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Beat the Winter Blues & Jazz Festival
February 6 - 8, 2026 • Alexandria, MN
Overview
Beat the Winter Blues & Jazz Festival
📍 Alexandria, MN | February 6–8, 2026
2 Venues:
Gathered Oaks (Friday & Saturday) + The Grand Hall at Carlos Creek (Sunday)
The 2nd Annual Beat the Winter Blues & Jazz Festival returns with three days of live music, winter warmth, and soulful connection. Think:
Jazz, blues, gospel & soul
Cozy indoor rooms + outdoor fire pits
Outdoor ice bar by Lake Charlie
Food vendors, drinks, and spaces to linger
This isn’t a rush-through-your-weekend festival.
It’s winter, done well.
Sept 2025
Chris Koza with Peter Sieve (of Rogue Valley)
Live at The Grand Hall at Carlos Creek Winery
Friday, Sept 26, 2025
The Grand Hall at Carlos Creek Winery
Tickets $20 Adults • $10 Students (+ ticket fees)
7:00 pm show • 6:30 pm doors open
General Admission Tickets
Rivana Club Members Receive Premium, Reserved Seating
Join us for an evening with Chris Koza and Peter Sieve for classic Americana vibe with a contemporary feel. They’ll deliver a wide range of textures in music rooted in folk and pop, with an emphasis on storytelling. Perfect for a cozy, autumn evening in the beautiful, intimate setting of the Grand Hall at Carlos Creek Winery.
CHRIS KOZA
Composer / Performer Chris Koza is an internationally-recognized Americana artist. Chris has toured the US extensively, sharing the stage with Gordon Lightfoot, Brandi Carlile, Ingrid Michaelson, Andrew Bird, Stephen Kellogg, and many others. His music appears regularly on ABC’s General Hospital, 60 Minutes, and Good Morning America. His song (Rogue Valley) The Wolves and the Ravens was featured in Ben Stiller’s film The Secret Life of Walter Mitty.
Chris embraces classic Americana with a contemporary feel and utilizes a wide range of textures in creating music rooted in folk and pop, with an emphasis on storytelling. Subtle synthesizers, rich harmonies and pop-music sensibilities interweave with acoustic and electric guitars, earthy pianos, and familiar rhythms. For every song that sounds like it could be strummed from a boxcar clacking slowly across a grassy midwestern plain, there's a tune sailing from a city rooftop, echoing across a valley of streets and traffic, or a melody twisting and shimmering like a dim frequency deep into the starry night.
Longtime friend and guitarist Peter Sieve joins Chris for a stretch of duo dates this Fall, throughout the Midwest and Colorado. The pair have been playing and performing music together since meeting over acoustic guitars in the dorms as Freshmen years ago at St. Olaf College. They’ve been at various festivals including SXSW, Iceland Airwaves and CMJ, and have covered long stretches of highway; storytellers in pursuit of a stage.
Solo, with Rogue Valley, and his moniker Nobody Kid, Chris has self-produced, written, and released sixteen albums and EP's. In 2023, Rogue Valley released their 6th album Shell Game. And in 2024 Chris’s 10th solo album Last Car At The Parking Lot was released to great enthusiasm at Minneapolis’s legendary Dakota.
Oct - Nov 2025
Rivana Road Trip!
Oct 31 - November 1
Red Wing, MN
We are excited to invite you to our upcoming event with the Lord Chamberlain’s Men, UK’s premier all male theatre company – with direct links to the history of William Shakespeare – presenting Shakespeare’s work as he first saw it.
Their first tour in the United States!
Rivana V.I.P. Schedule of Events
Friday, Oct 31 , 2025 (OPTIONAL Extention)
Recommended Hotel: The St. James Hotel
Afternoon Rivana Meet-Up: Sculpture Walking Tour + Dinner
Saturday, November 1, 2025
11:00 am Red Wing Trolley Tour
12:00 pm Lunch & Conversation with Peter Stickney, LCM’s Producer & Artistic Director
1:30 pm Doors Open
2:00 pm Performance of Twelfth Night
Artist Talkback Immediately Following
$96 per person, includes private trolley tour, conversations , lunch, performance, and talk back
Nov 26, 2025
Rivana Club Members Exclusive
Chef Prepared Hors D’oeuvres + Music from George Mulder
Have you wondered what’s been happening at Broadway’s former Mustard Seed Building? You have an exclusive opportunity to be one of the first to find out! I’ve curated an exciting blend of culinary artistry + live music for you, set in an intimate, speakeasy-inspired atmosphere.
You are cordially invited to join Rivana for an exclusive evening at HOST, one of Alexandria’s newest and most distinctive venues.
Event Details
Date: Wednesday, November 26
Time: 4:00 - 6:00 PM
Location: HOST, 607 Broadway, Alexandria (The former Mustard Seed building)
3:50 Doors open
4:00 - 4:45 - Guests will enjoy a selection of hors d’oeuvres, prepared by HOST Owner/Chef Ryan Goergen
4:45 Enjoy the vocal stylings of George Mulder
6:00 Event ends
George Mulder
George is a NYC-based performer originally from Eden Prairie, MN. He graduated from Indiana University with a BFA in Musical Theatre in 2021. His resume includes multiple cruise ship contracts, regional theaters, theme parks, as well as film and television, including regular background work on SNL. He enjoys performing in all kinds of theatrical, on-camera, and musical settings.
This is a Rivana Members-Only Event. No tickets are available.
Reschedule TBD.
JoJo Green
Get ready to celebrate the summer solstice in style with JoJo Green in Concert - the ultimate party to start the season off right!
JoJo Green in Concert - Your Ultimate Summer Kick off Party!
Come join us at Carlos Creek Winery for a night filled with music, fun, and good vibes! JoJo Green is ready to rock the stage and kick off your summer in style.
JoJo Green's music is Pop-fusion: a mix of Funk, Soul, Jazz, Country and Rock
They've been featured at First Avenue, Turf Club, KJ's Hideaway, The Big Turn Music Festival, Hook & Ladder, and more.
Get ready to dance, sing along, and make unforgettable memories at this in-person event. Don't miss out on the ultimate summer kick off party!
A percentage of ticket sales from this concert will be donated to the Alexandria High School Band Boosters!