The Spamettes will perform at the Lighthouse Event Center, 638 Marshall St., Albert Lea, at 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday.

Tickets are $10 in advance and available at Tone Music in Albert Lea. Tickets will also be available at the door for $15 per person.

For more information, call 373-3144.

Austin is home to the singing quartet, The Spamettes. These four women have entertained their way into the hearts of people all over the region and beyond, making news in the Washington Post and the Los Angeles Times. The Spamettes sing solely about America’s most popular luncheon meat — Spam — a registered trademark of Hormel Foods Corporation. They parody favorite songs, adding Spam lyrics. Audiences hear such songs as “Mr. Spam-man,” “Boogie Woogie Butcher Boy” and “Stop in the Name of Spam.”

“We take songs people know and give them a twist,” said member Sonia Larson. “It’s kind of a goofy parody.”

The four Spamettes began their singing career in 1990 at the first Spam Jam. At that time, Larson realized her lifelong dream of becoming Miss Hammy Swinette and singing “Stand by Your Spam.” Soon the group was looking at every song as potential Spam hit.

Some of their old standbys are “16 Hogs” (“16 Tons”), “In the Food” (“In the Mood”), “Spam a Lot” (Camelot), “Alexander Jones’ Pig” (“Alexander’s Ragtime Band”), and “S-P-A-M” (Y-M-C-A). New ideas are as close as the nearest radio and the latest additions to their repertoire are “Canned Pork, Canned Pork” (“New York, New York”) and “Spam from the Can-uh” (“Copacabana”). Because they parody everything from Big Band music to ‘50s rock’n’roll to the Beatles to country they are popular with groups of all kinds-tour groups, conventions, fund raisers, and private parties.

The group has four singers — Larson, Denise Condon, Nancy Heimer and Leslie Meyer. They do choreography and don hats or costumes to fit the songs as they sing. A three-piece band accompanies them: Pat Schulke on keyboard, Theresa Iverson on bass and Rebecca Mealy on drums.

“We all have things we do during the day, but we have this quirky streak,” Larson said.