Farmers Mercantile Hall

10/11/2026

We were proud to attend the 2026 Midwest All Music Association (MAMA) Induction Ceremony at Elks Lodge 251 in Cedar Rapids today. Our our dear friend Phil Thomas, who often frequents the stage at Farmers Mercantile Hall, received a well-deserved award for his lifetime commitment to music. Congratulations Phil!

09/13/2026

Another stellar Idiot Jam is in the books! Farmers Mercantile Hall is honored to host this annual event for this special group of musicians, and the music was incredible as usual!
Thank you to everyone who came to enjoy the music and to support the Garrison Library. Thanks also to the library for the delicious intermission buffet!
We'd also like to thank CRTinman Studios for filming the show! A link to view the performance will be available soon. For now, here's a glimpse of last night's version of the traditional final number of every Idiot Jam, "Goodnight Irene."

08/17/2026

A huge thank you to The Rough & Tumble and Flagship Romance for a wonderful show this afternoon from their Rough Romance Tour. That was some incredible music! Thanks to the Garrison Library for the delicious refreshments. And thank you to everyone who came to show! Hope you enjoyed it as much we did!

07/13/2026

A big thank you to Bob Dorr and the Blue 2 + 1 for a great afternoon of music! And thanks to Carolyn Dorr, Zoey Brown, Shane Jones and Tom Berdo for joining in on a few songs! Thanks to the Garrison Library for the delicious refreshments! And thanks to everyone who came to see the show! It was a good one!

06/23/2026

Here’s a chance to hear the Dan Boddicker & Friends performance!

Great show, great crowd, great food, great way to spend a day!

06/15/2026

Moments of today’s Dan Boddicker show captured by Anthony Bopp.

06/15/2026

Here’s another angle of our first dance, captured by Nick’s granddaughter Zoey Brown ❤️

06/15/2026

What's better than being in a beautiful historic building bursting with love and music? Not much.

That exactly describes the atmosphere today for the Dan Boddicker show at Farmers Mercantile Hall (FMH).

Dan put on an astounding show of all original music and received a well-deserved standing ovation. Saxophone master Mitch Smith joined him on the stage for several numbers, and for one lovely song, Dan’s beautiful wife Maureen sang the lyrics, which gave us all the soul shivers!

Today's free admission show was a celebration of our marriage--FMH owner Nick Fisher and Vinton Newspaper Editor Amy Stourac.

Thank you to our families and friends; to Dan and Maureen's family and friends; and to so many loyal Vinton Newspaper readers who touched our hearts by coming to celebrate with us. All 136 of you!

CRTinman Studios filmed the show today, so expect more videos soon. In the flurry of the day we failed to capture a quick video to post but Amy's son Jesse Northup sent us the attached videos of our first dance as a united music-loving duo.

Thank you so much for all the congratulations and well wishes! We are so grateful to Dan and Maureen, and to Mitch for singing and playing us into our marriage.

Special gratitude to Amy's sister Shelly Rollins of Shelly's Cakes in Dyersville for the delicious wedding cake--made with love, for love.

And as always, thank you to the Garrison Library for the delicious meal provided during intermission.

God's Blessings to you all,
Nick and Amy Fisher 🙏💞

05/19/2026

Here’s a song performed by Rivertown at the show Sunday.

05/18/2026

A big thank you to the Bucktown Americana Music Show for a wonderful afternoon of music! And to Rivertown for some fine Bluegrass music! Thank you also to the Garrison Library for the deliciousness refreshments! Thanks to the Vinton Guild of Fine Arts for sharing some of their art. It was a nice addition. Finally, thanks to everyone who came to the show! Good to see everyone!