Feb. 19: Minnesota State Mankato's Performance Series Features Mary Jane Alm & Friends in Concert

Thursday, February 19, 2026
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Elias J. Halling Recital Hall

Minnesota State University, Mankato Department of Performing Arts News Release

MANKATO, Minn. – Minnesota State University, Mankato’s Department of Performing Arts will present musical artist Mary Jane Alm & Friends in concert Thursday, Feb. 19. The concert will take place in Halling Recital Hall of the Earley Center for Performing Arts, 320 Maywood Avenue at 7 p.m.

Over 50 years ago, Mary Jane Alm stepped onto the public stage with just her guitar at the Holiday Inn in her hometown of Mankato, Minnesota – and this effervescent singer/songwriter has been delighting audiences ever since. From smokey bars to glorious concert halls in every small town in the Midwest to exciting places all over the country and beyond, Alm has been entertaining audiences with her pristine vocals and charming stage presence. She has won an Emmy and a Parents Choice Award for her work with the Music Workshop for Kids, been inducted into the Minnesota Music Hall of Fame, been twice inducted into the Midwest Music Hall of Fame and has won many Minnesota Music Awards. Today, she continues to be a force in the Twin Cities music scene.

Alm returns to her alma mater and is excited to celebrate the evening with Richard Kriehn, former member of Garrison Keillor’s “A Prairie Home Companion,” on mandolin and vocals, the very talented Brian C. Peters, guitar and pedal steel, and former bandmate Dale Haefner, piano.

General admission for the concert is $15. For more information visit hss.mnsu.edu/music-events or call the Performance Series office, (507) 389-5549.