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Say the name Howard Guitar Luedtke, and little more needs to be said. Howard is a staple in the Blues scene and with good reason. He has 60 years of playing guitar in both the Midwest and on the international stage.

In 1964, Howard got his first guitar and today, when he picks up his Les Paul, he will transport you into the world of the blues. He's incredibly talented and his passion and love for what he does shows.

Howard can be seen performing solo, as a duo with his wife Deb Klossner on bass, or with his full band Blue Max, that includes a talented line up of drummers.

Howard's guitar playing is hard, fast and immaculate. He's truly one of those players who lives in harmony with his instrument. That connection only comes with experience and an undying need to share this sound, which runs deep in your soul.

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More than $3,000 in Chamber Checks will be awarded between December 1 - December 23!
Each raffle ticket has the chance to be drawn multiple times, so the more you purchase, the more chances you have to win!

How to Purchase Tickets:
Holiday Raffle tickets are available through Chamber Board Members, Ambassadors, Holiday Raffle Sponsors, and the Chamber office.
🎟️ Tickets are $10 each or 12 for $100
Individuals must be 18+ to purchase.
For a full list of ticket locations, visit https://www.menomoniechamber.org/holiday-raffle/

Where Can You Spend Chamber Checks?
Chamber Checks can be used at over 100 local businesses! See the full list of participating Chamber Investors on our website.

How Winners Are Selected:
Daily drawings will take place December 1-23 at various sponsor locations and the Chamber office.
Each day's winner is randomly drawn by Chamber volunteers, contacted directly by the Chamber team, and announced on our Facebook page and website.
Winning tickets are placed back into the tumbler for future drawings, so you could win more than once!

Support local and make this holiday season even brighter with the Menomonie Area Chamber Holiday Raffle

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Join us for some fashion & fun with Liverpool. Enjoy curated looks & plenty of style inspiration during the event with a fashion show at 5:30pm!

We will be offering refreshments, gifts with purchases of Liverpool clothing and special giveaways too!

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UWEC SONNENTAG SUPER QUAD

THU, 4 DEC 2025 at 03:00PM CST
Doors Open: 03:00PM

OnSale: Fri, 21 Nov 2025 at 10:00AM CST
Announcement: Fri, 21 Nov 2025 at 10:00AM CST

https://www.facebook.com/events/4197223343881655/

Enjoy an evening of wonderful music and delicious food! Come and listen to some of the top high school jazz musicians in the area! Featuring jazz combos from both North and Memorial high schools playing some of your holiday favorites.

No need to worry about cooking dinner, your ticket includes a buffet of delicious house-made soup, beautiful charcuterie, and scrumptious desserts.

Ticket options include:

General admission seating
Private table-includes entry for four people
Private table with wine-enjoy a bottle of wine (choices available that evening) to share at your table, includes entry for four people
The evening's schedule:

~ 6:00-7:00 North High School Combo

~ 7:00-7:30 set change

~ 7:30-8:30 Memorial High School Combo

Limited tickets available, reserve your spot today!

Doors open at 5:30 pm, music begins at 6:00. Beer, wine, and non-alcoholic beverages will be available for purchase.

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It's that time of year... MEET SEASON is HERE! ✨🤸‍♀️💪

Join us on December 4th for our first meet of the year -- the Beauty and the Beast Meet, featuring both gymnastics and wrestling under one roof!

✨ Gymnastics starts at 6:30 PM
✨ Wrestling starts at 7:00 PM

It's also Youth Night, so bring the energy, bring your kiddos, and come cheer on our athletes as they kick off their season! 🔥

https://www.facebook.com/events/1184159667138815/

CVTG: WINTER WONDRETTES (AT THE GRAND THEATRE)

THU, 4 DEC 2025 at 07:30PM CST
Doors Open: 07:00PM

OnSale: Tue, 2 Sep 2025 at 10:00AM CDT
Announcement: Tue, 2 Sep 2025 at 10:00AM CDT

The Wondrettes are back! This fun seasonal show finds the girls entertaining folks at the annual Harper's Hardware Holiday Party. When Santa turns up missing, the girls use their talent and ingenuity to save the day! Featuring great seasonal classics such as Santa Claus is Coming to Town, Jingle Bell Rock, Run, Rudolph, Run, and Winter Wonderland, the result is, of course, a holiday treat not to be missed!

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Friday, December 5 at 5pm on Main Street

Colfax, WI = Halfway Point to the Equator and North Pole! Follow this event for all the details and updates! Parade at 6pm!

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Get ready for a night of laughter, joy, and Christmas cheer!
Join us for a hilarious night of fun. Featuring professional comedians Dan Macaulay and Leland Klassen, who will have you laughing all the way into the holiday season.

Friday December 5, 2025

6:00 PM Dessert Bar & Refreshments

7:00 PM Show Starts

Cedarbrook Church- Menomonie, WI

Everyone is welcome!

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Wyatt Thomson possesses a voice that echos the soundscapes of the dance halls, supper clubs, and road houses that still litter the landscape of his home in the Chippewa Valley of Wisconsin.

Matt Sayles has toured nationally and internationally as a solo artist and with the Ventucky String Band, and has had the honor of performing with country, bluegrass, and western swing legends like Merle Haggard, Dwight Yoakam, Asleep at the Wheel, Larry Sparks, Doyle Lawson, the Duhks, Uncle Earl, and a long list of other highly talented regional and national roots music performers.

Jake Jendusa is the former lead singer of the Dead Men and the Snake Oil Saints (Milwaukee regional bands). His current solo performances and original tunes tamp down the roadhouse blues influences of those projects into something equally as soulful, but stripped down to a resonator guitar and his soaring but gentle voice.

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DJ Adam Karaoke 9pm- midnight
Come early and enjoy our Friday Fish Fry
11am-10pm

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CLEAR WATER COMEDY PRESENTS:
RORY SCOVEL LIVE AT THE PLUS
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 5TH

THE PLUS
208 S BARSTOW STREET
EAU CLAIRE, WI

GENERAL ADMISSION | ALL AGES (18+ RECOMMENDED)

ALL TICKETS $35

DOORS FOR SHOW 9:30PM | SHOWTIME 10PM

TICKETS HERE: https://volumeonetickets.org/e/rory2025-2

Rory Scovel is an actor, comedian, and writer. His latest comedy special RORY SCOVEL: RELIGION, SEX, AND A FEW THINGS IN BETWEEN can currently be streamed on Max.

Scovel most recently appeared alongside Reese Witherspoon and Will Ferrell in the Amazon romantic comedy YOU'RE CORDIALLY INVITED and in the ensemble dark comedy NO GOOD DEED at Netflix.

Additional acting credits include Paramount's BABYLON directed by Damien Chazelle, which garnered the cast a Screen Actors Guild nomination for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture; Voltage Pictures' I FEEL PRETTY opposite Amy Schumer; Netflix's OLD DADS alongside Bill Burr, Bobby
Cannavale, and Bokeem Woodbine; New Line's THE HOUSE alongside Will Ferrell and Amy Poehler; THE LEGACY OF A WHITETAIL DEER HUNTER alongside Danny McBride and Josh Brolin; Demetri Martin's directorial debut DEAN which premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival.

On the small screen, he starred in the Apple TV+ series PHYSICAL opposite Rose Byrne which ran for three seasons; and can be seen in season two of Peacock's BASED ON A TRUE STORY. Additional TV credits include ROBBIE on Comedy Central; NBC's SUPERSTORE and UNDATEABLE; ABC's MODERN FAMILY; FX's THE COMEDIANS; TBS's GROUND FLOOR and WRECKED; the TruTv series THOSE
WHO CAN'T; and he lent his voice to the DC/Max original series KITE MAN: HELL YEAH!

Rory's stand up has been featured on Comedy Central, CONAN, and Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. His second album, RORY SCOVEL LIVE AT THIRD MAN RECORDS, was released in 2013 and was recorded live at their studios in Nashville. In 2015 he released RORY SCOVEL: THE CHARLESTON SPECIAL, followed by his Netflix special RORY SCOVEL TRIES STAND-UP FOR THE FIRST TIME in 2017.

TICKETS HERE: https://volumeonetickets.org/e/rory2025-2

OTHER IMPORTANT DETAILS

The Plus is a full service bar and restaurant. Food and drink will be available at the show. Seating is first come, first serve.

All advanced tickets are will-call, e-ticket, or print-at-home. No physical tickets will be delivered for the performance. When you buy in advance, your name will appear on a list at the door to assure your entry.

The doors open for this show as soon as the earlier show is over and the room is clear. We will open the doors as close to 9:30 as possible. PLEASE DO NOT ARRIVE BEFORE 9:30pm for this show to enable exit for the early show to go as smoothly as possible.

Online sales close at 6pm the day of the show. If you miss the window for online sales - the show is not - we repeat - not sold out unless there is a separate announcement indicating so. Please do not call the restaurant. Must be present after 6pm to buy tickets for this show.

No photos or video recording are allowed during the performance.

The Plus and Clear Water Comedy reserve the right to refuse service or deny entry for anyone engaging in disruptive or disrespectful behavior. No talking, heckling, texting, or other distracting behavior is permitted. If this occurs and you are asked to leave the show, there will be no refunds.

TICKETS HERE: https://volumeonetickets.org/e/rory2025-2

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Are you a volleyball player, have a team, or know someone who loves to play?
HSSO will be hosting its Hmong New Year Celebration on December 6th, 2025, at the Johnson Field House, UW-Stout!
If you're interested in joining, scan the QR code below to register your team!

https://www.facebook.com/events/864173669629524/

HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS BASKETBALL

SAT, 6 DEC 2025 at 08:30AM CST
Doors Open: 07:30AM

OnSale: Tue, 2 Dec 2025 at 10:00AM CST
Announcement: Mon, 1 Dec 2025 at 02:00PM CST

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Come take a picture with Santa and have breakfast, make an ornament, write a letter to Santa, and color a Christmas scene!
Join us for a fun morning.
Breakfast includes: pancakes, sausage, eggs, applesauce, banana, and milk or juice all for $10 age 3 and under free!

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✨ It's the most wonderful time of the year... to shop local! ✨

Join us for the 5th Annual Christmas Craft & Vendor Fair at Stout Craft Co. Kitchen & Tap House in Menomonie, WI!

🗓 Saturday, December 6th, 2025
🕙 10 AM - 3 PM
📍 1501 Broadway St. N., Menomonie, WI 54751

🎶 Enjoy festive music
🎁 Enter raffles for holiday goodies
🛍 Shop unique gifts from talented local artisans & vendors

Whether you're checking off your gift list or just soaking up the holiday cheer, this event is all about community, creativity, and Christmas magic. Come celebrate with us! ❤️💚

#ChristmasFair #ShopLocal #MenomonieWI #HolidayMagic #CraftAndVendorFair #SupportSmallBusiness

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Mark your calendars! 🗓️
HSSO will be hosting their Hmong new year on December 6th 2025 held at the Johnson field house UW-STOUT from 10:00 A.M. - 5 P.M. please email [email protected] if you have any questions!

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Vintage Snowmobile Show on Saturday, December 6th. Registration from 10:00am-Noon. First & Second Place trophies for each class; '72 & older, '73-'77, '78-'82, and '83-'90. Best of Show - All voting is done by People's Choice. Voting ends at 1:30pm, with trophies awarded at 2:00pm. We will have raffles & prizes from 11:00am-2:00pm. On & Off site parking. And there will be food and a bonfire - maybe even some smores! Come join the fun and take a journey back in time at our Vintage Snowmobile Show!

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Take a trip down memory lane with Chippewa Valley Museum Editor Diana Peterson as she delves into the history of the Sears Christmas Wishbook. In 1943, the Sears corporate newsletter told customers that the Wishbook served as a mirror of our times. Take a peek into seven decades of catalogs to see what was reflected in society and pop culture trends during those years. Share your stories about the anticipation of waiting for the catalog to arrive, the meticulous notes to help produce your Christmas list, and the heartbreaks and joys about what showed up under the tree.

The program is from 11-12, but we invite you for coffee time from 10:30-11.

This program is included with museum admission.

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Get in the holiday spirit at Haymarket Holiday! Join us at noon to greet Santa and Mrs. Claus as he arrives on the Trolly! Families can enjoy free photos with Santa, kids' crafts, a chance to write and drop off letters to Santa, and free hot cocoa provided by Olson's Ice Cream and sponsored by Westconsin Credit Union . Chippewa River Trolley, sponsored by Northwestern Bank, will have rides through downtown from 12 pm to 4 pm. Tickets for the trolley will be handed out at the event. The first trolley ride of the day will be extra special--riders will get to travel with Santa and Mrs. Claus!

New this year: we're partnering with CORBA and Volume One to bring the Santa Rampage to Haymarket Holiday--a festive costume bike ride through downtown that starts and finishes at Haymarket Plaza. We'll have prizes for best costume, best duo, best group, and best decorated bike, with prizes donated by downtown businesses.

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