Garrison Keillor

Arizona Musicfest was informed by artist management in January that our evening with Garrison Keillor, originally scheduled for Sunday, January 18, had to be postponed due to Mr. Keillor suffering a shoulder injury requiring surgery. We are pleased to announce the performance has been rescheduled for Monday, April 13, 2026 at 7:30pm. We are currently working to accommodate existing ticket holders. If you would like to be placed on the waitlist for available seats, please contact the box office at 480-422-8449.

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Garrison Keillor at 83 with special guests Heather Masse & Rich Dworsky is a show of music, stories, and stand-up on the theme of cheerfulness — happiness depends on circumstance, but cheerfulness is a choice. The show includes Keillor’s sung sonnets and duets with Masse on songs by Bob Dylan, Paul Simon, Tom Waits, Greg Brown, Mark Knopfler, and Ann Reed, plus an extended medley of sung classic poems and jokes. Keillor also does the “News from Lake Wobegon”, reflecting on his generation—the one that knew about outhouses, slaughtered chickens, hitchhiked, drove a straight-stick transmission, skated on outdoor rinks, and told jokes. The program concludes with the audience singing a medley of familiar songs — “America the Beautiful,” “Swing Low, Sweet Chariot,” “Oh Susannah,” and other classics. “We are the last generation who knows all the words,” says Keillor. “When we’re gone, they’ll disappear.”

*This concert is not eligible for MUSICFLEX discounts.