Category: Live Music

This Friday, Feb. 6 marks what would be the 70th birthday of reggae music legend Robert Nesta “Bob” Marley. While it has been nearly 34 years since Bob Marley’s death at the age of 36, his influence on art, music and culture throughout the world has persisted.

Fox Valley-based band Rev. Norb and The Onions will bring their unique garage punk rock sound to Waterfront Mary’s in Sturgeon Bay during a late-night concert on Friday night.

The Peninsula New Horizons Band program was developed for adults in Door County who wish to learn to play a band instrument or re-learn an instrument they used to play.

Brick Lot Pub bar manager Brad Hunsader has been in the nightclub industry for the past 17 years, so it’s no surprise that he has seen just about every live musical collaboration and hodgepodge event that there is to see.

Corky Siegel and Howard Levy? Yes it’s true. Two talented harmonica and piano players with very impressive bios share the stage. Multiple Grammy-award winner Howard Levy is an acknowledged master of the diatonic harmonica, a superb pianist, innovative composer, recording artist, bandleader, teacher, producer and Chicago-area resident.

Lost Moth Gallery released a list of upcoming concerts. Gather for great music, conversation, wine and treats in an intimate house concert setting in the gallery.

Performing throughout the United States, Europe and Asia, the Pro Arte Quartet continually delights audiences around the world. They are the resident ensemble at Madison’s Chazen Museum of Art, for which they perform a series of five live, radio broadcasts each year, heard on Wisconsin Public Radio.

Door County Brewing Co. will welcome the Door County Pond Hockey Tournament players and friends with live music Feb. 6 and 7. The Dead Horses band brings an Americana sound from Oshkosh, where they’ve released two albums and earned acclaim throughout the Midwest.

On Jan. 24 at 7 pm, Katie Dahl will present a concert in the Door Community Auditorium’s (DCA) Fireside Lobby. Based in Baileys Harbor, Dahl is a nationally touring singer-songwriter with numerous songwriting awards to her name.

Chicago-based trio Sons of the Never Wrong will kick off Ministry Door County Medical Center’s 2015 Music Heals concert series Jan. 16 with a 7 pm performance at Door County Fire Company, 38 S.

On Jan. 17 at 7 pm, Door Community Auditorium kicks off its 2015 Coffeehouse Concert series with a concert by nationally touring cellist and multi-instrumentalist Hans Christian.

Singer-songwriter and violinist Jake Armerding returns to the White Gull Inn in Fish Creek with the Aeromatics for a performance on Jan. 21 at 8 pm. The Boston Globe calls singer-songwriter Jake Armerding, “the most gifted and promising songwriter to emerge from the Boston folk scene in years.

Dan Navarro will play at Lost Moth Gallery on Feb. 7 at 7 pm. For more than 30 years, Dan Navarro has written, sung, played and acted his way through a rich and varied career.

After a brief, silent, written word introduction, the sound of a needle dropping onto a record is heard, and This Is Gary McFarland begins. That is a fitting introduction for all the Gary McFarland fans who previously only knew the vibraphonist/composer/arranger through the records he produced in an all-too brief career that ended in his mysterious death at the age of 38.

Door County, in its expansive nature, has a unique way of hiding some of its most creative musicians. Most of the time, it is in the way of small groups whose performances are merely jam sessions serving as the musical backdrop for local cafés and pubs.

Great live music is an essential part of celebrating the coming of the New Year, whether it’s the crooning vocals of country singers, the folksy twang of folk bands, or the funky beats of pop and rock groups.

Now that the hustle and bustle of Christmas has come and gone, relax to the tunes of The Lowest Pair duo Kendl Winter and Palmer T. Lee at Door County Brewing Company in Baileys Harbor on Saturday, Dec.

Old-time blues band Michael Lee Ammons and the Water Street Hot Shots will perform at Wickman House in Ellison Bay on Dec. 31, New Year’s Eve, from 9 pm until midnight.

Jeanne Kuhns on guitar and vocals and George Sawyn on guitar will perform a variety of original music and traditional Christmas music at Base Camp on Dec.

Starting on Jan. 16, Ministry Door County Medical Center (MDCMC) will feature a broad range of musical concerts featuring some of the best blues, jazz, folk, reggae and alternative music from national touring artists to help raise funds for the Healing Project.