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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Lost Moth Gallery Presents Danny Schmidt
Danny Schmidt will perform in Egg Harbor on July 23 at Lost Moth Gallery. Performing solo almost exclusively, armed with just his voice, his acoustic guitar, and his acute commentary, Schmidt’s an authentic timeless troubadour, one man sharing his truth in the form of songs, unadorned and intimate. With lyrical depth drawing comparisons to Leonard […]
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Big N’ Tasty Blues Band Performs in “Celebrate Community” Concert Series
Ministry Door County Medical Center’s “Celebrate Community” free concert series next brings the Big N’ Tasty Blues Band to perform on July 21 at 7 pm. Big N’ Tasty Blues Band draws from a variety of influences: blues, rock, country and funk. Their sound strays from an all-guitar blues band while still retaining a traditional […]
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Grammy Winner Lyle Lovett Takes the DCA Stage
On July 20 at 8 pm, four-time Grammy winner and country/Americana icon Lyle Lovett will return to the Door Community Auditorium (DCA) stage. Lovett played to an enthusiastic, sold-out Fish Creek house last year. For his return performance, Lovett will again be accompanied by his legendary Large Band, which this year will include a 10-piece […]
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Peg Egan PAC Presents Art Stevenson and the High Water Band
Art Stevenson and the High Water Band will take the stage at the Peg Egan Performing Arts Center’s Sunset Concert Series on July 17 at 7 pm. Guitarist, harmonicist and lead singer Art Stevenson has been playing bluegrass music in the Midwest for 25 years and was with the award-winning Wisconsin River Bluegrass Boys from […]
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Chris Irwin Returns to Fishstock July 17
Tennessee native Chris Irwin returns for his 17th annual Fishstock concert on July 17. A regular performer in the county since 1997, Irwin plays a mix of bluegrass, folk and country, and will be joined by Julian Hagen, Jess Holland, Nick Hoover and Paul Sowinski. Irwin plans to also feature original music he wrote for […]
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Peter Mulvey Returns to Woodwalk Concert Series
Woodwalk Concert Series announces the return of Peter Mulvey on July 15 at 7 pm. Small Forest is the opening act. This singer/songwriter extraordinaire comes to Woodwalk with his accomplished guitar playing and a whole slew of incredible original songs. Writing with humor, tenderness and poetic lyricism, Mulvey fills up your heart and mind while […]
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Door County Bakery Holds CD Release Party June 11
Recording as Donaldo, Don Thompson of Door County Bakery is having a happy hour CD release party for Walk On, a CD recorded at Hans Christian’s 330 Studio in Sturgeon Bay. Thompson and the musicians who helped him create the recording will be at the release party on July 11, from 5:30 to 7:30 pm […]
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Béla Fleck, Chris Thile Join Musical Forces for DCA Show
On July 13, the audience at Door Community Auditorium will be treated to a double billing of two of the world’s most talented instrumentalists: banjo player Béla Fleck and mandolinist Chris Thile. Thile is the Grammy-winning virtuoso mandolinist, singer and songwriter behind acoustic trio Nickel Creek and progressive acoustic outfit Punch Brothers. He is a […]
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Classic Big Band Jazz Returns to Birch Creek
Classic Big Band Jazz will return to Birch Creek starting July 20, with four weeks of jazz concerts running through Aug. 13. Birch Creek’s jazz faculty comes from across the country to educate promising young musicians and perform in the Dutton Concert Barn, a century-old barn turned concert hall. Many of the faculty are nationally […]
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Midsummer’s Music Festival Presents Concerts July 8 – 23
Midsummer’s Music Festival presents the next three programs in its 2016 season: Flair and Passion; From Light to Serious; and Romantic Connections. In accordance with a Midsummer’s mission of educating audiences about the wide range of chamber music, the concerts feature works by such familiar composers as Beethoven and Shubert, as well as some lesser-known […]
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Peg Egan Presents Corky Siegel and the Chamber Blues
Corky Siegel and the Chamber Blues will take the stage at the Peg Egan Performing Arts Center’s Sunset Concert Series on July 10 at 7 pm. Few can claim to have forged an entirely original genre of music. In 1966, Corky Siegel did just that with the help of world-renowned classical maestro Seiji Ozawa, who […]
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Neptune’s Car Performs in Woodwalk Series
Holly Hanson and Steve Hayes are Neptune’s Car, an acoustic, original, contemporary folk music duo coming to the Woodwalk Concert Series on July 8 at 7 pm. House band Small Forest will open the show. Neptune’s Car offers music in a down-to-earth style that is so good the prestigious Great American Song Contest called their […]
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On July 11 at 8 pm, Door Community Auditorium (DCA) will host songwriter/multi-instrumentalist prodigy Sarah Jarosz in a concert that is not to be missed. Opening for Jarosz will be Brooklyn-based twin brother duo The Brother Brothers. Since signing to Sugar Hill Records at age 16, Sarah Jarosz has barely stopped to catch her breath, […]
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Debra Hadraba CD Release Party at Lost Moth Gallery
Lost Moth Gallery will hold a CD release party for Debra Hadraba’s Soul To Soul on July 13 at 7 pm. The gallery loves hosting concerts by local singer/songwriters, and Hadraba is special to Door County. In the winters, Hadraba lives and plays music in Minneapolis, in the summers she works very hard as one […]
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Paper Birds Performs at Fishstock
Door County favorites Katie Dahl, Rich Higdon, Claudia Russell and Bruce Kaplan join together July 10 to form Paper Birds at the Fishstock Concert Series in Fish Creek. The show starts at 7 pm. Door County is blessed to call Dahl a resident. A gem of a songwriter with a crystal-clear voice, she brings to […]
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Donaldo Plans CD Release Party July 11
Recording as Donaldo, Don Thompson of Door County Bakery is having a happy hour CD release party for Walk On, a CD recorded as Hans Christian’s 330 Studio in Sturgeon Bay. Thompson and the musicians who helped him create the recording will be at the release party on Monday, July 11, from 5:30 to 7:30 […]
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Comedic Nuns, Ben Folds & More Weekend Plans
This weekend has plenty to offer in events both in and out of doors. Become a kayaking expert, bust a gut at Rogue Theater, or bring home the win at the Belgian Days volleyball tournament. Friday, July 8 Rutabaga Door County Sea Kayak Symposium Paddlers of all skill levels are welcome to participate in […]
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Burning Cow Music Festival Returns July 21 – 23
It started with a vision and ended with a burning cow. And this summer, for three days, it will once again transform the grounds of the Door Devils Motorcycle Club into an eclectic showcase of original music and tantalizing food. The second annual Burning Cow Music Festival will return to Sturgeon Bay from July 21 […]
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pat mAcdonald: Door County’s Troubadour of Stomp
Editor’s note: One of the perks of being a rock star is having a say in how you are addressed. Prince did it in the ‘90s, even taking it a step further by foregoing a name in favor of a symbol. In this article, you’ll learn about one such rock star. After countless misspellings of […]
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Songstress Karen Mal Comes Home to Fishstock
Award-winning folk songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Karen Mal returns to the stage at Fishstock July 3. Mal has opened for or appeared onstage with performers such as Tom Paxton, Slaid Cleaves, Tom Prasada-Rao, Gail Davies, Buddy Mondlock, and Tom Kimmel. Originally from New England, more recently from Wisconsin, Mal worked in regional theatre for several years […]