Production crews across greater Minnesota.Out-state is still home state.

AHLC frequently crews shows well beyond the Twin Cities metro. Duluth, Rochester, Saint Cloud, Mankato, Bemidji, Detroit Lakes, Hinckley, Welch — the out-state arena, casino, and festival circuit that runs all year and gets busy every summer.

Most of these markets are inside a two-hour drive of the Twin Cities, which makes them the easiest regional work we do. Rochester and Mankato are ninety minutes. Saint Cloud is barely over an hour. For a lot of out-state Minnesota, a Twin Cities crew is a same-day call with no travel premium worth arguing about.

Rooms in this market

These are the buildings this market's production calendar runs through. We're not claiming a résumé in every one — we're telling you which rooms a call here means. If your show is in one of them, ask and we'll tell you straight what we can put in it.

• DECC and AMSOIL Arena — Duluth — arena tours, convention general sessions, Symphony Hall theater calls
• Bayfront Festival Park — Duluth — outdoor festival builds on the lake, weather- and wind-aware
• Mayo Civic Center — Rochester — arena, theater and convention space, touring dates and conferences
• River's Edge Convention Center and Herb Brooks Center — Saint Cloud — convention builds, concerts, campus events
• Mayo Clinic Health System Event Center — Mankato — mid-size arena concerts, family shows, conversions
• Sanford Center — Bemidji — arena touring and convention events in the north
• Casino showrooms and event centers — Treasure Island, Grand Casino Hinckley and Mille Lacs, Black Bear, Shooting Star, Jackpot Junction
• Summer festival grounds — WE Fest in Detroit Lakes, Moondance Jam in Walker, Bayfront Blues, and the county fair grandstand circuit

What we crew here

• Arena and amphitheater tour labor — load in, show call, load out, rigging support, spot ops
• Casino showroom calls — fast one-nighters, small footprints, tight turnarounds
• Festival and fair crews — grandstand builds, multi-day runs, overnight strikes
• Audio, lighting, and video — speaker hangs, truss builds, LED wall, dimmer world
• Stage and carpentry — decking, risers, scenic, changeovers
• Theater and performing-arts calls — deck, scenic, changeovers
• Convention and corporate A/V — general sessions, galas, breakouts, trade shows
• Forklift and dock crew — truck flips, long pushes, freight

Lead time and travel

Saint Cloud, Rochester, Mankato, Hinckley, and Welch are inside ninety minutes and run as ordinary same-day calls. Duluth at two hours and twenty minutes is same-day for most call times. Bemidji and Detroit Lakes are three and a half hours and usually mean an overnight, especially on a summer festival run.

Travel is quoted up front. On the near markets it's minimal. On a northern festival with a multi-day build it's a real line item, and you'll see it before you approve anything.

Booking an out-state Minnesota crew

Tell us the venue, the date, the event type, and roughly how many hands. Multi-day festival or fair work — send the whole run rather than one day, it's easier to crew well and it prices better. We respond within 24 hours.

Working the metro instead? See the Minneapolis and Twin Cities page, the full venue list, or the whole service area.

Book a crew

Tell us the gig. We'll come back to you — usually within 24 hours, or the next business day. Prefer to talk? Call (651) 529-0748.