(Jackson, Mn.)– The Jackson Center for the Arts has announced that for the first time in the organization’s history, they will be putting on a concert series. Kathy Fransen says it’s being made possible by a grant they received…
“This concert series this year will help us to kick off and celebrate our 10th anniversary of being open downtown Jackson as Jackson Center For The Arts. We have some really exciting music coming. We’ll try to do about six concerts this year with the funding we got from the Southwest Minnesota Art Council and really provide some very special things for everybody in the community.”
Fransen says the opening concert in the series will be Friday evening and will feature the Nikki Lemire (luh-mere) Trio…
“She is a solo harpist. She plays both the pedal harp and the lever harp. She’s been in Jackson before with a couple of other groups, but she’s gone solo now. In addition to that she’s bringing an upright bass and a guitar player to make her trio. She’ll be at Jackson Center For The Arts at 7:00 on Friday night. An incredible vocalist, songwriter, harpist. She just is a wonderful musician and I know that in that setting that we have at the Art Center she’s just going to shine and anyone who comes is going to be blessed.”
Tickets are $10 each, which includes light appetizers. A cash bar will also be available. Doors at the Jackson Center For The Arts will open for the event at 6:00 pm. Fransen says seating is limited and tickets need to be purchased in advance at 507-849-7415 or through their website.
Fransen says the next concert in the series is coming up in April…
“Coming up on April 18th David Huckfeld. He’s from Iowa and he has family I think, in the Spencer area. But he’s also performed in Jackson a couple of times and we’re interested to see him go solo. He was with a band before and now he’s on a solo career. And then on May 28th we have the Squid City Slingers and that will be downtown Jackson on the street with the Farmer’s Market that day kicking off our Farmers and Makers Market for the summer.”
She says additional events are planned in the fall.
