Live Folk Music
Thursday, September 26, 2024
Music Starts @ 7:30 PM
The New York Mills Regional Cultural Center’s 2024 Fall Concert Series continues with Curtis & Loretta on Thursday, September 26, 2024 at 7:30 p.m.
Curtis & Loretta are a folk singer-songwriter duo, guided by their love of good songs and inspired by the stories of people they have met over 40 years of touring.
“Husband-and-wife team Curtis Teague and Loretta Simonet are living treasures of the Twin Cities folk scene, with a body of music rich in lovely harmonies and delicately wrought mandolin and harp.” — The Onion
Weaving together soaring harmonies with a wild menagerie of instruments that includes guitars, harp, mandocello, banjo, ukulele, kazoo, harmonica, and percussion, the duo performs their poignant originals with humor and heart.
Curtis’ down-home sense of humor and Loretta’s theater background engage the audience in an experience that runs the gamut of rolling with laughter to holding back tears, with plenty of side-trips in between.
“They blend humor and realism in a poignant performance of super-duper stuff.” — Illinois Times, Springfield, IL
Named “Best Acoustic Performers of the Twin Cities,” they were awarded a Creative Individuals grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board for 2024, which will enable them to tour throughout greater Minnesota this year, presenting concerts in eight small communities. They will also do an outreach concert at a retirement home in each community.
Curtis & Loretta live in Minneapolis, and travel across the U.S., taking their unique brand of folk music to festivals, concert halls, retirement homes, and more. But they also absolutely love getting out to greater Minnesota and making connections with audiences there. They’ve performed in New York Mills before, and are excited to return. They always look forward to spending time with audience members after the concert, answering questions, hearing folks’ personal stories, and learning more about each community. This tour includes Bagley, Kelliher, Park Rapids, McIntosh, New York Mills, Starbuck, Farwell, Dassell, and Evansville.
Loretta grew up in Stillwater in the 1960s, when it was indeed a small town. In such a deeply connected environment, she developed the ability and desire to observe people more closely, and create music that tells their stories and celebrates our connections to each other. Curtis grew up in Duncanville, Texas, back when the downtown consisted of a feed store and a Dairy Queen. He learned to sing harmony beside his mother in a small country church.
Adult tickets are $10 in advance or $12 at the door ($2 member discount); student tickets are $5. You can buy your advance tickets online (click below) or in person at the Cultural Center, or get them at the door on the night of the concert. Doors open at 7:00 p.m. and music starts at 7:30. Refreshments will be available.
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“Loretta Simonet has a jewel of a voice, while Curtis Teague’s warm baritone and instrumentals are consistently impressive.” — Jon Bream, Minneapolis Star Tribune
Additionally, as part of their Minnesota State Arts Board-funded tour of Greater Minnesota, Curtis & Loretta will play an afternoon concert for the residents of Vitality Living in New York Mills (formerly Mills Manor), before their evening concert at the New York Mills Regional Cultural Center at 7:30 p.m. on the evening of Thursday, September 26, 2024.
Call the Cultural Center at (218) 385-3339 with any questions.
