Chris Hawkey

A country music concert will be held in downtown St. Cloud on Wednesday night raising money for a statewide non-profit organization. Firefighters For Healing is hosting the event featuring Aaron Lewis with special guest Chris Hawkey.

There is plenty to see and do this weekend around central Minnesota you and your family can enjoy. Check out a Zimbabwe singing group at Collegeville, rock out with Chris Hawkey at Pioneer Place, check out some locally created art at the Downtown Art Crawl, enjoy some Halloween fun at the Stearns History Museum, and party on the streets with Mason Dixie Live at the Fifth Avenue Live concert series. Read more in The Weekender!

This weekend contains more than enough events to bring in the new year -- with New Year's Eve bashes at the Paramount Theatre with Deuces Wild, Pioneer Place with Collective Unconscious, and the Medina Entertainment Center with Hairball. Looking to celebrate the start of 2016? Head to Pioneer Place to see the Chris Hawkey Band and get ready to laugh at the Paramount Theatre with Minnesota's own Louie Anderson. Read more about it in The Weekender!

After being rained out of his show at Summertime by George in August, Chris Hawkey is bringing his high-energy brand of northern rock to the Paramount Theatre on Wednesday night.

This is Chris Hawkey's fourth time headlining Summertime by George, and this time he is bringing some of his new music to the stage. His latest album, Country Underneath, just came out this year and Hawkey says he'll be playing every song off that album at the concert. He'll be taking the stage at 6:30 p.m.