Our Double Rainbow - Katrina Lehr-McKinney

White Night was a great success for well-over 400 of our neighbors and friends, and we had a great night, with rainbows and a late storm just to make things interesting. A big thanks to our bands, Pasque, Wumpus, and More than Heroes, our speakers, our guest artists, our volunteers, and everyone who helped make this a great event!

Be sure to watch over the next few weeks as we look back, and follow us on Facebook for even more!

Our much publicized White Night Festival returns this Friday, to the Historic Prairie Village with live music, great presentations, and more, all starting at 5pm, and running throughout the night. Best of all, it’s free and open to everyone, now isn’t that incredible. (It’s almost like we’ve been talking about this for months, and now it’s here)

Here’s a quick rundown of the big events:

5pm – More than Heroes

6pm – South Dakota Humanities Council Speaker Tim Hoheisel, ‘Skeletons of the Prairie’

7pm – Wumpus

7:15pm – Prairie Village Train Ride

8pm – Theatre Peformance w/Kay Macleod and DSU Students

9pm – Pasque

Painters, poets, musicians, and a few friends can also be found throughout the village, working and enjoying the night with us.

Food and drink will be available for purchase, coolers are allowed, are those much sought after campsites are available too. In case of that forecasted rain, all events will be indoors, and we’ll make it happen.

But, if you must, and it sure looks that way, then we got you beat.

For we have the Welk.

White Night takes cover, if we must, at the historic Welk Opera House.

Another native son returns home, as the incredible Jason Hegg takes the stage with Wumpus at White Night, Madison’s only half-way good excuse for a music festival.

Don’t miss the return of  Madison’s Thomas Hentges as he leads Pasque this Friday, as White Night takes over Prairie Village for the biggest night of live music in Lake County this year.

Alix Hentges is our new ‘Official White Night Photographer’, which we kind of made up, but it’s official, so it can’t be all that bad. Anyhow, Alix will be taking pictures throughout the festival, and yes, they’ll be fantastic, and we’re honored to have her aboard for the ride known as White Night.

So feel free to join Alix, as White Night returns this Friday, as we point, click, and develop an incredible evening together (and thanks Alix for letting us have that cool chick line…)

The five members of Sioux Falls based, Pasque, have seen their share of stage time. Thomas Hentges, Tim Munce, John “slap” Myers, Adam Jones, and Martin Lien have all put in ten years or more of writing, performing, and recording original music. All old friends and admirers of one another’s talents, this group, now sound as if destined to work together. Beginning rehearsal in the fall of 2009 (all were looking to do something new), the group began work on a batch of new songs, as well as some of Hentges’ earlier material. The group also began a search for their own sound.

“We strive to put something together that sounds comfortable, something very genuinely Dakota,” says Pasque front man, Thomas Hentges. Influenced heavily by the music of the early 1970s, Pasque delivers their interpretation of what most call classic rock. Basking their collective ear in classic blues, r & b, and a healthy dose of roots, Pasque manage to bring something unique to the South Dakota live music scene. Call it what you want, it’s all Rock n’ Roll to Pasque.

2010 was a big year for Pasque, seeing the band play many gigs including the Great Aberdeen Music Fest and Sioux Falls’ Jazz Fest. The band also self recorded and released a free 3 song CD, which can be acquired at any Pasque show. The band is currently recording their debut full-length album, which they hope to release sometime in 2011.

Pasque w/Wumpus & More Than Heroes

Music starts @ 5pm, Pasque takes the Main Festival Stage @9pm

Friday, June 17th, Prairie Village, Lake County, South Dakota

Look for More than Heroes at White Night 2o11, and check back for more!