A Prairie Home Companion's Rhubarb Tour

Garrison Keillor and company on stage at Iowa State Fair August 17th

DES MOINES, IA (08/04/2008)(readMedia)-- A Summer Night in Lake Wobegon, what better?! The 2008 A Prairie Home Companion Rhubarb Tour will take the Iowa State Fair Grandstand stage on Sunday, August 17, at 8:00 p.m. Sponsored by Iowa Public Radio, it's the seventh stop of a 16-city run that takes the troupe from coast to coast.

Garrison Keillor describes the ramble this way:

"The Rhubarb Tour is the soul of A Prairie Home Companion - stories from Lake Wobegon, passionate duets, the philosophy of Guy Noir, wild radio dramas starring sound-effects genius Fred Newman, and the incredible Guy's All-Star Shoe Band.

"This is the show I'd do if I could only do one more show. It's the essence of everything from the past 34 years of Prairie Home that was funny and heartbreaking and made for great radio. The terrific Suzy Bogguss joins us for the singing, and Guy Noir reminisces about his salad days in the P.I. business, and I'll tell about the little town that time forgot and State Fairs and the first girl I loved, and we'll all sing ‘America the Beautiful' and go home."

Beginning its 35th season in September 2008, A Prairie Home Companion is heard by some 4 million listeners on more than 500 public radio stations nationwide, as well as on XM Radio, the Armed Forces Network Europe, the Far East Network, and in dozens of European cities via the Astra satellite network.

A Prairie Home Companion is produced by Prairie Home Productions and presented by American Public Media. The show is sponsored nationally by General Mills, Inc. and by the Sleep Number Bed by Select Comfort. Audio clips, scripts and more information on A Prairie Home Companion can be found online at www.prairiehome.org.

WHAT: A Summer Night in Lake Wobegon, A Prairie Home Companion's Rhubarb Tour, with Garrison Keillor, Guy's All-Star Shoe Band, singer Suzy Bogguss, and sound-effects wizard Fred Newman

WHEN/WHERE: Sunday, Aug. 17, Iowa State Fair Grandstand, Des Moines, 8:00 p.m. Sponsored by Iowa Public Radio

TICKET INFO: $25. Tickets available though all Ticketmaster outlets, charge-by-phone numbers, online at www.ticketmaster.com and the State Fair Ticket Office (walk-up orders only). Convenience charges apply to all tickets.

FOR MORE INFORMATION: go to www.prairiehome.org, or contact David O'Neill at davido@prairiehome.us

ABOUT SUZY BOGGUSS: go to http://www.suzybogguss.com

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