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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TAP Features JET and Sweet Pepprika
The Third Avenue Playhouse (TAP) in Sturgeon Bay will feature performances by JET and Sweet Pepprika this May. JET, featuring Eric Lewis, Tommy Burroughs and Jimmy Davis, will perform Wednesday, May 11 at 7:30 pm.
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Mason Jennings – his voice and his music – is a time and place in the life of Sally Slattery. I reached for his CD Century Spring at the Eau Claire Public Library when I was 17 for two reasons: (1) the cover displayed a tall, good-looking man (2) that tall, good-looking man held a guitar.
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Getting To Know Bassman Paul Sowinski
This year marks the 20th anniversary of the band Big Mouth. For bassist Paul Sowinski, it notes much more than 20 years of musical history. Sowinski started playing the bass in 7th grade when his garage band had three guitarists.
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Sturgeon Bay’s Holiday Music Motel Features “Very Musical Mid-April Weekend”
This April, the Holiday Music Motel in Sturgeon Bay will be hosting a “Very Musical Mid-April Weekend,” featuring Door County favorite Jeanne Kuhns and her band Lost Mothra on Friday, April 15 and Nashville-based husband/wife duo Stacey Earle & Mark Stuart on Saturday, April 16.
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Door County’s Cherry Lanes Host Purgatory Hill
Since Purgatory Hill’s last Door County performance, they have travelled thousands of miles, recorded a new album, and were featured in the Los Angeles Times.
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Joe Joe’s Pizza of Door County Features Captain John
Joe Joe’s Pizza and Gelato in Ephraim will feature Captain John in concert on April 1, April 8, and April 29 from 6 – 8 pm. Captain John Nolte is a retired Great Lakes Master Captain, and singer/songwriter who will present ballads that depict the sailors of the Great Lakes.
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White Gull Inn Presents Final Winter Concert with The Honey Dewdrops
The Honey Dewdrops, an award-winning, nationally-touring husband and wife folk duet, will be featured Wednesday, April 6 at the White Gull Inn in Fish Creek.
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Egg Harbor’s Peg Egan PAC Announces 2011 Summer Concert Series
The Peg Egan Performing Arts Center is thrilled to announce a crowd-pleasing line-up of nationally acclaimed artists for its 2011 Summer Sunset Concert Series.
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Door Community Auditorium Features Mason Jennings
Tickets for the first show of the Door Community Auditorium’s 2011 Summer Mainstage season are currently on sale. Sponsored by Door County Half Marathon and Nicolet Bay 5K, Mason Jennings, with special guest Elephant Revival, will be appearing at the Door Community Auditorium on Saturday, May 7 at 7 pm.
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The Mullet Hunters Perform Anniversary Show at Mink River Basin
The Mullet Hunters will play their 10-year Anniversary Show on Saturday, March 19 at the Mink River Basin in Ellison Bay. The show will take place from 8:30 pm – 12:30 am, with a meet, greet, and mingle after the show.
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Q: When you start songwriting do you think about the lyrics and musical components?
A: There are no “have to’s” when it comes to songwriting, each song is different.
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Sigmund Snopek to Perform at the Holiday Music Motel in Sturgeon Bay
Composer, performer, bandleader, multi-instrument sideman, orchestrator – Sigmund Snopek has long worn many musical hats. Now the Steel Bridge Songfest veteran is returning to Sturgeon Bay for a solo showcase at the Holiday Music Motel on Saturday, March 5 at 7 pm.
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Door County TAP Features Copper Box
On Saturday, March 12 at 7:30 pm, Copper Box will return to Third Avenue Playhouse for an evening of accordion-fueled fun. Copper Box is not always the easiest band to classify.
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Seth Raddatz and Marybeth Mattson Perform at Joe Jo’s
Seth Raddatz, son of local folk icon Mark Raddatz, will team up with Marybeth Mattson, daughter of Lost Mothra’s Jeanne Kuhns, to play at Joe Jo’s Pizza and Gelato on Friday, March 18 from 6:30 – 8:30 pm.
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Door Community Auditorium Presents Mark Paffrath
Mark Paffrath will be performing the fifth and final concert in the Door Community Auditorium’s Fireside Coffeehouse Concert Series on Saturday, March 5 at 7 pm.
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Door County’s TAP Features Sheamus Fitzpatrick & the McNally Boys
Sheamus Fitzpatrick & the McNally Boys will make their debut appearance at Third Avenue Playhouse on Saturday, March 19 at 7:30 pm. Aaron Baer (banjo, accordion, guitar, vocals) and Jeremy Wood (guitar, tin whistle, vocals), John Wallace (bodhran) and Bobby Youngs (upright bass, guitar) form the band.
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A career in music can be difficult, but incredibly rewarding. Charlie Eckhardt, Gibraltar’s Band Teacher and musician, said that you have to get specific about what area of music you are most interested in.
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DCA’s Fireside Coffeehouse Concert Presents the Fairland Bluegrass Band
The Fairland Bluegrass Band will perform as the fourth concert in the Door Community Auditorium’s Fireside Coffeehouse Concert Series on Feb. 19, at 7 pm.
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The White Gull Inn of Door County Features the Waymores
The Waymores, featuring three singer-songwriters, will appear in concert March 2 at the White Gull Inn in Fish Creek. Tickets for the 8 pm concert, the sixth in a series of seven, are $15.
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Door County’s Glas Coffee House Hosts Midwest Dilemma
Justin Lamoureux has been performing around country and beyond as Midwest Dilemma for nearly a decade. On Feb. 19 at 1 pm, he will make an appearance in Sturgeon Bay as part of Glas Coffee House’s Saturday Afternoon Delight Series.