This week, we're heading north to Duluth, Minnesota for a live broadcast from the DECC Auditorium, and to balance the icy Lake Superior winds, we're bringing a little sunny jazz and soul in the form of The California Honeydrops. Plus: North Shore songstress Sarah Krueger, singer Lynn Peterson, the Royal Academy of Radio Actors, Tim Russell, Sue Scott, and Fred Newman; pianist and musical director Richard Dworsky with The November Boys Orchestra (JT Bates on drums, bassist Jeff Carney, Richard Kriehn on mandolin and fiddle, guitarist Dean Magraw, and pedal steel master Joe Savage); and the latest News from Lake Wobegon.

This week, our vaunted Joke Show returns! Tune in for a live broadcast from the Pantages Theatre in Minneapolis, Minnesota, with special guests, Scottish music institution Battlefield Band and hot jazz preservationist Vince Giordano. Also with us, the Royal Academy of Radio Actors, Tim Russell, Sue Scott, and Fred Newman; pianist and musical director Rich Dworsky and The November Boys Orchestra (Richard Kriehn on mandolin and fiddle, guitarist Dean Magraw, JT Bates on drums, Kenni Holmen on saxophone, and bassist Larry Kohut); and the latest News from Lake Wobegon. Have a few great, classic jokes? Send them our way and they just might make it onto the show!

This week, it's an October rebroadcast of a 2011 show from the Fitzgerald Theater. Tenor Raul Melo accompanies Garrison for a suite of sonnets, Cantus performs "Wanting Memories," and Heather Masse sings "Early Autumn." In Lake Wobegon, a big wind causes havoc all over town.

Coming to you from downtown Saint Paul, Minnesota, it's our final live broadcast from the Fitzgerald Theater this fall, with special guests jug band pioneer Jim Kweskin, singer and writer of songs Lera Lynn, and Minnesota's Poet Laureate Joyce Sutphen. Plus, the Royal Academy of Radio Actors, Tim Russell, Sue Scott, and Fred Newman; pianist and musical director Richard Dworsky and The October Boys (Richard Kriehn on mandolin and fiddle, drummer Chris Brown, Jeff Carney on bass, and guitarist Chris Siebold); and the latest News from Lake Wobegon.

This week, it's a live broadcast performance from the Fitzgerald Theater in Saint Paul, Minnesota, with special guests, acoustic guitar virtuoso Leo Kottke, and country singer Suzy Bogguss. Also with us: the Royal Academy of Radio Actors, Sue Scott, Tim Russell, and Fred Newman; pianist and musical director Rich Dworsky with The October Boys (Richard Kriehn on mandolin and fiddle, Dean Magraw on guitar, Chris Brown on drums, and Todd Parks on bass); and the latest News from Lake Wobegon.

This week, we're back with a live broadcast from our home base, the Fitzgerald Theater in Saint Paul, Minnesota. With special guests, the world-class bluegrass of The Gibson Brothers, and feel-good folksinger Ellis. Also with us, the Royal Academy of Radio Actors, Tim Russell, Sue Scott, and Fred Newman; pianist and musical director Richard Dworsky and The October Boys (Richard Kriehn on mandolin and fiddle, Dean Magraw on guitar, Chris Brown on drums, and Todd Parks on bass); and the latest News from Lake Wobegon.

This week, a last-minute fall repeat, from September 2013 at the Fitzgerald Theater in Saint Paul, Minnesota. Väsen play their "Polska for Tom Morrow," Chris Thile performs a few Bach violin pieces translated for the mandolin, and Chic Gamine sing "All Night." In Lake Wobegon, a bear visits the town, starting a debate over who will pay to have it removed.

This week, our brand new season kicks off with a live broadcast from the Fitzgerald Theater in Saint Paul, Minnesota, followed by our annual Meatloaf Supper and Street Dance. With special guests, pioneering bluegrass quartet Hot Rize, songwriter and fiddler Sara Watkins, harmonica revolutionary Howard Levy, and singer Lynn Peterson. Plus, the Royal Academy of Radio Actors, Tim Russell, Sue Scott, and Fred Newman; The Exchange Street Band (pianist and musical director Rich Dworsky, with Richard Kriehn on mandolin and fiddle, Bernie Dresel on drums, Chris Siebold on guitar, and Larry Steen on bass); and the latest News from Lake Wobegon. Join us on the radio, out in front of the Fitz, or online for our live video stream of the show!

This week, our final summer break repeat, from June 2012 at the Koussevitzky Music Shed at Tanglewood in Lenox, Massachusetts. Arlo Guthrie plays "Oklahoma Hills," The DiGiallonardo Sisters harmonize on "Because," and Heather Masse sings "He's Gone Away." In Lake Wobegon, the meanest woman in town passes away.

This week, a rewind to March 2013 and a show from the Fitzgerald Theater. Emmylou Harris and Rodney Crowell sing "'Till I Gain Control Again," Heather Masse and Jed Wilson "Ring Them Bells," and Jearlyn and Jevetta Steele shake the Fitz with "Hold On, I'm Comin'." In Lake Wobegon, Pastor Liz and Clint Bunsen spend some time together while digging a grave for Liz Tollefson.