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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Choir Presenting The Living Last Supper
The Community Choir of Door County will present The Living Last Supper, an interpretation of Christ’s Last Supper with his disciples, on Palm Sunday, March 24, at 3 pm at Shepherd of the Bay Lutheran Church. The program to be presented, written by Ruth Elaine Schram, includes musical performances intertwined with monologues based on scripture […]
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Radio Play By Bayside Reader’s Theatre
Door County-based theater troupe Bayside Reader’s Theatre will present its second show, a one-night-only performance of Arsenic and Old Lace, on March 15, 7 pm. The seven-member troupe consists of Mark Moede, Bruce Newbern, Vance Toivonen, Christopher Powless, Richard Carlson, Donna Johnson and founder Cherryl Fonfara, who came together to do readings from stage, movie […]
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Live Comedy At Door County Gala
A trio of comedians – Mike Stricker, Abe Auer and Vanessa Tortolano – will take the stage at Door County Gala on March 23. Doors open at 7 pm and the show starts at 8 pm. Tickets cost $10 at the door. Door County Gala is located inside Door County Boardwalk, 1023 Egg Harbor Road […]
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Washington Island Scandinavian Dancers To Visit Norway
The Washington Island Scandinavian Fest Dancers have received a $30,000 grant from the American-Scandinavian Foundation (ASF) to help fund their 75th anniversary trip to Valdres, Norway. It was one of nine non-profit organizations to receive ASF’s public program grant this year. ASF began its Scandinavian Folk Arts and Cultural Traditions program in 2017 to nurture […]
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Griffon String Quartet Awarded Green Bay Grant
Midsummer’s Music’s resident ensemble, the Griffon String Quartet, received a grant for its work with older adults from the Tom and Jan Krautkramer Family Fund of the Greater Green Bay Community Foundation. The quartet offers B Double Sharp performances for patients with Alzheimer’s or dementia as well as their caregivers. The events are intended to […]
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Tickets Available for Women’s Fund Story Slam
The Women’s Fund of Door County will present its 11th annual Tales of Our Lives Story Slam on April 20. The event will be held at Northern Sky’s Gould Theater for the first time this year. “I’ve been attending the event annually and was a ‘slammer’ for the first Tales of Our Lives,” Northern Sky […]
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March 14, dinner at 6:30 pm and show at 7:30 pm, Carrington, 7643 Hillside Road in Egg Harbor Enjoy dinner and a show by comedians Mike Brody and Aron Woldeslassie. Tickets are $49.
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Peninsula Music Festival Announces 72nd Season
The Peninsula Music Festival’s (PMF) 72nd season will include a special night of Tchaikovsky with soloist Inna Faliks, led by the organization’s Conductor Laureate Victor Yampolsky on Aug. 8. “Our music director Rune Bergmann has built on the excitement of last year,” PMF’s interim executive director Lisa Harper said. “Our patrons gave us valuable feedback […]
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Spring Concerts by Griffon String Quartet
The Griffon String Quartet, Midsummer’s Music’s resident ensemble, will perform spring concerts on March 15 and 17 in Sturgeon Bay and Egg Harbor, respectively. Both shows feature classical music with elements borrowed from other types of music and compositional styles. They will feature Roy Meyer and Alex Norris on violin, Kayla Patrick on viola and […]
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Newberry and Verch At The White Gull Inn
Newberry and Verch will be the next performers onstage during the White Gull Inn’s winter concert series. The folk duo will perform March 6 at 8 pm. Growing up, Joe Newberry and April Verch absorbed traditions of home and hearth, Newberry in Missouri’s Ozarks and Verch in Canada’s Ottawa Valley. During their live show, original […]
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Peninsula Players Reads “4,000 Days” March 4
Tickets for 2024 season on sale now Peninsula Players Theatre will perform 4,000 Days by Peter Quilter on March 4, 7 pm. Held at Björklunden, the event is the second part of the theater’s three-part winter play-reading series, “The Play’s The Thing.” The story follows Michael, a man who has been in a coma for […]
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Northern Sky Launches New Fan Campaign
Tickets available March 4 Northern Sky Theater will launch its New Fan Campaign when tickets go on sale starting March 4. The New Fan Campaign is a marketing initiative to incentivize long-time fans and community “influencers” – business partners, information centers, volunteers, camp hosts or anyone else – to recruit new first-time fans to the […]
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Dasha Kelly Hamilton, Hans Christian This Weekend at DCA
Former Wisconsin Poet Laureate Dasha Kelly Hamilton will bring her spoken-word production, “Makin’ Cake,” to Door Community Auditorium (DCA) March 1. The 7 pm show will slice into American history and explore race, culture and class. Tickets can be purchased in person, online at dcauditorium.org or over the phone at 920.868.2728. The following day, March […]
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“Seven Last Words Of Christ” At Shepherd Of The Bay
Midsummer’s Music will present Franz Joseph Haydn’s Seven Last Words of Christ, featuring the Pro Arte Quartet alongside clergy and community leaders at Shepherd of the Bay Lutheran Church. Seven Last Words of Christ was originally an orchestral work that Haydn adapted for string quartet in 1787. It focuses on the biblical account of Jesus’ […]
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Copper Box At Southern Door Auditorium
Award-winning Americana ensemble Copper Box will take center stage at Southern Door Community Auditorium on March 23, 7 pm. Copper Box was named the 2023 Americana Artist of the Year by the Wisconsin Area Music Industry (WAMI.) They’ve opened for the likes of Huey Lewis, The Doobie Brothers, Spin Doctors and REO Speedwagon. Onstage, Michelle […]
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Peninsula Symphonic Band Announces Season Rehearsals
The Peninsula Symphonic Band (PSB) will begin rehearsals on March 18 at 7 pm, launching the ensemble’s 34th season. Led by music director Jason Palmer, PSB is a community band for high school and adult musicians. PSB’s 2024 spring/summer season will include performances at Sister Bay’s Waterfront Park and Sturgeon Bay’s Maritime Museum during the […]
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William Koehler Joins Midsummer’s Music Board
Award-winning pianist William Koehler recently joined the board of Midsummer’s Music, starting his initial three-year term. Koehler was the organization’s original pianist 34 years ago. He performed with Midsummer’s for 28 years until he retired in 2018. A native of Houston, Texas, Koehler is Professor Emeritus at Northern Illinois University, where he taught piano from […]
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Subscriptions Available For TAP’s 2024 Season
Subscriptions are available now for Third Avenue PlayWorks’ (TAP) 2024 season. Subscribers enjoy priority seating and up to 15% off tickets. Three- and five-show packages are available for $112 and $174 respectively. Flex passes are available as well for $140. Flex passes are four tickets that can be used in various ways; they can be […]
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Jeff Parker And Company At The Kress
Jeff Parker and Company will be the next band onstage during the Village of Egg Harbor’s Art of Music concert series. The group will perform March 8 at 7 pm at the Donald and Carol Kress Pavilion. Jeff Parker is a bluegrass vocalist and mandolinist from central Kentucky. In his 30+ years as a musician, […]
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Harper Appointed as PMF’s Acting Director
Plus, February Fest will feature 5th Wave Collective The board of directors of Peninsula Music Festival (PMF) has appointed Lisa Harper to serve as the organization’s acting director. Her predecessor was Scott Stolarz, who recently resigned. “We are actively searching for a new executive director, but I am thrilled to serve until one is found,” […]