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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.

  • Freddy & Francine Headline the Last Winter Concert at the White Gull Inn

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    Freddy & Francine, an Americana-soul duo comprised of Bianca Caruso and Lee Ferris, will perform at the last concert of the winter season on April 18 at White Gull Inn in Fish Creek. With voices reminiscent of Aretha Franklin and Van Morrison, the duo’s songs blend soul, R&B, folk, and Americana with a modern yet […]

  • Uncork Summer Tickets on Sale Now

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    Tickets are now available for Uncork Summer, Door County’s annual celebration of food, wine, and music in Ellison Bay. The festival returns to the grounds of the Wickman House June 23, with bites from more than 20 food vendors, plus wines, local ciders, craft beers, and hand-crafted cocktails. Jazz vocalist Erin Krebs and a surprise […]

  • Joyful Jazz Comes to Baileys Harbor

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    Sammy Miller and the Congregation are on a mission to put the generosity back into jazz and bring art back to the people. Sammy and his band will make a stop at Door County Brewing Co. Music Hall in Baileys Harbor on April 7 at 7 pm. Doors open at 6 pm for this free […]

  • Hip-hop Artist Makes Tour Stop in Sturgeon Bay

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    Rap isn’t usually the genre of music most closely associated with Door County, but that may be due to the fact that few hip-hop acts ever visit the peninsula. Residents will have the opportunity to try something different when T-Zank, hip-hop recording artist, visits the Brick Lot Pub on April 6. Originally from Angola, Ind., […]

  • Door County Luthier on the Artistry of Instruments

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    “It’s easier to say the ones I didn’t make,” Pat Webster said, standing in the center of a bedroom-turned-showroom in her Sturgeon Bay home, where meticulously detailed stringed instruments hang from the walls, rest on tables and shelves, and sit on guitar-stands ready to be played. She has built all of them, save for a […]

  • Musician Dorothy Scott’s Song Selected for Feature Film

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    Ever since Dorothy Scott wrote “Ride These Waves” in New York in the mid-‘90s, it has been a staple of the local singer-songwriter’s performances. Though Scott admits she wrote it for a New York fan whom she “sort of had a crush on,” it has become a song through which countless people have fallen in […]

  • Dahl Performs in the Round with Tim Grimm and Jon Brooks

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    Local folk favorite Katie Dahl will join Indiana songwriter (and film/television actor) Tim Grimm, as well as Ontario songwriter Jon Brooks, for an evening of stellar songwriting, presented “in-the-round” at Third Avenue Playhouse (TAP) on April 8, 7 pm. Grimm is an actor and songwriter whose work has taken him around the world, including parts […]

  • Honky Tonk Legend Dale Watson Comes to Door County Brewing

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    A honky tonk legend is coming to Door County Brewing Co. Music Hall and Taproom on May 6. Dale Watson, a member of the Austin Music Hall of Fame, will bring his truly unique sound to the Baileys Harbor taproom on Door County Half Marathon weekend in a show sponsored by the Peninsula Pulse and […]

  • Pianist Matt Blair Next Artists for the BEGIN Music Series

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    BEGIN is a creative music series organized by William Bradley and Jon Mueller. The series features nationally and internationally known artists working in improvised and other creative approaches to sound and instrumentation. Pianist and composer Matt Blair will perform April 14, 7 pm, as part of the series at the Kress Pavilion at the Egg […]

  • Instrument Builder, Improv Musician Plans Door County Show

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    Hal Rammel, dressed in head-to-toe black, faces the audience from behind a table. In his right hand, two wire mallets dangle at 45-degree angles, forming an upside down V. On the table, hundreds of wooden and metal rods jut out from three wooden artist palettes. With the flick of a wrist, he sweeps the wire […]

  • Roy Bob Brown & The Country Carrousers Are ‘Superstars of Love’

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    The last time I heard from Roy Bob Brown & The Country Carrousers was in 2010 with the release of the CD It’s Cold Up Here & We Ain’t Got No Pants On. Since then, Roy Bob has relocated himself to Nashville and reformed the Country Carrousers with players in that neck of the woods […]

  • White Gull Welcomes Grammy Nominee March 21

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    Grammy nominee Claire Lynch and her band will perform March 21, 8 pm at the White Gull Inn in Fish Creek. Long recognized and praised as a creative force in acoustic music, Lynch is a pioneer who continually pushes the boundaries of the bluegrass genre. Her career has been decorated with many accolades including three […]

  • Bedrock Bluegrass Hosting an Open Jam on March 18

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    Bedrock Bluegrass Band will host a Bluegrass Open Acoustic Music Jam at Peninsula Pub on March 18, 1-3 pm. Musicians of all levels are invited to play bluegrass, country, folk or a bit of Irish music. The jam will be in a song circle format. So, when it’s your turn, you can pass or announce […]

  • Paper Birds Take the Stage at the Gibraltar Town Hall March 23

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    On March 23 at 7 pm, Paper Birds will take the stage at the Old Gibraltar Town Hall. Paper Birds is a pop-up band fronted by local folky Katie Dahl as well as California-based Claudia Russell. Dahl and Russell are joined by their respective husbands, Rich Higdon (bass and percussion) and Bruce Kaplan (mandolin and […]

  • “Begging His Graces” Nominated by WAMI for Album of the Year

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    The Wisconsin Area Music Industry (WAMI) announced the nominees for its 38th annual Awards Show and Begging His Graces: The Songs and Sins of pat mAcdonald by the artists of the Steel Bridge Songfest has been nominated for Album of the Year. The albums, produced by Joe Kaftan, were four years in the making. A […]

  • Katie Dahl, Emily White, and Hope Dunbar Present an Evening of Songs at Lost Moth Gallery

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    Emily White and Hope Dunbar will join Door County’s own Katie Dahl for an intimate evening of songs presented in the round at Lost Moth Gallery in Egg Harbor on March 12, 7 pm. Dahl, Dunbar and White are all Midwestern singer-songwriters with national tour histories, loyal fan bases, and multiple accolades to their collective […]

  • The Right Now Perform as Part of the Celebrate Community Winter Concert Series on March 9

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    The Right Now will perform March 9 at Door County Fire Co. in Sturgeon Bay as part of the Celebrate Community Winter Concert Series. The Right Now’s pop-meets-soul sound is more than a vehicle for Stefanie Berecz’s captivating voice. The celebration of thoughtful, catchy songwriting and intricate arrangements evokes a subtle sophistication in the tradition […]

  • Bluegrass Band Hosts Music Jam

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    Bedrock Bluegrass Band will host an Open Acoustic Music Jam at Mojo Rosa’s in Egg Harbor on March 3, 1-3 pm. It’s a song circle format and all skill levels are welcome. Mojo Rosa’s is located at 7778 Hwy 42 in Egg Harbor.

  • Dan Navarro to Perform at Lost Moth Gallery

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    Dan Navarro will perform March 8 in a Lost Moth Gallery concert, making a stop on his national tour with his new CD, Shed My Skin! Navarro started his career as a songwriter for artists as diverse as Pat Benatar (the Grammy-nominated “We Belong”), The Bangles, Jackson Browne, Keb’ Mo’, Dave Edmunds, The Temptations, Dionne […]

  • Alligator Records Celebrates the Blues with Fest

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    For Door County folks, a trip to Green Bay usually marks a special, once-in-a-while occasion:  a Packers game, maybe a doctor’s appointment, or a limited release movie not offered at Sturgeon Bay Cinemas. Next weekend, another such event will come up when Alligator Records hosts its Blues Festival at Meyer Theatre in Green Bay on […]