Exciting events and experiences happening this month in Ottumwa.
The Ultimate Christmas Tradition! Mannheim Steamroller Christmas by Chip Davis has been America's favorite holiday tradition for 40 years! Grammy Award winner Chip Davis has created a show that features Mannheim Steamroller Christmas classics in the distinctive Mannheim sound. The program celebrates the anniversary of 40 years since the first Christmas album and includes dazzling multimedia effects performed in an intimate setting. Experience the magic as the spirit of the season comes alive with the signature sound of Mannheim Steamroller.
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Steve-O (Stephen Glover): From Jackass legend to bestselling author and stand-up sensation, Steve-O has spent over two decades shocking, entertaining, and making fans laugh out loud. Steve-O has been sober since 2008 and his career has endured, proving you can be fearless, funny, and sober, all at once. Now he is hitting the road with his all-new Crash & Burn Tour, a one-of-a-kind comedy show packed with wildly inappropriate humor and jaw-dropping true stories, with exclusive never-before-seen footage. Do not miss your chance to experience this outrageous multimedia event. Steve-O live: wild, raw, and funnier than ever!
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The 3rd Annual Candlelight Christmas returns. Experience the Magic. Feel the Music. Light Up the Season. Back by popular demand, Blue Violin Candlelight Christmas returns for its third spectacular year. Bigger, brighter, and bolder than ever before! This one-of-a-kind holiday concert experience blends the beauty of traditional carols with high octane rock anthems, cinematic classical reimaginings, and heartwarming favorites, all brought to life in glowing candlelight, with a dazzling stage set and immersive light show. With Guest vocalists, surprise musical collaborators, and a live choir, Blue Violin performs virtuosic, high-ener arrangements that blur the line between elegance and edge. Holiday classics like Somewhere in my Memory, Carol of the Bells, and Holly Jolly Christmas reinvented with power and soul. Genre-bending takes on Stairway to Heaven, Bohemian Rhapsody, Interstellar, and more. Step into a candlelit wonderland as this concert fills the theater with festive joy!
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Actor and comedian Jamie Lissow is currently a regular weekly guest on the #1 rated late night talk show, Gutfeld! on Fox. Jamie is best known for his starring role in two seasons of the Netflix Original Series Real Rob, alongside SNL alums Rob Schneider, Adam Sandler, Norm MacDonald and David Spade; a show Jamie co-wrote and co-produced. Jamie has appeared on The Tonight Show, The Late Late Show, Last Comic Standing, has his own half hour Comedy Central special and a Dry Bar Comedy Special with over 20 Million views. Jamie recently wrapped his first movie, Daddy Daughter Trip, a movie he co-wrote and produced, and where he appears alongside John Cleese, Rob Schneider, and Michael Bublé. Jamie is currently working on the feature film, The Animal 2, for Fox/Tubi and continues to headline comedy clubs across the country.
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