Charlie Parr Concert

Waseca Public Library’s summer concert series will take place in the newly renovated bandstand in Trowbridge Park, which is celebrating its centennial in 2015 and stands at the edge of the Waseca Public Library’s parking lot. This library-sponsored series will bring a variety of music to the community on Tuesday nights in June, starting on June 9th.

Charlie Parr will lead off the series at 7 pm on June 9th. Parr plays heartfelt and plaintive original folk blues and traditional spirituals. Parr, who strives to sound like he’s on Harry Smith’s “Anthology of American Folk Music,” is an Austin native who now lives in Duluth. His new album, Stumpjumper, released in April 2015.

“Folk music has a long, storied past in Minnesota . . . Among the current crop of roots-style pickers, Charlie Parr has sailed above as a performer for over a decade now.” –City Pages

This project is made possible by a grant provided by the Traverse des Sioux Library System and is funded in part with money from Minnesota’s Arts and Cultural Heritage fund.