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Don't
Forget to visit the Mezzanine
Treat
Yourself!
It's
the place to go for the before and after show drinks, coffee,
desserts, snacks, and a little conversation with friends
(and maybe even an actor or two). Food and drinks served
indoors and out. Conveniently located on the 2nd level of
the theatre.
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Davina
& the Vagabonds
Saturday, July 18th at 7:30pm
When
the City Pages says that Davina takes “retro
back further than Amy Winehouse and beckons an age
when bad girls wore red lipstick and pin curls”
. . . well, you just know this is the perfect band
for a hot summer night by the river in St. Croix Falls!
The Star Tribune describes the backup band Vagabonds
as “rollicking with New Orleans flavor, driven
home by dueling horn players and a bayou-thick standup
bass." We can’t wait for this blues &
jazz band to make their debut at Festival.
Tickets
are $20 reserved / $25 at the door
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Alice
Peacock
AutumnFest Weekend
Saturday, September 26th at 7:30pm
“Becoming
a songwriter was a matter of necessity,” says
Alice Peacock. “It’s how I communicate.
It’s how I give what I have to give.”
You may hear the inspiration of Joni Mitchell or Carole
King in Peacock’s voice, but those powerful
and personal lyrics offer up a uniqueness growing
stronger every year.
With
a new CD out this year, Alice’s St. Croix River
Valley fans and friends are eager to welcome her home
from Chicago so we can experience some of those new
songs along with our old favorites. Alice’s
necessity is certainly a gift to us all.
Tickets
are $25 reserved / $30 at the door
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Sidewalk
Café
Saturday,
November 7th at 7:30pm
A
trio of the Midwest’s top string jazz artists
makes up Sidewalk Café, playing the music popularized
by Django Reinhart and legendary jazz violinist Stephane
Grappelli.
Musicians
Gary Schulte on violin, guitarist/composer Reynold
Philipsek, and upright bassist Jeff Brueske perform
frequently at the Dakota Jazz Club in Minneapolis,
where the curator says they play “with bravado
and passion that transcends the genre and captures
its fundamental appeal and excitement."
Their
New Doors concert in 2008 earned Sidewalk Café
a standing ovation, along with an invitation to join
this 2009 Music Series!
Tickets
are $20 reserved / $25 at the door
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Ring
of Kerry
Celtic
Christmas Concert
Saturday, December 5th at 7:30pm
They’re
back! After three amazing years in our St. Patrick’s
Day concert slot, we’re finally going to hear
Ring of Kerry offer up music for a different holiday
season.
These
five musicians sing and play several instruments,
offering sounds that range from the thunder of the
Irish bodhran drum to the sparkle of the hammered
dulcimer; from the lilt and rhythm of fiddle and guitar
to the haunting wails of flutes and pennywhistles.
The
band has developed a blend that is animated, ruggedly
beautiful and fun with music that reflects the character
and traditions of the Celtic people.
Tickets
are $25 reserved / $30 at the door
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Past
Performances in the 2009 Music Series
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Frostbite
Follies
Saturday,
February 14th, 7:30 pm
Children’s Concert at 1:00 pm
Join
Festival Theatre’s tribute to Vaudeville on
Valentine’s Day, Saturday, February 14th at
7:30 p.m.
The
Frostbite Follies is a special show in the spirit
of old classic vaudeville featuring music, juggling,
dancing, rope twirling and more. This show features
comic juggler Sean Emery, awesome ventriloquist, James
Wedgewood, two principle members of Café Accordion
Orchestra – Dan Newton and Eric Mohring, the
amazing talents of Julie Young, percussive step dancer
extraordinaire, and last (but definitely not least)
– one of Festival Theatre’s all-time favorites:
Pop Wagner himself. During the afternoon a one-hour
children’s version of this full-length show
will be on stage as part of the 2009 Big Read activities.
Flex
Passes may be used for the evening show or single
tickets are $25.00. (Children’s Show tickets
are $15 for adults and $7.50 for youth ages 3 to 18).
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Sweet
Colleens
St. Paddy’s Celebration
Saturday, March 21st, 7:30pm
The
Sweet Colleens are five multi-instrumentalists who
together fuse their diverse musical backgrounds into
a high-energy, infectious, and crowd-pleasing mix
of Celtic folk-rock and alternative country. This
remarkable Minneapolis band also ventures into sounds
of the Cajun and Caribbean.
With
its reputation as a favorite in the Twin Cities’
Irish Pub scene and the band’s fiery arrangements
of traditional melodies, the Sweet Colleens are winning
a loyal following across the Midwest and beyond.
Tickets
are $20 reserved / $25 at the door
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Dan
Chouinard & Friends
Once
Upon a River...
Celebrating Our Place on Earth in Song & Story
Presented in Partnership with Arcola on the St. Croix
Earth Day Concerts
April 18th & 19th, 2:00 and 7:30pm
Join Dan Chouinard & Friends to share the love,
laughter and life lessons given to us by our most
constant neighbor, the St. Croix River.
This
unique celebration of Earth Day features a full concert
on Saturday evening and two family concerts (Saturday
& Sunday matinees) for an entire weekend of music
and stories, orchestrated by our very own Pied Piper
of the St. Croix, Dan Chouinard!
Joining
Dan are Patricia Hampl and Prudence Johnson.
Tickets
are $25
reserved / $30 at the door
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Neal
& Leandra
Mother’s Day Weekend
Saturday, May 9th, 7:30pm
Festival
Theatre welcomes back the vocal duet of Neal &
Leandra for a memorable concert on Mother’s
Day weekend. The Washington Post says "as songwriters,
Neal & Leandra have clearly mastered the art of
saying more with less" and the Victory Review
of Seattle writes that Neal & Leandra have "one
of the most sensuous mixes of voice we’ve heard."
This
- combined with their remarkable blend and funny stories
- connects with people’s own experiences in
a way that keeps them coming back for more and bringing
friends the next time around.
Tickets
are $25 reserved / $30 at the door
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Monroe
Crossing
Father’s
Day Concert
Sunday, June 21st at 2:00pm
Our
audiences simply cannot get enough of Monroe Crossing!
Bluegrass at its very best, treat yourself to a high
energy, instrumentally superb concert that you’ll
never forget. With fiddle, mandolin, guitar, banjo
and bass backing up tight vocal harmonies, Monroe
Crossing gets audiences smiling with the first notes.
The band members are Mark Anderson, Benji Flaming,
Matt Thompson, Lisa Fuglie, and Art Blackburn.
Tickets
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