Cornbread Harris Live!
2026-03-21 19:30 - 22:00 (America/Chicago) | Oak Center General Store, 67011 Highway 63, Lake City, Minnesota, 55041
98 years young and still spouting magic out of his fingertips is Minnesota’s own CORNBREAD HARRIS and his full band! Coming out to our little unincorporated community?! You must be joking! Lucky are we. Come dance the night away or just sit and tap your feet to trad blues and jazz and all good things.

$21.50 online
$24.00 at the door
Agenda

6:30-7:30 Doors
7:30-9:30 Music

Location
Address: 67011 hwy 63, Lake City, MN 55041
Parking
ONLY PARK ON EAST SIDE OF 82 (general store side of the gravel road)
refer to picture on homepage if confused
Accessibility
The music venue itself is only accessed via staircase. The show will be played over speakers on the main floor for anyone who cannot or wishes not to go upstairs.
Tickets are required only for guests that go upstairs.
Any questions?
phone: 616-260-4924
oakcentergeneralstoremn@gmail.com

Line Dancing at Wild Wings Plaza
2026-03-25 18:30 - 21:30 | Wild Wings Plaza, 2101 US-61, , MN, Lake City, 55041
Get on the dance floor with instructors and friends at Wild Wings Plaza as they present their series of Line Dancing nights!
Open to all ages and skill levels. Restaurant will be open as well!

Sportsman's Club Fish Fry
2026-03-27 17:00 - 19:30, 2026-04-03 17:00 - 19:30 | Lake City Sportsman’s Club, 2200 S Oak St., Lake City, MN, 55041
Are you ready for a classic Fish Fry? Park in the lot and come on in to join the fun. Once you get your food downstairs, you can enjoy seating upstairs or downstairs. Both bars will be open.

Take-away orders are still available but you must order them by calling us that night (651-345-2901). You’ll be given a wait time and can pick up your order by driving behind the building and meeting us by the kitchen door. Look for the signs.

We’re excited to see you for some delicious Friday Fish Frys!

Monroe Crossing Live!
2026-03-28 19:00 - 21:30 | WideSpot Performimg Arts Center, 611 Broadway Ave, Wabasha, MN, United States
Monroe Crossing performs an electrifying blend of classic bluegrass, bluegrass gospel, original bluegrass and some surprising selections outside the bluegrass genre. Named in honor of Bill Monroe, the Father of Bluegrass Music, Monroe Crossing’s superb musicianship and on-stage rapport have entertained audiences throughout the United States, Canada and Europe.
For over 20 years this Minnesota based band has averaged over 100 shows a year performing in intimate rooms, community theaters, major venues and outdoor festivals. They are favorites among bluegrass connoisseurs and non-bluegrass audiences alike. They love introducing newcomers to bluegrass music!

Easter Eggstravaganza
2026-04-04 11:00 - 16:00 | Wild Wings Plaza, 2101 US-61, , MN, Lake City, 55041
Sat April 4, 11am-4pm
(Wild Wings Plaza)
Wild Wings Plaza and Lake Hits 95 are teaming up for a Easter themed celebration!
In addition to a live radio remote broadcast where kids are encouraged to talk about what Easter means to them, there will be free hot dogs and snow cones at lunch! Kids can also enjoy an egg hunt for candy and big prizes, face painting, bounce houses, a petting zoo, and even a magician!
Get more deets here

John Paulson Jazz Trio Live!
2026-04-04 19:00 - 21:00 | Lake City Area Arts, 105 W Center St., Lake City, MN, 55041
Live music this weekend at the LCAA – The John Paulson Jazz Trio! Doors open at 6:30Music starts at 7:00Suggested donation at door: $15/person

Pub Trivia
2026-04-07 18:00 - 20:00, 2026-04-14 18:30 - 20:00, 2026-04-21 18:30 - 20:00, 2026-04-28 18:30 - 20:00 | Kelly’s Lake House, 1702 N Lakeshore Dr, Lake City, MN, 55041
Come down to Kelly’s Lake House for trivia with a view!
This weekly event starts at 6:30pm on Tuesdays. Enjoy one of Kelly’s 30 beers on tap while you dine and test your knowledge with friends!

Bob Bovee Live!
2026-04-10 18:30 - 21:30 | Oak Center General Store, 67011 Highway 63, Lake City, Minnesota, 55041
overview

The Talent
Bob is a Nebraska native whose family sang and played the old-time songs. Many of the western and railroad songs he does were learned from his grandmother and uncle. He plays banjo and autoharp, sings and yodels, and can drive a dance band with his guitar and harmonica. Bob is well known and loved for his dry and witty stage humor. He has published numerous articles and reviews for The Old-Time Herald and Inside Bluegrass and been an instructor for a course called “The History of Country Music” for the Honors Division at the University of Minnesota. Bob is also the Artistic Director for the Bluff Country Gathering and the organizing force for the Lanesboro Barn Dance.
$21.50 online
$24.00 at the door
Agenda

6:30-7:30 Doors
7:30-9:30 Music

Location
Address: 67011 hwy 63, Lake City, MN 55041
Parking
ONLY PARK ON EAST SIDE OF 82 (general store side of the gravel road)
refer to picture on homepage if confused
Accessibility
The music venue itself is only accessed via staircase. The show will be played over speakers on the main floor for anyone who cannot or wishes not to go upstairs.
Tickets are required only for guests that go upstairs.
Any questions?
phone: 616-260-4924
oakcentergeneralstoremn@gmail.com

Pieta Brown with Liz Draper Live!
2026-04-11 18:30 - 21:30 | Oak Center General Store, 67011 Highway 63, Lake City, Minnesota, 55041
overview

The Talent
Pieta Brown: Hailed as a “self-styled poetess, folk goddess, and country waif” by the BBC, Pieta Brown first came to international prominence with the release of her self-titled debut in 2002. Since then she has released multiple highly critically acclaimed albums, EPs and singles, with much attention being paid not only to her distinct sound and style, but also the power of her singing and songwriting, including fan favorite, Paradise Outlaw, which Bon Iver mastermind Justin Vernon has called his “favorite recording made at our studio.” Brown has toured worldwide with artists such as John Prine, Amos Lee, Brandi Carlisle, JJ Cale, Ani DiFranco, Mavis Staples, and Calexico among others. She has co-written songs with and made guest appearances on albums by Calexico, Amos Lee, Howe Gelb, and Iris Dement. Brown’s most recent album Freeway was co-produced by S. Carey and earned widespread critical acclaim from NPR Music, Stereogum, Billboard, FLOOD, Paste, American Songwriter, Folk Alley, and Relix. She followed that shortly after with the bold and experimental single “Follow You” as well as an EP/digital triptych collaboration recorded at Justin Vernon and Aaron Dessner’s HIVER Festival called We Are Not Machines featuring Ani DiFranco, S. Carey, Holland Andrews, Jenn Wassner, and more. In 2022 Pieta further expanded her musical prowess by recording and releasing an album of original cinematic instrumentals, The Less I Needed The Better I Felt, under the moniker Sylvee & The Sea featuring John Convertino (Calexico), Don Was, and CJ Carmerieri (Carm). She also co-produced Iris DeMent’s most recent album Workin’ On A World, which has garnered praise from Rolling Stone and The New York Times among many others. Along the way she has earned respect and accolades for her talents in soundtrack design, videography, and photography as well; Brown’s photographs have appeared in gallery shows and on numerous album covers for fellow artists. Continually revealing new layers as a songwriter, singer, musician, producer, visual artist and performer, Brown is being recognized as a true multi-hyphenate and one of modern Americana’s true gems. “Pieta Brown sings about love and trust…“In my heart you sing clear and bright / It makes me feel like things will be all right,” she intones, convincing both herself and anyone listening.” – The New York Times
Pieta will be joined by her trio for the first set and in the second will be joined by Liz Draper.
Liz Draper: classically and jazz-trained versatile bassist, has performed, recorded and/or toured internationally with such groups as the Grammy Award-winning Okee Dokee Brothers, Soul Asylum, Charlie Parr, The Rose Ensemble, Ben Weaver, Orkestar Bez Ime, and Davina and the Vagabonds. A professional musician since age 16, Liz has performed in an astonishing array of musical genres and ensembles, from jazz and classical to folk, metal, improvisational, experimental, Balkan, and chamber strings.
Tickets
$21.50 online
$24.00 at the door
Agenda

6:30-7:30 Doors
7:30-9:30 Music

Location
Address: 67011 hwy 63, Lake City, MN 55041
Parking
ONLY PARK ON EAST SIDE OF 82 (general store side of the gravel road)
refer to picture on homepage if confused
Accessibility
The music venue itself is only accessed via staircase. The show will be played over speakers on the main floor for anyone who cannot or wishes not to go upstairs.
Tickets are required only for guests that go upstairs.
Any questions?
phone: 616-260-4924
oakcentergeneralstoremn@gmail.com

Jambalaya Live!
2026-04-11 19:00 - 21:30 | WideSpot Performimg Arts Center, 611 Broadway Ave, Wabasha, MN, United States
Looking for funky rock and soul music? Jambalaya delivers the goods with great players at every position. Think songs by Little Feat and the Allman Brothers with a mix of Muscle Shoals and Memphis added.
Faith Ulwelling who joined us for the outstanding Mardi Gras Valentine concert Feb. 14th on vocals is part of this talented group and we are happy to have her back in house for your enjoyment.
Our dance floor will be ready!

Hurricane Harold & Jeff Ray Live!
2026-04-17 18:30 - 21:30 | Oak Center General Store, 67011 Highway 63, Lake City, Minnesota, 55041
overview

The Talent
Acoustic duo described as “Delta meets Dead with a little Zen thrown in”

Tickets
$21.50 online
$24.00 at the door
Agenda

6:30-7:30 Doors
7:30-9:30 Music

Location
Address: 67011 hwy 63, Lake City, MN 55041
Parking
ONLY PARK ON EAST SIDE OF 82 (general store side of the gravel road)
refer to picture on homepage if confused
Accessibility
The music venue itself is only accessed via staircase. The show will be played over speakers on the main floor for anyone who cannot or wishes not to go upstairs.
Tickets are required only for guests that go upstairs.
Any questions?
phone: 616-260-4924
oakcentergeneralstoremn@gmail.com

LCAA Celebrating World Cultures: Japan
2026-04-18 17:00 - 19:00 | Lake City Area Arts, 105 W Center St., Lake City, MN, 55041
Join us for a one-of-a-kind event on The LCAA Gallery Stage!Taiko Drumming Demonstration, Film Screening (Emergence Pictures) Food Truck available, and Audience Participation!Suggested Donation for Adults: $10.00 ~ ALL students free (including college students)
*Food truck not included in $10.00 fee

Lone Piñon Live!
2026-04-18 18:30 - 21:30 | Oak Center General Store, 67011 Highway 63, Lake City, Minnesota, 55041
overview

The Talent
Lone Piñon is a New Mexican string band, or “orquesta típica”, whose music celebrates the integrity and diversity of their region’s cultural roots. With fiddles, upright bass, guitars, accordions, vihuela, and bilingual vocals, they play a wide spectrum of the traditional music that is at home in New Mexico. The Norte has long been a crossroads of cultures, and centuries of intersecting histories, trade routes, migrations, and cultural movements have endowed the region with an expansive and rich musical heritage that weaves together Spanish, Mexican, Indigenous, European immigrant, Anglo-American, and Afro-American musical influences. The oldest strands of this tradition have survived in continuity, renewed by each new generation’s contribution to core style and repertoire that has been passed from musician to musician, in some cases over many centuries. Though rapid cultural change since the ‘50s has led to these sounds becoming scarce in their home territory, they never fully disappeared–thanks to the elders and past generations that lovingly and tenaciously carried them forward, renewing the voice of their musical ancestors at each step into changing circumstances. The musicians of Lone Piñon learned from elder musicians who instilled in them a respect for continuity and an example of the radicalism, creativity, and cross-cultural solidarity that has always been necessary for musical traditions to adapt and thrive in each generation. In 2014, Lone Piñon was founded as a platform for creativity around the oldest sounds of traditional New Mexico string music, sounds that had all but disappeared from daily life in many Northern New Mexico communities. Through relationship with elders, study of field recordings, connections to parallel traditional music and dance revitalization movements in the US and Mexico, and hundreds of local and national performances, they have brought the language of the New Mexico orquesta típica back onto the modern stage, back onto dance floors, into a contemporary aesthetic/artistic conversation, and into the ears of a young generation. The musical landscape of Northern New Mexico bears the record of interconnecting musical movements that cross state, national, generational, and ethnic borders. Lone Piñon’s active and recorded repertoire reflects that complexity, and has included a wide range of regionally-relevant material (Western swing, conjunto, New Mexican Spanish and Mexican ranchera, Central Mexican son regional, country, onda chicana, etc.) around the core New Mexican violin and accordion-driven polkas, cunas, inditas, valses, and chotes learned from elders.

Ticketing
$21.50 online
$24.00 at the door
Agenda

6:30-7:30 Doors
7:30-9:30 Music

Location
Address: 67011 hwy 63, Lake City, MN 55041
Parking
ONLY PARK ON EAST SIDE OF 82 (general store side of the gravel road)
refer to picture on homepage if confused
Accessibility
The music venue itself is only accessed via staircase. The show will be played over speakers on the main floor for anyone who cannot or wishes not to go upstairs.
Tickets are required only for guests that go upstairs.
Any questions?
phone: 616-260-4924
oakcentergeneralstoremn@gmail.com

Chris Acker and The Growing Boys with The Montvales Live!
2026-04-19 17:00 - 20:00 | Oak Center General Store, 67011 Highway 63, Lake City, Minnesota, 55041
overview

The Talent
In a genre full of tall tales and marketable lies, New Orleans’ Chris Acker crafts candid songs – weaving his wit and woes into a body of work that exposes the stale plight of the American Songster to the honest, and sometimes hilarious, light of day. In the tradition of Guthrie and Prine, Chris lends a quavering voice to the half-rotten romance of the unremarkable and unrefined. Regardless if you’re sitting by a backyard fire on a muggy Louisiana night or standing stage-side in some far flung town, when you hear Chris Acker playing, you’re hearing the end result of countless hours of observing the masters of the craft…and the end result of repeating their mistakes. From the folk revival through the golden age of country music, deafened by punk shows and brass bands alike, Chris’s songwriting is a nod to the absurd yet muted brilliance that inhabits the molded corners of the bars he patrons and cratered street he treads, paired with a pained honesty that merits a long second look. Acker released his fourth full-length album, Famous Lunch, on Gar Hole Records in October of 2024. Famous Lunch contains some of his best work yet: laid back, country-rockers like “Wouldn’t Do For You (Buddy)” and “Shit Surprise” (which Paste Magazine called a “song of the year contender” in 2024), a few raucous, bar-ready joints like “Don’t You Know (Who I Think I Am)” and “Bunn Machine”, and tender, folky triumphs like “Stubborn Eyes” and “Eyelash”, all showcasing Chris’ gift of building “vivid scenes at an impressively low word count” (No Depression). Acker tours solo or with his band The Growing Boys — Zach Thomas (bass), Nikolai Shveitser (pedal steel), Dave Hammer (guitar, vocals), Sam Gelband (drums, vocals), and occasionally Howe Pearson (piano).
Chris Acker is gonna play with The Growing Boys and the Montvales are gonna open for them.

The Montvales: Born and raised in Knoxville, TN, Sally Buice and Molly Rochelson of The Montvales spent much of their formative years busking amidst the Elvis impersonators and musical saw players of the town’s Market Square, honing their uniquely boisterous harmonies and perfecting the art of people-watching. Some fifteen years later, the two are still at it-maintaining their study of the robust chaos of the commons as they tour the country playing their descriptive, textured songs on the self-described “feral outskirts of country music.” Their lyrics tackle everything from heartbreak to gentrification to abortion rights, pulling audiences in alongside their well-worn harmonies and nearly telepathic musical connection.
Ticketing
$21.50 online
$24.00 at the door
Agenda

5:00 pm Doors
6:00-8:00 pm Music

Location
Address: 67011 hwy 63, Lake City, MN 55041
Parking
ONLY PARK ON EAST SIDE OF 82 (general store side of the gravel road)
refer to picture on homepage if confused
Accessibility
The music venue itself is only accessed via staircase. The show will be played over speakers on the main floor for anyone who cannot or wishes not to go upstairs.
Tickets are required only for guests that go upstairs.
Any questions?
phone: 616-260-4924
oakcentergeneralstoremn@gmail.com

Girls Day Out!
2026-04-25 09:30 - 17:00 | The Shops of Lake City, Various Locations, Lake City, 55041, United States
Join The Shops Of Lake City for Girls Day Out!
Saturday, April 25th 9:30AM-5PM
Join our local shopkeepers as we all dress up like Mrs. Roper from the iconic TV show Three’s Company and shop downtown Lake City!
Prizes! Sales! and More!
Follow the Facebook event to keep in the loop

BECOMING LAKE CITY
2026-04-26 13:00 - 15:00 | Lake City Area Arts, 105 W Center St., Lake City, MN, 55041
Celebrate the launch of BECOMING LAKE CITY, a brand-new podcast that shines a warm, vibrant spotlight on the everyday people who make Lake City truly extraordinary. Through heartfelt, surprising, and often laugh-out-loud stories, award-winning storyteller Dawn Mikkelson captures the spirit, charm, and delightful quirks that turn this small lakeside town into a place that feels like home.
Join us at Lake City Area Arts for a special first listen of the podcast, where you’ll meet some of the voices featured this season—Anne Tabot, Danielle Hegge, and Jim Heise. Enjoy live, original music by David Ross Wilson of Root River Jam, and be part of an evening that celebrates the stories, connections, and community that make Lake City, Minnesota so special.
This activity is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a grant from the Southeastern Minnesota Arts Council thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts & cultural heritage fund.

Dave Moore Live!
2026-05-01 18:30 - 21:30 | Oak Center General Store, 67011 Highway 63, Lake City, Minnesota, 55041
overview

The Talent
Dave Moore is one of the great songwriters to come out of the state of Iowa. Known for his elegant songwriting and instrumental prowess on blues guitar, button accordion and harmonica he has become somewhat of a legend. Coming of age in the late ’60s and early ’70s, Dave enrolled in college only to drop out to follow a girlfriend down to Guadalajara, Mexico. Though the journey lasted only a few months, it was to be the first of many travels in Latin America and totally altered his world view. Returning to the States for the holidays in 1971, his mother serendipitously left a harmonica in his Christmas stocking and he soon found that he could not quit playing it. He spent the next few years traveling the Southwest and Northwest, working an assortment of jobs (lumberyard worker, fruit picker, plumber’s assistant) – all the time getting deeper into music.

$21.50 online
$24.00 at the door
Agenda

6:30-7:30 Doors
7:30-9:30 Music

Location
Address: 67011 hwy 63, Lake City, MN 55041
Parking
ONLY PARK ON EAST SIDE OF 82 (general store side of the gravel road)
refer to picture on homepage if confused
Accessibility
The music venue itself is only accessed via staircase. The show will be played over speakers on the main floor for anyone who cannot or wishes not to go upstairs.
Tickets are required only for guests that go upstairs.
Any questions?
phone: 616-260-4924
oakcentergeneralstoremn@gmail.com

100 Mile Garage Sale
2026-05-07 - 2026-05-10 | Various Locations in Lake City
Lake City is the right in the epicenter of this event which invites fifteen historic river towns and two states clean out their attics, garages and basements to create the most spectacular garage sale around! The sale is scheduled for the first full weekend in May.
Bargain hunters can start anywhere along the river road – Minnesota or Wisconsin – rain or shine. The 100 Mile Garage Sale extends from Winona north through Lake City to Red Wing on the Minnesota side of the River and Fountain City north to Prescott on the Wisconsin side of the River. Hundreds of individuals and businesses participate with their own garage sales, often whole neighborhoods.
Over 400 locations!

City Mouse Live!
2026-05-09 19:00 - 21:30 | WideSpot Performimg Arts Center, 611 Broadway Ave, Wabasha, MN, United States
A Mankato based band, City Mouse has been playing for fans in the Upper Midwest for over fifty years. The group has opened for The Beach Boys, Robert Cray, Little Feat, the Dirty Dozen Brass Band and many more.
The current lineup of seasoned players has been playing together since 1986, playing a musical blend of country, bluegrass, country-rock and five-part a cappella vocals. The lineup consists of Billy Steiner (harp, electric guitar and vocals), Dale Haefner (piano), Ron Arsenault, (acoustic guitar and vocals), Dave Pengra (bass guitar and vocals), Mike Pengra (drums and vocals) and Tim Waters (vocals, electric guitar, banjo and pedal steel).
Every member of City Mouse has been a finalist for a MN Music Award in various individual and group categories. City Mouse was inducted into the MN Rock/Country Hall of Fame in 2007.

Dean Magraw & Joe Schwen Live!
2026-05-10 15:00 - 18:30 | Oak Center General Store, 67011 Highway 63, Lake City, Minnesota, 55041
overview

The Talent
The family favorite jaw-droppingly talented and quick-witted Dean Magraw makes a welcome return with Zumbro Falls’ own bass-playing extraordinaire Joe Schwen! This is a Sunday afternoon show, a great time to come down with all the kids and grandmas and grandpas and enjoy the sweet musical stylings of this dynamic duo. A rare opportunity to observe these two, don’t miss it!

$21.50 online
$24.00 at the door
Agenda

3:00 Doors
4:00-6:00 Music

Location
Address: 67011 hwy 63, Lake City, MN 55041
Parking
ONLY PARK ON EAST SIDE OF 82 (general store side of the gravel road)
refer to picture on homepage if confused
Accessibility
The music venue itself is only accessed via staircase. The show will be played over speakers on the main floor for anyone who cannot or wishes not to go upstairs.
Tickets are required only for guests that go upstairs.
Any questions?
phone: 616-260-4924
oakcentergeneralstoremn@gmail.com

Paper Wings Live!
2026-05-29 18:30 - 21:00 | Oak Center General Store, 67011 Highway 63, Lake City, Minnesota, 55041
overview

The Talent
Long-time friends and collaborators Emily Mann and Wila Frank, known together as Paper Wings, dream up warm, pastoral folk songs furnished with delicate banjo and spellbinding harmonies so close you often can’t tell their voices apart. On their latest project, Listen to the World Spin, the Nashville duo’s songwriting flourishes, displaying their exceptional ability to reference nostalgic sounds of American folk music while maintaining their own compelling style of artful and unpretentious lyricism. Embracing themes of solitude, nature, and passage through time and space, Listen to the World Spin is a beautiful exploration of how we are never alone in our search for meaning and certainty in difficult times. “We needed these songs to guide and comfort us through the last few years,” says Frank, “And we hope they’ll do the same for others.” Listen to the World Spin was released on March 15th, 2024 with support from Free Dirt Records.

$21.50 online
$24.00 at the door
Agenda

6:30-7:30 Doors
7:30-9:30 Music

Location
Address: 67011 hwy 63, Lake City, MN 55041
Parking
ONLY PARK ON EAST SIDE OF 82 (general store side of the gravel road)
refer to picture on homepage if confused
Accessibility
The music venue itself is only accessed via staircase. The show will be played over speakers on the main floor for anyone who cannot or wishes not to go upstairs.
Tickets are required only for guests that go upstairs.
Any questions?
phone: 616-260-4924
oakcentergeneralstoremn@gmail.com

19th Annual Tour de Pepin
2026-06-06 07:00 - 18:00 | Ohuta Beach, 100 Park Street, Lake City, MN, 55041, United States
“One of the Midwest’s most unique cycling tours.”
– Minnesota Trails Magazine
“Best Annual Bike Ride”
– CBS WCCO (Best of Minnesota)
Tour de Pepin offers bicyclists from amateur to expert an opportunity to experience Lake Pepin from the saddle. The Lake City Chamber of Commerce hosts this supported ride, which features a dozen manned rest areas with food and water and your choice of routes.
Choose between 32, 44 or 50 mile rides between Lake City and Stockholm and get transported via boat or bus. Or, you can enjoy the 73-mile full loop all the way around the lake!
Feel ambitious? Well, we also have a Century Ride option!
The event wraps up with a party in Ohuta Park where you can unwind with live music, food trucks, and beverages.

54th Annual Water Ski Days
2026-06-25 16:00 - 2026-06-28 23:00 | Various Locations in Lake City
The 54th Annual Water Ski Days is going to be another big year! Come to Lake City for our annual summer party, June 25th-28th, and be treated to live lakeside concerts, an arts and crafts fair, gravity-defying water-ski shows and ski jump competition, a grand parade, a classic car show, and much, much, much more.
Follow the event on Facebook or visit waterskidays.com for updates and schedules!
