Leah Marlene announces hometown concert at The Corn Crib

Posted on June 30, 2022
Leah Marlene will be hosting a concert at The Corn Crib August 27. (Facebook/Leah Marlene)

By Neil Doyle

NORMAL – Normal native Leah Marlene is making a return to the Twin-Cities for a hometown concert later this summer.

Marlene announced she’ll be performing August 27 at The Corn Crib. Joining the show will be fellow American Idol contestant Fritz Hager.

Marlene was scheduled to perform at Make Music Normal and in Bloomington earlier this summer, but those shows were called off after her top-three finish on American Idol.

Tickets for the show go on sale this Friday, July 1 at 10 a.m., according to Marlene.

More information will be available at leahmarlene.com.

Neil Doyle can be reached at [email protected]

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