Category: Performance
Door County is home to a selection of performance venues and ensembles unmatched by any other small communities in America. Birch Creek brings jazz and classical music to a rustic barn, Midsummer’s Music Festival tours the peninsula for intimate concerts, and the Peninsula Music Festival awes visitors and locals alike at the Door Community Auditorium each august. Find schedules for these and many other venues here.
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Cheryl Wheeler, Kenny White At White Gull
Singer-songwriter Cheryl Wheeler and special guest Kenny White will play the next installment of the White Gull Inn’s winter concert series on April 10, 8 pm. During her live shows, Cheryl Wheeler combines multiple personas – she’s simultaneously an intelligent poet, a militant trend-defier and a hilarious social critic. The folk artist’s achingly honest love […]
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Meet the Seavers will play Drömhus on April 13, 6-8 pm. Since relocating to Wisconsin in 2021, the act has been defying genre and gaining a reputation for their unique style. They aren’t country, jazz, Americana, rock or pop; fans classify them as New Century Swing. Odd time signatures and hypnotic beats combine with poetic […]
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Third Avenue PlayWorks (TAP) will ring in its 2024 season with a season-launch party on April 7, 5-7 pm. Guests can enjoy hors d’oeuvres and learn about this year’s lineup of shows, artists, directors and community partners at TAP. Space is limited. Visit thirdavenueplayworks.org/seasonlaunch or call 920.743.1760 to reserve a spot. The party will be […]
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Gallery Night, Murder-Mystery Show At Drömhus
Sturgeon Bay eatery and event venue Drömhus will host a gallery night featuring the work of painter Sarah Jane Keiser on April 5, 6-8 pm. A Wisconsin native, Keiser was raised in a family of woodcarvers and outdoorsmen, with both art and nature serving as central tenets of her upbringing. She now splits her time […]
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Fishstock Reels In 10 Artists for 2024 Season
While folk is the focus of the annual Fishstock concert series, genres from jazz to bluegrass to Dixieland are represented in this year’s 10-show lineup as well. Each concert begins at 7 pm at the Fishstock Concert Barn, 3127 Cty F in Fish Creek, with pre-show music starting at 5:30. General-admission tickets will be available […]
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Cast Announced For Series Finale
Actors Emiley Kiser and Nick Trengove, under the direction of Artistic Director Linda Fortunato, will present Last Train to Nibroc, by Arlene Hutton, Peninsula Players Theatre’s final play reading of its 2024 “The Play’s The Thing” series. In Last Train to Nibroc, May and Raleigh meet in 1940 on an eastbound train from California and […]
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Firehouse Comedy Club will present Stephanie Ann, John Frietag and Asher Brooks for a night of comedy on Tuesday, March 26. The 90-minute show starts at 7 pm with doors opening at 6. Tickets are $5 at doorcountytickets.com. Dinner and drinks are available for purchase. Firehouse Comedy Club is located at 38 S. 3rd Ave., […]
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Choir Presenting The Living Last Supper
The Community Choir of Door County will present The Living Last Supper, an interpretation of Christ’s Last Supper with his disciples, on Palm Sunday, March 24, at 3 pm at Shepherd of the Bay Lutheran Church. The program to be presented, written by Ruth Elaine Schram, includes musical performances intertwined with monologues based on scripture […]
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Radio Play By Bayside Reader’s Theatre
Door County-based theater troupe Bayside Reader’s Theatre will present its second show, a one-night-only performance of Arsenic and Old Lace, on March 15, 7 pm. The seven-member troupe consists of Mark Moede, Bruce Newbern, Vance Toivonen, Christopher Powless, Richard Carlson, Donna Johnson and founder Cherryl Fonfara, who came together to do readings from stage, movie […]
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Live Comedy At Door County Gala
A trio of comedians – Mike Stricker, Abe Auer and Vanessa Tortolano – will take the stage at Door County Gala on March 23. Doors open at 7 pm and the show starts at 8 pm. Tickets cost $10 at the door. Door County Gala is located inside Door County Boardwalk, 1023 Egg Harbor Road […]
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Washington Island Scandinavian Dancers To Visit Norway
The Washington Island Scandinavian Fest Dancers have received a $30,000 grant from the American-Scandinavian Foundation (ASF) to help fund their 75th anniversary trip to Valdres, Norway. It was one of nine non-profit organizations to receive ASF’s public program grant this year. ASF began its Scandinavian Folk Arts and Cultural Traditions program in 2017 to nurture […]
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Griffon String Quartet Awarded Green Bay Grant
Midsummer’s Music’s resident ensemble, the Griffon String Quartet, received a grant for its work with older adults from the Tom and Jan Krautkramer Family Fund of the Greater Green Bay Community Foundation. The quartet offers B Double Sharp performances for patients with Alzheimer’s or dementia as well as their caregivers. The events are intended to […]
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Tickets Available for Women’s Fund Story Slam
The Women’s Fund of Door County will present its 11th annual Tales of Our Lives Story Slam on April 20. The event will be held at Northern Sky’s Gould Theater for the first time this year. “I’ve been attending the event annually and was a ‘slammer’ for the first Tales of Our Lives,” Northern Sky […]
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March 14, dinner at 6:30 pm and show at 7:30 pm, Carrington, 7643 Hillside Road in Egg Harbor Enjoy dinner and a show by comedians Mike Brody and Aron Woldeslassie. Tickets are $49.
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Peninsula Music Festival Announces 72nd Season
The Peninsula Music Festival’s (PMF) 72nd season will include a special night of Tchaikovsky with soloist Inna Faliks, led by the organization’s Conductor Laureate Victor Yampolsky on Aug. 8. “Our music director Rune Bergmann has built on the excitement of last year,” PMF’s interim executive director Lisa Harper said. “Our patrons gave us valuable feedback […]
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Spring Concerts by Griffon String Quartet
The Griffon String Quartet, Midsummer’s Music’s resident ensemble, will perform spring concerts on March 15 and 17 in Sturgeon Bay and Egg Harbor, respectively. Both shows feature classical music with elements borrowed from other types of music and compositional styles. They will feature Roy Meyer and Alex Norris on violin, Kayla Patrick on viola and […]
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Peninsula Players Reads “4,000 Days” March 4
Tickets for 2024 season on sale now Peninsula Players Theatre will perform 4,000 Days by Peter Quilter on March 4, 7 pm. Held at Björklunden, the event is the second part of the theater’s three-part winter play-reading series, “The Play’s The Thing.” The story follows Michael, a man who has been in a coma for […]
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Northern Sky Launches New Fan Campaign
Tickets available March 4 Northern Sky Theater will launch its New Fan Campaign when tickets go on sale starting March 4. The New Fan Campaign is a marketing initiative to incentivize long-time fans and community “influencers” – business partners, information centers, volunteers, camp hosts or anyone else – to recruit new first-time fans to the […]
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Dasha Kelly Hamilton, Hans Christian This Weekend at DCA
Former Wisconsin Poet Laureate Dasha Kelly Hamilton will bring her spoken-word production, “Makin’ Cake,” to Door Community Auditorium (DCA) March 1. The 7 pm show will slice into American history and explore race, culture and class. Tickets can be purchased in person, online at dcauditorium.org or over the phone at 920.868.2728. The following day, March […]
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“Seven Last Words Of Christ” At Shepherd Of The Bay
Midsummer’s Music will present Franz Joseph Haydn’s Seven Last Words of Christ, featuring the Pro Arte Quartet alongside clergy and community leaders at Shepherd of the Bay Lutheran Church. Seven Last Words of Christ was originally an orchestral work that Haydn adapted for string quartet in 1787. It focuses on the biblical account of Jesus’ […]