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Author Talk - Liz Fielder Mergen: Flowers Bloom Anyway Book Launch In-Person
2026-04-08 18:00 - 20:00 (America/Chicago) | Great River Regional Library, 1300 West St. Germain Street, St. Cloud, MN, 56301, United States
The day after she buried her husband, Dr. Liz Fiedler Mergen found out she was pregnant and realized the hardest truth of all: Nobody was coming to save her. Liz’s newly released memoir, Flowers Bloom Anyway: Rebuilding a Life You Didn’t Choose, is about grieving messy, living loud, telling the truth even when it hurts, and planting beauty anyway.
Join the Great River Regional Library for a special author reading and conversation with Dr. Liz Fiedler Mergen, a Central Minnesota memoir author, nurse practitioner, and owner of Sunny Mary Meadow Flower Farm in St. Joseph.
The event includes a reading, short talk, and audience Q&A. All are welcome.

Dennis Warner & the D's Live Concert
2026-04-10 19:00 - 20:30 | First Presbyterian Church, 340 5th Ave S, St. Cloud, MN, 56301, United States
Dennis Warner is noted for being an outstanding entertainer, bringing the audience into the performance with laughter and even a couple of sing-alongs. His concerts blend serious, thought-provoking songs with lighter, up-tempo material.
He is also a three-time finalist for the Kerrville Folk Festival songwriting awards.
Dennis is a SCSU and KVSC alumnus.

Chamber Music Society of St. Cloud presents the award-winning Isidore String Quartet
2026-04-11 19:30 - 21:30 | St. John’s Episcopal Church, 1111 Cooper Avenue South, St. Cloud, Minnesota
The Chamber Music Society of St. Cloud presents the acclaimed Isidore String Quartet on Saturday, April 11, at 7:30 p.m. at St. John’s Episcopal Church. Winners of the 2022 Banff International String Quartet Competition and a 2023 Avery Fisher Career Grant, the New York-based ensemble brings a fresh, vibrant approach to the string quartet repertoire.
The program features:
•György Ligeti: Quartet No.
•Billy Childs: American Mosaic (2026) (written for the Isidore)
•Schubert: Quartet in A minor, D. 804, “Rosamunde”

Going to Bartalina, Songs & Stories of Commercial Sailing on the Great Lakes
2026-05-09 14:00 - 15:00 | Great River Regional Library, 1300 West St. Germain Street, St. Cloud, MN, 56301, United States
Join COMPAS artist and songwriter Charlie Maguire for an unforgettable evening of music and storytelling inspired by life on the Great Lakes.
Drawing from rare firsthand experiences aboard working vessels, Maguire shares authentic songs of shipwrecks, sailor life, and deep-water adventure.
The program also features Gordon Lightfoot’s “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald” and a preview of Maguire’s new Going to Bartalina album.
For adults and teens. This program made possible with Arts & Cultural Heritage Funds from Minnesota’s Clean Water, Land, and Legacy Amendment.

Cloud 9 Con
2026-06-13 - 2026-06-14 | Crossroads Mall, 4101 West Division St, St. Cloud, MN, 56301, United States
Pop culture, Anime, video gaming, art, books, comics, collectible card games, tabletop gaming, toys, and more.
A convention focused on fun and community accessibility, held at the Crossroads Center.

Music in the Gardens: The Half Steps
2026-06-14 15:00 - 16:30 | Munsinger Gardens, 1515 Riverside Dr SE, St. Cloud, MN, 56304
Munsinger Gardens opens their annual Music in the Gardens series with a performance by the Half Steps. This a capella men’s quartet has been entertaining Minnesota audiences for more than 30 years with their renditions of classic pop songs.
Like all Music in the Gardens performances, this one begins at 3:00 PM and is free and open to the public. It takes place in an area near the Gazebo in Munsinger Gardens, which is located in St. Cloud, on the banks of the Mississippi River.
Root beer floats have become a delicious tradition at this event! They will be on sale during the concert.

Music in the Gardens: Rock City Big Band
2026-06-28 15:00 - 17:00 | Munsinger Gardens, 1515 Riverside Dr SE, St. Cloud, MN, 56304
Munsinger Gardens opens their annual Music in the Gardens series with a performance by Rock City Big Band. This is an 18-piece big band based out of St. Cloud.
Like all Music in the Gardens performances, this one begins at 3:00 PM and is free and open to the public. It takes place in an area near the Gazebo in Munsinger Gardens, which is located in St. Cloud, on the banks of the Mississippi River.
Root beer floats have become a delicious tradition at this event! They will be on sale during the concert.

Music in the Gardens: Groovy Shoes
2026-07-12 15:00 - 17:00 | Munsinger Gardens, 1515 Riverside Dr SE, St. Cloud, MN, 56304
Munsinger Gardens opens their annual Music in the Gardens series with a performance by Groovy Shoes. This is a duo with a repertoire that combines folk, blues, country, and rock into a genre all their own that they call “Broad Spectrum Americana.”
Like all Music in the Gardens performances, this one begins at 3:00 PM and is free and open to the public. It takes place in an area near the Gazebo in Munsinger Gardens, which is located in St. Cloud, on the banks of the Mississippi River.
Root beer floats have become a delicious tradition at this event! They will be on sale during the concert.

Music in the Gardens: Harper's Chord
2026-07-26 15:00 - 17:00 | Munsinger Gardens, 1515 Riverside Dr SE, St. Cloud, MN, 56304
Munsinger Gardens opens their annual Music in the Gardens series with a performance by Harper’s Chord. Longtime local favorites, Harper’s Chord are a four-piece band specializing in folk, country, and Americana.

This event will also include the annual Memorial Release of the Butterflies, sponsored by Quiet Oaks Hospice House.

Like all Music in the Gardens performances, this one begins at 3:00 PM and is free and open to the public. It takes place in an area near the Gazebo in Munsinger Gardens, which is located in St. Cloud, on the banks of the Mississippi River.

Root beer floats have become a delicious tradition at this event! They will be on sale during the concert.

Music in the Gardens: Cimarron
2026-08-09 15:00 - 17:00 | Munsinger Gardens, 1515 Riverside Dr SE, St. Cloud, MN, 56304
Munsinger Gardens opens their annual Music in the Gardens series with a performance by Cimarron. This is a bluegrass and country-rock group that prides themselves on making every song their own.

Like all Music in the Gardens performances, this one begins at 3:00 PM and is free and open to the public. It takes place in an area near the Gazebo in Munsinger Gardens, which is located in St. Cloud, on the banks of the Mississippi River.

Root beer floats have become a delicious tradition at this event! They will be on sale during the concert.

Music in the Gardens: Monday Night Jazz
2026-08-23 15:00 - 17:00 | Munsinger Gardens, 1515 Riverside Dr SE, St. Cloud, MN, 56304
Munsinger Gardens opens their annual Music in the Gardens series with a performance by Monday Night Jazz. Longtime staples of the local music scene, Monday Night Jazz play approachable jazz music that is sure to finish off the Music in the Gardens 2026 season right.

Like all Music in the Gardens performances, this one begins at 3:00 PM and is free and open to the public. It takes place in an area near the Gazebo in Munsinger Gardens, which is located in St. Cloud, on the banks of the Mississippi River.

Root beer floats have become a delicious tradition at this event! They will be on sale during the concert.
