Description
Showcasing a local cast of talented volunteers, regional musicians and other special guests, Over the Back Fence is a Lanesboro institution that features lively and creative skits, jokes, poems, musical performances, sing alongs, audience participation, spontaneous humor and more!
Host Damon Prestemon returns for the 25th season with his rapid-fire wit and keen improvisational instincts that keep the show fresh and moving forward while having fun with the performers and guests on stage. Produced and presented by multidisciplinary nonprofit Lanesboro Arts, every show is unique features a different theme, fresh material, and new house band or musical director.
2019 schedule
Shows are the second Friday of each month at 7:30 p.m, March through November. Box office opens at 6:30 p.m., and pre-show music begins at 7:10 p.m. Click the date for tickets and more information on each show!
March 8 – Grand Ole Opry
pre-show Tom Schramm & The LPs | musical guest Medicine Brothers
April 12 – Take Me Out to the Ball Game
pre-show Tom Savre | musical guest Turnip Truck
May 10 – Ca$h
pre-show Grass Run Band | musical guest Larry Long
June 14 – On Broadway
pre-show Maria Klingsheim | musical guest tba
July 12 – Surfin’ USA
pre-show Ted Hajnasiewicz | musical guest Jillian Rae
August 9 – Anniversaries
pre-show RavensFire | musical guest Eric Carranza
September 13 – 50 Nifty States
pre-show Joshua Vorvick | musical guest Eggen & Hippen
October 11 – Twins
pre-show CBB Jazz Combo | musical guest Ilika Ward Duo
November 8 – Blue
pre-show Dave Swenson | musical guest The Rutabaga Brothers
“Over the Back Fence” sponsors help to make the affordable ticket prices possible: Batstone CPA, The Bite Restaurant, Bluff Country Computer Works, Cedar Valley Resort, E2 Boutique, Estelle’s Eatery & Bar, F & M Community Bank, Granny’s Liquor, Great River Shakespeare Festival, Green Gables Inn, High Court Pub, Lanesboro Area Community Foundation, Lanesboro Arts, Lanesboro Public Library, Manion Law Office, Merchants Bank, Niagara Cave, Nutrien Ag Solutions, Old Barn Resort, Pedal Pushers Café, Randy Schultz Drywall, Rushford – Preston – Harmony Foods IGA, SMG Web Design and Thrivent Financial – Walter Bradley