• Sausage, Beer, Pizza Buffet & Lights Tour - Thursday, December 5

    You’ve asked when it will be. Here it is again… an annual favorite! This tour has it all… one of the best meat markets in the state, the historic Schell’s Brewery, a Pizza Ranch buffet, and a very popular light display… all in one tour… and just in time as we prepare for Christmas! We’ll begin with casual shopping at Schmidt’s Meat Market in Nicollet. (I really suggest that you bring coolers or insulated bags with your name clearly marked on them.) After you’ve had time to buy those Christmas party treats, we’ll head to Schell’s Brewery in New Ulm for a tour and tasting of their fine products. Not a beer drinker? They also make 1919 root beer. They’ve added a Bier Halle where we’ll relax briefly, shop and visit before we head to the Pizza Ranch for an included late afternoon pizza buffet. (They’re even opening their buffet early just for us.) We’ll end our day with the beautiful Kiwanis Holiday Lights in Mankato. 

    Sausage, Beer, Pizza Buffet & Lights Tour - Saturday, December 7

     Many of you still work Monday-Friday jobs, so here’s your chance to join us on a Saturday for an annual favorite! Gather your friends! This tour has it all… one of the best meat markets in the state, the historic Schell’s Brewery, a Pizza Ranch buffet, and a very popular light display… all in one tour… and just in time as we prepare for Christmas! We’ll begin with casual shopping at Schmidt’s Meat Market in Nicollet. (I really suggest that you bring coolers or insulated bags with your name clearly marked on them.) After you’ve had time to buy those Christmas party treats, we’ll head to Schell’s Brewery in New Ulm for a tour and tasting of their fine products. Not a beer drinker? They also make 1919 root beer. They’ve added a Bier Halle where we’ll relax briefly, shop and visit before we head to the Pizza Ranch for an included late afternoon pizza buffet. We’ll end our day with the beautiful Kiwanis Holiday Lights in Mankato. Registration Deadline: Wednesday, November 20 (may fill prior)

    Bells Will Be Ringin’ - Wednesday, December 11 Looking for some holiday spirit? We’re headed for the Ives Auditorium in Bloomington where we’ll begin with an included lunch of Holiday Roast Chicken, Cheesy Potatoes, Green Bean Almondine, Winter Salad, Dinner Rolls, Assorted Dessert, Coffee, Hot Tea. (Special dietary meals available by request ahead of time.) Then we’ll celebrate the most wonderful time of the year with Sidekick Theatre’s heartwarming, funny holiday show. Combining some of the Twin Cities best vocalists with a dynamic band headed up by Brian Pierce, this spirited holiday show brings a modern vitality to holiday favorites from the past and present day and promises to leave you feeling merry and bright! Registration Deadline: Monday, November 25 (may fill prior)

    Just the Way You Are – Friday, February 14, 2025

    Happy Valentine's Day! We’re headed for the Ives Auditorium in Bloomington where we’ll begin with an included lunch of honey garlic chicken breast, cheesy potatoes, roasted broccoli & cauliflower, salad, dinner roll, assorted desserts, coffee and hot tea. (Special dietary meals available by request ahead of time.) Then we’ll head to the theatre for Just the Way You Are, an array of classic romantic songs from the 60s, 70s, and 80s, featuring hits from Elvis Presley, the Righteous Brothers, the Bee Gees, Carole King, Billy Joel and more. Just the Way You Are showcases your favorite Sidekick Theatre musicians with some of the Twin Cities best vocalists performing such songs as 'Can't Help Falling in Love’, 'Wonderful Tonight', 'Can't Take My Eyes off You' and of course 'Just the Way You Are’. Enjoy an atmosphere of fun and romance at Sidekick Theatre this Valentine’s Day! Registration Deadline: Monday, November 25 (may fill prior) 

    On the Road Again Thursday, March 20, 2025

    We’re on the road again to the Ives Auditorium in Bloomington where we’ll begin with an included lunch of BBQ chicken breast, beer cheese mac, southern style green beans, homemade coleslaw, buttermilk biscuit w/honey butter, assorted desserts - coffee, decaffeinated coffee and hot tea. (Special dietary meals available by request ahead of time.) Then we’ll head to the theatre for On the Road Again: Three Decades of Classic Country Music. On the Road Again returns to the Sidekick stage with another memorable concert filled with your favorite country music from decades past. Get ready for some fantastic fiddling and even more lush harmonies. Featuring the music of Hank Williams, Patsy Cline, Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson and Waylon Jennings, this is one Sidekick concert you won’t want to miss. Registration Deadline: March 10, 2025 (may fill prior) 

    37 Postcards Tour Thursday, April 24, 2025 DayTrippers Dinner Theatre is at it again at the Plymouth Playhouse! Get ready to laugh! After an included quarter savory roast chicken, baked lasagna, tuscan vegetable medley, garden salad with assorted dressings, assorted rolls, mashed potatoes, specialty dessert and coffee or tea, we’ll head for the theatere for 37 Postcards, written like a 1930's screwball comedy! Young Avery Sutton and his fiance return from an eight year stint in Europe only to find his already eccentric family has gone certifiably insane! Things have changed. The house is on a tilt, the dog is feral, his grandmother (presumed dead) is alive and kicking! Oh, the Suttons are just a quirky, funny, loving family. So Avery and his bride-to-be have to either accept their oddities or leave them behind. Well, the couple discovers that you can in fact go home again. You just never know what you'll find! Registration Deadline: April 16, 2025 (may fill prior)

    Perfect Wedding Wednesday, May 7, 2025

    We’re headed to the Ives Auditorium in Bloomington where we’ll begin with an included lunch of creamy chicken breast with roasted red potatoes, glazed carrots, coleslaw, dinner rolls, assorted desserts, coffee or hot tea. (Special dietary meals available by request ahead of time.) Then we’ll head to the theatre for Perfect Wedding: A Riotous Comedy and Touching Love Story About The Big Day That Goes Hilariously Wrong! A groom wakes up on the morning of his wedding day with a hangover and a strange woman in his bed. Mix in the bride, her mother, the best man, and a maid that knows too much, and you have a recipe for disaster. Wedding bells or running for the hills? Their big day will be far from a piece of cake! Registration Deadline: April 25, 2025 (may fill prior)