The Chris Koza Trio at the Historic Holmes Theatre

February 12, 2022 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm

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Enjoy the music of the Chris Koza Trio at the Historic Holmes Theater, 806 Summit Ave, Detroit Lakes, MN on the evening of February 12, 2022. Composer / Performer Chris Koza is an internationally-recognized Americana artist. Chris performs regularly as a solo artist and with his band, Rogue Valley at many renowned Twin Cities’ venues (First Avenue, The Fitzgerald Theater) and festivals (Basilica Block Party, Minnesota State Fair, Iceland Airwaves), and has toured the US, sharing the stage with many well-known musicians.

Chris embraces classic Americana with a contemporary feel and utilizes a wide range of textures in creating music rooted in folk, pop, and storytelling. Subtle synthesizers, rich harmonies and pop-music sensibilities interweave with acoustic and electric guitars, earthy pianos, and familiar rhythms. Despite late-night deep dives in the studio, Chris never strays from the core of the song itself and isn’t afraid to strip the layering back to allow an emotional vocal and solo acoustic deliver the story. Because of this, the songs succeed in a solo setting, as a duo, or with a band of almost any other configuration.

Holmes Theatre Tickets: $15 Adults & $7.50 Students

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About the Talent:

Chris Koza

Chris Koza is a composer and performer based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Both solo and with his band Rogue Valley, he has supported and shared the stage with artists such as Brandi Carlile, Ingrid Michaelson, The Jayhawks, Neko Case, Kathleen Edwards, Dan Wilson, Stephen Kellogg, This is the Kit, and Tift Merrit, among others. His music appears regularly on ABC’s General Hospital and 60 Minutes, and his song Be Wild will be featured as the soundtrack to an upcoming State of Minnesota tourism campaign. His song (Rogue Valley) The Wolves and the Ravens was featured in Ben Stiller’s film The Secret Life of Walter Mitty.

The music Chris produces is rooted in Americana but heeds its own spirit. Born out of folk, country, storytelling and rock ’n roll, Chris both honors and builds on Americana traditions by incorporating a unique pop-music sensibility, subtle synthesizers, rich harmonies, and imaginative production choices. But despite late-night deep dives in the studio, Chris never strays from the core of the song itself and isn’t afraid to let a raw vocal and woodsy acoustic guitar deliver the story. Chris performs solo, as a duo, and with a band of almost any other configuration.

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Takin’ It to the Limit: An Eagles Tribute at the Historic Holmes Theatre

October 22, 2021 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm

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Enjoy the Fabulous Armadillos and Collective Unconscious at the Historic Holmes Theater, 806 Summit Ave, Detroit Lakes, MN on the evening of October 22, 2021 as they come together to recreate the magical songs we all know as the premier band of California Rock in the 70’s, the Eagles. This show is so good we just had to bring it back! Now in their 12th year of performing hundreds of sellout performances of their spot on tribute. You will hear all the hits and relive the sound of your turntable spinning those incredible albums. Hear Take It Easy, Lyin’ Eyes, One Of These Nights, Desperado, I Can’t Tell You Why, Witchy Woman, Hotel California, Take It To The Limit and so many more! With their 9 piece band, you can sit back and close your eyes and take in the power of the Eagles live with the Fabulous Armadillos and Collective Unconscious Eagles Tribute – “Takin’ It To The Limit”.

Holmes Theatre Tickets: $32 Adults & $16 Students

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Collective Unconscious

Formed in the spring of the year 2000 to support lead singer/bass player Jeff Engholm’s first solo CD (Summit Climb), CU performed around central Minnesota as a jam band. A couple of years of Wednesday nights at the Red Carpet Nightclub in St. Cloud, MN firmly established the band’s repertoire, and musicianship, and kept audiences dancing.

During that time they recorded and released a couple of albums of their original material: Collective Unconscious, and The Garden.

A few years later they began performing the Beatles Abbey Road album in its entirety, from Come Together all the way through Her Majesty (years before tribute bands were a thing). From there they expanded on to Simon & Garfunkel’s Bridge Over Troubled Water album (with strings and brass), CSNY’s Deja Vu album, The Band’s The Last Waltz (with a cavalcade of guest performers), and the epically grand album from The Beach Boys Pet Sounds (with a multitude of multi-instrumentalists playing over 30 different instruments).

Eventually, CU joined up with powerhouse The Fabulous Armadillos to perform a show called Takin’ It To The Limit: An Eagles Tribute, which has been entertaining sold-out houses across the midwest ever since.

Collective Unconscious Website | Collective Unconscious Facebook Page

The Fabulous Armadillos

Originally formed to perform multi-instrumentalist Jeff Engholm’s solo album, Summit Climb in the year 2000, Collective Unconscious has grown from those humble roots to become one of Minnesota’s premiere groups. Singer/songwriters Nathan “Nature” Nesje, and Muggsy Lauer make up the core of the group with their slick, well blended vocal harmonies. They are joined by composer/keyboardist George Maurer.

Through the years, the band has performed not only their own music, but expanded into a new genre: album shows. Starting in 2005 with performing The Beatles “Abbey Road” from first track to last (Come Together to Her Majesty), with special guest and semi-band member, Stacy Bauer, they jumped into one of their most ambitious projects, The Beach Boys “Pet Sounds”. That album took an ensemble of over 15 musicians playing an astounding array of instruments from Theramin to timpani, and included The Vees and The Half Steps. Other album projects have included Simon & Garfunkel “Bridge Over Troubled Water”, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young “Deja Vu”, and The Band “The Last Waltz”.

If that wasn’t enough, the group teamed up with The Fabulous Armadillos in 2010 to create a veritable “super group” and have been performing “Takin’ It To The Limit: A Tribute To Eagles”, and “Takin’ It To The Streets: A Tribute To The Doobie Brothers” ever since. And if even that wasn’t enough, members of Collective Unconscious have taken part in groups paying tribute to Zed Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Paul McCartney and Wings, The Guess Who, The Traveling Wilburys, George Harrison, The Blues Brothers, and John Lennon, as well as performing in plays, pit bands, jazz ensembles, jug bands, and this thing we do each February.

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Jeremy Messersmith at the Historic Holmes Theatre

October 2, 2021 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm

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Enjoy the music of Jeremy Messersmith at the Historic Holmes Theater, 806 Summit Ave, Detroit Lakes, MN on the evening of October 2, 2021. Jeremy is an indie pop singer-songwriter who has released 5 full-length records over the last dozen years. To celebrate the 11th anniversary and vinyl reissue of his breakthrough album “The Reluctant Graveyard,” Twin Cities singer/songwriter and “pop genius”, Jeremy Messersmith will be joined by his longtime bandmates to play the record in its entirety, plus some old and new favorites.

“The Reluctant Graveyard” was released in 2010 to great critical acclaim. The album was named one of the Top 10 Albums of the year by NPR and earned messersmith the “Best Local Artist” nod in a Minneapolis Star Tribune critics’ poll. “The success of this album is a still a constant surprise and delight for me and even a decade later I still love performing the songs,” said Jeremy.

Holmes Theatre Tickets: $15 Adults & $7.50 Students

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About the Talent:

Jeremy Messersmith

Jeremy Messersmith is an indie pop singer-songwriter and one of Minnesota’s most recognized and celebrated artists, praised by The New York Times, NPR, USA Today, Paste Magazine, The Wall Street Journal, Time Magazine, Spin, and Rolling Stone among many others. A thoughtful, clever lyricist with a tender voice, the Minneapolis-based troubadour crafts songs that are catchy and relatable, and span the emotional gamut from poignancy to whimsy. Jeremy is one of those rare artists who can break your heart one minute, and then put those fragile pieces back together again the next.

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