Category: Live Music

The Guenzel Gallery Salon exhibition at Peninsula School of Art marks its 12th year with a free public party on Jan. 18 from 6 to 9 pm. This year, the Salon party will introduce an open mic hour from 7 to 8 pm.

The Fairland Bluegrass Band will perform at The Depot Performing Arts Center on Jan. 17 at 7 pm. The Fairland Bluegrass Band offers harmonies that can only be found in a blend of family voices.

On Jan. 18, Door Community Auditorium kicks off its 2014 Coffeehouse Concert series with a concert by popular local musicians Jay Whitney, Pete Thelen, and friends, who will present an energetic mix of blues, rhythm & blues, and rock favorites in the DCA Fireside Lobby.

The Southern Door Community Auditorium presents an evening with Grammy winner Julie Gold on Jan. 25 at 7 pm. It’s was twenty years ago when Julie Gold won a Grammy for writing Bette Midler’s smash hit, “From A Distance.

By day, Barry Kuzay is a mild-mannered engineer employed at Roen Salvage Co. in Sturgeon Bay. But in his free time at home in Algoma, where he lives with his wife and daughter, he enters his home recording studio and becomes neo-classical metal guitar shredder Barry Kuzay.

Maren Larsen, the first winner of Door County Idol in 2005, is traveling from Boston, taking a week off of work at the Institute of International Urban Development (impressive!) to be a part of tonight’s show.

When friends Chris Boeger and Scott Beardsley called Waylan Daniel to play music with them in a Target parking lot, the Hometown Sweethearts were born.

Base Camp’s annual Christmas concert with Small Forest and special guest George Sawyn is set for Dec. 22 from 4 – 6 pm. Small Forest performs songs like musical story poems, defined by exquisite harmonies with a strong rhythmic baseline.

Memphis musician Eddie Smith and multi-instrumentalist Tommy Burroughs are making their first winter appearance in Door County to ring in the New Year.

Starting Jan. 10, Ministry Door County Medical Center (MDCMC) will feature a broad range of musical concerts throughout Door County featuring blues, jazz, folk and alternative music from national touring artists to help raise funds for the Healing Project.

After all these years hearing about the Milwaukee-based musical genius of Sigmund Snopek III, I finally had the opportunity to see him in action in the super intimate setting of the Holiday Music Motel in Sturgeon Bay during Snopek’s 3rd annual holiday show at the Holiday.

Back when there were Nordic ski trails in Fish Creek and the Omnibus ski lodge was rocking, Sigmund Snopek III helped welcome 10 consecutive new years playing at the Omnibus.

Mollie O’Brien and Rich Moore will be featured in concert at the White Gull Inn in Fish Creek on Dec. 11 at 8 pm. Grammy award-winner Mollie O’Brien became known to the rest of the world as a singer’s singer when, in 1988, she and her brother Tim released the first of three critically-acclaimed albums.

With a season of singing, touring and recording behind them, the One Voice trio continues to share their blend of selected original arrangements, old time gospel, and a variety of instrumental songs.

Elliot Goettelman knows a thing or two about open mics – not only has he participated in open mics throughout Door County for the last five years, he leads weekly open mics at Mojo Rosa’s every Saturday and Glas Coffeehouse the first Friday of every month.

Lost Moth Gallery Concert Series welcomes folk singer-songwriter Peter Mulvey on Nov. 24 at 7 pm, wine and visiting begins at 6 pm. Since the early 1990s, Mulvey has developed a strong national following in the indie folk/rock scene and is no stranger to Door County playing at the Woodwalk Concert Series, the White Gull Inn and other venues.

On Nov. 30, The Lettermen will present an evening of timeless holiday music at Door Community Auditorium (DCA). These perennial DCA favorites will bring their signature three-part harmonies to bear on an enchanting array of classic and contemporary seasonal tunes.

Local artist Barry Kuzay has completed a unique musical project that took him more than three years of meticulous work to finish. The music was released on Nov.

On any given week, throughout the year, it’s not difficult to find Elliot Goettelman on a stage near you – he hosts an open mic at Mojo Rosa’s on Saturdays, another at Glas the first Friday of every month; he performs as a part of The Bent Elbows at The Corner Café on Sunday mornings; rocks out with The Offseason at bars throughout the county; and regularly participates in The Holiday Music Motel’s songwriting events.