The State Theatre will be temporarily closed for the summer of 2024, but exciting things are happening! The restoration of the old lobby will be done during this time. We hope to have it completed in early fall, if not it will still be functional as a venue while we complete this project.
We are working on the fall schedule.
Additional shows will be added and ticket links up soon.
Here is what we have so far…….
Late September / early October – Manhattan Film Festival
10/26 Jackson Browne Tribute
Boyd Lee and his band will be adding Jeff Engholm (Collective Unconscious) in this fabulous tribute the music of Jackson Browne
11/2 Mick Sterling
MEMPHIS AND THE MEANTIMES / The Songs of The Grand Ole Opry and Sun Records
11/9 Belfast Cowboys
is a nine-piece, horn-driven band from Minneapolis that specializes in the music of Van Morrison, mixing rock, blues, roots and soul sounds. Led by veteran songwriter and guitarist Terry Walsh and powered by a four-piece horn section, the Cowboys have flourished in the renowned Minnesota music scene and have consistently packed houses and wowed crowds since 2002.
11/23 Disco Kingz
If you missed this show last year, don’t let this one pass you by.
https://discokingz.com/
Billy McLaughlin Holiday Show – date not yet confirmed
The following events are at The Zumbrota State Theatre.
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Fri10Feb20177:30 PMCrossings Event at The Zumbrota State Theatre
Charlie Parr
Charlie Parr's heartfelt and plaintive original folk blues and traditional spirituals don't strive for authenticity: They are authentic. Crossings brings Parr to the State Theatre on Fri, Feb 10, at 7:30 p.m.It's the music of a self-taught guitarist and banjo player who grew up without a TV but with his dad's recordings of America's musical founding fathers, including Charley Patton and Lightnin' Hopkins, Woody Guthrie and Leadbelly. With his long scraggly hair, “Father Time” beard, thrift-store workingman’s flannel and jeans, and emphatic, throaty voice, Parr looks and sounds the part entirely.
Parr released a new studio album, “Stumpjumper,” in Spring 2015. Long a part of the vibrant Duluth music scene (Low, Trampled by Turtles), Parr traveled to North Carolina to record this album with fellow musician Phil Cook (Megafaun, Hiss Golden Messenger). This is the first album Parr recorded outside of Minnesota, and the first to feature a full band.
Percussive and raw, the 11 songs on “Stumpjumper,” (10 originals and his version of the venerable murder ballad, “Delia”) could be lost field recordings from another era. His blistering picking -- he switches between acoustic guitar, dobro and banjo -- and keening, cut-through-the-crowd vocals resonate with a conviction that runs deep and true.
Parr plays an 1890 banjo, a 12-string guitar and a resonator. Most of his recordings, including “Roustabout” (2008), “Jubilee” (2007), “Rooster” (2005), “King Earl” (2004), “1922” (2002) and “Criminals and Sinners” (2001) eschew typical studio settings. He has recorded in warehouses, garages, basements and storefronts, usually on vintage equipment, which gives his work the historic feel of field recordings.
A beloved regional artist, with a fan base spanning as far as Ireland and Australia, Parr, who grew up in Austin, draws inspiration from the alternately fertile and frozen soil of Minnesota.