minnesota, where he became a charter member of the Powdermilk Biscuit Band, A Prairie Home Companion’s first house band. He continued to be a frequent guest on the show. He’s written books and articles on music in general and flatpick guitar technique in particular. Granger’s Fiddle Tunes for Guitar, a book-CD set, is the largest collection of fiddle tunes in guitar tablature in the world. A Minnesota Bluegrass Guitarist of the Year, Adam has served as a judge at the International Flatpick Guitar Contest in Winfield, Kansas, as well as doing judging duties for the Minnesota Flatpick Guitar Contest. He has recorded over sixteen album projects.
Bob Douglas:
Texas-born Bob Douglas has lived in Minnesota since his college days. During that time, he worked with acoustic ensembles and jug bands, performing on Minneapolis’s fabled West Bank. Music became a full-time vocation in Germany when he teamed up with a Canadian group called The String Band, completing three European tours and two recording projects. As a regular performer in the early years of A Prairie Home Companion, Bob did mandolin duties and played spoons in the show’s first house bands, the Powdermilk Biscuit Band and the New Prairie Ramblers. In addition to duos with Adam, he currently performs with the Show’d Up Band, Pop Wagner, the House of Mercy Blood-washed Band, and the Tune Jerks.
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