Big River Theatre

Monthly Mindful Drumming
2025-04-17 18:00 - 19:00, 2025-03-20 18:00 - 19:00, 2025-02-20 18:00 - 19:00 (America/Chicago) | Big River Theatre, Big River Theatre, 121 S. Main Street, Alma, WI, 54610, United States
Join us for a relaxing and meditative drum circle, hosted by Alma’s Cheri Bunker. No experience needed. Every third Thursday of the month. All are welcome!
$10 entry.

Dirk Quinn Band
2025-04-16 19:00 - 21:00 | Big River Theatre, Big River Theatre, 121 S. Main Street, Alma, WI, 54610, United States
Celebrate the completion of tax season April 16th at 7pm with Dirk Quinn Band – a funk, jam, jazz group from Philadelphia!
Meet the band:
The American band The Dirk Quinn Band, from Philadelphia, is a dynamic group that specializes at jazz and jazz fusion. With their distinctive fusion of sophisticated melodies, throbbing rhythms, and improvisational skill, this quintet of gifted musicians has mesmerized audiences.
The Dirk Quinn Band, who take their cues from jazz greats like Miles Davis and John Coltrane, give their music a contemporary touch by adding elements of funk, rock, and soul. Masterful solos, syncopated grooves, and fluid transitions that keep the audience on the edge of their seats characterize their explosive performances.
The Dirk Quinn Band produces a sound environment that is both intriguing and invigorating because to their superb musicianship and close-knit chemistry. Audiences are taken by their music to a place where barriers are broken and the jazz spirit is alive and well. These talented musicians play with such passion and heart that every note they play evokes a variety of emotions, from joy and excitement to meditation and contemplation.
The Dirk Quinn Band stands out as a major force in the world of jazz and jazz fusion. Their cutting-edge and alluring sound pushes the limits of the genre and leaves a lasting effect on everyone who has the pleasure of listening to it. The Dirk Quinn Band is the band to turn to if you’re in the mood for a musical journey that will excite your senses and leave you wanting more.
Members: Dirk Quinn (guitar), Michael Borowski (keyboard), Stephen Kurtz (bass), Chris Aschman (trumpet, steel drums), Ken Ulansey (horns), Steve Zegray (drums).

Movie night: The Proposal
2025-04-08 19:00 - 21:00 | WI
Join us for a movie!
Movie: The Proposal
Rated PG-13
Door: 6:30pm
Show: 7pm

Free admission!

Movie Night: Isle of Dogs
2025-04-01 19:00 - 21:00 | Big River Theatre, Big River Theatre, 121 S. Main Street, Alma, WI, 54610, United States
Join us for a movie!
Movie: Isle of Dogs
Rated: PG-13
Door: 6:30pm
Show: 7pm
Free admission!

Evolution of a Family Farm with Nora Lindstrom
2025-03-25 19:00 - 21:00 | Big River Theatre, Big River Theatre, 121 S. Main Street, Alma, WI, 54610, United States
This is a FREE event sponsored by the Buffalo County Historical Society March 18th at 7pm! Presented by Nora Lindstrom.

Movie Night: Cheaper by the Dozen
2025-03-22 19:00 - 21:00 | WI
Join us for a movie!
Movie: Cheaper by the Dozen
Rated PG
Door: 6:30pm
Show: 7pm

Free admission!

A Visit From Will Dilg & Songs from Our Mighty Mississippi (Evening Show)
2025-03-14 19:00 - 21:30 | WI
Steven Marking joins us for a special presentation of his film and music: A Visit from Will Dilg & Songs from Our Mighty Mississippi

There will be two performances: March 13th & March 14th.

March 13 Matinee showing: 10:30am
March 14 evening showing: 7:00pm

Tickets on sale now!
Advance: $15
Day of show: $20

About the Presentation: In A Visit from Will Dilg, Steven Marking plays environmental leader Will Dilg, sharing the story of grass roots activism that led to the protection of America’s first Fish and Wildlife Refuge. A civic engagement success story, the performance showcases the transformation that can happen when people work together for conservation and environmental protection for future generations.
The 50 minute multimedia performance is followed by an interactive discussion by Riverlorian Steven Marking. This production can be followed by songs and stories from another of his creations, Our Mighty Mississippi – from the Headwaters to the Gulf of Mexico. This would make a full 2 hour presentation.

Join us!

A Visit from Will Dilg & Songs from Our Mighty Mississippi (Matinee)
2025-03-13 10:30 - 13:00 | Big River Theatre, Big River Theatre, 121 S. Main Street, Alma, WI, 54610, United States

Danny Diamond + Brian Miller
2025-03-11 19:00 - 21:00 | Big River Theatre, Big River Theatre, 121 S. Main Street, Alma, WI, 54610, United States
Saint Patrick will be alive and well Tuesday, March 11th at Big River Theatre in Alma, WI as we welcome Danny Diamond and Brian Miller as we get in touch with our real or imagined Irish roots.
Tickets: $15 advance/$18 day of show
Doors: 6:30pm
Show: 7:00pm

Meet Danny & Brian
Minnesota-based duo Danny Diamond (formerly of Slow Moving Clouds, Swan Lake / Loch na hEala, Mórga) & Brian Miller (Bua, The Lost Forty) brings together two of the top Irish folk/traditional musicians in the US. Their soulful and compelling live performances run the gamut from romantic waltzes to tearaway reels, punctuated by impeccable arrangements of newly-unearthed traditional songs.
Building on their 2021 duo album, Let Fly, their live set digs deep into Diamond’s roots in the north of Ireland, showcasing rare and unusual repertoire, played with rhythm and sensitivity. These instrumentals sit alongside new arrangements of rediscovered Irish-American folksongs from the Northwoods of the Upper Midwest.

Take a listen here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmJ_kyjI4ng

Tuvergen Band
2025-03-06 19:00 - 21:00 | Big River Theatre, Big River Theatre, 121 S. Main Street, Alma, WI, 54610, United States
The Tuvergen Band is joining us at Big River Theatre for an unforgettable performance Thursday, March 6th at 7pm!

Doors: 6:30pm
Show: 7:00pm
Tickets: $15 advance/$18 day of show

Meet the band:
An emerging act at world music festivals across the U.S., Tuvergen Band (“galloping” in Mongolian) is a Chicago-based folk-fusion trio founded by Tamir Hargana (lead vocals, folklutes, morin khuur), Naizal Hargana (morin khuur, vocals), and Brent Roman (percussion,didgeridoo, vocals) in 2020. Hailing from Hulunbuir, Inner Mongolia, Tamir and Naizal bringsome of the country’s most distinctive sounds to Tuvergen Band, including the cello-likehorsehead fiddle (morin khuur), various folk lutes (the Tuvan doshpuluur and West Mongoliantovshuur), and khoomii throat singing. An ethnomusicologist and Asian percussion specialist,Roman augments these sounds with a custom hybrid drum kit of twenty global percussioninstruments and didgeridoo. The trio use this rich instrumental palette to perform what they call“modern nomadic music,” incorporating bluegrass, blues, rock, and more into its repertoire ofMongolian and Tuvan folk songs and originals.

Saturday Morning Cartoons
2025-03-01 09:00 - 11:00 | Big River Theatre, Big River Theatre, 121 S. Main Street, Alma, WI, 54610, United States
Remember these? Join us for a few of the classics – Bugs Bunny, Scooby Doo, Pinky & the Brain, Recess, & more every first Saturday of the month!
Saturday, March 1 • 9am-11am
Tickets: $2
Come on down!

Tennessee Stiffs
2025-02-28 19:00 - 21:00 | Big River Theatre, Big River Theatre, 121 S. Main Street, Alma, WI, 54610, United States
They’re back!! It’s the Tennessee Stiffs, coming back this year as a full band. Outfitted with mandolins, guitars, bass drums, cool microphones and electric energy, “the Stiffs” make their way from Red Wing to Alma Friday, February 28th at 7pm.

Friday, February 28th
Doors: 6:30pm
Show: 7pm
Tickets: $15advance/$20 day of show

Meet The Stiffs:
The Stiffs—who hail not from the Volunteer State but that other roots-music Mecca, Austin, TX—dip their bucket deep into the well of American music. Warped lo-fi folk gives way to frenetic honky-tonk riff rock and gutbucket country; forlorn Americana anthems resound off Texas hillsides, and blazing Southern rock screeches like tires on the last lap of a cup-winning speedway run. Their third and most recent double concept album goes deeper still, dredging up minor-key Southern-gothic circus waltzes, spaghetti-Western vampire shuffles, and the kind of fuzz-drenched blues you’d hear wafting from a Detroit garage.
Formed in late 2011 and fueled by their eclectic musical interests, co-founders-turned-married-couple Ethan Lee and Cara B were determined to create something never heard before.
Cara’s melodies range from hauntingly beautiful to wildly soulful. Blended with Lee’s foot-stomping rhythms and gravelly vocals, the two take the “Beauty and the Beast” standard to heart.
After recording the debut album, “Nightery,” in April 2015, the Stiffs garnered attention from all over the United States. The Akademia Music Awards gave “Nightery” the Best Americana Album Award. Keeping up the momentum, the Stiffs toured again in ‘18 and ‘19 promoting the sophomore album, “Thirty Pieces.” The waves propelled them to perform at the likes of Wildwood Festival and Salem Arts Festival in Oregon, Taos Mesa Mothership, and were featured on podcasts and live radio premieres in Nashville and Knoxville TN.
In 2022, the release of the highly anticipated third album, a concept collection called “Dearly Departed”, picked up some PR with Glide agazine, Parade Magazine, Americana UK and more.
Fast forward to 2023, Cara and Lee have re-located to Red Wing MN, continuing their musical endeavor with locals Jake Ricks and Adam Olson. They’ve been featured on The Current, and are making their way around the region with sway.
Check out their song “Josephine” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rxq_nNeZiZA

Movie Night: Misery
2025-02-26 19:00 - 21:00 | Big River Theatre, Big River Theatre, 121 S. Main Street, Alma, WI, 54610, United States
Join us for a movie!
Movie: Misery
Wednesday, February 26 • 7pm
FREE admission
Rated PG

Film: February
2025-02-11 19:00 - 21:00 | WI
We are SO excited to welcome Nathan Deming who is coming to present his film: February.
February is part of The “Year Project” — a 12-part film series set in Wisconsin based on the months of the year.

TWO showtimes:
3:00pm matinee
7:00pm evening show

This is a FREE event!

Description: A recent Mexican immigrant (David Ezekiel Duran) struggles to fit into a small town in Wisconsin in winter, until discovering ice fishing. Part of the “Year Project”, a film series based on each month of the year all set in Wisconsin. Winner of a “Golden Badger” at the Wisconsin Film Festival.

Basic credits: Starring David Ezekiel Duran, Nayeli Hernandez, Erick Inestroza, and Richie Gordon. Produced by Adam Stunkle. Cinematography by Leo Purman. PD by Maria Medrano. Written & Directed by Nathan Deming.

Interview with filmmaker Nathan Demming: https://www.wpr.org/culture/february-is-hot-at-wisconsin-film-festival

The “Year Project”
The “Year Project” is a 12 part series of films set in the same small town in Wisconsin, each inspired by the months of the year written & directed by Nathan Deming.
Inspired by the works of Mike Leigh and Sufjan Stevens, as well as Kieslowski’s 10-part Dekalog and Honore de Balzac’s novel series La Comédie Humaine, Nathan hopes to tell an interweaving series of stories that explore multiple strata of society through different perspectives and experiences all with the common backdrop of one town, Wisconsin, and the unifying elements of shared life we all have together: time, country, politics, culture, capitalism, globalism, religion, family and individual personality…
This is an ambitious and on-going project that is expected to happen in and around the rest of his career, going in sequential order – March is up next

Film: February
2025-02-11 15:00 - 16:00 | Big River Theatre, Big River Theatre, 121 S. Main Street, Alma, WI, 54610, United States

Taylor James Donskey + Sarah Morris
2025-02-07 19:00 - 21:00 | Big River Theatre, Big River Theatre, 121 S. Main Street, Alma, WI, 54610, United States
Our excellent night of music coming up featuring La Crosse native Taylor James Donskey and the effervescent Sarah Morris has been RESCHEDULED for February 7th, 2025.

Meet the artists:
Taylor James Donskey is a lover and writer of songs. Although he has become known for his work as a sideman (bass, vocals, trumpet, trombone, percussion), Donskey considers himself a songwriter and band leader ahead of all else.
Absorbing the sounds of the many bands he’s played in (I Like You, The Lowland Lakers, Lena Elizabeth, The Gentlemen’s Anti-Temperance League, Mississippi Hot Club), Donskey has carved a unique spot for himself in the Twin Cities music scene that includes elements of pop, bluegrass, folk, and jazz.
Raised in La Crosse, Wisconsin and influenced by his time in the Driftless Region, he picked up the bass at 14 and began his life as a sideman. He played in pop-punk bands and school jazz combos. He sang in choirs and played trumpet, trombone, percussion, and most importantly, the bass. This led him to playing paid gigs in high school, sitting in with his uncle’s cover band. “I had to learn nearly two hours of rock cover songs,” Donskey says. Playing music by Bowie, Petty, Harrison, and McCartney left its mark. “A lot of that music had incredible bass lines like I’d never really heard. It really inspired me.”
Recognizing his talent, his uncle gave him a Sigma acoustic guitar. “He bought it in the seventies, and I’ve continued to play it. A relentless old companion, it has followed me wherever I go, and it is the instrument from which many of my songs have grown.” Taking that big leap into the spotlight, Taylor James Donskey emerges from his supporting role with Paper Over It, a sophisticated debut, showcasing his strong songwriting skills and prowess as an arranger and producer.
When not busy performing his own music or touring in Lena Elizabeth’s band, he teaches ukulele, piano, electric bass, upright bass, guitar, songwriting, music theory, and voice. “Teaching is my second great joy,” he says. “I’ve learned how to translate the language of music so that people may experience it in their own way.”

Sarah Morris has a habit of missing the forest. From the day the Minneapolis based singer-songwriter picked up a guitar, armed with the bone-deep memory of her parents’ well-loved record collection and rooted in the storytelling fire of a Mary Chapin Carpenter tune, she’s been too busy crafting love letters to the details of the trees. Sarah’s endearingly honest, expertly penned songs encourage audiences to pull away from the big picture and get caught up in the magic of our everyday minutia, the rainy day ache in her sunlit voice granting us permission to escape into stories at once hauntingly familiar and uniquely her own.
A graduate of the Lawrence University Conservatory of Music, Sarah spent the first years of her career in Nashville, losing herself in the art of writing timeless Americana melodies. “Sarah Morris [is] a bright, clear, brilliant songwriter,” wrote Jon Hunt of L’Etoile Magazine. “…pure and crisp and perfect.” In the eight years since her 2011 debut album, Lonely or Free, Sarah’s career, like her songs, has been overflowing with delicious details. Her albums Ordinary Things (2015), Hearts in Need of Repair (2017), and All Mine (2020) recorded with band mates Thomas Nordlund, Andrew Foreman, and Lars-Erik Larson with producer Eric Blomquist, earned international airplay and considerable critical acclaim, reaching notable positions on both the Americana Music Association and Euro Americana charts. In 2016, Sarah was a top four finalist in the NewSong Music Contest at Lincoln Center in New York City, 2nd place winner of the Chris Austin Songwriting Competition at MerleFest in Wilkesboro, NC, and an Americana semi-finalist in the International Songwriting Competition. In 2018, she went on to win the Kerrville New Folk Competition, collecting an honorable mention at the Telluride Troubadour contest along the way. More recently, Sarah was named Midwest Country Music Organization’s Songwriter of the Year for the second time.
“Rootsy singer Sarah Morris offers a Norah Jones-like approach to Americana, smoothing overs its rough edges with a butter-velvety voice and an intimate songwriting style.” Chris Riemenschneider, Star Tribune.
Inclined toward the intimacy of live performance, Sarah spends a remarkable amount of time on stage. Whether solo, backed by the country kick of her long-time band The Sometimes Guys (Nordlund, Foreman, and Lars-Erik Larson), as half of vintage-harmony heavy duo The Home Fires with Vicky Emerson, or hosting local and traveling musicians live online from her big green bathroom, her playful-hearted presence is both captivating and contagious. Amidst her steady performance schedule she has opened for greats like JD Souther, Suzy Bogguss, and Teddy Thompson – she’s had plenty of beautiful moments to revel in. And with a brand new album to share in 2023, she’s primed to offer us a few beautiful moments of our own.
Deeply committed to the Twin Cities’ life-giving music community, Morris hosts an online interview program called, “Hey, I Miss You,” to amplify the work of her peers, as well as collaborating with musicians for a Youtube series of under-rehearsed cover songs filmed in her laurel green bathroom. Additionally, Morris is head cheerleader for a local songwriting collective.
As a writer, lover, mother, and witness, Morris invites us to join her in missing the forest for the trees, with songs that count and celebrate the glorious details of our messy, magical, everyday lives.

Saturday Morning Cartoons
2025-02-01 09:00 - 11:00 | WI
Remember these? Join us for a few of the classics – Bugs Bunny, Scooby Doo, Pinky & the Brain, Recess, & more every first Saturday of the month!
Saturday, February 1 • 9am-11am
Tickets: $2
Come on down!

Monthly Mindful Drumming
2025-01-16 18:00 - 19:00 | WI

Luke Callen & Michael Gay Song Swap
2025-01-10 19:00 - 21:00 | Big River Theatre, Big River Theatre, 121 S. Main Street, Alma, WI, 54610, United States
Join us Friday, January 10th for a song swap featuring Luke Callen and Michael Gay!

Show: 7pm
Tickets: $13 advance/$15 day of show

Meet Luke: In an age of quick fixes, flashing screens, and pop ‘songs’ that are more formula than art, an album that takes its sweet time is a radical act. “Also Going Nowhere”, Luke Callen’s third full-length effort is just that – a collection of songs that spread out through time and space, dripping with honest Midwest charm and a mischievous glint. It’s music that you can relax into, paired with lyrics you’ll want to chew on and savor, that ask something of their listener. These songs are proof and reminder: you don’t actually have to go anywhere at all to, you know, get somewhere.

Meet Michael:
Michael Gay is a Minneapolis-based country folk storyteller. Starting off as a drummer and finding his way to guitar, he was inspired by the singer-songwriters of his dad’s generation–Willie Nelson, John Prine and Jerry Jeff Walker.
“I dove into that world head-first,” Michael says. “I love thrift stores, and I’d just buy whatever I could find for a dollar or two that had a name on it I recognized. 70’s singer-songwriters and outlaw country was kinda what got the wheels turning because it was cheap/free at the time. But my dad’s record collection is where it started to come together for me.”
Born in Denver and raised in Rochester, MN, Michael studied history at the University of Minnesota with the intention of teaching high school social studies until he moved to Minneapolis’ vibrant NE neighborhood and was drawn to the bands and songwriters playing corner bars like the 331 Club. He was hooked.
Michael quickly established his place among the Twin Cities’ finest Americana artists while releasing music under the moniker, Almighty American, winning fans and media praise for his honest, accessible songwriting. “Bus Brakes,” the single from Almighty American’s first full-length album Somewhere Ride (2017) was featured on The Current, drew comparisons to Jason Isbell and Boxcar Willie and was hailed as “the real deal” (Ear to the Ground Music). A magnetic presence on stage, Michael has opened up for such acts as Margo Price, The Mavericks, Kacy & Clayton, Emily Scott Robinson and more.
Going from a full band to a more stripped-down sound, Michael Gay started performing under his own name in 2020, right around the time he started recording his new album in Nashville. Coming out of those sessions with more than enough for an album, he released the single “Long, Cold Winter” — “a song that brings to mind John Prine, both through its sound and its wry, witty lyrics” (Americana UK). Released with the B-side “Good Night,” the track made a splash on folk and Americana radio. Now, with the release of his full-length album Make It Right (June 18, 2021), he solidifies his place as one of the young songwriters to watch. Produced by John James Tourville and mixed/mastered by Paul Oldham, the album evokes the heartfelt storytelling of Guy Clark and the layered musical sensibility of Josh Ritter.
In the spring of 2023, he and his band (now consisting of Daniel Stewart on Bass, Matt Decker on Drums, and AJ Srubas on Pedal Steel) filmed and recorded the last show of a monthly residency at The Terminal Bar in NE Minneapolis. The result was a live album- “Michael Gay & His Dang Band: Live from a Dive” released in March of 2024. The full album’s live performance is available to watch on Youtube and the audio is available to stream in digital album format on all major streaming platforms.

Big River Theatre Christmas Show
2024-12-20 19:00 - 21:00 | Big River Theatre, Big River Theatre, 121 S. Main Street, Alma, WI, 54610, United States
You and your family are WELCOME to join us for Big River Theatre’s 2nd annual Christmas show! Brought to you by local and not-so-local musicians and storytellers, this night will feature classic Christmas carols, original tunes, holiday cookies by Travis the baker and a whole lot of cozy goodness. Music by Mac Cherry + Katie Henry, Nate Sabin + the family, Al Green and more.
Plus a Christmas story reading by Hywell Taff Roberts.

Friday, December 20 • 7pm
$10 advance/$15 day of show

Drum Circle with Cheri Bunker
2024-12-19 18:00 - 19:00, 2024-11-21 18:00 - 19:00 | WI

The Empty Pockets
2024-12-04 19:00 - 21:00 | Big River Theatre, Big River Theatre, 121 S. Main Street, Alma, WI, 54610, United States
The Empty Pockets join us for a special Christmas show Wednesday, December 4 at 7pm!
Meet the Empty Pockets:
Light flickers in even the darkest of spaces and smallest cracks. Similarly, The Empty Pockets ignite a bright flame of their own by harnessing a joyful friction between Americana, folk, and rock ‘n’ roll spiked with roots soul. The Chicago quartet—Josh Solomon [guitar, vocals], Erika Brett [keyboards, vocals], Nate Bellon [bass, vocals], and Adam Balasco [drums]—lean on an unspoken, yet airtight musical dialogue honed by countless miles on the road, performances alongside the likes of Kenny Loggins, a procession of fan favorite releases (including a #1 debut), and a wealth of memories together.
Tickets: $17 advance/$20 day of show
Doors: 6:30pm
Show: 7:00pm

Kelley Smith + Kelly Hunt
2024-11-23 19:00 - 21:00 | Big River Theatre, Big River Theatre, 121 S. Main Street, Alma, WI, 54610, United States
Join us for a double whammy Kelley Smith and Kelly Hunt show!
Meet Kelly Smith:
American singer-songwriter Kelley Smith is a hopeless romantic who fancies old poetry and grandpa sweaters. All at once whimsical and haunting, Smith delivers deeply affecting lyrics with wry charm and a time traveler’s voice. Prone to melancholy and daydreaming, Kelley spent her childhood roaming the woods of Minnesota and singing to forest animals. To this day, her longing for that landscape runs deep and seems to find its way into her songs in one way or another.
Raised by musicians, Smith always had music in her bones, but it wasn’t until she was 40 and a mother of four that her first record, Moon Child (2022), came to be. As an insomniac, she wrote this first batch of songs by moonlight. They evoke a sense of belonging, juxtaposed with escapism, as she croons about long-term love, grief, and her draw to the night sky. ”Her authentic, rootsy sound, falling somewhere between country, folk, bluegrass and old-time music, is a pitch-perfect vehicle for the themes she explores…” – Adventures in Americana
Since 2022, Kelley has been lucky to share stages with the likes of Charlie Parr, Dave Simonett, Wild Horses, Drew Peterson, Erik Koskinen, Storyhill, Good Morning Bedlam, Tina Schlieske, Molly Maher, Sarah Morris, and more. Often performing solo or as a duo, Smith interprets old-time folk songs on guitar and banjo, in addition to her original music.
Listen to Kelley’s music here!

Meet Kelly Hunt:
Memphis-raised singer-songwriter Kelly Hunt paints stories as old and offbeat as her Depression-era tenor banjo, reimagining traditions of folk, blues & old-time music in a timeless style that hovers beyond the constraints of genre à la Anaïs Mitchell & Gillian Welch. Hunt’s debut album, Even The Sparrow, was released in May 2019 and named as a finalist for the International Folk Music Awards “Album of the Year.” Her sophomore album, Ozark Symphony, was recorded with Grammy-winning musician & producer Dirk Powell and released on Compass Records in October 2023. Kelly has toured nationally and internationally since 2018 and has opened for the likes of Josh Ritter, Pokey LaFarge, Sarah Harmer, John McCutheon, and The Gibson Brothers.
Listen to Kelly’s music here!

Saturday, November 23rd at 7pm
Tickets: $15 advance/$18 day of show
Doors: 6:30
Show: 7pm

McKain Lakey
2024-11-16 19:00 - 21:00 | WI
She coming with a full band!
Described by What’s Up Magazine as “a time capsule unearthed, fine-tuned and re-imagined”, Lakey draws creative inspiration from far corners of the American music tradition, tracing the lines of musical lineage that connect old time to rockabilly, country to Cajun to Dixieland. A 2024 Cedar Commissions Artist and 2022 Folk Alliance Official Showcase Artist, Lakey is one of the rare musicians that is as talented a songwriter and singer, as instrumentalist and arranger.
Saturday, November 16 at 7pm
Tickets: $13 advance/$15 day of show
Doors: 6:30
Show: 7pm

Saturday Morning Cartoons
2024-11-02 09:00 - 11:00 | WI
Remember these? Join us for a few of the classics – Bugs Bunny, Scooby Doo, Pinky & the Brain, Recess, and more the first Saturday of every month!
Saturday, November 3rd • 9am-11am
Tickets: $2
Come on down!

Halloween @ BRT
2024-10-31 18:00 - 22:00 | Big River Theatre, Big River Theatre, 121 S. Main Street, Alma, WI, 54610, United States
Trick or Treat!
Big River Theatre will have our doors open Halloween night starting at 6pm. Come out, come out, whoever you are! Candy, popcorn, and other goodies for anyone with a costume!!
We will also be showing the 1974 classic Young Frankenstein for our older kids starting at 8pm. As always, it’s free.
See you then!

Trick or treat: 6pm
Young Frankenstein: 8pm

DARKside of Buffalo County
2024-10-30 19:00 - 21:00 | Big River Theatre, Big River Theatre, 121 S. Main Street, Alma, WI, 54610, United States
Just in time for Halloween…
Join us Wednesday, October 30, 2024, for “The Darkside of Buffalo County” by Sara E. Thielen, RN. Sara serves as the president of the Genealogical Society of Eau Claire. Sara has a strong interest in history and genealogy, and her perspective as a Public Health Nurse will make this an informative evening. This presentation will examine an often-overlooked side of history with a thoughtful narrative provided by Sara.
Wednesday, October 30, 2024
Big River Theatre 121 Main Street Alma, WI
7:00 pm
admission is free.
