Category: Performance
Door County is home to a selection of performance venues and ensembles unmatched by any other small communities in America. Birch Creek brings jazz and classical music to a rustic barn, Midsummer’s Music Festival tours the peninsula for intimate concerts, and the Peninsula Music Festival awes visitors and locals alike at the Door Community Auditorium each august. Find schedules for these and many other venues here.
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A Christmas Opry in Door County
In the spirit of the old time Opry radio shows, when families would gather round the big RCA and listen to their favorite country stars perform on the Opry stage in front of a live audience, Door Jam Productions presents a Christmas Opry in Door County.
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Peninsula Chamber Singers Present Christmas Concert
The harmonious voices of the Peninsula Chamber Singers (PCS) will present their 2009 Christmas Concert series entitled, “The Many Moods of Christmas,” on Dec.
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A Renaissance Outreach from Midsummer’s Music Festival
Two of the musicians from the Chicago Early Music Consort will be giving five demonstrations of Renaissance period instruments to students at Door County area schools and in Green Bay.
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Hammered Dulcimer Takes Center Stage at Joe Jo’s
Hammered dulcimer master Phil Passen will be featured as part of the winter music series at Joe Jo’s Pizza and Gelato in Ephraim on Friday, December 18, from 7 – 9 pm.
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Isadoora to Present Two Plays in Upcoming “Off Season”
Isadoora Theatre Company is proud to announce its eighth season of community theatre in Door County’s off season. Isadoora, the company that brought you last February’s hit She Loves Me at Birch Creek’s Juniper Hall, will this year present Neil Simon’s The Dinner Party, directed by Henry Timm; and Tina Howe’s Painting Churches, directed by John Wilson.
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“Christmas at the Door” Family Holiday Show at DCA
Presenting some of the peninsula’s most talented performing artists, “Christmas at the Door” features a delightful original musical variety show with entertainment for the entire family just in time for the holidays.
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‘Tis the Season for the Hagen Family Christmas Show
The Hagen Family returns to Third Avenue Playhouse for their annual Christmas concert on Saturday, December 19, 2009 at 7:30 pm. The harmonies, humorous presentation, wide variety of material and family values of this multi-generational group have made the Hagens favorites throughout the county and the state.
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Czech Boys Choir Returns to Peninsula
Boni Pueri, a Czech Boys Choir that awed peninsula audiences in 2004 and 2005, will be back performing in Sturgeon Bay on Monday, November 30 at the United Methodist Church at 7:30 pm.
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“The Twelve Days of Christmas” to Showcase Twelve Musical Instruments
To complement this year’s A Renaissance Christmas program entitled The Twelve Days of Christmas, Gary Berkenstock, the Chicago Early Music Consort’s artistic director, decided it would be fun to include a like number of instruments for these concerts.
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Jackson Browne Tickets Still Available
The Holiday Music Motel in Sturgeon Bay is pleased to introduce The Holiday House-Concert Series. As a part of his solo acoustic tour, Jackson Browne will kick off the series Wednesday December 9, 2009 at 7:30 pm.
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Birch Creek “Artists in the Schools” Features Jazz Musicians
Birch Creek’s “Artists in the Schools” program brought jazz musicians and Birch Creek faculty members Reggie Thomas and Rick Haydon to Door County students on November 19 and 20.
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The “Art of Music” Winter Concert Series
The Art of Music announced the schedule and performers for its seventh Winter Concert Candlelight series featuring an array of folk, blues, alternative, jazz and world music.
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Home for the Holidays with AFT Returns
American Folklore Theatre is excited to announce that Home for the Holidays with AFT will return to Old Gibraltar Town Hall in Fish Creek for five performances from December 29 through January 2.
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Don Stiernberg Trio Opens White Gull Inn’s 25th Winter Folk Concert Season
Singer, guitarist and mandolinist extraordinaire Don Stiernberg will be featured in the opening concert of the 25th season of winter folk concerts at the White Gull Inn in Fish Creek on Wednesday, November 18.
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Primavera Strings Warm Up the Holiday Season
Cellist Hans Christian and violinists Beth Chafey-Hon and Lynn Gudmundsen, members of the elegant Primavera Strings, will perform at Third Avenue Playhouse on Saturday, November 21 at 7:30 pm and on Sunday, November 22 at 2 pm.
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Isadoora Holds Auditions for The Dinner Party
Isadoora Theatre Company is conducting open auditions for its upcoming production of The Dinner Party by Neil Simon. Auditions will be held at Hope Church, 141 S.
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Gibraltar Choir Presents Madrigal Dinner
The Gibraltar High School Choir will present its annual Madrigal Musica Concert at Bjِrklunden Lodge in Baileys Harbor November 13 and 14 at 6:30 pm and November 15 at 4 pm.
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Tickets On Sale for Birch Creek’s La Soiree Parisienne
Birch Creek Music Performance Center joins The Board Room at Liberty Square, Egg Harbor, in presenting La Soiree Parisienne – an evening to remember on Friday, November 20.
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Christmas Concert to Benefit Apostles Build
A Christmas concert and raffle event will be held on Sunday, November 29 at 6 pm to benefit Door County’s Habitat for Humanity and its Apostles Build program.
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AFT’s Deer Hunting Musical Guys & Does Prances to Green Bay
Guys & Does, the smash-hit musical comedy about Wisconsin deer hunting, has just ended a sold-out, seven-week run in Door County. And now, the musical produced by American Folklore Theatre (AFT) is heading to Green Bay in December.