2024-2025 SEASON - CULTURAL EVENTS

Rock & Roll Christmas Spectacular

Celebrating 20 years in 2024!

 Get ready for the Rock & Roll Xmas Spectacular, where your favorite holiday classics collide with iconic rock anthems in a high-energy show with enough confetti to make Rudolph blush!

Join an all-star lineup featuring Paul "Stretch" Diethelm and Ted Manderfeld, alongside powerhouse vocalists Pamela McNeill, Stacy Bauer, and Tim Haussner. They'll be backed by an incredible band including bassist Cody McKinney, saxophonist and flutist Mike Kreitzer, and drummer Pete Hennig.

Experience timeless holiday hits like "Silent Night," "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen," "Jingle Bells," and "The Little Drummer Boy" reimagined with a rock twist that will get you into the holiday spirit like never before! Don't miss out on this unforgettable celebration of rock and holiday cheer!

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 14 @ 8PM

GICHI-ZIIBI CENTER FOR THE ARTS
BRAINERD MN

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This activity is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a Minnesota State Arts Board Operating Support grant,
thanks to a legislative appropriation from the Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund.


This activity is made possible, in part, by the voters of Minnesota, through a grant from the Five Wings Arts Council, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund.

The Cultural Arts Series

The Cultural Arts Series began in 2006 with the mission of bringing performing artists of regional, national and international reputation to local stages. The Series presents a wide variety of quality artists from the worlds of theatre, music, dance, and literature. “By bringing artists of this caliber to Brainerd audiences, people don’t have to travel great distances to see their work,” producer Patrick Spradlin says. “For a city the size of Brainerd, we deserve to have these kinds of
events here in our area.”

 Past Events:

Native Pride
Dance & Music

OCTOBER 3 @ 7PM
CHALBERG THEATRE
CLC BRAINERD CAMPUS

North Stars Live!
Featuring in concert:
Amanda Grace &
Megan Lenius

SEPTEMBER 26 @ 7PM
CHALBERG THEATRE
CLC BRAINERD CAMPUS

Summer 2024
The Holy Rocka Rollaz

Mary Mack
Stand-up Comedy

A hybrid of Minnesota and Wisconsin (with a severe cheese dependency), comedian Mary Mack began her comedy career on a dare while working as a band and music teacher. She has performed stand up comedy for 16 years all around the U.S. and Canada. Mack's television credits include The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon, Conan, Last Comic Standing, and Last Call with Carson Daly.

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Forever Young

Forever Young follows one unforgettable group of friends as they discover the greatest hits of all time! Set in a music-filled suburban basement, this unbelievable heartfelt true story is guaranteed to take you back to the first time you pushed play, tuned in, and set the needle down.


Dinosaur World Live

Discover a pre-historic world of astonishing (and remarkably life-like) dinosaurs. Meet a host of impressive creatures, including every child's favourite flesh-eating giant, the Tyrannosaurus Rex, a Triceratops, Giraffatitan, Microraptor and Segnosaurus!

Rock & Roll  Christmas Spectacular

Celebrating their 19th year in 2023!
A Las Vegas-Caliber, multimedia, Rock & Roll extravaganza that mixes hilarious stories with your favorite holiday songs in a way like you’ve never heard before!

Songwriters in the Round

Featuring:

Hailey James 2022 Female Vocalist of the Year Minnesota Country Music Organization Katie Switzer Winner, Songwriting Competition North of Nashville
Skarlett Woods Winner, 2022 and 2023 Dylan Fest Songwriting Contest

An evening of Music and Conversation


The Fabulous Armadillos with Collective Unconscious
Takin' It To The Streets - Dobbie Brothers Tribute

The Second City

Songwriters in the Round

Featuring Minnesota Artists:
Aaron Simmons, Kelley Smith, Jake Nelson

Photography by Sheila Boldt, Pine Haven Photography

The James Sewall Ballet

More Past Events

Deuces Wild!

Comedian, Henry Cho

James Sewell Ballet

The Reminders

Tonic Sol Fa

Killer Vees

Holy Rocka Rollaz

Ireland With Michael
Hennepin Theatre Trust Series

Past Events continued...

George Winston
Leon Redbone
Gaelic Storm
Arrival
Aby Wolf
Rhythmic Circus
The Steeles
Harlem Gospel Choir
The Machine
Mick Sterling
The Killer Vees
Masters of Soul
Lee Rocker
John Jorgenson
Liverpool Legends
Second City
Fabulous Armadillos
Solas
Ronny Cox
The Acting Company
Triple Espresso
Lorie Line
Glenn Miller Orchestra
Zorongo Dance Company
Tim Mooney
Commonweal Theatre
Marx in Soho
Illusion Theater
Clair Lynch Band

Jeffrey Hatcher
Stringfever
Davina & The Vagabonds
Theater Latte Da
NC Youth Tap Ensemble
Martin Taylor
Laurence Juber
Deuces Wild! Dueling Pianos
Continental Ballet
The HillBenders
Griffin Theatre Company
Holy Rocka Rollaz
The New Standards
Children's Theatre Company
Ragamala Dance Company
Monroe Crossing
Her Crooked Heart
Tonic Sol Fa
Cantus
The Reminders
James Sewell Ballet
George Maurer Trio
GreatWorks Theatre Company
Henry Cho
Hennepin Theatre Trust Series