The following events are at The Zumbrota State Theatre.
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Sun08Jan20231:00 PMZumbrota State Theatre
Wine & Watercolor
HollyhocksJanuary 8, 2023 1 PM
Benefits the State Theatre Restoration FundTickets $45 Limited enrollment
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Sat21Jan20237:30 PMZumbrota State Theatre
After 4 consecutive seasons of sold-out performances at Chanhassen Dinner Theatres, Legends of Country is now hitting the road with this concert event that is filled with #1 Billboard™ country chart toppers from the 50’s all the way through today! Close your eyes and imagine yourself at the Grand Ole Opry as you listen to songs by all of country music’s biggest legends including Glen Campbell (Rhinestone Cowboy), Roger Miller (King of the Road), Hank Williams (Hey Good Lookin’), Ronnie Milsap (Smokey Mountain Rain), Willie Nelson (Always on My Mind), George Strait (Amarillo By Morning), Kenny Rogers (The Gambler), Garth Brooks (The Dance), Toby Keith (Should Have Been a Cowboy), Vince Gill (One More Last Chance) and many, many more!
Performing this show is Minnesota's piano man Phil Thompson (WCCO TV's "Man About Town" & Kawai-endorsed touring pianist & vocalist) along with some of the Minnesota's most celebrated country session players including Pat Frederick on fiddle (of The Daisy Dillman Band), Jake Hegna on bass, and Brian Peters on pedal steel & guitar.
For country fans young and old this is one show you don’t want to miss!
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Sat28Jan20237:30 PMZumbrota State Theatre
Ticket Link $34
Bridge Over Troubled Water – An Album Tribute
Simon and Garfunkel’s 1970 album marked the end of their years as collaborators and marked the beginning of their solo careers. Collective Unconscious adds strings, brass, and woodwinds to their ranks, and brings you the entire album from beginning to end. From the seminal title track to Song For The Asking, as well as songs from earlier in Simon & Garfunkel’s career, as well as a few Paul Simon solo masterpieces. Don’t miss this inspirational show!
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Sat04Feb20237:30 PMZumbrota State Theatre
THE MUSIC OF PATSY CLINE
In this powerful stage performance, Joyann Parker and her seasoned band showcase the most popular and best-loved of Patsy's songs. Enjoy a nostalgic trip back in time as Joyann beautifully weaves the stories of Patsy's life and career in and out of the music you know and love, including songs such as "Walking After Midnight," "Sweet Dreams," "Crazy" and more. Vintage costumes and ambiance enhance Joyann's uncanny and authentic channeling of the classic vocals of the legendary Patsy Cline. This is a must-see show that has sold out hundreds of times. Joyann has been twice nominated for Tribute Act of the Year and Female Vocalist of the Year by the Midwest Country Music Association. -
Sat11Feb20237:30 PMZumbrota State Theatre
Ticket Link $26
Claudia Schmidt has been perfecting her craft of performing for almost four decades. It is a quirky and wonderful hodge-podge (her word!) of music, poetry, story, laughter. drama, and celebrating the moment. Work in clubs, theaters, festivals, TV, radio has added depth and dimension, and since she has always included her original work along with very personal versions of the work of others, what you get is a unique look at the world from someone who says what she sees with clarity, humor, and wonder. The San Francisco Bay Guardian said: Schmidt's shows are a lot like falling in love. You never know what's going to happen next, chances are it's going to be wonderful, every moment is burned into your memory and you know you'll never be the same again." More succinctly, Garrison Keillor said "when Claudia sings a song, it stays sung"
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Sat04Mar20237:30 PMZumbrota State Theatre
California Dreamin’ – The Songs of Laurel Canyon
Laurel Canyon is a neighborhood in the Hollywood Hills region of the Santa Monica Mountains. The creative flowering that grew out of this section of Los Angeles in the 1960s and early 1970s produced some of the greatest music of that era, changing the culture and the lives of some of rock and roll’s most gifted artists. Imagine living down the road from Joni Mitchel or just upstairs from Jackson Browne. Imagine if all you had to do on a weekend night was walk down the street and you were at someone’s house and they had a guitar and a piano … and their name was Neil Young, or Graham Nash, or Glen Frey. Imagine if your neighbors were musicians who were starting bands called The Doors, The Byrds, Crosby Stills and Nash, The Monkees, The Eagles, and The Mamas and Papas.
Veteran singers Mary Jane Alm, Boyd Lee, Aimée Lee, Paul Frantzich and Tim Frantzich, along with a stellar lineup of musicians will walk you through the streets of this magical place and time. You will hear the stories of some of your favorite musicians. Your memory will be flooded with songs from The Association, The Turtles, Linda Ronstadt, Carole King, James Taylor, Buffalo Springfield, Brian Wilson, The Jefferson Airplane, and more … all who resided in this beautiful bubble of creativity, friendship, sunshine, and music.
This show brings together what happened in this magical place when it was just the right time, just the right space, with just the right musicians … in a very special moment in time that created the songs of Laurel Canyon.
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Fri10Mar20237:00 PMZumbrota State Theatre
Neil Simon’s revision of his hugely successful play, The Odd Couple, sees the lead characters transformed into Olive Madison and Florence Unger. Olive and their group of girlfriends are enjoying their weekly Trivial Pursuit night in Olive’s messy and ill-equipped apartment. As the game continues, Florence arrives, fresh from being dumped by her husband. Fearful that the neurotic Florence might attempt suicide, Olive invites her to move in as her roommate. However, Olive and Florence have VERY different personalities. Where Olive is messy, untidy, and unconcerned about the state of her apartment, Florence is obsessively clean, tidy, and obsessed with hygiene. Olive’s easy-going outlook on life soon clashes with Florence’s highly-strung neurotic tendencies, testing their friendship to the limit. When Olive organizes a double date with the Costazuela brothers, their differences come to a head, and sparks fly.[read more…]
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Sat11Mar20237:00 PMZumbrota State Theatre
Neil Simon’s revision of his hugely successful play, The Odd Couple, sees the lead characters transformed into Olive Madison and Florence Unger. Olive and their group of girlfriends are enjoying their weekly Trivial Pursuit night in Olive’s messy and ill-equipped apartment. As the game continues, Florence arrives, fresh from being dumped by her husband. Fearful that the neurotic Florence might attempt suicide, Olive invites her to move in as her roommate. However, Olive and Florence have VERY different personalities. Where Olive is messy, untidy, and unconcerned about the state of her apartment, Florence is obsessively clean, tidy, and obsessed with hygiene. Olive’s easy-going outlook on life soon clashes with Florence’s highly-strung neurotic tendencies, testing their friendship to the limit. When Olive organizes a double date with the Costazuela brothers, their differences come to a head, and sparks fly.[read more…]
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Sun12Mar20232:00 PMZumbrota State Theatre
Neil Simon’s revision of his hugely successful play, The Odd Couple, sees the lead characters transformed into Olive Madison and Florence Unger. Olive and their group of girlfriends are enjoying their weekly Trivial Pursuit night in Olive’s messy and ill-equipped apartment. As the game continues, Florence arrives, fresh from being dumped by her husband. Fearful that the neurotic Florence might attempt suicide, Olive invites her to move in as her roommate. However, Olive and Florence have VERY different personalities. Where Olive is messy, untidy, and unconcerned about the state of her apartment, Florence is obsessively clean, tidy, and obsessed with hygiene. Olive’s easy-going outlook on life soon clashes with Florence’s highly-strung neurotic tendencies, testing their friendship to the limit. When Olive organizes a double date with the Costazuela brothers, their differences come to a head, and sparks fly.[read more…]
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Thu16Mar20237:00 PMZumbrota State Theatre
Neil Simon’s revision of his hugely successful play, The Odd Couple, sees the lead characters transformed into Olive Madison and Florence Unger. Olive and their group of girlfriends are enjoying their weekly Trivial Pursuit night in Olive’s messy and ill-equipped apartment. As the game continues, Florence arrives, fresh from being dumped by her husband. Fearful that the neurotic Florence might attempt suicide, Olive invites her to move in as her roommate. However, Olive and Florence have VERY different personalities. Where Olive is messy, untidy, and unconcerned about the state of her apartment, Florence is obsessively clean, tidy, and obsessed with hygiene. Olive’s easy-going outlook on life soon clashes with Florence’s highly-strung neurotic tendencies, testing their friendship to the limit. When Olive organizes a double date with the Costazuela brothers, their differences come to a head, and sparks fly.[read more…]
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Fri17Mar20237:00 PMZumbrota State Theatre
Neil Simon’s revision of his hugely successful play, The Odd Couple, sees the lead characters transformed into Olive Madison and Florence Unger. Olive and their group of girlfriends are enjoying their weekly Trivial Pursuit night in Olive’s messy and ill-equipped apartment. As the game continues, Florence arrives, fresh from being dumped by her husband. Fearful that the neurotic Florence might attempt suicide, Olive invites her to move in as her roommate. However, Olive and Florence have VERY different personalities. Where Olive is messy, untidy, and unconcerned about the state of her apartment, Florence is obsessively clean, tidy, and obsessed with hygiene. Olive’s easy-going outlook on life soon clashes with Florence’s highly-strung neurotic tendencies, testing their friendship to the limit. When Olive organizes a double date with the Costazuela brothers, their differences come to a head, and sparks fly.[read more…]
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Sat18Mar20232:00 PMZumbrota State Theatre
Neil Simon’s revision of his hugely successful play, The Odd Couple, sees the lead characters transformed into Olive Madison and Florence Unger. Olive and their group of girlfriends are enjoying their weekly Trivial Pursuit night in Olive’s messy and ill-equipped apartment. As the game continues, Florence arrives, fresh from being dumped by her husband. Fearful that the neurotic Florence might attempt suicide, Olive invites her to move in as her roommate. However, Olive and Florence have VERY different personalities. Where Olive is messy, untidy, and unconcerned about the state of her apartment, Florence is obsessively clean, tidy, and obsessed with hygiene. Olive’s easy-going outlook on life soon clashes with Florence’s highly-strung neurotic tendencies, testing their friendship to the limit. When Olive organizes a double date with the Costazuela brothers, their differences come to a head, and sparks fly.[read more…]
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Sat01Apr20239am to 11amZumbrota State Theatre
Youth Watercolor Workshop, All materials supplied. School-age youth art will be entered in the ZAAC Youth Art Contest. The watercolor workshop is adult-led and will focus on creating a silhouette painting.Ticket Link $5
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Sat15Apr20237:30 PMZumbrota State Theatre
Jimmi and the Band of Souls is an award-winning blues band with members from both Minneapolis and Rochester. One of their guitarists, Tom Kochie, was just voted into the Minnesota Blues Hall of Fame.
Their performances are high energy and full of soul and passion. They play boogie-woogie. They play slow and lonely. They play toe tappin’, deep groovin’, and hard drivin’. You won't want to sit still when they start to play.
The six-piece band brings a host of diversity too: Electric guitar, slide guitar, acoustic guitar, harmonica, saxophone, bass, drums, and congas. It’s a full sound that changes in tone and timbre with every song. They are meant to be seen and, once you have, they won't be forgotten.
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Fri21Apr20237:30 PMZumbrota State Theatre
Ticket Link $34
After Crosby, Stills and Nash made their debut at Woodstock, they were joined by the already-becoming-legendary Neil Young to create the landmark 1970 album "Deja Vu". With hits like "Carry On", "Our House" and "Teach Your Children" to counter-culture anthems like "Almost Cut My Hair" to the haunting melody of "Helpless", it's a truly unique piece of rock'n roll history.
The Collective Unconscious, with their 22 years as a vocal trio and their groove-based rhythm section, fit this album like a glove. With precision and soul, CU plays the album front to back in front of your eyes, letting you experience the album in an exciting new way, all while staying true to the album’s sound and style.
Join Jeff Engholm, Muggsy Lauer, Nathan Nesje, George Maurer, Scott Chabot, and Erin Vork for the epic journey of Crosby Stills Nash and Young's "Deja Vu" all over again!
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Sat22Apr20237:00 PMZumbrota State Theatre
Crystal Phoenix Belly Dance returns to the State Theatre! Crystal Phoenix and guest dancers present a family-friendly show of exuberant dancing infused with storytelling. Crystal Phoenix Belly Dance is an American Belly Dance Performance Company that blends the ancient and beautiful dances of Egypt and the Middle East with popular American as well as Middle Eastern music. East meets West with Crystal Phoenix Dance Company!
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Sat29Apr20237:30 PM – 9:30 PM CDTZumbrota State Theatre
"The music of John Denver is timeless and well known. The "Tribute to the Music of John Denver" by the Layne Yost Group is a faithful performance of songs and stories that capture and pay homage to the music and the man. A wonderful show that will take you back and remind you of simple things that remain true."
Jon Shimoda on bass and Carol McDowall on fiddle accompany Yost’s pure vocals and guitar playing in this homage to the music and the man. They capture the simple soul of Denver's music. Woven within the music are stories that give insight into Denver's life and legacy.
Denver is best known for songs like, “Take Me Home, Country Roads,” “Annie’s Song,” “Sunshine on My Shoulders,” and “Thank God I’m a Country Boy,” along with other hits. A common theme in his lyrics was his enjoyment of the natural world. He was one of the most popular and best-selling acoustic artists of the 1970s, and his songs were hits on several charts, including the Billboard Hot 100, country and western, and adult contemporary. He earned four platinum albums and 12 gold albums during his career.[read more…]
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Fri02Jun20237:00 PMZumbrota State Theatre
Jeff and Hunter, two self-confessed nobodies in New York, make a pact: They will write an original musical and submit it to a festival. The only catch? The deadline is in three weeks! They gather their two actress friends, Susan and Heidi, and their accompanist and music director, Larry, on the keys. With the full team assembled, Jeff and Hunter hit another[read more…]
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Sat03Jun20237:00 PMZumbrota State Theatre
Jeff and Hunter, two self-confessed nobodies in New York, make a pact: They will write an original musical and submit it to a festival. The only catch? The deadline is in three weeks! They gather their two actress friends, Susan and Heidi, and their accompanist and music director, Larry, on the keys. With the full team assembled, Jeff and Hunter hit another[read more…]
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Sun04Jun20232:00 PMZumbrota State Theatre
Jeff and Hunter, two self-confessed nobodies in New York, make a pact: They will write an original musical and submit it to a festival. The only catch? The deadline is in three weeks! They gather their two actress friends, Susan and Heidi, and their accompanist and music director, Larry, on the keys. With the full team assembled, Jeff and Hunter hit another[read more…]
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Fri09Jun20237:00 PMZumbrota State Theatre
Jeff and Hunter, two self-confessed nobodies in New York, make a pact: They will write an original musical and submit it to a festival. The only catch? The deadline is in three weeks! They gather their two actress friends, Susan and Heidi, and their accompanist and music director, Larry, on the keys. With the full team assembled, Jeff and Hunter hit another[read more…]
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Sat10Jun20237:00 PMZumbrota State Theatre
Jeff and Hunter, two self-confessed nobodies in New York, make a pact: They will write an original musical and submit it to a festival. The only catch? The deadline is in three weeks! They gather their two actress friends, Susan and Heidi, and their accompanist and music director, Larry, on the keys. With the full team assembled, Jeff and Hunter hit another[read more…]
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Sun11Jun20232:00 PMZumbrota State Theatre
Jeff and Hunter, two self-confessed nobodies in New York, make a pact: They will write an original musical and submit it to a festival. The only catch? The deadline is in three weeks! They gather their two actress friends, Susan and Heidi, and their accompanist and music director, Larry, on the keys. With the full team assembled, Jeff and Hunter hit another[read more…]
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Fri10Nov20237:30 PMZumbrota State Theatre
Jazz, Pop, Show Tunes
Gary Rue and Randy Sabien offer up a rapid-fire melodic cascade of favorite songs penned over the past few decades. Crooners audiences may be familiar with Randy’s work with Corky Seigel, and Gary as a member of Lush Country.
TicketsGary Rue - guitar, vocals
Randy Sabien - violin[read more…]