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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Door County’s AFT Presents “Home for the Holidays” with Eric Lewis and Chris Irwin
Home for the Holidays with AFT will return to Old Gibraltar Town Hall in Fish Creek from December 27 – 31. This year, longtime AFT performers Chris Irwin and Eric Lewis will take the stage for this festive event that is fast becoming a Door County tradition.
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Door County’s Third Avenue Playhouse Announces Holiday Line-up
Daddy D and the gang are back in town to kick off the holiday season with a Christmas show that sparkles from start to finish. The lively production, scheduled for Sunday, November 22 at 7:30 pm, features funny bits and skits, Christmas parodies and traditional carols.
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Live Music by Local, Door County Musicians at Husby’s
Husby’s Food & Spirits in Sister Bay continues to bring live music to Northern Door in the winter months, and has announced several performances featuring local artists on tap for November and December.
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Door County’s Gibraltar High Presents a “Magical Madrigal Evening”
King Henry’s court of jesters, players, and singers will once again entertain when Gibraltar High School choral students present a “Magical Madrigal Evening” at Bjorklunden, November 14 – 16.
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The DCA Celebrates the Magic of the Holidays in Door County
In the tradition of masterful magician Harry Houdini, Tim and Robin Balster wave their wands as the curtain rises on a fun-filled family performance. Celebrating the world’s holiday traditions, Season’s Greetings will be presented at the Door Community Auditorium on Saturday, November 29 at 3 and 7 pm.
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Door County Performance – Enjoy a Magical Renaissance Christmas
For those who want to experience a new, unique and wonderful holiday event, “Old Christmas Returned! A Renaissance Christmas” is a concert not to be missed.
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Catch Adam Mackintosh and The Last Dancers Live at the Beach Harbor in Sturgeon Bay, Door County
The Last Dancers performed their first full line-up show at the Bayside’s Annual Halloween Party on the first of November and will be performing throughout Door County all winter.
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Door County Performance – Michael Johnathon to Open Winter Folk Concert Season at the White Gull Inn
Every Monday night, musical history is made as the “Woodsongs Old Time Radio Hour” begins its regular radio and television broadcast at the Kentucky Theatre.
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Birch Creek Jazz Musicians Come to Door County schools
Birch Creek’s “Artists in the Schools” program is slated to bring jazz musicians and Birch Creek faculty members Reggie Thomas, Rick Haydon, and Jeff Campbell to Door County schools on November 13 and 14.
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Door County Performance – Catch “And If Elected” Before the Election
American Folklore Theatre’s production of And If Elected enters its final weekend of production, running until November 2 (two days before the election) at the Third Avenue Playhouse in Sturgeon Bay.
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Door County Performance – Joe Jo’s Opens Winter Music Series on Halloween
Joe Jo’s Pizza and Gelato in Ephraim is hosting a spooktacular evening of music and fun on Friday, October 31 from 7 – 9 pm. Join Jeanne Kuhns, Tommy Burroughs, Lynn Gudmundsen and Patrick Palmer for some folk, blues, and bluegrass as well as a few Halloween surprises.
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Bjorklunden of Door County Hosts Free Concerts
Lawrence University’s Bjِrklunden will host three free concerts during the month of November. On Sunday, November 2 at 1:30 pm, Anthony Padilla’s Keyboard studio will hold a recital, celebrating the birthday centennial of French composer Olivier Messiaen.
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Isadoora Theatre Company of Door County is Calling all Actors, Singers and Musicians
Isadoora Theatre Company is looking for eight men and eight women for their February musical, She Loves Me. Open auditions will be held on the following dates: Sunday, November 2, 7 pm at the United Methodist Church in Sturgeon Bay; Monday, November 3, 7 pm at Hope Church in Sturgeon Bay; Wednesday, November 5, 7 pm in Juniper Hall at Birch Creek in Egg Harbor.
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Door County Performance – Sevastopol High School Choir Takes on the ‘20s with “The Boy Friend”
Sevastopol High School Choir has been busy preparing for this year’s fall musical, The Boy Friend, by Sandy Wilson. A comic pastiche of 1920s shows, the play is filled with fun, unforgettable songs and dances, such as the popular “charleston.
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The Settlement Courtyard Inn announces its Fall Concert Series with two nights of great music in the relaxed atmosphere of the Inn’s Fireplace Lounge.
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Door County Performance – Accordion Jamfest
The fall 2008 Door County Accordion Jamfest will be held Sunday, October 26 from 1 – 5 pm at the Institute Saloon Dancehall, located on Highway 57, north of Sturgeon Bay.
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Isadoora Theatre Announces an ‘Award-Winning Season’
Isadoora Theatre Company is proud to announce an ‘Award-Winning’ slate of theatrical productions for Door County’s off-season. Each show in Isadoora’s seventh season has been the recipient of critical and popular accolades as well as a variety of industry awards.
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Door County Performance – Big Mouth & The Power Tool Horns to Perform at DCA
In the span of nearly 20 years, Big Mouth & The Power Tool Horns have become one of northeastern Wisconsin’s most popular bands. On Saturday, October 18 at 8 pm, the nine-member group will perform on the Door Community Auditorium stage in a concert that will feature an eclectic mix of blues, jazz, Big Band, Dixieland, and rock and roll.
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Door County Performance – pat mAcdonald and melaniejane Collaborate at Cherry Lanes
Grammy-nominated artist pat mAcdonald will appear at Cherry Lanes in Sturgeon Bay for a special performance with electric cellist melaniejane October 31 at 10 pm.
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Door County’s Peninsula Players’ Depict Sherlock Holmes – a Serial Publication Icon
The Peninsula Players Theatre’s current production of Sherlock Holmes: The Final Adventure continues through October 19. The play features the iconic figure, along with his beloved sidekick, as he uses his gifts of perception, stealth and wit against two vicious foes: certain death and impassioned love.