This week on A Prairie Home Companion with Garrison Keillor, it's our season opener: a live broadcast from The Fitzgerald Theater in downtown Saint Paul, Minnesota, followed by the annual Meatloaf Supper and Street Dance out on Exchange Street. With special guests, honky-tonk heroes Chuck Mead and His Grassy Knoll Boys, singing sisters Jearlyn and Jevetta Steele, and soprano Ellie Dehn. Plus, the Royal Academy of Radio Actors, Tim Russell, Sue Scott, and Fred Newman, The Guy's All-Star Shoe Band, and the latest News from Lake Wobegon.

This week on A Prairie Home Companion with Garrison Keillor, while our crew readjusts to Central Time and prepares for our season opener, one final summer repeat - a show originally from November 2011 at St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minnesota. The St. Olaf Orchestra and St. Olaf Choir team up for "Fields of Gold," Garrison and Philip Brunelle highlight a few lesser-known Choir pianists, and Heather Masse sings "A Distant Melody." In Lake Wobegon, exiles return home for Thanksgiving.

This week on A Prairie Home Companion with Garrison Keillor, the cast and crew will be missing the Minnesota State Fair while we're sailing on the 2013 APHC at Sea cruise, so we'll present a compilation of our shows at the Grandstand in 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, and 2009, including music from Suzy Bogguss, The Del McCoury Band, Mindy Smith, Jearlyn Steele, Tonic Sol-Fa, Andra Suchy, and Garrison's ode to fair food, "You Better Leave That Corndog Alone."

This week on A Prairie Home Companion with Garrison Keillor, we rewind to September 2010 and our broadcast from the Minnesota State Fair Grandstand. Sara Watkins sings "I'll Be Home," Jearlyn and Jevetta Steele join Garrison on "Swing Down Chariot," The Cactus Blossoms harmonize on "Crazy Arms," and the Anoka High School Marching Band performs "Danse Macabre." In Lake Wobegon, fall begins to settle in.

This week on A Prairie Home Companion with Garrison Keillor, a summer replay of our 2011 Hawaiian New Year's Eve show.Danny Carvalho, Ledward Kaapana, Jeff Peterson and Jake Shimabukuro play "Hi'ilawe," Heather Masse sings "Who Knows Where the Time Goes?" and Erica Rhodes joins the Royal Academy of Radio Actors. In Lake Wobegon, the Tolleruds and the Hansens fight over a good deed after a freezer malfunction.

This week on A Prairie Home Companion with Garrison Keillor, a summer rebroadcast of a wintry show originally from January 2012 at The Fitzgerald Theater. Brad Paisley plays "This is Country Music," Cantus perform "There's a Meetin' Here," and Andra Suchy and Garrison sing "Log Cabin Home in the Sky." In Lake Wobegon, the town's ice fishermen deal with an unexpected lack of ice.

This week on A Prairie Home Companion with Garrison Keillor, a summer repeat of our jam-packed March 2011 broadcast from The Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, Tennesse. Emmylou Harris sings "Darlin' Kate," The Civil Wars perform "Poison and Wine," Sam Bushand Stuart Duncan play "Diamond Joe," and Sara Watkins joins Garrison on "Tomorrow is Forever." In Lake Wobegon, town constables Gary and Leroy respond to a dispute at the Magendantz home.

This week on A Prairie Home Companion with Garrison Keillor, we're live from the Koussevitzky Music Shed at Tanglewood in Lenox, Massachusetts for our final live broadcast of the summer season. With special guests, genre-bending string band Joy Kills Sorrow, singer and songmaker Heather Masse, and harmonizing siblings The DiGiallonardo Sisters. Plus, the Royal Academy of Radio Actors, Tim Russell, Sue Scott, and Fred Newman, harmonica virtuoso Howard Levy sits in with The Guy's All-Star Shoe Band, and the latest News from Lake Wobegon.

This week on A Prairie Home Companion with Garrison Keillor, it's a live broadcast performance from the Ravinia Festival in Highland Park, Illinois. With special guests, soulful folk duo honeyhoney and sultry country chanteuse Lera Lynn. Plus, the Royal Academy of Radio Actors, Tim Russell, Sue Scott, and Fred Newman, The Guy's All-Star Shoe Band, and the latest News from Lake Wobegon.

Coming to you this week from the Chateau Ste. Michelle Winery in Woodinville, Washington, it's a live broadcast performance of A Prairie Home Companion with Garrison Keillor. With special guests, banjo-making folksinger Jason Romero, and pianist Fred Kronacher. Plus, the Royal Academy of Radio Actors, Tim Russell, Sue Scott, and Fred Newman, The Guy's All-Star Shoe Band, and the latest News from Lake Wobegon.