July 2020
Outdoors (covered) under the Jerry and Shirley Miner Family Multi-Use Pavilion at the IRA Civic Center!
Limited to 250 tickets
Social distancing required
Masks encouraged
Festivities begin at 5 p.m. with opening acts Steve Solkela’s Overpopulated One Man Band and Torn and Frayed!
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Mollie B, the multi-instrumentalist and award-winning vocalist who is the host of the Mollie B Polka Party TV show, has been performing music all her life. Mollie started her career performing with the Jim Busta Band when she was only a child and due to her hard work and dedication, Mollie B now performs nation-wide — live performances, as well as on TV and the movie screen, most often, but not exclusively with the band SqueezeBox. Mollie not only has performed on over 35 recordings, she has shared her many God-given talents with fans in over 30 states and eleven countries and continues to inspire young musicians with her love for music.
In July of 2011, the first Mollie B Polka Party aired on RFD-TV. Mollie was a creative director and co-producer of these shows. The Mollie B Polka Party currently airs in over 55 million homes on RFD-TV on Wednesday at 6:30pm and Saturday at 10:00pm ET. The show will soon be available on Farm and Ranch TV, a streaming network that can be viewed on all devices linked to the internet.
In 2018, Mollie B & SqueezeBox appeared as “Mollie B & her band” in a scene of the Warner Brothers movie, “The Mule,” directed and starring Clint Eastwood. In this scene Mollie plays piano, trumpet, sings, has one line, and dances with Clint Eastwood.
Mollie’s talents have also been showcased in front of a live audience during The Mollie B Christmas Shows both at RFD-TV the Theatre and the Jim Stafford Theatre in Branson, Missouri; as well as the CAL Center in Reedsburg, Wisconsin. The holiday special took place in 2011-2014, 2016-2018. Mollie has performed, directed, wrote, produced, choreographed, and hosted these two+-hour live performances. Mollie’s cast has featured up to 36 renowned musicians and artists in front of audiences up to 1300.
Mollie has won the title of the “Favorite Female Vocalist” award numerous times, both from the United States Polka Association and the International Polka Association. She has also won multiple awards from the Polka America Corporation for her polka recordings with Ted Lange. Additionally, Mollie has won the “2013 Polka Promoter of the Year” award, from the Wisconsin Polka Hall of Fame, and was inducted into the Iowa Polka Hall of Fame in 2015. In 2018, she became the youngest inductee into the International Polka Association Hall of Fame.
MOLLIE B POLKA PARTY!
IRA CIVIC CENTER PAVILION
Rain or shine
Bring a chair
No outside food/drink
No re-admission
Designated smoking areas
No firearms
No Tents
FREE PARKING!
Purchase Tickets
SOCIAL DISTANCING REQUIRED
Olivia Skaja will be a senior at St. Olaf College this fall, where she is pursuing a Bachelor of Music in Violin Performance. She is in the first violin section of the St. Olaf Orchestra, and has toured every year with them, notably to Carnegie Hall and Norway. Olivia began private violin lessons at age nine, and has studied with Mary LaPlant, Alex DePue, Nathan Cole, Francesa Anderegg, and Natsuki Kumagui. Olivia was the first place winner of the Duluth-Superior Symphony Orchestra Young Artist Competition in 2017, a soloist with the St. Olaf Orchestra on their 2019 fall tour, and most recently performed the complete Mendelssohn Violin Concerto with the Itasca Symphony Orchestra. She has spent many summers out of state studying at music festivals, including Northern Lights Music Festival, Meadowmount School of Music, and Interlochen Arts Camp. Additionally, Olivia is an avid fiddler, and has been fiddling since the age of ten. In 2019, she won her third state title at the Minnesota State Fiddle Championship, and additionally placed first at the Minnesota State Fiddler’s Association contest at the Minnesota State Fair.
Deena Skaja majored in music at DePauw University in Greencastle, Indiana. Since moving to the Grand Rapids area in 1995, she has played with the Itasca Symphony, the Coleraine City Band, and the Itasca Brass Quintet. She has been in the pit orchestra for many Grand Rapids Players musicals and has frequently performed for the Grand Rapids Summer Concert Series. She performs regularly with the Bemidji Symphony Orchestra and has been in the orchestra for the Northern Lights Music Festival in Aurora, Minnesota for several summers.
SOCIAL DISTANCING REQUIRED
from the National Endowment for the Arts, Chamber Music America, Midori’s Partners in Performance, MRAC, and SEMAC for performance and educational projects. Members of the quartet are the founders and directors of the Artaria Chamber Music School, a weekly coaching program for pre-college age string players; Stringwood, a three week festival and camp held in Lanesboro, MN each June; and the Saint Paul String Quartet Competition, an annual national event that showcases America’s finest high school string quartets from around the country.
| Mozart Eine Kleine Nachtmusik K.525 |
| Jessie Montgomery Quartet “Source Code” |
| Haydn Quartet in G major Op.77/1 |
| Wolf “Italian Serenade” |
June 2022
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All-vocal Country entertainers Home Free have made their mark on the music scene, racking up nearly 600,000 album equivalents globally; embarking on major international tours; amassing 500+ MILLION views and over 1.3-MILLION Subscribers on YouTube; and being declared “Country music fans’ favorite a cappella group” (Taste of Country).
The band will be bringing new music from an unnamed recording project, that should be released in late summer. The acclaimed group lit up the 2021 holiday season by hitting the road on their Warmest Winter Holiday Tour – showcasing songs off their most recent studio album, WARMEST WINTER (2020, Home Free Records), which features 12 festive staples, memorable collaborations and Home Free originals – all guaranteed to get you in the holiday spirit. This new project follows the acclaimed group’s DIVE BAR SAINTS album, which arrived at #2 on the Billboard Country Album Sales chart. Home Free's extensive catalog spotlights six Top 10 albums, including TIMELESS, FULL OF (EVEN MORE) CHEER, FULL OF CHEER, COUNTRY EVOLUTION, and their breakout debut CRAZY LIFE (2014).
With praise rolling in from the likes of Billboard, Rolling Stone, FOX & Friends and American Songwriter the extraordinary showmen have continued to build a loyal fanbase with their harmony-laden versions of hits by John Mayer, Blake Shelton, Keith Urban, Maren Morris, the Oak Ridge Boys, and more.
Join us for a perfect evening of mixed of upbeat Nashville-dipped pop hits, country and western standards, incredible harmony and quick witted humor.
Outdoors (covered) under the Jerry and Shirley Miner Family Pavilion at the IRA Civic Center
- Chairs are provided
- Rain or shine
- No outside food/drink
- Beer/Seltzer options available
- Designated smoking areas
- FREE PARKING!
This event is not eligible for any discounts.
All tickets are final sale and cannot be exchanged or refunded. In the case of an event cancellation without a rescheduled date, a refund will be issued. By purchasing a ticket to this event, you agree to this purchase policy. Before purchasing your tickets, we urge you to confirm the title, time and location of the event.
August 2022
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THE BELLAMY BROTHERS: THE LOVE STILL FLOWS…
Howard and David continue to prove that the trail they’ve ridden to fame has been as unique as their music itself – music that is now celebrating over 40 years of success. The Bellamys officially lifted off the launch pad in 1976 when their single, “Let Your Love Flow,” became an instant smash in both the U.S. and Europe. Other hits include: “If I Said You Had A Beautiful Body (Would You Hold It Against Me),” “Dancing Cowboys,” “Sugar Daddy,” “You Ain’t Just Whistlin’ Dixie,” “Lovers Live Longer,” and many more.
Outdoors (covered) under the Jerry and Shirley Miner Family Pavilion at the IRA Civic Center
- Chairs are provided
- Rain or shine
- No outside food/drink
- Beer/Seltzer options available
- Designated smoking areas
- FREE PARKING!
***Priority seating and discounts for groups of 20 or more: call 218.327.5780 for details.
All tickets are final sale and cannot be exchanged or refunded. In the case of an event cancellation without a rescheduled date, a refund will be issued. By purchasing a ticket to this event, you agree to this purchase policy. Before purchasing your tickets, we urge you to confirm the title, time and location of the event.