Category: Live Music
Door County summers are made for live music! Check out a show in a bar, a sunset concert in the park in almost any village, a professional performance venue, or a concert in a rustic barn. Door County’s live music scene features every genre, local favorites and nationally touring artists.
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Live Music Madness at Sister Bay’s Fall Fest
Now, sitting quietly in front of the computer, is the time to consider your Fall Fest plan of attack – you’ve got a swarm of people, Bloody Marys, arts & crafts, and a mechanical bull headed your way…and a lot of awesome live music.
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Steel Bridge Radio to Begin Airing Oct. 27
On Oct. 27, Steel Bridge Radio, a locally based internet radio station, will begin broadcasting original, collaboratively written music, live concerts, and exclusive interviews with artists, 24 hours a day, seven days a week at steelbridgeradio.
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“Celebrate Community” Free Concert at Door Community Auditorium
Ministry Door County Medical Center’s annual “Celebrate Community” show will celebrate its 20th year and will offer another free program on Oct. 26, 7 pm, at the Door Community Auditorium.
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Dark Songs Songwriters Return to The Holiday
This year marks the 5th annual Dark Songs songwriting event held at The Holiday Music Motel in downtown Sturgeon Bay. Songwriters converge upon the motel for a full week to write and record new original collaborative material in the spirit of the “dark” holidays of late autumn – Halloween and Dيa de Muertos (Day of The Dead).
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Jacksonport Town Hall Bakery Presents Michael Lee Ammons & The Water Street Hot Shots
As a boy, Michael Lee Ammons wanted to play banjo like Pete Seeger. “My mom couldn’t find banjo lessons, so she forced me to take guitar lessons. I wasn’t happy about it,” Ammons laughs, “until something clicked.”
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Katie Dahl at Jacksonport Town Hall Bakery
On Oct. 18 at 7 pm, Door County singer-songwriter Katie Dahl will present a concert of folk music at the historic Jacksonport Town Hall Bakery. The evening will feature new original songs and old-time favorites from the popular musician, appearing in her last Wisconsin concert of the fall season before she leaves on a St.
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5th Annual Dark Songs Boasts Largest Songwriter Turnout
This year marks the 5th annual Dark Songs songwriting event held at The Holiday Music Motel in downtown Sturgeon Bay. Songwriters converge upon the motel for a full week to write and record new original collaborative material in the spirit of the “dark” holidays of late autumn – Halloween and Dيa de Muertos (Day of The Dead).
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Michael Lee Ammons and Water Street Hot Shots at Jacksonport Town Hall Bakery
Old-time blues band Michael Lee Ammons and the Water Street Hot Shots will perform at the Jacksonport Town Hall Bakery on Oct. 12 at 7 pm. The Sheboygan-based Hot Shots are a hard-working traditional blues string band.
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Patchouli Returns to Perform at UUF
National touring guitar duo Patchouli is returning this fall to Door County to play a concert at the UUF in Ephraim on Oct. 4 at 7 pm. Patchouli was in the area in early July for the Peg Egan Folk Festival in Egg Harbor and played to a full house and had an overwhelming audience response, so they were instantly booked to come back this fall.
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Advance Tickets Available for “Home for the Holidays with AFT”
The slightly raucous, slightly relevant Rhode Sisters will bring a hearty helping of tight harmony singing and healthy sibling rivalry to Gibraltar Town Hall Dec.
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David HB Drake Presents “A Schooner’s Songbag”
“There’s a point where you know too much,” laughs performer, educator, and seaman David HB Drake, who has lost a gig or two when he tried to explain the nonexistence of ‘pirate songs.’
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Ellis Paul, the Guerilla Warfare Troubador
Ellis Paul says it’s guerrilla warfare out there in the music industry since the paradigm changed away from major labels, but he’s thriving in the new circumstances.
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“Play It Forward” Benefits Go Bo Foundation
The inaugural Play It Forward Benefit Concert featuring Door County musicians and inspired by Bo Johnson’s life and legacy was held at Door Community Auditorium in Fish Creek on Sunday, Oct. 22.
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Bagpipes, and Denny Rauen, Make Holiday Music Motel Appearance
Are bagpipes playing from the balcony of The Holiday Music Motel? You read right! Master luthier Denny Rauen changes hats – and kilt – to make his way north to The Holiday Music Motel Sept.
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Inaugural “Play It Forward” Benefit Concert Held at DCA
On Sept. 22, some of Door County’s most popular musicians will gather to raise funds for the GO BO Foundation with the first annual “Play It Forward” benefit concert at Door Community Auditorium.
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Patchouli Set to Play at UUF on Oct. 4
On Oct. 4 at 7 pm, Patchouli will perform at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Door County in north Ephraim. Patchouli has played at the Peg Egan Center and at the Woodwalk Gallery in Egg Harbor.
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The Hitching Post Hosts Jerry Joseph & The Jackmormons
Since its inception, Steel Bridge Songfest has welcomed Jerry Joseph to participate in the yearly music festival that attracts dozens of talented musicians, including Jackson Browne.
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Carolyn Carter Performs at Horseshoe Bay Farm
Horseshoe Bay Farm will host folk singer/songwriter Carolyn Carter in a one-night concert on Oct. 12 at 6:30 pm. This unique barn is a perfect fit for the genre of music that Carter writes and performs.
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Elephant Revival and Greensky Bluegrass Play Double Bill at DCA
On Sept. 15 Door Community Auditorium (DCA) will present a double-bill concert by two of the hottest young bands in contemporary roots music: Greensky Bluegrass and Elephant Revival.
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Greensky Bluegrass and Elephant Revival Perform at the Door Community Auditorium
Take one spin through Greensky Bluegrass’s recent album Handguns, and you’ll know what banjo player Michael Bont is talking about when he says it sounds like home.