The New York Mills Regional Cultural Center’s Fall 2024 Concert Series continues with Curtis and Loretta on Thursday, Sept. 26 at 7:30 p.m. 

Curtis and Loretta are a folk singer-songwriter duo, guided by their love of good songs and inspired by the stories of people they have met in their over 40 years of touring.

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 the 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. 

Together, Curtis and Loretta weave 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.

Curtis and Loretta now live in Minneapolis, and travel across the U.S., taking their unique brand of folk music to festivals, concert halls, retirement homes and more. 

Adult tickets are $10 in advance or $12 at the door ($2 member discount); students $5. Refreshments available. Tickets can be purcahsed online, by calling  the Cultural Center at 385-3339, or at the door. Doors open at 7 p.m. and music begins at 7:30 p.m.

Loretta Simonet is a fiscal year 2024 recipient of a Creative Individuals grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board. This activity is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund.

Visit www.kulcher.org or call the Cultural Center at 385-3339 with any questions.

Learn more at www.kulcher.org/curtis-loretta-concert-thursday-september-26-2024/

Buy tickets online at www.kulcher.networkforgood.com/events/74907-curtis-loretta-concert