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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.

  • Tommy Castro and the Painkillers Open Egg Harbor Concert Series

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    Tommy Castro and the Painkillers opens the Peg Egan Performing Arts Center’s Sunset Concert Series on June 19 at 7 pm. Night after night, Tommy Castro, a fierce and fiery road warrior, fervently delivers his driving, blues-soaked, soul-baring music to fans all over the world. Over the course of his four-decade career, Castro has played […]

  • John Sawyer Joins Northern Sky Board of Directors

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    John Sawyer recently joined Northern Sky Theater’s Board of Directors. A life-long Door County resident, born and raised on a dairy farm in Egg Harbor and owner of Carlson-Erickson Builders, Sawyer has an excellent reputation in the community. He has given much of his time to helping community, and has been involved with Gibraltar High […]

  • Summit Players Theatre Comes to Potawatomi State Park August 19

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    Summit Players Theatre will make a stop at Potawatomi State Park in Sturgeon Bay on Aug. 19 at 7 pm. Summit Players Theatre is a traveling, seven-member theater company who present short, accessible, free Shakespeare workshops and performances to audiences around the state of Wisconsin. Summit Players pride themselves on performing accessible Shakespeare that anyone […]

  • Peninsula Players Announces 2016 Company Members

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    Peninsula Players Theatre announces its company members for the 81st season, running June 14 – Oct. 16. The mix of plays include a late-in-life romance, an intriguing whodunit, a raucous pop-rock musical, an engaging Midwest première, and a wildly comic thriller. Peninsula Players is a member of Actors’ Equity Association, the union of professional actors […]

  • “Isaac’s Eye” Opens at TAP June 30

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    Opening June 30 at Third Avenue Playhouse (TAP) is Isaac’s Eye; it will be performed through July 23. Isaac’s Eye is a fantastically brilliant and fresh new play by Lucas Hnath, one of the most produced young playwrights in the country today. This amazingly creative new work playfully presents the 17th Century world of Isaac […]

  • Birch Creek Begins 41st Season

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    Birch Creek Music Performance Center is thrilled to host a record-breaking number of Wisconsin students this summer. As of June 1, Birch Creek accepted 51 Wisconsin students into its summer programs, making up 29 percent of its current enrollment. This number is up from 33 in 2015, and is the most Wisconsin students accepted to […]

  • Mezzo-Soprano Cyndy Stiehl Joins Midsummer Music Festival

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    Door County’s Midsummer’s Music Festival is launching its 2016 season with the Three Romantic Giants program, featuring music by Ludwig van Beethoven, Ludwig Spohr and Felix Mendelssohn. Beethoven’s Quintet in E-flat Major, Op. 16, is one of his earlier works. Much of Beethoven’s chamber music from this period involves winds, which were particularly fashionable at […]

  • Toga Party Kicks off Door Shakespeare Season

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    Door Shakespeare and Door County Brewing Co. are teaming up for Shakespeare, Rattle & Roll – a toga party at the brewery’s taproom on June 17 at 7 pm. The event celebrates Door Shakespeare’s 2016 season of performing Julius Caesar and A Midsummer Night’s Dream. “We’re excited to partner with Door County Brewing Co. for […]

  • Peninsula Century Spring Classic, Beer Fest & More Weekend Plans

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    This weekend offers chances to get active and enjoy the county’s natural beauty. Hike through the woods by Clark Lake, hop on your bike, or walk through the peninsula’s storied past. Friday, June 17 Ephraim Heritage Day See into Ephraim’s past with free walking tours and free admission into Ephraim’s cultural sites, including Bethany Lutheran […]

  • Door Kinetic Arts Festival Debuts at Björklunden

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    Playwrights, filmmakers, dancers, sculptors and other artists will come together to share ideas and creative energy at Björklunden June 12-19 as part of the inaugural Door Kinetic Arts Festival. The festival will include opportunities for the public to participate in discussions and workshops, as well as attend readings, performances and film screenings for projects developed […]

  • Midsummer’s Music Festival Partners with Local Businesses to Sell Tickets

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    Midsummer’s Music Festival has partnered with three local businesses to provide additional concert ticket buying opportunities. In addition to the options of purchasing concert tickets by phone, at Midsummer’s Sister Bay office, and online at midsummersmusic.com, people can now order tickets for individual concerts at Jefferson Street Books in Sturgeon Bay, at Made in Britain […]

  • “Isaac’s Eye” To Open at Third Avenue Playhouse

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    Opening June 30 at Third Avenue Playhouse (TAP) is Isaac’s Eye; it will be performed through July 23. Isaac’s Eye is a fantastically brilliant and fresh new play by Lucas Hnath, one of the most produced young playwrights in the country today. This amazingly creative new work playfully presents the 17th Century world of Isaac […]

  • Playwriting Lab at Third Avenue Playhouse

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    Third Avenue Playhouse is offering another exciting educational experience for adults, Adult Playwriting Lab. This lab is open to people with all levels of talent and experience. It takes place June 20 – July 28, and will be taught by Paulette Laufer and Richard Carroll Carlson. Enrollment is now open. Playwriting Lab will explore what […]

  • Culture Club: Midsummer’s Music Festival’s Radically Appealing 26th Season

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    by Allyson Fleck For centuries people have observed and studied the links between the humanities and the sciences and even the common threads within the arts themselves. Opera and musical theater being the ultimate combination of text, art and music in one complete setting. Some great collaborators of the past include Andy Warhol and the […]

  • Birch Creek Recognizes Longtime Teachers

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    Birch Creek recognizes Vicki Jenks, Percussion & Steel Band Faculty, and Jodie DeSalvo, Symphony Piano Faculty, for their 20 years of service to the organization. They join a circle of 22 faculty with more than 20 years of teaching and mentoring Birch Creek’s promising music students. Jenks has been Director of Percussion with the Wisconsin […]

  • Art Synthesis at Björklunden

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    From June 12 – 17, Lawrence University’s Björklunden is offering “The Grand Synthesis” with Eric Simonson. Since Aeschylus, artists have attempted the ideal of unifying all arts into one. Composer Richard Wagner articulated this concept in his early 19th-century essays, using the term Gesamtkunstwerk. Since Wagner’s time, the 20th-century advent of film, video technology and […]

  • Run, Recite And Remember This Memorial Day Weekend

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    This busy weekend offers opportunities to explore and learn about the artists, history, and natural beauty that make Door County unique. Friday, May 27 Poetry Slam The 6th grade students at Gibraltar Schools have put together an afternoon of poetry and friendly competition. Matt Burress will perform live music for the event. Admission is five […]

  • Julian Dawson Returns to Door County for Songwriting Workshop

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    Julian Dawson is a singer/songwriter based in Somerset, England. To date, he has made 23 albums. His music has taken him around the world, performing on stages in Europe as well as the United States. On May 29 and 30, Dawson will bring his 40 years of performing experience to Washington Island, where he will […]

  • Russ Warren Named Executive Director of Midsummer’s Music Festival

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    Midsummer’s Music Festival’s Board of Directors named Russ Warren executive director following the recent retirement announcement of Mark Kunstman. Warren was hired as Midsummer’s Marketing Director in 2015 for the organization’s historic 25th anniversary season. With enthusiastic support of the organization’s Marketing Committee, he was instrumental in attracting record high attendance for the year. Warren […]

  • Fuel Creativity with Rogue Children’s Theater Camp

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    Is your child dreaming about a great summer adventure? To help bring dreams to life for children in our community, Rogue Theater has created a Children’s Theater Camp. Rogue’s dedicated performing artists work with young people to not only develop their theater arts skills but also to increase their creativity. Theater games and exercises will […]