Winona Arts Center - 2025-2026 Concert Series
Concerts are presented at the Winona Arts Center, 228 East 5th Street, Winona, MN.
Tickets are available in advance at Eventbrite and at Music Mart (Formerly Hardt's Music) or at the door. Coffeehouse and gallery are open 1 hour prior to concerts.
Skip the fees while supporting your local music store by purchasing directly at Music Mart. Music Mart now accepts credit/debit cards. If paying by check at Music Mart, please make your check out to Music Mart.
Claudia Schmidt
Sunday / February 15 / 3:00pm
$25 Advance ($28.52 on Eventbrite) / $30 at the Door
Skip the Eventbrite fees while supporting your local music store by purchasing directly at Music Mart. Tickets are available at Music Mart until February 14th at 4pm and on Eventbrite until February 15th at 12pm. Music Mart now accepts credit cards and checks made out to Music Mart.
Buy tickets now: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/claudia-schmidt-tickets-1978860984474?aff=oddtdtcreator
Open for gallery at 2:00pm.
Performance at 3:00pm
Claudia Schmidt brings her exuberant music and love of humanity back to the Winona Art Center. With her multi-octave voice, 12 string guitar and mountain dulcimer, she weaves together song, story and spoken word in a one-of-a-kind presentation that will fill your heart and refresh your soul.
After more than 50 years of writing and performing, she is as strong as ever, sharing her wonder and amazement at the world and all the creatures, including us, who inhabit it. She recently released her 22nd album, Reimagining, and is working on new material for yet another release in the not too distant future. Come and get energized, humorized and harmonized!
Conductor Jack
Photo Credit: Photographer Emma Smith for Jack and Kitty Media Group.
Conductor Jack
Saturday / February 21 / 10:00am
This is a free children's show, no tickets required! Early arrival is highly recommended.
9:30AM - Doors open
10:00 to 11:00AM - Show
Join Emmy Award winning educator and children’s entertainer Jack Zinghopper for a kids dance party with live instruments – including guitar, ukulele, harmonica, and more! Named “Nashville’s #1 Children’s Entertainer” for FIVE years in a row, Jack will get your kids movin’ and groovin’! He even brings a few hand puppets from The Zinghoppers YouTube Kids channel. Get ready to rock, bop and Zinghop! This performance will be filmed.
Jack Norton
Photo Credit: Photographer Emma Smith for Jack and Kitty Media Group.
Jack Norton
Saturday / February 21 / 7:00pm
This is a free performance, no tickets required! Early arrival is highly recommended.
6:00PM - Doors open
7:00 to 8:00PM - Show
Travel back in time with Emmy Award winning songwriter Jack Norton for a concert of vaudeville blues, country, and vintage Americana folk music. Oddball ukulele legend Tiny Tim hailed Norton as “the greatest entertainer I have ever seen!” The Minneapolis Star Tribune called Jack “one of the most entertaining acoustic musicians in the Midwest.” His performances are an authentic throwback to a simpler time and bygone era. This performance will be filmed.
Weary Ramblers
Saturday / February 28 / 7:00pm
$20 Advance ($23.18 on Eventbrite) / $25 at the Door
Skip the Eventbrite fees while supporting your local music store by purchasing directly at Music Mart. Tickets are available at Music Mart and on Eventbrite until February 28th at 4pm. Music Mart now accepts credit cards and checks made out to Music Mart.
Coffeehouse & gallery open at 6:00pm. Cash bar for wine & beer.
Performance at 7:00pm
Buy tickets now: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/weary-ramblers-tickets-1978861321482?aff=oddtdtcreator
"The Weary Ramblers will break your heart and change your life with original songs that cut to the marrow…it doesn’t get more heart-warmingly down home than this recently united duo, featuring Chad Elliott on guitar and vocals and Kathryn Severing Fox on vocals, guitar, fiddle, viola, mandolin, and piano. Both bring a disarming intimacy to their writing, singing and playing that will leave you glowing with reasons to be alive. Chad is a veteran of the Paradiso stage, having left us in a puddle…the addition of Kathryn increases the melt factor exponentially.” — Fairfield Muse
"The Weary Ramblers, featuring Chad Elliott and Kathryn Fox, are making waves with their fresh take on folk music. This duo stands out for their exceptional chemistry and multi-instrumental talents, offering a performance rich in tight harmonies and compelling storytelling. Their performances are not just concerts, but a journey through heartfelt lyrics and beautifully crafted melodies.” — Heylo
Patina
Saturday / March 21 / 7:00pm
$10 Advance ($12.51 on Eventbrite) / $15 at the Door
Skip the Eventbrite fees while supporting your local music store by purchasing directly at Music Mart. Tickets are available at Music Mart and on Eventbrite until March 21st at 4pm. Music Mart now accepts credit cards and checks made out to Music Mart.
Coffeehouse & gallery open at 6:00pm. Cash bar for wine & beer.
Performance at 7:00pm
Buy tickets now: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/patina-tickets-1978861405734?aff=oddtdtcreator
Sue Lee Ringwelski has been sharing her easy listening music with her friends and family in homes, at campfires, family functions, events and coffee houses on a regular basis for many years. Sue Lee has written or collaborated on many of the originals that Patina now plays.
Kara Mae has had sixteen years of classical training with her instrument. She is an award winning fiddler having won a fiddle contest at the Lacrosse, WI Irish Festival. Her beautiful singing voice also enhances the stories that are inherent in many of the Irish folk songs that Patina plays.
For over thirty years, Greg has been hooked on Celtic music in all its forms. Greg plays a Brendan White Bodhran for Patina. The high whistles are made by Michael Burke Whistles and McNeela Music Instruments and the low whistle is made by Carbony Celtic Winds. He also plays the accordion and backing guitar.
Ryan Picone Quartet
Saturday / April 11 / 7:00pm
$20 Advance ($23.18 on Eventbrite) / $25 at the Door
Skip the Eventbrite fees while supporting your local music store by purchasing directly at Music Mart. Tickets are available at Music Mart and on Eventbrite until April 11th at 4pm. Music Mart now accepts credit cards and checks made out to Music Mart.
Buy tickets now: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ryan-picone-quartet-tickets-1978861469926?aff=oddtdtcreator
Coffeehouse & gallery open at 6:00pm. Cash bar for wine & beer.
Performance at 7:00pm
The Ryan Picone Quartet has become a creative force in the Twin Cities’ jazz scene, blending a deep Hot Club Jazz tradition. The Ryan Picone Quartet's music is rooted in the spirit of Django Reinhardt, yet the quartet often ventures into other musical landscapes.
“Swinging, sensual, moody, rousing—Ryan Picone Quartet's music follows the trail of Django Reinhardt's Gypsy jazz. Listening to these tracks, you can almost smell the campfire smoke and see the nighttime lights of Paris burning on the horizon."—Michael Dregni, Author Django: The Life and Music of a Gypsy Legend.
The Ryan Picone Quartet is led by guitarist and composer Dr. Ryan Anthony Picone. A devoted acolyte of the celebrated guitarist Stéphane Wrembel, Ryan’s music is deeply connected to the foundational spirit of Django Reinhardt, yet it draws influence from Choro, Nuevo Tango, Raga, Flamenco, Maqam, Cuban son montuno to, Post-Minimalist, and Classical traditions—each woven seamlessly into the fabric of the quartet’s musical identity.
Cafe Accordion Orchestra
Saturday / April 25 / 7:00pm
$25 Advance ($28.52 on Eventbrite) / $30 at the Door
Skip the Eventbrite fees while supporting your local music store by purchasing directly at Music Mart. Tickets are available at Music Mart and on Eventbrite until April 25th at 4pm. Music Mart now accepts credit cards and checks made out to Music Mart.
Buy tickets now: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/cafe-accordion-orchestra-tickets-1978861594298?aff=oddtdtcreator
Coffeehouse & gallery open at 6:00pm. Cash bar for wine & beer.
Performance at 7:00pm
Dan Newton's Café Accordion Orchestra (CAO) performs an eclectic mix full of French flare, Latin heat and Bohemian attitude. The heart of the CAO repertoire is the romantic, Parisian valse-musette. The group complements the musettes with Parisian hot club, swing, ballads, tangos, cha chas, rumbas, and cumbias to create a wonderfully varied show. They inject their music with good humor and expressive abandon. Their high level of musicianship and passion for performance makes them an entertaining concert act as well as a great dance band.
CAO is led by Dan Newton on accordion and vocals, with Eric Mohring on mandolin, violin and vocals, Mike Cramer on guitar and vocals, Erik Lillestol on bass and vocals and Joe Steinger on percussion. CAO has been delighting audiences and dancers alike since 1995. They have appeared in New York at the Lincoln Center's Midsummer Night Swing series, the International Akkordeon Festival in Vienna, Austria, the Minnesota State Fair, as well as festivals, theaters and dance halls across the United States.
Dave Moore
Saturday / May 2 / 7:00pm
$20 Advance ($23.18 on Eventbrite) / $25 at the Door
Skip the Eventbrite fees while supporting your local music store by purchasing directly at Music Mart. Tickets are available at Music Mart and on Eventbrite until May 2nd at 4pm. Music Mart now accepts credit cards and checks made out to Music Mart.
Coffeehouse & gallery open at 6:00pm. Cash bar for wine & beer.
Performance at 7:00pm
Buy tickets now: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/dave-moore-tickets-1978861722682?aff=oddtdtcreator
Dave Moore is one of the great songwriters to come out of the state of Iowa. Known for his elegant songwriting and instrumental prowess on blues guitar, button accordion and harmonica he has become somewhat of a legend. He is a folksinger, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist who performed regularly on A Prairie Home Companion between 1986 and 2014. In 1985, he won a National Endowment for the Arts grant to study Conjunto accordion with Fred Zimmerle in Texas; he had previously "spent the bulk of the '70s traveling through Latin America and the American South and West, soaking in a wide range of musical influences along the way," and studying with folk musicians in San Cristobal de las Casas and Chiapas.
This activity is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a grant from the Southeastern Minnesota Arts Council thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund.
