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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“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,” […]
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Sip And Sing With Community Choir Of Door County
The Community Choir of Door County will host a Sip and Sing event at the new Door County Gala venue, Feb. 18 at 3 pm. The group will perform classic love songs. All are welcome to join and sing. Admission is free, but the choir will collect donations for Door County Feed and Clothe My […]
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Door Shakespeare Announces 2024 Season, Hosts Play-Reading
Door Shakespeare’s 2024 season will include a performance of William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet and Jane Austen’s Emma, adapted for the stage by Joseph Hanreddy. The former play will be directed by Dimonte Henning, the latter by Maggie Kettering. The season runs July 3 – Aug. 17. Tickets will be available starting March 8 at […]
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Rogue Theater Presents Student-Led Play
Rogue Theater will present Snow Angel, a heartwarming comedy starring a cast of local teens, Feb. 23-25. The play, written by David Linsay-Abaire and directed by Rouge co-founder Lola DeVillers, follows a mysterious girl named Eva, who steps out of a snow bank and into the lives of 15 confused teenagers when a major blizzard […]
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New venue for Northern Door Pride’s annual fundraiser Northern Door Pride’s (NDP) annual cabaret show has outgrown its venue after just two years running. In 2022 and 2023, the music showcase was held at Egg Harbor’s Donald and Carol Kress Pavilion, but a packed house at last year’s event told NDP founder Owen Alabado that […]
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Vandertie Lends Energy to Community
Pageant, 2 ½ Belgians kick off full season at Southern Door Auditorium Former principal-turned-stay-at-home-dad Cory Vandertie threw what’s left of his energy into assembling the first full season of events at Southern Door Community Auditorium since the pandemic. Like last year, the auditorium in Brussels hosted the Miss Door County pageants, Saturday, Feb. 3. “It’s […]
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Local Students Perform In District Music Festival
Door County students will participate in a District Solo and Ensemble Music Festival on Feb. 10. The festival is sanctioned by the Wisconsin School Music Association and will be hosted by Gibraltar High School on Saturday. During the festival, students will perform vocal and instrumental solos, duets, trios and small ensembles before an adjudicator. Performers […]
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2024 Valentine’s Day(ish) Happenings
Celebrate your love for art, music and your Door County community at these upcoming Valentine’s Day events. Little Heart Project Tutorial Feb. 17, 10 am knitting tutorial, 11 am crochet tutorial Knit Whit’s Yarn and Crafts, 8024 Hwy 57 in Baileys Harbor Learn to crochet or knit hearts for the Little Heart Project, a Wisconsin-based […]
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Singer-songwriter Peter Mulvey will return to Door County for a solo concert at the Kress Pavilion on Feb. 9, 7 pm. The concert is part of the Village of Egg Harbor’s Art of Music winter concert series. Mulvey has been a songwriter, road-dog, raconteur and almost-poet since before he can remember. Raised working-class Catholic on […]
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Songwriters In The Round at TAP
Door County musicians Katie Dahl, Jess Holland and Jeanne Kuhns will join Chicago singer-songwriter Jenny Bienemann to perform two intimate “in-the-round” shows. The first will be held at Third Avenue PlayWorks (TAP), 239 N. 3rd Ave. in Sturgeon Bay, on Feb. 10, 7:30 pm. The second will be at Kick Ash Coffee, 12001 Mink River […]
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Door County Talks, The Fourth Wall at DCA This Week
Door Community Auditorium (DCA) will kick off its annual Door County Talks series Feb. 3, 10 am, with a morning lecture by Dr. Charles Jacobs titled “Wisconsin Elections and the Supreme Court.” Jacobs is a professor of public law, judicial process and American politics at St. Norbert College. His talk will be informed by his […]
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Three Musicians Spotlighted in “Music of the Heart”
A trio of Big Band Jazz session faculty members from Egg Harbor’s Birch Creek Music Performance Center will present Music of the Heart, an annual fundraiser concert to benefit Birch Creek students. Together, the three performers will play jazz standards and new arrangements of classic songs during the Feb. 10 fundraiser. That featured trio is […]
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Ephraim’s Peninsula Music Festival (PMF) will host its annual February Fest at the Kress Pavilion with performances on Feb. 4, 18 and 25. The festival kicks off with a performance by cellist Luiz Fernando Venturelli and pianist Liang-yu Wang, who will play works by Bach, Cervo and Franck on Feb. 4. Next up is a […]
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Katie Dahl Kicks Off Coffeehouse Concert Series
Local folk singer-songwriter Katie Dahl will kick off Door Community Auditorium’s (DCA) coffeehouse concert series on Jan. 27, 7 pm. Known for her whip-smart lyrics and wry onstage humor, Dahl spent the past year touring in 14 states and three countries, fresh off her new album Seven Stones. Her intimate DCA concert, set in the […]