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Tickets
Upcoming shows
Here's our schedule for live shows this season. Information about shows, ticket sales, and musical guests will be added as it becomes available.
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July 4, 2009
4:45 p.m. CT |
A free live broadcast performance from Lake Wobegon Park in Avon, MN
(Ticket information) |
September 2, 2009
2 p.m. and
7:30 p.m. CT |
Two live performances from The Lake Superior Big Top Chautauqua
Bayfield, WI
(Ticket information) |
September 4, 2009
7:45 p.m. CT |
A live performance (recorded for broadcast) from The Minnesota State Fair, Saint Paul, MN
(Ticket information) |
September 26, 2009
4:45 p.m. CT |
Season Opener at the Fitzgerald Theater in Saint Paul, MN
Followed by the Annual Meatloaf Supper and Street Dance
(More information coming soon.) |
Ticket order information
Fourth of July/35th Anniversary special
Lake Wobegon Park
Avon, MN
July 4, 2009 4:45 PM CT
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A FREE show in celebration of A Prairie Home Companion's 35th Anniversary and the Fourth of July!
With special guests: Rich Dworsky & the Guy’s All-Star Shoe Band, Sound effects man Tom Keith, The Lake Wobegon Brass Band, The St. John's Boys' Choir, Vern Sutton, Andra Suchy & a bunch of surprise guests.
Lake Wobegon Park (which the Lake Wobegon Bike Trail cuts through) is located at the intersection of Avon Avenue N & 2nd Street NE in Avon, Minnesota (in Stearns County).
This live broadcast show is free and open to the public
There are no seats, but people are encouraged to to BYOC (bring your own lawn chair). The fine folks of Avon will have some food and ice cold beverages on sale at the park including: Ice Cream Cones, Sloppy Joes, Brats, Hot Dogs, Burgers, Taco-in-a-bag, Walleye Sandwiches, and for dessert there will be Beebop-A-Reebop Rhubarb Pie & Powdermilk Biscuit-Strawberry Shortcake.
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Lake Superior Big Top Chautauqua
Bayfield, WI
Wednesday, September 2, 2009: 2:00pm and 7:30pm
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Garrison Keillor and the Guy's All-Star Shoe Band
Ticket prices: $40 – $65
Please see www.bigtop.org or call 1-888-BIG-TENT for ticket and venue information.
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Minnesota State Fair Grandstand
Saint Paul, MN
September 4, 2009 7:45 PM
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A live performance recorded for broadcast from the Minnesota State Fair Grandstand in St. Paul, MN
Tickets $21 and $26
(Minnesota Public Radio members receive a $2 discount)
Ticket price does not include gate admission.
Tickets go on sale June 6th at 10:00am.
Tickets available through all TicketMaster outlets and at the State Fair box office. See www.mnstatefair.org for details.
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On-Air Schedule
Tune in every Saturday at 5 pm Central Time. Find a station in your area, or get information on how to listen online.
| Jul. 4 |
Live from Avon, MN |
| Jul. 11 |
Compilation show |
| Jul. 18 |
Compilation show |
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On July 4th, help us celebrate the 35th Anniversary of A Prairie Home Companion and the Fourth of July with a free live nationally broadcast show from Avon, MN.
From Garrison Keillor:
“When I was 16, Helen Fleischman assigned me to memorize Shakespeare’s Sonnet No. 29, ‘When in disgrace with fortune and men’s eyes, I all alone beweep my outcast state’ for English class, and fifty years later, that poem is still in my head. Algebra got washed away, and geometry and most of biology, but those lines about the redemptive power of love in the face of shame are still here behind my eyeballs, more permanent than my own teeth. The sonnet is a durable good. These 77 of mine include sonnets of praise, some erotic, some lamentations, some street sonnets and a 12-sonnet cycle of months. If anything here offends, I beg your pardon, I come in peace, I depart in gratitude.”
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Robin & Linda Williams are among the most popular guest performers of A Prairie Home Companion (they also appeared in the movie, have performed as part of the The Hopeful Gospel Quartet, and made appearances as Marvin & Mavis Smiley). This CD features some of the duo's best harmonies from the show. Among the 12 tracks are familiar fan favorites, including "For Better or Worse", "Visions of Mother and Dad", "Tied Down, Home Free" and the title track. A collection that is muy bueno!
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The Fitzgerald Theater was purchased in 1981 to provide a home base for A Prairie Home Companion. The theater was built in 1910 as a Shubert vaudeville house and in 1933 was renamed the World Theater to reflect its international film programming. As the 100th birthday of F. Scott Fitzgerald approached, Garrison Keillor led an effort to commemorate Fitzgerald's life which included renaming the theater in his honor in 1994.
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