G.L. Berg Blog

We are happy to extend an invitation to you to attend our 20th Annual G. L. Berg Entertainment Showcase and Customer Appreciation Event on Thursday, April 19 beginning at 7:30 p.m.  (Doors open for pre-show entertainment and reception at 6:30 p.m.) Because we want to show our customers how much we appreciate you, there is [...]

Kátia Thompson, a professional face painter with over ten years of experience, shared her skills at the G. L. Berg Entertainment, Performing Artists & Speakers booth at NACA Northern Plains last weekend. Kátia even persuaded G. L. Berg talent expert Ryan Meints to have his face painted before they started the last exhibit hall. With [...]

G. L. Berg stand-up comedian Jason Schommer attended the opening night of Brad Garrett’s Comedy Club at MGM Grand in Las Vegas on Thursday, March 29, 2012.   Brad invited Jason to come to the club and perform a set sometime, which he plans on doing when he returns to Las Vegas.  Jason said “It was such a fun night watching these comedy [...]

Tim Stevens, Talent Consultant with G.L. Berg Entertainment, attended the International Association of Fairs & Exhibitions Zone 4 Spring Conference in Wausau, WI on March 26-28.  The Wisconsin Valley Fair (Wausau) hosted the conference.  Nearly 150 people attended the event, representing fairs from North & South Dakota, Minnesota, Wisconsin and Ontario, CN.  Attendees had the [...]

Have you been told you are funny?  Have you ever considered becoming a stand-up comedian?  Or thought of writing comedy routines?  If so, take advantage of the Comedy Writing Workshop this Thursday evening, April 5, 2012 hosted by the Dakota County Library in West St. Paul.  Professional comedian Scott Novotny will share his comedy writing formula for [...]

By:  Gary Berg, CEO This is a question I have been asked many times over the 25 plus years I have been in this business and the nice part is with each passing year I understand even more are the advantages of using a high quality, professional entertainment/speaker agency. Just this week it happened.   A [...]

When Minneapolis-based Latin dance party and live band Salsabrosa formed, they knew it was important to bring together the most talented Latin musicians in the Twin Cities, and they made a conscious decision to bring Salsa to the masses in a very personal way — through the dances themselves.  The group brings amazing music and dance instruction [...]

Six Appeal, an aptly-named six person a cappella group represented by G. L. Berg Entertainment, Performing Artists & Speakers, won 1st Place at the Pacific Northwest Harmony Sweepstakes Competition held at the Washington Center for the Performing Arts on March 10, 2012. They will go on to represent the region at the 2012 National Champions [...]

One of the benefits of emerging technology is the ease with which you can make a picture say a thousand words…or in our case, 1,598 words.  This morning our staff was visiting about how convenient it is to use maps to share details about upcoming performances, as we did in the Okee Dokee Brothers blog last month.  [...]

Comic Magician Jerry Fraiser started performing at a young age in Duluth, Minnesota. He designed, built and produced his first large-scale illusion show at 16 and has been entertaining audiences all over America ever since as an entertainer booked by G. L. Berg Entertainment, Performing Artists, and Speakers. If you ask him, he would say [...]