Category: Performance

The Door County Fair is looking for young emerging artists (21 years old or under) to perform on the Festival Stage on Friday, August 7.
Anyone who is a comedian, a solo musician, a dance group, or part of a band is encouraged to get up on the Festival Stage and perform.

It is the second and last week of the Percussion & Steel Band session at Birch Creek and a practice session is underway:  fifteen students are standing in front of a collection of steel drums.

Base Camp Coffee Bar in Sister Bay is pleased to host an intimate and unforgettable evening of songs by singer/songwriter Gloria Attoun on Saturday, July 25 from 7 – 9 pm.

Northwoods Nightcap, the popular music-and-humor variety hour at American Folklore Theatre (AFT), returns with a performance on Friday, July 17 at 10 pm at the Peninsula State Park Theatre.

Since his relocation to Sturgeon Bay in early 2007, Adam Mackintosh has been a driving force in bringing together the talents of many of the gifted writers in Door County.

Nothing says “Door County” quite like the beautiful shoreline and spectacular summer sunsets. Third Avenue Playhouse takes advantage of both with “A Little Night Music,” an event for the theatre on Saturday, August 15.

Singer/songwriter Al Rose and solo guitarist Maury Smith will take the Woodwalk Gallery stage on Friday, July 17 at 7 pm.
Rose hails from Chicago, and has been called “a striking singer/songwriter with a unique and powerful vision.

Join the Settlement Courtyard Inn as they celebrate their 25th anniversary with a free concert on the terrace Monday, July 13 at 7:30 pm. Irish roots duo Switchback will return to Door County with a special variety of American and Irish roots music.

The Tony award-winning musical double feature A Day in Hollywood/ A Night in the Ukraine is on the Peninsula Players stage now through July 26.

With all the makings of an American icon, Tab Benoit has become one of the premiere roots stylist of the century. He will be playing on Sunday, July 12 at the Peg Egan Performing Arts Center in Egg Harbor.

Glas, the green coffeehouse in Sturgeon Bay, will extend its business hours to offer free live entertainment on Thursday, July 16 and Thursday, July 30 from 7 – 9 pm.

It seems to me that there are two kinds of music lovers in the world – ones that appreciate the purely aesthetic quality of a chord, or a riff, or a chorus – and the ones like me that consistently wonder what the meaning is behind the song.

With a sound that proves you can go home again, Pure Prairie League is all about great country music. The country band favorite will perform at the Door Community Auditorium on Saturday, July 11 at 8 pm.

The Fair Trade for Talent competition is in its third week, and Tuesday, July 14 sees three new performers and new judges.
Singer-songwriters Brett Johnson, Debra Hadraba, and Emily Hurd will take the stage.

National touring artist Michael Johnson will take the Door County Outpost Gallery & Café stage on Thursday, July 9 at 7:30 pm.
Johnson’s voice immediately identifies him as the man who sings “Bluer Than Blue,” “Give Me Wings,” “That’s That,” “This Night Won’t Last Forever,” and other landmark songs.

Dianne Trenchard shares a S’more with Doc Heide at the world premiere of Sunsets & S’mores, an American Folklore Theatre (AFT) show commissioned by the Friends of Peninsula State Park.

Jeanne Kuhns brings her versatile band, Lost Mothra, to the Woodwalk Gallery stage on Friday, July 3, with the unique sounds of Adam Mackintosh and Anna Sacks to follow in concert on the following Friday, July 10.

In conjunction with its 2009 season the Players will again offer public tours of its new stage house and all-weather audience pavilion. Free backstage tours will be offered at 2 pm on the following Sundays:  July 12, August 2, August 9, August 30, September 13, September 20, September 27, October 4 and October 11.

Tuesday, July 7 sees the second in a series of seven Fair Trade for Talent Nights at the Door County Outpost.
Attracting over 450 applications from around the country, the Outpost is staging a talent show and entertainment extravaganza with a difference.

The Northern Grill in Sister Bay recently announced their music line-up for the 2009 summer season. All music is on Sunday evenings from 6 – 9 pm, weather permitting.