Author: Prairie Fire Lady Choir

Happy Spring from Prairie Fire Lady Choir! We hope you have had a pleasant hibernation during this snow-laden winter. We are very ready to kick off our 2019 season, and are thrilled about some of the new tunes we will be learning, and new venues where we will be performing. We look forward to sharing our voices with you.

Over our winter break, we held auditions for the 2019 season, and are very pleased to welcome 19 new members – the largest number of newbies since 2012!

Katy Vernon : Suit of Hearts
Also, during our off-season, some of us recorded on Katy Vernon’s upcoming album, Suit of Hearts. We will be performing at her album release at the Parkway Theater tomorrow night.

Parkway Theater
Saturday, March 23rd
Doors at 7, show starts at 8.
$10 adv $15 door

Advance tickets

Dessa with the Minnesota Orchestra
Next Tuesday, we are honored to perform in the lobby of the Minnesota Orchestra Hall, before Dessa’s Live Concert recording with the Minnesota Orchestra.

Minnesota Orchestra Hall
Tuesday, March 26th at 7pm
Ticket prices vary

Save the date for some great events in May!
We are thrilled to be performing at the Minnesota History Center’s opening exhibition: “First Avenue: Stories of Minnesota’s Mainroom,” which will feature everything from memorabilia of the bands that have adorned the stages since the venue’s inception, to the “scenes, sounds and stories” that have made this landmark remarkable.

Minnesota History Center
May 4th, 3 pm
Ticket details to come

And we are so happy to be able to perform in the world famous NE Minneapolis Spring celebration of the Arts, Art-A-Whirl. We will be returning to the 331 Club stage once again. The event is free and open to the public, and we hope to see you there!

331 Club
May 19th, 3 pm
Free

Happy Spring, friends! We hope to sing with you soon!

After a year of not holding auditions, Prairie Fire Lady Choir opened up for try-outs again on February 21, 2019. We are excited to welcome 19 new members to sing with us this year! Thank you to the 60 women who auditioned – we are continually amazed by the talent that surrounds us in the Twin Cities.

If you’re interested in singing with us, sign up for our newsletter to be the first to know when we next hold auditions.

After a year off from holding auditions, Prairie Fire Lady Choir will be holding auditions for the 2019 season in February. To learn more about the audition process, how to register, and what it’s like to sing with us, please visit our Audition information page.

Thanks for your interest!

We had such an incredible time at The Cedar Cultural Center for our 2018 season finale. Sarah White and her band gave a captivating performance and we had a blast singing with her. Thank you to all of you who made it out to the show and thank you to Jon Behm who took such amazing photos all night.

Photos: Prairie Fire Lady Choir | Sarah White at the Cedar Cultural Center

 

Happy Autumn from the members of Prairie Fire Lady Choir!

We’ve had such a wonderful season and hope you have as well! We accepted our first 2018 gig across the border and, in October, we carpooled to the lovely, artsy town of Stockholm, WI to perform at WideSpot Performing Arts Center. Check out a video from Rachel Fergus of the Red Wing Republican Eagle here! We also performed at our rehearsal stomping grounds Richfield Lutheran Church for their Fall Festival in October!

But just as the leaves have all nearly fallen to the ground, we too can feel the end of our 2018 season approaching. We have one more exciting performance to share with our audience this year; we very much hope you can join us!

SEASON FINALE

Heart Break Open
Prairie Fire Lady Choir Season Finale with Special Guest Sarah White
Friday, November 9, 2018
Doors: 7:00pm / Show: 8:00pm
Cedar Cultural Center
TICKETS / all ages

We are thrilled to return to the Cedar Cultural Center for our finale, Heart Break Open, featuring special guest Sarah White! This will be a moving evening of music in which we share tunes that opened our hearts in the most beautiful ways. In addition to sharing our long-performed classics, we are excited to share a few new tunes that we learned this season. We even have a special collaboration with Sarah that we look forward to debuting . . .

We hope to see you one last time this season!

It was a wonderful summer for Prairie Fire Lady Choir! We were thrilled to return to First Avenue’s main stage for Rebel Rebel: Rock For Pussy XIV, a tribute to David Bowie and feline rescue fundraiser. We shared the stage with so many incredible local acts, including Venus de Mars, Jeremy Messersmith, Adam Levy and Har Mar Superstar. In August, we performed at a beautiful, new-to-us venue, the Richfield Lake Amphitheater, sharing the stage with the soulful Charity Huot. As we move into the season of falling leaves, the ladies of Prairie Fire Lady Choir are excited about several upcoming concerts.

UPCOMING EVENTS  PARTY IN THE PRAIRIE Saturday, September 22, 2018 3:00 – 8:30pm Richardson Nature Center TICKETS / all ages This Saturday, we are performing at Party in the Prairie at the Richardson Nature Center in Bloomington. We are excited to be sharing the stage and collaborating again with our pals, the Roe Family Singers. Reina del Cid is headlining the event. Tickets are sold out online but $7 tickets can be purchased at the North Face stores in Minneapolis, Edina, and St. Paul. —– WIDESPOT PERFORMING ARTS CENTER Saturday, October 13, 2018 Doors: 6:30pm, Performance: 7:00pm Stockholm, WI TICKETS / all ages In October, we’re looking forward to hitting the road and heading to Wisconsin! We’ll be performing at the amazing WideSpot Performing Arts Center in Stockholm on October 13. It should be peak leaf season and we’re looking forward to savoring the best of autumn in Wisconsin. Come and road trip with us! —– FALL FEST Saturday, October 20, 2018 12:00 – 1:00pm Richfield Lutheran Church FREE / all ages We will return to our rehearsal home on October 20 to perform, once again, at Richfield Lutheran Church’s Fall fest! Vendors at the fest sell wonderful homemade goods, beautiful crafts, and jewelry. Bring the kiddos! —– PRAIRIE FIRE LADY CHOIR FINALE  Friday, November 9, 2018 7:00pm Cedar Cultural Center To wrap up this year’s season, we are thrilled to be returning to the Cedar Cultural Center on November 9! We have a special collaboration we’ve been working on. More details and ticket info to come, but for now, save the date! This is going to be an event you won’t want to miss.

Happy (finally) Spring! PFLC has been very busy already throughout our off season and this spring. We were honored to return to the Art Shanty Projects for a chilly performance on frozen Lake Harriet. We were also thrilled to be included in the MN Music Coalition Summit and made our debut on the beautiful O’Shaughnessy stage on the St. Kate’s campus. We also made our stage debut at the incredible State Theatre, participating in the MinnPost Roast! One of the biggest changes that happened this year is we decided to not hold auditions. There were 56 ladies who were interested in returning this season, so we decided to focus on strengthening our current body of work, along with our current members. We have several amazing opportunities coming up this season, and we hope to see you there.

UPCOMING EVENTS  PRAIRIE FIRE LADY CHOIR: A PIANOS ON PARADE EVENT WITH LEAH LEMM Thursday, June 7, 2018 6:30 – 7:30pm Nicollet Theater in the Round FREE / all ages We are so excited that we were selected to perform at a new music performance series and space, Nicollet Theater in the Round, an urban amphitheater just steps from the downtown Minneapolis Central Library! This performance coincides with the downtown Pianos on Parade program, which will feature PFLC founding member and alum Leah Lemm. —– STONE ARCH BRIDGE FESTIVAL  Saturday, June 16, 2018 3:15 – 4:00pm Father Hennepin Park FREE / all ages We are excited to return to the Stone Arch Festival in June. This is such a great way to  see great local music and art on the banks of Mississippi! Catch us on the Star Tribune Stage (420 SE Main Street, Mpls). —– REBEL REBEL  – ROCK FOR PUSSY XIV – A TRIBUTE TO DAVID BOWIE Friday, July 13, 2018 8:00pm First Avenue TICKETS / 18+ Once again, we are so excited to return to First Ave for Rebel Rebel – Rock for Pussy XIV! Hosted by Mary Lucia & David Campbell and featuring an all-star band led by John Eller (The Shiny Lights), a portion of proceeds benefits Kitty Revolution.

We hope to see you this summer! Yours in song,  Prairie Fire Lady Choir