Annual Longest Night Music Festival Celebrates Local Musicians & Community
Saturday, December 21 @ 7pm @ NYM Cultural Center
New York Mills, MN—December 13, 2024—The New York Mills Regional Cultural Center is pleased to invite EVERYONE to the 16th annual Longest Night Music Festival to be held on Saturday, December 21st at 7:00 p.m.
The Longest Night is a celebratory live music event that brings together an eclectic group of beloved local and regional musical artists to each play a short set. The spirit of the event is to share in merrymaking and music-making on the winter solstice, the longest night of the year.
This year’s line-up currently includes Amanda Standalone (Crosby), Amber Sazama & Lisa Winter (Wadena), Ben Ranson (Sandstone), Caitlin Robertson (Northfield), Dan Whitehead (Ottertail), Dave Virnala (NYM) – tentative, Dylan Selander (NYM), Elliot Frost (NYM), Keith Johnson (Henning) & Aaron Johnson (Moorhead), Kevin Mastel (NYM), and Kip Peltoniemi (NYM). Storyteller Claire Zindler (Otter Tail County) and Writer Lizzie Lawson – Visiting Artist – Writer (Minneapolis) will share stories/readings as well.
These performing artists will deliver an array of styles, sounds and vibes sure to please a variety of musical preferences. In between acts, there is time to converse with your neighbors and take a moment to enjoy some connections amidst a busy holiday season.
The music begins at 7:00 p.m.; doors open at 6:30. Concert is free to attend and ALL are welcome to this annual night of gratitude, community connections, and local live music. Light refreshments and cash bar available. Donations gratefully accepted to support working artists, this event, and all Cultural Center programs.
This activity is made possible in part by the voters of Minnesota through grants from the Lake Region Arts Council, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the Arts and Cultural Heritage fund.
For more information, please call the Cultural Center at (218) 385-3339 or visit the Center’s website at www.kulcher.org.
About the Cultural Center
The New York Mills Regional Cultural Center is a rural hub for creativity, community vitality, and lifelong learning in the arts. The Center offers visitors intimate opportunities to encounter art and artists in its 80-seat concert listening room, visual art gallery in a historic building, gift shop featuring local artists, artist residency program, sculpture park, and a variety of opportunities to learn, grow, and thrive. Since its incorporation in 1990, the Cultural Center has been passionate about connecting people to artists and rich cultural experiences in rural Minnesota, celebrating the local and being a window to the world. For more information, call 218-385-3339, or visit www.kulcher.org.
