Beethoven and Banjos

08/22/2024

Thanks Public Radio 90 for this beautiful feature about our events this weekend, The Space Between. This will be aired live today at 11am EDT or at the link below. See you this weekend in Marquette, Hancock, and Crystal Falls MI!

An interview with Jan Sandman, Andreas John, Evan Premo, and Laurel Premo

07/31/2024

The Beethoven and Banjos concert in Hancock will be held on Saturday, August 24, at the Finnish American Heritage Center at 7:00 pm. Prior to and after the concert there will be art exhibits and artist demonstrations in the gallery. For more information visit www.beethovenandbanjos.org See you there!

Dedicated to the preservation and celebration of Finnish American history, culture and life.

07/31/2024

The Beethoven and Banjos concert in Crystal Falls will be held at the Crystal Theatre https://www.facebook.com/CrystalTheatrePAC in Crystal Falls on Sunday, August 25, at 2 PM. Artists from "Borderland Arts" will be exhibiting their art in the lobby prior to and after the concert. For more information visit www.beethovenandbanjos.org

Regional performing arts center and community center

06/04/2024

‘The Space Between” - An original film and live music interactive experience presented three times in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. As an altar for the unnamable, “The Space Between” invites us to enter a deep experience of the creative journey as artists come together in movement, sound, image, trust, time and space.

Beethoven & Banjos 2024 season features multidisciplinary artists Evan Premo, composer/improviser, Jan Sandman, painter/sound healer, Andreas John, filmmaker, and Laurel Premo, musician/improviser.

MARQUETTE
August 23 (Friday), 7:00 pm ET
Forest Roberts Theatre, NMU Campus

HANCOCK
August 24 (Saturday), 7:00 pm ET
Finnish American Heritage Center

CRYSTAL FALLS
August 25 (Sunday), 2:00 PM CT
The Crystal Theatre

05/26/2024

August 23-25. For more information visit:

2024 Season concerts dates announced Enjoy event photos and artist blogs on our facebook

03/21/2024

Thank you Kurt Hauswirth and Laurel Premo for this great interview about the concerts in Escanaba and Crystal Falls coming up this weekend.

A conversation about Laurel's performances in Escanaba and Crystal Falls with Klezmer violinist Jake Shulman-Ment

03/03/2024

Saturday, March 23, Bonifas Arts Center, 7 PM ET
Two soloists' musical collaboration in a shared American story of migration, search for identity, community and innovation. Concert sponsored by the Northwoods Music Collaborative. Tickets by donation at the door, "come as you are, pay what you can”. The Bonifas Arts Center Studio is located at 700 1st Ave S, Escanaba, MI 49829