Pianist Lorie Line will perform at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at the Ames City Auditorium.

Single tickets cost $49, but groups of 10 or more can purchase tickets for $44. They are available for purchase on Line’s website.

This will be the third stop in Line’s “Christmas in the City” tour. Line is known for her piano playing, composing and entrepreneurship. She has had three PBS Specials and has even played at the White House.

“I played at the White House in the year 2000, and they were switching over presidents that day, so I got to play for two presidents that were in the house,” Line said. “That day, Bill Clinton was leaving, and George W. Bush was coming in.” 

Line was recently inducted into the Minnesota Music Hall of Fame, where she joined Bob Dylan and Judy Garland. 

Line said this induction was her first, and she felt honored because this has been the largest award she has ever received.

Line even has her own Pandora radio station, which features her music and artists within the same genre. She said it has been highly successful.

“I have 765,000 Lorie Line Pandora Radio listeners,” Line said. “Then I have just under 2 million [plays] a week of people listening to my songs.”

Line has also released more than 40 albums and music books, all of which she produced herself. She will promote her most recent album and book, “Christmas in the City,” during her Ames performance, where she will perform a new piece that she composed for the show.

“I’m playing a really pretty composition this year,” Line said. “It’s called, ‘The Road to Bethlehem,’ and I love it. It’s one of my favorite moments on the show.”

Line said the performance will feature music from movies such as “White Christmas” and “Home Alone,” with a section of the performance dedicated to requests. With this year marking Line’s 26th tour, her performances will stretch for 40 days. 

“It’s a lot of work,” Line said. “I really like that. I like the joy of hanging out with the band and just seeing a lot of people in the audience that are so happy because I’ve come to celebrate the Christmas season with them.”

To find out more about Line and her upcoming Christmas in The City concert, visit her website.