From 1956 to 2014, Sherwin Linton has been performing the classic sounds of Elvis, Marty Robbins, Chuck Berry, Buddy Holly and Johnny Cash.

Albert Leans once again will get a chance to see Linton; The Sherwin Linton 2014 Christmas Show and Johnny Cash Tribute will be coming to Albert Lea this weekend.

Linton’s show will be at 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday at the Lighthouse Theatre & Event Center, 621 Marshall St.

Linton has charted 20 records nationally, including the holiday anti-drunk driving song “Santa Got a DWI,” which has sold over a million copies, according to a press release.

Linton’s newest record, “Highway Headin’ South,” features his wife Pam Linton as well as his band, The Cotton Kings.

After learning piano and guitar as a child and having his own radio show in Watertown, S.D., Linton formed many bands over the course of his career. He also went to Nashville and cut “Cotton King” in 1966, which put him on the top of the charts, according to his biography on his website.

In over 45 years, Linton has never missed a performance, and he often plays over 250 dates a year.

Tickets to Linton’s show are $20 in advance and $25 at the door, and they are available at Marshall Street Music, Hy-Vee, Stadheim Jewelers and the Albert Lea Convention & Visitors Bureau.

 

Friday

• See “Flyin’ Into Christmas” at 7 p.m. at the Albert Lea High School auditorium. Tickets are $10 and are available at the Albert Lea Convention & Visitors Bureau, the Albert Lea Art Center, from anyone in the play or at the door.

• Enjoy a live free drive-thru nativity scene from 7 to 9 p.m. at New Life Christian Church, 1205 S.E. Marshall St.

• See “A Dickens’ Christmas Carol: A Traveling Travesty in Two Tumultuous Acts” at 7:30 p.m. at the Marion Ross Performing Arts Center, 147 N. Broadway. Tickets are $15.

• Enjoy a nativity pageant from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. at First Baptist Church of Albert Lea, 335 W. Clark St.

 

Saturday

• Donna Nelson Insurance, 21290 680th Ave., Alden, will have a safe driving holiday open house from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.

• A Christmas bake sale will be from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Hayward Lutheran Church Social Hall, 200 Main St., Hayward. There will also be a used books, crafts, soaps, Tupperware and Mary Kay products for sale. There will be a quilt and quilt chest raffle as well.

• A Christmas cookie sale will be from 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Glenville Senior Center on Main Street in Glenville. The cookies are $8 per pound.

• A model train show will be from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Northbridge Mall, 2510 Bridge Ave. There will be operating layouts in several scales on display as well as dealer tables.

• From 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Skyline Plaza will have a holiday bazaar. There will be a kids zone with supervision and a holiday wrapping table. Santa will also be there with his sleigh.

• The Albert Lea Farmers Market will be from 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at Northbridge Mall, 2510 Bridge Ave.

• Trinity Women of the ELCA will hold a Christmas bazaar from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Trinity Lutheran Church, 204 N.W. First St. A sloppy joe lunch will be served and baked goods, lefse, candy and crafts will be for sale.

• From 1 to 4 p.m., paint on canvas with Debb at The Color Wheel. Bring a favorite beverage and a glass. Cost is $40.

• The F.R.O.G. of Central Freeborn Lutheran Church Christmas by the Lake bus trip departs from Albert Lea at 3 p.m. from behind Slumberland. The tour will travel to Clear Lake, Iowa, for Christmas festivities, then return to Albert Lea by 9 p.m. Cost is $26 per person and reservations are needed; call 373-8655 or 826-3267 for information.

• See “Flyin’ Into Christmas” at 7 p.m. at the Albert Lea High School auditorium. Tickets are $10 and are available at the Albert Lea Convention & Visitors Bureau, the Albert Lea Art Center, from anyone in the play or at the door.

• Enjoy a live free drive-thru nativity scene from 7 to 9 p.m. at New Life Christian Church, 1205 S.E. Marshall St.

• See “A Dickens’ Christmas Carol: A Traveling Travesty in Two Tumultuous Acts” at 7:30 p.m. at the Marion Ross Performing Arts Center, 147 N. Broadway. Tickets are $15.

 

Sunday

• Enjoy Eagles breakfast from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Eagles Club, 205 W. William St. Cost is $7.

• A model train show will be from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Northbridge Mall, 2510 Bridge Ave. There will be operating layouts in several scales on display as well as dealer tables.

• See “A Dickens’ Christmas Carol: A Traveling Travesty in Two Tumultuous Acts” at 2 p.m. at the Marion Ross Performing Arts Center, 147 N. Broadway. Tickets are $15.

• Come to a Christmas gathering from 2 to 4 p.m. at the Freeborn County Historical Museum, 1031 Bridge Ave. Admission is a $1 donation.

• The Southeast Minnesota Orchestra will give a concert at 3 p.m. at the Albert Lea High School auditorium. Tickets are $8 for seniors and $10 for adults; $12 at the door. Tickets are available at the Albert Lea Convention & Visitor’s Bureau.

• An Advent recital will begin at 3 p.m. at Salem Lutheran Church, 115 N. Washington Ave.

• The Set Memories Aglow tree lighting ceremony will be from 5 to 6 p.m. at the front drive of Mayo Clinic Health System in Albert Lea, 404 W. Fountain St.