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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More Holiday Events for December
A Christmas Past At Big Creek Dec. 15-16, 22-23, 29-30 The Door County Historical Society hosts its inaugural event, A Glimpse of Christmas Past, at Heritage Village at Big Creek throughout the month of December. This holiday celebration invites the community to step back in time and experience the rich history and festive traditions of Door […]
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Inside “It’s A Wonderful Life”
A Q&A with director Jacob Janssen By THIRD AVENUE PLAYWORKS STAFF Q: Why should patrons see It’s A Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play? A: You may have seen It’s A Wonderful Life, but you’ve probably never seen it – or rather, heard it – as a radio play. The story and characters are the […]
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Fundraising For High School Trips
Gibraltar Music Boosters, the fundraising arm of the Gibraltar High School music program, is raising funds to enable students to participate in programs offered by the Disney Imagination Campus (DIC) in Orlando, Florida. Their upcoming Florida trip is scheduled for March 13-19, 2024. Band and choir students at Gibraltar can participate in innovative-learning workshops and […]
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Free TAP Tickets Through Door County Libraries
Third Avenue PlayWorks (TAP) is collaborating with Door County Libraries to help patrons “check out” TAP. Coupons are available at all eight of our Door County Library locations while supplies last. Coupons come out by show and each admits up to two theatergoers. Pick them up before they are gone. Contact TAP for show time […]
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Gibraltar Secondary Schools Concert At DCA
The choirs at Gibraltar Secondary Schools will present their fall concert on Dec. 12, 7 pm. Led by choir director Sara Bong and accompanied by pianist Janet Anderson, sixth grade, eighth grade and high school choirs will perform seasonal selections by composers like John Leavitt, Emily Crocker, Joseph Martin and John Rutter. Gibraltar staff and […]
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Peninsula Players Announces 2024 Season Lineup
Peninsula Players Theatre will perform five plays during its 89th season, which will take place from June 18 – Oct. 20, 2024. The season will start with I Ought to Be in Pictures, performed June 18 – July 7. Written by Neil Simon in 1980, the play is a poignant comedy about a burned-out Hollywood […]
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Help Fund Death’s Door Dance Festival
Death’s Door Dance Festival [DDDF] is requesting donations to ensure its free, yearly dance event can continue into 2024. The organization’s goal is to collect $20,000 by Jan. 5, 2024. If it reaches this goal, DDDF’s 2024 event will look much the same as previous years. If it only reaches $15,000, DDDF’s return will be […]
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Dorothy Scott Kicks Off Art Of Music Concert Series
On Dec. 8, Dorothy Scott and the Peacekeepers will kick off the Kress Pavilion’s Art of Music winter concert series with a blend of pop, folk and blues favorites. Scott complements her fierce, passionate vocals with acoustic guitar and keyboard, while Tony Besson’s electric guitar, Paul Sowinski’s bass and Adam Cain’s drums round out her […]
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Griffon String Quartet Awarded Project: Music Heals Us Grant
Plus, upcoming fundraiser and holiday concerts The Griffon String Quartet, Midsummer’s Music’s resident string ensemble, received a second grant from Project: Music Heals Us to support its work with marginalized Door County residents, especially those who can’t access live performances due to their home life, health care needs, economic needs or physical location. Drawing from […]
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Culture Club: Harmonizing the Holidays
The Unconventional Caroling Journeys of Griffon String Quartet by ALLYSON FLECK Executive Director, Midsummer’s Music The holiday season is upon us, and what better way to spread the festive cheer than with unexpected encounters of a string quartet caroling in the most unconventional places? Griffon String Quartet, the only year-round professional ensemble in Northeastern Wisconsin, […]
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Upcoming Holiday Theater Performances
Need help getting in the Christmas spirit? Three local performing-arts organizations have your back. At Third Avenue Playworks, tune in to a radio-show reimagining of It’s a Wonderful Life; at Southern Door Community Auditorium, play bingo and answer trivia during an interactive holiday comedy show; and at Northern Sky Theater, keep the festive feelings alive […]
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The making of Ocean Dreaming Ocean, Hans Christian’s Grammy-nominated album The newly Grammy-nominated album Ocean Dreaming Ocean was no typical project for Sturgeon Bay musician and producer Hans Christian. “It was a collaboration with someone who passed away two years ago,” Christian said. That someone was David Darling, an acclaimed cellist and composer who Christian […]
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Jean Watson At Friends Community Church
On Nov. 26 at 2 pm, violinist, pianist and songwriter Jean Watson will share the experiences that have deepened her faith through her eclectic mixture of Celtic, folk and Christian contemporary music. The concert will take place at Friends Community Church, 204 W. Maple St. in Sturgeon Bay.
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Southern Door Community Auditorium Comes Alive
The community got involved in the November Southern Door School production of Mary Poppins, which put one of the largest casts of students and adults in recent memory onto the stage at Southern Door Community Auditorium. For the next year, the school’s auditorium will host more community entertainment than it has in years, said former […]
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Rogue Theater is hosting auditions for a winter youth production titled Snow Angel on Nov. 27 at 6 pm and Dec. 2 at 1 pm. The play centers on a mysterious girl named Eva, who steps out of a snow bank and into the lives of 15 confused teenagers when a major blizzard hits a […]
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Pro Arte Concert at Hope United Church
Midsummer’s Music’s Autumn Music Fest announces the Pro Arte Quartet concert Oct. 7, 7 pm, at Hope United Church of Christ. The Pro Arte Quartet musicians are violinists David Perry and Suzanne Beia, violist Sally Chisholm and cellist Parry Karp. Tickets can be ordered at midsummersmusic.com or by phone at 920.854.7088. Hope United Church is […]
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Jazz Ambassadors At Cheese Masters
Wisconsin Cheese Masters, 4692 Rainbow Ridge Court in Egg Harbor, is hosting the Birch Creek Jazz Ambassadors for a free concert Aug. 10, 2:30-4:30 pm. Take a chair, and arrive early to get a spot. These ambassadors – advanced students who are selected through a rigorous audition process – serve as Birch Creek’s community-outreach program as […]
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Local Musician Attends Birch Creek
Sevastopol High School student Ezra Linnan recently spent two weeks attending the Percussion, Steel Pan & World Music session at Birch Creek Music Performance Center among 20 other musicians from around the country. The Birch Creek academy seeks to provide intensive, performance-based instruction to promising young musicians by immersing them in a professional mentoring environment. […]
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Comedy Night at Door County Fire Company
Local comic Asher Brooks is hosting a comedy night July 25 at the Door County Fire Company, 38 S. 3rd Ave. in Sturgeon Bay, where other local stand-up comedians will also perform. The bar opens at 6 pm; the show begins at 7 pm. It’s recommended for adults only because there may be 18-plus content. […]
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Swingin’ Door Big Band Seeks Musicians
The Swingin’ Door Big Band – a 17-piece, Glenn Miller–style orchestra – is seeking to develop a local talent pool from which to draw. “From time to time, scheduling conflicts arise and the band needs to be able to fill a position for a brief period of time,” said Jason Palmer, the band’s director. “To […]