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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Christmas With Lost Mothra at Base Camp
Every year Lost Mothra shares the holiday spirit in music with their Base Camp Coffee Shop audience. On Dec. 17 at 7 pm, the warm inviting atmosphere of Base Camp in Sister Bay will be the perfect place to gather, sing along and listen to sounds of the season from Jeanne Kuhns and Lost Mothra.
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Sigmund Snopek III Performs at Holiday Music Motel
Sigmund Snopek III will perform a special Christmas concert at the Holiday Music Motel in Sturgeon Bay on Dec. 11 beginning at 6 pm. Early last spring, Holiday Music Motel welcomed famed rock-eccentric Snopek to perform in their on-site concert hall/recording studio.
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Michael Smith to Perform at White Gull Inn
Singer-songwriter and guitarist Michael Peter Smith will be featured in concert on Dec. 7 at the White Gull Inn in Fish Creek. Tickets for the 8 pm concert, the second in a series of six, are $16.
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Behind the Curtain: Door County Idol
Contests like Door County Idol are often made out to be a stop-at-nothing race to the top. Mock documentaries about such competitions, like Drop Dead Gorgeous, make fun of rural towns where mothers and daughters hatch deadly plots to win. And, of course, on the national television show American Idol young people fiercely compete for […]
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Door County Idol Hosts Open Auditions
Open auditions for the 2012 Door County Idol competition at the Door Community Auditorium will take place the week of November 14 at area high schools.
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Anya Kopischke Performs at Base Camp
Anya Kopischke, a singer/songwriter, actress and junior at Gibraltar High School, will perform at Base Camp Coffee Bar on Sunday, Nov. 20 at 2 pm. Drawing from her theatre background, Kopischke’s performances dwell on the dramatic side.
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Glas Open Mic Moves to Fridays
Open Mic at Glas has moved to the first Friday of every month. The showcase of original music kicked off its new schedule Nov. 4, in coordination with First Friday Artwalks in Sturgeon Bay.
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DC Deli Hosts Dinner-Folk Night
Nov. 19, the DC Deli in Sister Bay will host a night of dinner-folk and folk-rock fun with local musicians Mark Raddatz, Seth Raddatz and Marybeth Mattson, accompanied by the Deli’s delicious home cooking.
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Great Albums for the Open Road
When the season ends, I tend to need to put a bit of road between my tires and where I’ve been all summer. Becoming a semi-migratory worker in Door County, I spend good stretches on the road splitting my time between city and country.
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Howard Fishman Defies Convention
Howard Fishman, a most unconventional artist, will take the stage at the Door Community Auditorium with the Hot Holy Mess Friday, Oct. 28. “I think of my sound as New Orleans/ Brooklyn music,” Fishman said when reached by phone at his home in Brooklyn last week.
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Two Back-to-Back Concerts at The Holiday
One week following their Halloween extravaganza, “Dark Songs: The Edgar Allan Polka and Other Dark Delights” at Cherry Lanes on October 28 and 29 which draws artists from all over the country to write, record and perform original works specifically written for the two-night Halloween bash, The Holiday Music Motel in Sturgeon Bay will host two intimate and diverse house concerts to take place in their onsite studio.
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Cookery’s Wine Bar Features Live Music Oct. 28 and Nov. 5
The Cookery’s wine bar will continue to have live music during the late fall season. Highland Road will be playing a mix of bluegrass, a bit of country and folk on Oct. 28 at 8 pm.
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Katie Dahl Day at Base Camp Coffee Bar in Sister Bay
On October 29, the public is invited to come in from the cold for a morning of hot cider, warm sweaters, and cool music as Ecology Sports/Base Camp Coffee Shop celebrates its third annual Katie Dahl Day.
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David Wilcox Performs at Fish Creek’s White Gull Inn
Singer-songwriter and guitarist David Wilcox will be featured in the opening concert of the 27th season of winter folk concerts at the White Gull Inn in Fish Creek on Nov. 9.
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The Indefinable Party of Howard Fishman
Howard Fishman brings his genre-bending sound to the Door Community Auditorium Oct. 28.
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Once New Ensemble Performs at Door County UUF
Musical variety is the product of the Once Now Ensemble, performing at the UU Fellowship in Ephraim on October 28 at 7 pm. The group presents a dynamic mix of musical influences that comes to a focus in a unique stream of improvised, instrumental voices playing off one another.
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Sturgeon Bay’s Holiday Music Motel Hosts Edgar Allan Polka
Once again, the Holiday Music Motel will host their annual “Dark Songs / Edgar Allan Polka” bash on Halloween weekend at Cherry Lanes in Sturgeon Bay, October 28 – 29.
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Howard Fishman and The Hot Holy Mess Perform at Door County Auditorium
A little slice of New York City will come to Fish Creek on October 28, when two of the hottest bands from Brooklyn’s thriving roots music scene will play at the Door Community Auditorium.
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At the Intersection: Fall Fest’s Music
For many folks in Northern Door, Fall Fest marks the end of the busy season and the prelude to the next endeavor. Whether it’s an autumnal departure to another locale or simply looking forward to a slower pace this winter, the festival marks an intersection of two realities brought about in full-on revelry.
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Door County’s The Cookery Presents Fall Music Series
The Cookery’s Wine Bar will continue its fall music series during the month of October on Friday nights. The line up will start off on October 7 with guitar and mandolin duo, The Nicks.