Live at The Lodge: Mike Gilson

August 24, 2023 @ 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm

No cover charge. Drinks & food/appetizers available for purchase from LoLaD’s lobby bar.
Open to guests & the public.

Unwind to guitar and vocals by Mike Gilson, formerly with The Unbelievable Uglies and Friendship at The Best Western Premier Lodge on Lake Detroit on Thursday August 24, 2023 from 5:00 – 7:00 p.m. in the beautiful Fireside Lobby in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota. The Lodge has always featured the best in regional music entertainment. Top performers join us several times during the year in our Fireside Lobby. Whether you are in town as a Lodge guest, or you are a ‘local’ looking for a casual place to relax with friends, your favorite drink and a beautiful view, you’ll find “LIVE at The Lodge” is the place to be.

Live at The Lodge: Talent To Be Announced

July 27, 2023 @ 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm

No cover charge. Drinks & food/appetizers available for purchase from LoLaD’s lobby bar.
Open to guests & the public.

Unwind to guitar and vocals by Mike Gilson, formerly with The Unbelievable Uglies and Friendship at The Best Western Premier Lodge on Lake Detroit on Thursday July 27, 2023 from 5:00 – 7:00 p.m. in the beautiful Fireside Lobby in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota. The Lodge has always featured the best in regional music entertainment. Top performers join us several times during the year in our Fireside Lobby. Whether you are in town as a Lodge guest, or you are a ‘local’ looking for a casual place to relax with friends, your favorite drink and a beautiful view, you’ll find “LIVE at The Lodge” is the place to be on June 23rd.

About the Talent

The dates are set, but we’re still lining up the talent for this night of live musical entertainment at The Lodge. Check back to see who will be here and be sure to plan on being part of the fun.

Skarlett Woods Live at The Lodge

June 29, 2023 @ 5:00 pm – 8:00 pm

No cover charge. Drinks & food/appetizers available for purchase from LoLaD’s lobby bar.
Open to guests & the public.

Enjoy the live musica of Skarlett Woods at The Best Western Premier Lodge on Lake Detroit on Thursday June 29, 2023 from 5:00 – 8:00 p.m. in the beautiful Fireside Lobby in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota. Often known for her way of entwining mesmerizing vocal passages with a 7-string guitar groove far advanced beyond your average singer/songwriter, Skarlett Woods brings folk and West Coast Jazz to the Lodge.

The Lodge has always featured the best in regional music entertainment. Top performers join us several times during the year in our Fireside Lobby. Whether you are in town as a Lodge guest, or you are a ‘local’ looking for a casual place to relax with friends, your favorite drink and a beautiful view, you’ll find “LIVE at The Lodge” is the place to be on June 29th.

About Skarlett Woods

Profoundly introspective, Skarlett Woods is a Minnesota based Singer-Songwriter/Performer who has never been one to follow what most people view as conventional. With a stage presence that demands the attention of a room along with an astonishing vocal range layered with emotion and color, Skarlett undoubtably captures mesmerizing melodic passages using her 7-string guitar that weaves Swing and West Coast Jazz into Folk-themed stories of love. She has opened for acts such as the Blues Traveler, Steven Stills and Judy Collins. She has been captivating audiences all over Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa and North Dakota and will be releasing her highly anticipated Sophomore Album, “Letters To The West” in the Fall of 2023.

Skarlett Woods Website | Skarlett Woods Facebook Page | Skarlett Woods Instagram Page

David Ferreira (Piano/Vocals) with Russ Peterson (Sax)

July 8, 2021 @ 5:00 pm – 8:00 pm

No cover charge. Drinks & food/appetizers available for purchase from LoLaD’s lobby bar.
Open to guests & the public.

Enjoy the best of Detroit Lakes Live Music at The Best Western Premier Lodge on Lake Detroit on Saturday July 8, 2021 from 5:00 – 8:00 p.m. in the beautiful Fireside Lobby in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota. The Lodge has always featured the best in regional music entertainment. Top performers join us several times during the year in our Fireside Lobby. Whether you are in town as a Lodge guest, or you are a ‘local’ looking for a casual place to relax with friends, your favorite drink and a beautiful view, you’ll find “LIVE at The Lodge” is the place to be on July 8th.

About the Talent:

David Ferreira

Dr. David Ferreira currently enjoys teaching jazz piano and the vocal jazz ensembles at both Concordia College and Minnesota State University Moorhead in addition to leading his own professional jazz trio. He pursued his Bachelor of Music degree at Illinois Wesleyan, has done graduate work at Union Theological Seminary’s School of Sacred Music in New York City and received his master’s and doctoral degrees from the College-Conservatory of Music, University of Cincinnati. Dr. Ferreira is a performing singer, conductor, published composer-arranger and jazz pianist. He performed with the Fargo/Moorhead Jazz Arts Group ensembles for 17 years, and directs the Cathedral Choir at First Lutheran Church in Fargo, ND.

David Ferreirae Facebook Page

Russell Peterson

An accomplished classical/jazz saxophonist, bassoonist and composer, Russell Peterson holds degrees from Youngstown State University (Ohio), Le Conservatoire de Bordeaux (France), and Bowling Green State University (Ohio), where he studied with Dr. James Umble, Donald Byo, Jean-Marie Londeix, Dr. Jeffery Lyman and Dr. John Sampen. Winner of numerous prizes, including the top prize at the International Geneva Saxophone Concours, (Switzerland), and first place winner of the MTNA National Music Competition, Mr. Peterson has soloed with orchestras in the United States as well as Europe, including the Dana Chamber Orchestra, (USA), Concordia Orchestra, (USA), Bowling Green Philharmonic, (USA), L’Orchestra de la Suisse Romande, (Switzerland), Collegium Musicum, Basel (Switzerland), The Fargo-Moorhead Symphony Orchestra, The Contra Costa Chamber Orchestra (USA), The Orchestra Conservatorio Superior De M?sica (Spain), The Western New York Chamber Orchestra (USA), and The St. Petersburg Philharmonic, (Russia).

Mr. Peterson is an active chamber musician, performing extensively throughout Europe and The United States with The Transcontinental Saxophone Quartet, and is currently also performing with the Hard-Bop Jazz Saxophone Quartet in Fargo-Moorhead. The Hard-Bop Quartet’s first CD release “DON’T STEP ON YOUR NECK”, is available on Sea-Breeze records and the TSQ’s debut CD “MOUNTAIN ROADS” is available on Albany Records. Russell’s first solo CD “AMERICAN BREATH” is on Barking Dog Records and features the music of David Maslanka, Larry Bell and Peterson. Russell released “Russ Peterson and Friends, Jazz/Rock Saxophone” in Jan of 2010. As an Orchestral player, Russell has served as bassoonist with several symphony orchestras, and is currently principal bassoonist with the Fargo-Moorhead Symphony, as well as bassoonist with t he Fargo-Moorhead Symphony Wind Quintet.

Mr. Peterson has performed with some of the most notable artist in the business: Phil Woods, Manhattan Transfer, Dave Weckle, Peter Erskin, Henry Mancini, Gregg Bissonette, Ray Charles, Wayne Newton, Bill Watrous, Gregg Field, Frankie Valie and the 4 Seasons, Maureen McGovern, Samuel Sanders, The Eroica Trio, Will Kennedy, Frankie Avalon, Tommy Igoe, Nick Brignola, Zoro, Ignacio Berroa, Terri Lyne Carrington, the Four Tops. Mr. Peterson has served on the faculty at Youngstown State University (Ohio), The University of Toledo (Ohio), Minnesota State University Moorhead, The Interlochen Summer Arts Camp (Michigan), The International Music Camp, and is currently instructor of Saxophone, Bassoon ,and Jazz ensemble Iat Concordia College in Moorhead, Minnesota.

Russell Peterson Web Page | Russell Peterson Facebook Page