Visit Lake City MN

Luke Hendrickson Live!
2023-09-14 17:00 - 20:00 (America/Chicago) | Kelly’s Lake House, 1702 N Lakeshore Dr, Lake City, MN, 55041
Since 2017, Luke Hendrickson has been nurturing a career as a full-time working musician and songwriter. He has performed in 30+ states and Canada, releasing 2 full-length albums and an EP. The songs within these recordings find inspiration in common experiences such as wanderlust, trauma, love, fear, hope, and at times…fun.
Having emerged from the farmlands of rural southeast Minnesota, Luke is occasionally joined by his backing band, The Crop Circles.

The Northerly Gales Live in Concert!
2023-09-09 18:30 - 21:00 | Lake City Area Arts, 105 W Center St., Lake City, MN, 55041
With soaring melodies and driving rhythms, The Northerly Gales puts their own high-energy spin on Celtic Folk and Americana. Innovating and original in their own ways, while respecting the traditions that have borne this music through the years. They compose, they arrange, and they put on a rocking show.

Loud Mouth Brass and InnerTuba Live Lakeside!
2023-08-20 19:00 - 21:00 | Ohuta Beach, 100 Park Street, Lake City, MN, 55041, United States
Loud Mouth Brass and InnerTuba for all ages Sunday, August 20th at 7 pm at Ohuta Park! The alternate location in case of inclement weather is Lake City Area Arts.
Your ears will smile and your toes will tap when you hear Loud Mouth Brass. With a splash of New Orleans and a pinch of pop music, Loud Mouth Brass has a tasty musical recipe. While the band’s instrumental arrangements of music spanning the gamut from The Jackson Five to Fall Out Boy will make your feet get the urge to dance, with several originals in the mix, this brassy band still makes sure to keep things fresh. From the top of its blue sousaphone to the bottom of its thumping bass drum, this band exudes fun!

Jon Hodkin aka InnerTuba, a Tricycle-Traveling Tuba player, will reside in Lake City for a week in mid-August. He’s making his way up the Mississippi River, entertaining communities along the way.
These events are made possible through a partnership of the Lake City Area Arts, the Lake City Public Library, and the Lake City Music Boosters.

Mixed Precipitation's Pickup Truck Opera
2023-08-20 14:00 - 18:00 | Lake City Patton Park, Lake City, MN, 55041
Mixed Precipitation creates unexpected theatrical experiences through unique partnerships and festive events that inspire social engagement.
Since 2009, they’ve been bringing Minnesota the Pickup Truck Opera (formerly picnic operetta) – an annual harvest celebration that brings new life to old stories through music, movement, gardens, food, and visual extravaganza. Previous productions have included imaginative adaptations of Beethoven, Mozart, Handel and Purcell.
The Pickup Truck Opera has toured the metro and greater Minnesota, performing in community gardens, urban farms, orchards and vineyards.

Flotsam! River Circus
2023-08-09 17:30 | Ohuta Beach, 100 Park Street, Lake City, MN, 55041, United States
August 9th at Ohuta Beach Park in Lake City, 6pm
FLOTSAM! is a troupe of musicians, circus performers and puppeteers traveling from place to place on a handmade raft, giving free performances in every town along the way. During the tour, the raft is our mode of transit, our stage and often our home. In 2019 thousands came to see us perform as we toured on Oregon’s Willamette River from Corvallis to Portland. We followed this with tours of Lake Washington and Lake Union around Seattle in 2021 and from the Sacramento River into the San Francisco Bay Area in 2022. This summer we are back on the water with our biggest tour yet – the Missippi River from the Twin Cities to St. Louis!
Check out this feature on KPIX San Francisco https://youtu.be/oQoRyUaEq54

125th Annual Firemans Dance
2023-06-30 18:00 - 2023-07-02 00:00 | Lake City Fire Department, 205 W Center St, Lake City, 55041, United States
Why are we telling you about our local firefighter’s fundraiser? Because it’s one of the hottest summer events in Lake City, that’s why! This isn’t your grandpa’s fundraiser, this is a full day fun and games, food, libations, and live music. This event is held June 30th and July 1st.
https://www.facebook.com/events/222413063756169

The 4 on the Floor w/ Dropped Pennies
2023-06-25 19:00 - 23:00 | Ohuta Beach, 100 Park Street, Lake City, MN, 55041, United States
Get Tickets at www.waterskidays.com
Sunday night we will welcome Minneapolis stompers The 4onthefloor to the Hearth and Home stage at Water Ski Days. In 2022 they opened for Chase Matthew at WSD, and in 2023 they’ll close out the weekend with a headlining set that’s sure to be a total barn burner! Area favorites Dropped Pennies opens the show.
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Joining together in the name of fun & joy, Minneapolis’s The 4onthefloor bring their well-oiled, high-octane, rock’n’roll to the world with an immediacy rarely seen on stage in the 21st century. The furious delivery ebbs and flows with sing-a-long anthems and breakdowns to soaring guitar solos and unbridled full-bore rock. Camaraderie is a common theme, and stompers are finding like-minded rock’n’rollers at every show.
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The 4onthefloor’s music has been featured in such television shows as ABC’s Nashville and A&E’s Duck Dynasty, including a feature as the main theme on the Season 1 DVD. The group has produced five original albums and has been featured on a number of compilation albums, including American Buffalo. The 4onthefloor’s debut record, 4×4, has been called “one of the best rock and roll records of 2011,” by Indie Media Magazine. Their live show is known for keeping “packed crowd[s] intensely involved for an entire show”, with “call-and-response choruses” and “meaty guitar riffs.” Their sound has been reviewed as “heavy-stomping blues-rock.”

Water Ski Days Grand Parade
2023-06-25 14:00 - 16:00 | Various Locations in Lake City
On Sunday, experience one of the biggest small town parades in Minnesota! Be treated to bands, floats, dancing horses and much more as the Water Ski Days Grand Parade weaves through beautiful Lake City!

Venetian Lighted Boat Parade
2023-06-24 21:00 - 22:30 | Ohuta Beach, 100 Park Street, Lake City, MN, 55041, United States
The Lake City Yacht Club lights up dozens of sailboats to dazzle festival goers as they pass by Ohuta Beach Park at sunset on Sat 6/24/23

Dylan Marlowe w/ Roadhouse 6 and Loud Mouth Brass
2023-06-24 17:00 - 2023-06-25 00:00 | Ohuta Beach, 100 Park Street, Lake City, MN, 55041, United States
Get Tickets at https://www.waterskidays.com
Sony recording artist and country music’s rising star Dylan Marlowe just made the list of Spotify’s 2023 Hot Country Artists to Watch. Do not miss your chance to see him lakeside at WSD on June 24th!
Roadhouse 6 and Loud Mouth Brass round out a full day of live music.
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Rising to social media stardom with a scorching country-twinged cover of Olivia Rodrigo’s ‘Driver’s License’, which garnered millions of views across numerous platforms, Marlowe has built an incredible career for himself over the past two years. Whether it’s signing to a major record label, penning a chart-topping song for Jon Pardi, releasing a numerous hit singles, being named to Spotify’s Hot Country Artists to Watch, or planning a huge fall tour with Hardy and Lainey Wilson, Dylan Marlowe is truly taking the country music industry by storm!

Water Ski Show Team Performances
2023-06-24 11:00 - 2023-06-25 17:00 | Ohuta Beach, 100 Park Street, Lake City, MN, 55041, United States
Water skiing was invented in Lake City in 1922 by Ralph Samuelson. 101 years later Lake City celebrates the man and the sport with incredible shows on Saturday and Sunday during the Water Ski Days Festival featuring top regional and national talent, including 82-years-young stilt skier Glen Sperry and regional talent organized by the Ski Dox show team!
Saturday 6/24 11am
Sunday 6/25 4pm

The Fabulous Armadillos feat. Chris Hawkey
2023-06-23 20:00 - 2023-06-24 00:00 | Ohuta Beach, 100 Park Street, Lake City, MN, 55041, United States
Get Tickets at www.waterskidays.com
Perennial favorites, the Fabulous Armadillos feat. Chris Hawkey, will roll up on the Water Ski Days Hearth and Home stage on Friday, June 23!
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The Fabulous Armadillos came out of their shell in 2006 and have since established a large and loyal following in Minnesota and beyond with their spot on recreations of songs from many genres of music from Country to Motown to Heavy Metal to 70’s Soft Rock and play them just like you remember. Close your eyes and you are listening to all those vinyl records again or your AM/FM radio!

Water Ski Days Kick Off Party w/ The Local Hooligans
2023-06-22 19:00 - 23:00 | Ohuta Beach, 100 Park Street, Lake City, MN, 55041, United States
Water Ski Days will return to Lake City June 22-25, 2023 with a special free kick off concert on the big stage on Thursday June 22 featuring The Local Hooligans!
https://www.waterskidays.com

Puppet Making Workshop
2023-06-11 10:00 - 14:00 | Lake City Area Arts, 105 W Center St., Lake City, MN, 55041
Grab the kids (or the kid-inside) and stop by Lake City Area Arts for a puppet making workshop with the Lake Pepin Legacy Alliance. Your creation will be featured in a river restoration celebration later in the month.

Galactic Cowboy Orchestra
2023-06-10 18:00 - 21:00 | Lake City Area Arts, 105 W Center St., Lake City, MN, 55041
Saturday, June 10th, doors open at 6 pm at Lake City Area Arts, performance starts at 7 pm. $15 per person (suggested donation).
Galactic Cowboy Orchestra was started in 2009 by founding member/bass player John Wright. The band was born out of a desire to play technically challenging music derived from John’s influences ranging from Mahavishnu Orchestra, The Dixie Dregs and King Crimson, to name a few. Wright enlisted the aid of guitarist Dan Neale, who brought to the table many deep Jazz influences in his advanced playing and composing style. Along with the band’s first drummer, Mark O’Day the beginnings of Galactic Cowboy Orchestra were found. Soon after, violinist (and John’s wife) Lisi Wright joined the band with her aggressive “electric guitar player plays violin” style and engaging stage presence to complete the band’s sound and look. Fast forward 12 years: 5 studio releases (and one live), two Downbeat Nominations, a Minnesota Arts Tour Grant, collaborations with symphony orchestras, thousands of miles of touring and the band is just getting started. 2021 sees the GCO with a new drummer in Mario Dawson, a new studio release and a stronger than ever ethic to create the ultimate musical moment between the players and the audience with their Art Rock/Jazz Fusion creations.
What other bands do we sound like? We have been compared to King Crimson, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Dixie Dregs, Bela Fleck and the Flecktones.
More on this music: http://www.galacticcowboyorchestra.com/

Chris O'Leary Band
2023-06-10 15:00 - 18:00 | Kelly’s Lake House, 1702 N Lakeshore Dr, Lake City, MN, 55041
All the way from NYC to Kelly’s Lake House, lakeside deck. Blues at its best with the Chris O’Leary Band. Bringing the Harps and horn section to go with your Satuday afternoon taps & cocktails. Cheers!

Brent and Sheena Live in Ohuta Beach Park
2023-06-03 13:30 - 17:00 | Ohuta Beach, 100 Park Street, Lake City, MN, 55041, United States
Come join us on this beautiful park on the shores of Lake Pepin! Part of the Tour de Pepin after-party festivities. All are welcome to this free show!
Stop out for fun evening of outdoor music by Lake Pepin. 𝐁𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐒𝐡𝐞𝐞𝐧𝐚 are hand delivering all of your favorite tunes from the 60’s! Live and in-person!

Charlotte Eastin and Chris Rackley Opening Reception
2023-06-03 13:00 - 16:00 | Lake City Area Arts, 105 W Center St., Lake City, MN, 55041
All are welcome for an open house style reception for Charlotte Eastin and Chris Rackley.
View their current exhibition and mingle with the artists. Saturday, June 3rd, 1-4 pm.
The show will remain on view through Sunday, June 25th.

Live Music: Tennessee Stiffs
2023-05-20 18:00 - 20:30 | Lake City Area Arts, 105 W Center St., Lake City, MN, 55041
Live Music: Tennessee Stiffs
Saturday, May 20th, doors open at 6 pm at Lake City Area Arts, performance starts at 7 pm. $15 per person.
https://www.tennesseestiffs.com

Open Mic
2023-05-20 14:30 - 16:30 | Lake City Area Arts, 105 W Center St., Lake City, MN, 55041
Open Mic
Saturday, May 20th, 2:30-4:30 pm. Whether you are a singer, writer, poet, instrumentalist, comedian, or actor, you are invited to share your talents in a supportive environment on stage at Lake City Area Arts.

Mother's Day Brunch at the Chickadee
2023-05-14 09:00 - 15:00 | Chickadee Cottage, 317 N Lakeshore Dr, Lake City, MN, 55041
Join the staff at the Chickadee Cottage Cafe for the friendliest, tastiest, Mother’s Day brunch around… in the sweetest little cottage cafe that mom will be sure to love!

Mother's Day Market
2023-05-06 10:00 - 15:00 | Willow Gentile Studio and Gallery, 113 S Lakeshore Dr, Lake City, MN, 55041, United States
Mother’s Day Market! Give your mom a special hand crafted gift made by MN artists & makers.
The artists/makers/creators (vendors)
Cassie Rasmussen @knotandneedle
Kimberly @still.life.designco
Valerie @laughingbatcandles
@shoppebylola
RAEVEN @raevenjewelry

Mike Malles Live!
2023-05-04 17:30 - 20:00 | Kelly’s Lake House, 1702 N Lakeshore Dr, Lake City, MN, 55041
Local musician 𝐌𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐌𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐬 is taking it solo at Kelly’s Lake House. Mike will rock the house with tunes from Pink Floyd, Marshall Tucker, Dobie Grey and a ton more from your favorite bands.

Girl's Day Out 2023: Beach Party!
2023-04-29 10:00 - 17:00 | The Shops of Lake City, Various Locations, Lake City, 55041, United States
Calling all shoppers, fun havers, and Spring lovers! Shop, dine, and more in downtown Lake City during this year’s Girls Day Out on April 28th! Visit the boutiques and restaurants of Lake City for beach themed shopping, sales, snacks, sips, and prizes.
Experience a relaxing day of shopping, lunching and taking in all the beautiful sights of Lake Pepin. Register for all of the amazing drawings!
Downtown Lake City will be buzzing with great deals and fun events at our local shops and restaurants during Girls Day Out.
For more info contact
Lake City Chamber of Commerce
100 E Lyon Ave
Lake City, MN 55041
651-345-4123

Laura Mackenzie
2023-04-18 16:00 - 18:00 | Lake City Public Library, 201 S High St, Lake City, 55041, United States
Join us for a delightful music-filled retelling of the Pied Piper story based on Minnesota author Jim Latimer’s book, The Irish Piper.
This program features many different instruments accompanied by a great story and compelling illustrations.
Free and open to the public.

Author Event: William Kent Krueger
2023-04-15 14:00 - 16:00 | Lake City City Hall, 205 W Center St, Lake City, MN, 55041, United States
Raised in the Cascade Mountains of Oregon, Krueger writes mysteries set in the northwoods of Minnesota and now lives in St. Paul.
His novel, Ordinary Grace, received the Edgar Award, and his last nine novels were all NYT best-sellers.
Join us to hear Kent speak about his journey to becoming an acclaimed writer.
Free and open to the public.

Lehto and Wright
2023-04-08 19:00 - 21:00 | Lake City Area Arts, 105 W Center St., Lake City, MN, 55041
Lehto & Wright is a MN-based Folk-Rock and Progressive Rock band whose first live performance was in 1999 and has continued, non-stop, to this day. Lehto & Wright have a sound that is a unique blend of traditional and modern styles. By taking cues from the British Isles and American folk traditions and interpreting them with contemporary guitar-based arrangements, Lehto & Wright have taken a unique approach to the world of Folk, Folk Rock and Progressive Rock.
“ … Lehto & Wright produce a tight, seasoned yet compact sound, offering a fresh blast of inventive folk-rock American style.”
— FolkRoots

“… among North America’s best practitioners of Anglo-Celtic folk-rock… wonderfully intricate, powerful guitar-driven music…”
— Dirty Linen

“…when pop music’s most important ideology is commercialism, it’s a joy to hear musicians who’ve worked hard and put forth tremendous effort and come up with something that is actually profound.”
— Duluth News Tribune

“ … Lehto & Wright produce a tight, seasoned yet compact sound, offering a fresh blast of inventive folk-rock American style.”
— FolkRoots

“… among North America’s best practitioners of Anglo-Celtic folk-rock… wonderfully intricate, powerful guitar-driven music…”
— Dirty Linen

“…when pop music’s most important ideology is commercialism, it’s a joy to hear musicians who’ve worked hard and put forth tremendous effort and come up with something that is actually profound.”
— Duluth News Tribune

Tiger Ries Live!
2023-04-07 18:00 - 21:00 | Kelly’s Lake House, 1702 N Lakeshore Dr, Lake City, MN, 55041
Don’t let looks fool you folks, Tiger is one of the top vocalists you will have the pleasure of hearing! From Classic Rock to Smooth Sexy Ballads.
Tiger’s rich and soulful voice is just about as good as it gets! Stop in and listen to all your favorite classic rock songs paired with smooth ballads in this one of a kind performance.

Wells Creek Riders Meat Raffle and Bingo
2023-03-18 14:00 - 19:00 | Port 104, 104 N. Washington St., Lake City, MN, 55041
Come join us for Bar Bingo at Port 104 and help support the Wells Creek Riders Snowmobile club!
Held the third Saturday of the month, starting at 2PM (typically done by 4:30PM). Game Program consists of 10 Bingo games – the purchase of a games packet is required ($20) to participate in Game #10 Blackout
The games packet includes 3 bingo sheets per game, covering all 10 games; additional single sheets for Games 1 through 9 cost $1, and Game 10 (Blackout) single sheets are $2.
Meat Raffle to follow, beginning around 5:30PM

St. Patrick's Day Corned Beef and Green Beer at Kelly's!
2023-03-17 11:30 - 21:00 | MN
A great match up of specials with Kelly’s Friday Fish Fry and our St. Patrick’s Day Corned beef dinner. Add a cold glass of Green beer for good luck! See you Friday!
