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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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.
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Referred to as the band’s “most beloved tradition,” the Fifth Quarter has made the University of Wisconsin – Madison Marching Band, and their musical antics, a household name throughout the state and the country.
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Album Review: Wilco, “The Whole Love”
For a band that’s been recording together for over 15 years, Wilco’s music continually exceeds expectations. The Whole Love, features bold and brassy new tunes.
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Nashville songwriters Travis Cooper and Daniel Anderson will perform on September 24 at 8 pm at The Cork in Kewaunee. The pair is touring in support of Cooper’s new album Drifters & Dreamers, which was released in August.
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Buckets of Rain Buckets of Success
Tommy Burroughs, Katie Dahl, Rich Higdon, Jeanne Kuhns, Eric Lewis and Patrick Palmer performed Bob Dylan songs to sold-out crowds during the Buckets of Rain concert series at Woodwalk Gallery.
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Leo Kottke: Man and His Guitar at the Door Community Auditorium
Leo Kottke returns to the Door Community Auditorium Sunday, Sept. 18.
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Dave Steffen Turns Stone Harbor Blue
Catching up with blues man Dave Steffen as he returns to Door County for a show at Stone Harbor.
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Music and Wine: The Cookery’s Fall Music Series
The Cookery’s Wine Bar will be hosting a fall music series during the months of September and October on either Friday or Saturday nights. The series will kick off with blues by Mighty Mouth, featuring Jay Whitney, on September 9.
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Dave Steffen has pumped electric, blues-rock energy into the Door Peninsula for over 20 years. The Dave Steffen Band has toured across the states for nearly 30 years, driving from Wisconsin, where Dave was born and raised, to California, Texas and Florida. At 60, he is still a full-time musician and a gifted rock and […]
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TAP of Door County Presents Bent Grass
Bent Grass returns to Third Avenue Playhouse in a benefit performance for Kimberley House on Sept. 10 at 7:30 pm. Although they come from different professional backgrounds – a carpenter, a medical salesman, a business owner and a water department employee – Mark Wellens, Dave Sladek, Joe Hannon and Mike Strenski share a love of bluegrass music that will have listeners smiling from start to finish.
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From the moment the sun droops below the trees at Camp David, and lightning-fingered, flat-picking Eric Lewis unleashes the beautiful instrumental epitaph “Prayer for Gladys,” it feels like summer is just leaving before we even got to know her.
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Woodwalk in Door County Features Chris Irwin and a Tribute to Bob Dylan
August 26, the Woodwalk Concert Series will continue with Chris Irwin and Friends. Irwin has described his music as country/bluegrass and indie. He will perform original and favorite folk tunes.
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Toivo and The Snowbirds Perform for Witness for Peace Fundraiser
On September 5 from 4 – 8 pm, Woodwalk Gallery will host a Witness for Peace Labor Day party and fundraiser. Attendees will enjoy local wine, beer, and snacks, while listening to live music by local rock bands Toivo and The Snowbirds.