Live-music venues worth the trip in Mankato, Minnesota

Its own site describes an outdoor stage at Riverfront Park with tiered limestone slab seating and a grass lawn. It operates as a summer shed booking national touring acts.

Its own site describes it as the former Mankato Civic Center, city-owned, with a 6,500-seat Arena and a 2,200-seat flexible Grand Hall, home to Minnesota State Maverick hockey and a mixed calendar of touring concerts, comedy and consumer shows.