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River Suite

Dinner and Music on the Historic Bridge in Cottonwood Falls, Kansas

Friday, June 7, 2024 6pm

 The 2024 River Suite event will take place, Friday June 7, 2024 on the historic Cottonwood River Bridge overlooking the waterfall in downtown Cottonwood Falls. Surrounded by the unforgettable jewel tones of a Kansas summer sunset, guests will be drawn to the white peaked tents and the aroma of a well-mastered selection of Flint Hills inspired delicacies inviting the senses to partake in the breathtaking experience of fine dining and live music on the charming bridge.

Gates will open at 5:30pm with a happy hour cash bar benefiting The Strong City Preservation Alliance and their restoration project of the 1900 theater. At 6pm music by Tallgrass Express will begin.  Dinner service provided by The Cliff at Clover Cliff Ranch will start at 7pm. Entertainment by Tallgrass Express will resume at 8pm!

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Tickets are $85+tax ($92.23) each. Visit our website to purchase online by cash or check by clicking the button above. 

Annie Wilson and her band Tallgrass Express have completed a major songwriting and recording project. “Out on the Tallgrass Prairie” is a double album with 32 songs - an epic addition to their “Songs of the Flint Hills” series – now 88 songs in 6 volumes. They plan to perform many songs from the new album.

With all songs by rancher-songwriter Wilson, this album explores two sides of Flint Hills life on double discs of 16 songs each:  Land, Plants, & Animals, and People on the Land.  Songs tell stories about cowboys, cowgirls, ranch families, horses, cattle, wildlife and especially the scenic beauty.

There are fun songs for “kids” young and old, such as “Turkey Buzzard Bob” and “Prairie Chicken Pete,” and heartfelt songs such as “Prairie Prayer” about the need to conserve this beautiful landscape. 

Wilson remarks, “I was so lucky to have my talented partners Carl Reed and Derrick Doty on this enormous project.”  Carl Reed, on vocals, bass, harmonica and guitar, is also a songwriter also provided invaluable advice on song arrangements and will join Annie at our event. 

This is the 20th Anniversary of Tallgrass Express; they will also be having a public celebration and concert later in the year at Pioneer Bluffs on Sept 8th. Be sure to mark you calendars!

Founding member Annie Wilson says, “We feel incredibly lucky to live amidst the splendor and wide open spaces of the Flint Hills tallgrass prairie. Through our music, we celebrate this land and its people.”

A magnificent dinner will be served and prepared by The Cliff. The delicious special menu created by head chef and partner, Jacob Holmes will include an 8 oz bison filet, baked potato with sour cream and butter, corn on cob, spring salad, fresh baked roll, strawberry shortcake, brewed iced tea and water.

The Cliff located on The Clover Cliff Ranch Bed & Breakfast is the latest edition to Chase County's fine dining options.

This year's cash bar proceeds will benefit the 1900 Opera House/Auditorium/Theater in Strong City Renovation Project. 

Carved in stone above the front doors is AUDITORIUM 1900. The building, completed in 1901, became known as the Strong City Opera House. In the 1920s, the structure was converted into a movie house and named the RIALTO. In 1931 came another name change: UPTOWN. The theater later closed and sat vacant in disrepair.

In 2002, the Strong City Preservation Alliance, Inc., a 501 C(3) non-profit organization was established.  Whose main objective is saving the 1900 Opera House/Auditorium/Theater.

Volunteers from the SCPA will be happy to serve you and tell you stories of the magnificent progress being made to save this historic building!

"THANK YOU" to our generous sponsors!

Click below on each one to learn more:

Trusler Foundation, The LarkInn Guesthouses, Kansas Graphics, Grand Central Hotel & Grill, Griffin Real Estate & Auction,

Scribner Insurance Agency,

Brown-Bennett Alexander Funeral Home

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Chase County Chamber of Commerce, 318 Broadway, Cottonwood Falls, KS, USA
620-273-8469

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