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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Rockabilly, Young Eagles Rally & More Weekend Plans
This weekend offers the chance to get on the water, in the sky and on the dance floor in Door County! Check out our top picks for the weekend ahead. Friday, May 20 Death’s Door Tours Learn about the history of the islands, lighthouses, and shipwrecks that are scattered across Death’s Door. The tour departs […]
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Dirty Deuce Launches Campaign for New Album
One of Door County’s premier rock ‘n roll bands is setting the stage to show the nation at large the fun and entertainment that their shows have brought to tourists and locals across the Door Peninsula. Dirty Deuce has been providing memorable nights to entertainment-seekers across the county for eight years and they are anticipating […]
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Birds of Chicago, Ruthie Foster Part of Peg Egan Concert Series Lineup
The Peg Egan Performing Arts Center (PEPAC) is thrilled to announce a crowd-pleasing lineup of nationally acclaimed artists for its 2016 Summer Concert Series. Located in Eames Cherry View Park in Egg Harbor, the outdoor amphitheater offers sweeping views of scenic landscape and sunset over the harbor and has room for 2,000 visitors; bringing blankets […]
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Small Forest to Showcase New Songs at May 14 Concert
Small Forest is a local singer/songwriter band featuring Jeanne Kuhns, Marybeth Mattson and Patrick Palmer. In celebration of spring and the start of the summer season, the trio will perform at Lost Moth Gallery on May 14, 7 – 9 pm. After a winter with no voice, Jeanne Kuhns is very happy to perform again […]
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Craft Beer Celebration, Dirty Deuce Album Launch & More Weekend Plans
This weekend is all about indulging your senses, whether that means tasting some wine or craft beer, taking in the sounds of some favorite Door County bands, or enjoying the view from one of Peninsula State Park’s best trails. Friday, May 13 Wine Trail Weekend Winos, unite! Indulge in the offerings of eight Door County […]
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Marja Johnson CD Launch at The Tambourine Lounge
Sturgeon Bay musician Marja Johnson will launch her debut album Becoming during a performance at The Tambourine Lounge on Monday, May 9. The nine-song collection of voice and piano was recorded with Marcus Trana at Painted Recordings, located in The Holiday Music Motel’s Tambourine Collaboratory. Though seemingly minimalistic, Marja’s work breathes depth and complexity coupled […]
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Trivia: John Denver’s Last Name
Question: What is John Denver’s real last name? Answer: Deutschendorf. He changed it to Denver because his real last name would not fit on a marquee.
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Dirty Deuce to Launch Indiegogo Campaign for “333” Album
Wisconsin rockers Dirty Deuce will launch their Indiegogo campaign for their long-awaited new album 333 with a concert in their hometown of Sturgeon Bay, at Door County Fire Company on May 13. 333 is a music gumbo, a pinch of hip hop, a dash of R&B, and a whole lot of rock ‘n soul. Why […]
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Deathfolk Kicks Off Cookery’s 2016 Live Music Series
The Cookery is kicking off its 2016 live music line-up with Deathfolk on May 7 at 3:30 pm. Deathfolk is Jess Holland and Nick Hoover, local favorites that play old-timey, folk music peppered with tight harmonies. The music will be in The Cookery’s wine bar. In addition to the full menu, the happy hour menu […]
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Shipyard Tours, Gallery Openings, Live Music & More Weekend Plans
The Door Peninsula is off and running with its spring offerings, as it welcomes a weekend of the Door County Half Marathon, gallery openings, live music and Mother’s Day activities. Is your weekend wide open? Let us help you fill it in with our top picks for the weekend ahead. Friday, May 6 Welcoming the […]
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DCA Announces 25th Anniversary Season Lineup, Lyle Lovett Will Return
Door Community Auditorium (DCA) is pleased to announce its 2016 performance schedule – a diverse and compelling lineup for DCA’s landmark 25th anniversary season. “I’m pleased with the quality and variety of this season’s lineup,” says DCA Executive Director Cari Lewis. “We have a handful of fresh up-and-comers and a handful of beloved and timeless […]
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Carpenters Tribute Band Returns to Door County
Tribute musical groups are one of my guilty pleasures. I admit to attending Simon and Garfunkel, Everly Brothers, and Peter, Paul and Mary tribute concerts, and not too long ago, a Hair revival. (However, I do draw the line at Elvis impersonators!) I find that I have plenty of company among those of a certain […]
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Lockwood Gallery Opening, Orchid Propagation & More Weekend Plans
The Door Peninsula is alive with the sights and sounds of spring. While you wait for the temperatures to catch up, why not fill your weekend with celebrations of art, orchids, music, Arbor Day and the month of May? We’ve got all of that and more in our top picks for the weekend ahead. Friday, […]
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Musical Reflections on Earth Day
Few quotes have had as profound an impact on my life as the one that came before me by way of a Peninsula Pulse article on Fish Creek native Helen Schreiber (published Sept. 4, 2015) written by Patti Podgers: “When she wasn’t guiding visitors through her village, Helen was walking its paths picking up litter […]
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10 Musicians to Perform at Love the Earth Concert
Celebrate Earth Day at Lost Moth Gallery for the Love the Earth Concert, an evening of music by 10 Midwest musicians on April 23 at 7 pm. Singer/songwriters include Door County’s Small Forest, Tarl Knight, Jess Holland, Jane Sommers, Terry Murphy, Holly Olm and Michael Bleck, as well as harpist Holly Erskine and Patti Ecker […]
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Folk Singer Katie Dahl at Base Camp April 30
Popular Door County musician Katie Dahl will perform a concert at Base Camp Coffee Shop in Sister Bay on April 30 at 7 pm. Local singer-songwriter Katie Dahl, says the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, “combines old-fashioned populism, an abiding love of the land and wickedly smart love songs, all delivered in a rich and expressive alto.” Known […]
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Music of the Carpenters at Third Avenue Playhouse
Singer Lisa Rock and her six-piece band are bringing the music of The Carpenters back to the stage with their spot-on renditions of Carpenters classics with Close to You: The Music of The Carpenters at Third Avenue Playhouse on April 30. Considered one of the best vocalists of all time, Karen Carpenter captured the attention […]
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Songwriting Workshop at Hotel Washington with Julian Dawson
Julian Dawson’s journey in songs has taken him all over the world. In late May, it will once again bring him to Door County for a songwriting workshop at Washington Island’s Hotel Washington and Studio on May 29 & 30. Sunday’s workshop hours are 10:30 am – 1 pm and 2 – 5 pm. On […]
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Earth Day Activities, Brown Trout Tourney & More Weekend Plans
What better way to start a weekend in beautiful Door County than with a host of Earth Day celebrations? Get out and about while lending Mother Nature a helping hand and when you need a break, head to the local theater to see what our young talent has to offer or celebrate your Belgian heritage […]
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It is fair to say that in April, few people are paraphrased more often than one of America’s Founding Fathers, Benjamin Franklin: “In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.” It was a statement made by Franklin in a 1789 letter to French publicist and historian Jean-Baptiste Leroy on […]