Join folk-songwriter duo “Curtis & Loretta” at this special DOUBLE ANNIVERSARY CONCERT! This favorite local duo made up of Curtis Teague and Loretta Simonet celebrates two landmark events this year. Twenty years ago, on February 11, the two were married in Santiago, Mexico. And this spring will mark the 30th anniversary of their first gig together, at Schiavo’s Bar in Santa Cruz, California. It was also the first day they met each other, on the beach in Capitola, not far from Santa Cruz’s famed Boardwalk. A girl on the beach with a guitar, a boy striking up a conversation (well OK, he picked her up!!) Five minutes later they were jamming together, four hours later he was joining in at her gig. They don’t know the actual date. They were just two hippie kids on the beach without a watch or a calendar. The year was 1977.

Their voices blended very easily from that first day in the sand. They’ve melted together even more deliciously over the years! The instrumentation has grown from two guitars, to Celtic harp, mandolin, mandocello, clawhammer banjo, steel ukulele, and a bit of shakers and kazoo. In 2002 City Pages named them “Best Acoustic Performers of the Twin Cities.” They’ve received numerous nominations for Minnesota Music Awards. The awkward, first-date kind of conversation on the beach has developed into an on-stage presence that only a longtime couple can have. They’ve lived so much of their life together on-stage, they’re totally comfortable there. They’ve achieved the ability to open themselves up to the audience, to invite them into their “living room,” let them in on their inside jokes, and share their deepest feelings and observations of the world. To a person, audience members say that is one of their favorite parts of their concerts. An evening with Curtis & Loretta is a captivating experience. It runs the gamut of rolling with laughter, to holding back tears, with plenty of side trips in between.

“With a journalist’s eye for detail and a knack for tugging at heartstrings while cutting to the quick of an issue, Loretta writes riveting songs...” ...Rick Mason, the A-List, City Pages

“The perfect harmonies of Loretta Simonet and Curtis Teague represent one of the purest and most accessible pleasures in local music.” ...City Pages

“For nearly 30 years and seven albums, Curtis & Loretta have developed a winning niche with their arsenal of Celtic and American traditional tunes, Loretta Simonet originals that unfold like short stories, antique stringed instruments and organic harmonies.” ...Tom Surowicz, Minneapolis Star Tribune

Pulitzer-prize winning writer, singer-songwriter David Hanners will open the evening with his own set of perceptive songs on the human condition.

$12 advance

$15 day of show

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