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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The Rhode Sisters Perform Holiday Shows
American Folklore Theatre (AFT) has announced the line-up for its annual holiday concert show at the Old Gibraltar Town Hall. Now in its seventh incarnation, “Home for the Holidays with AFT” will feature The Rhode Sisters.
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DCA Announces 2014 Winter Season
In 2014, Door Community Auditorium (DCA) will offer its most extensive winter season to date. With its blend of lively main stage performances, intimate coffeehouse concerts, enlightening lectures, and complimentary film screenings, the auditorium’s diverse winter lineup will energize Door County during the peninsula’s quiet season.
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Youth Workshops at Southern Door Community Auditorium
The Southern Door Community Auditorium (SDCA) announces its Musical Theater and Jazz & World Dance workshops offered for Door County youth in fourth through eighth grades.
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Algoma Community Band Presents “A Most Wonderful Christmas”
The Algoma Community Band, celebrating their 35th year, will present “A Most Wonderful Christmas” on Dec. 11 at 7 pm. The concert will be held in the Algoma Elementary School Auditorium, and everyone is welcome to attend.
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Peninsula Singers Present Annual Christmas Concert
The sixty members of the Peninsula Singers have been rehearsing since September for their annual Christmas concert, which they will present Dec. 14 at 7 pm at the Sturgeon Bay United Methodist Church and Dec.
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PMF Box Office Moves to Green Gables Shops
The Peninsula Music Festival (PMF) has moved its administrative/box office to the Green Gables Shops in north Ephraim. As of Nov. 1, the new physical location is 10347 N.
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Door Concerts Inc. Presents the Wingra Woodwind Quintet on Nov. 23
Door Concerts Inc. will present an evening with Wingra Woodwind Quintet in concert on Nov. 23 at St. Peters Lutheran Church in Sturgeon Bay. The concert begins at 7 pm and a pre-concert presentation begins at 6:30 pm.
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Midsummer Music Presents Gaudete Brass Quintet
The Gaudete Brass Quintet will perform for the first time in Door County this December. Gaudete Brass Quintet has committed itself to presenting brass chamber music through compelling concerts.
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Clarinet Studio Students to Perform at Bjِrklunden
Lawrence University’s Bjِrklunden will host a concert on Nov. 10 at 1:30 pm with the students from the conservatory’s clarinet studio and guest artists from the Chicago Clarinet Ensemble (CCE).
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Story Man Lloyd and the Fish Tail Players at Sister Bay Village Hall
For more than 50 years, Story Man Lloyd has gathered people together to share his stories and listen to theirs. Lloyd’s inventory of stories consists of over 100 short and long stories.
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“Pedals, Pipes and Preludes” Organ Workshop at Shepherd of the Bay
A workshop for church organists will be held Nov. 23 from 9 – 11:30 am at Shepherd of the Bay Lutheran Church in Ellison Bay. Entitled “Pedals, Pipes, and Preludes” it is designed for those who currently play the organ as well as pianists interested in developing organ skills.
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More Stage Readings Planned by Stage Door Theatre Company
Stage Door Theatre Company will hold staged readings throughout November on Sunday afternoons. The readings are directed by Robert Boles and James Valcq and begin at 2 pm.
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Algoma Community Band Performs Veterans Day Concert
The Algoma Community Band, celebrating their 35th year, will perform a Veterans Day Concert on Nov. 6 at 7 pm in the Algoma Elementary School Auditorium.
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“Afternoon of Song” at Bjِrklunden
Lawrence University’s Bjِrklunden will host a concert on Nov. 3 at 1:30 pm, when the voice studio of Teresa Seidl proudly presents an “Afternoon of Song.”
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Classical Music Benefits Many Local Causes
Over the years, Midsummer’s Music Festival has collaborated with a variety Door County non-profits for the purpose of mutual benefit and collective enlightening of patrons to the needs of our community.
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Double Reed Instrument Concert at Bjِrklunden
Lawrence University’s Bjِrklunden will host a concert on Oct. 20 at 1:30 pm. Lawrence University students will perform a program of ensemble music for double reed instruments.
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Naomi Rowley Presents “Pipe Organ Pops” Concert
On Oct. 12 at 7 pm, at Shepherd of the Bay Lutheran Church in Ellison Bay, Naomi Rowley will present “Pipe Organ Pops,” a program featuring music to inspire and amuse an audience of all ages.
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Southern Door Community Auditorium Welcomes Kenya Safari Acrobats
Enjoy a non-stop ride of gravity-defying human pyramids, balancing, tumbling, limbo dancing, hoops and breathtaking contortions when the Kenya Safari Acrobats perform at the Southern Door Community Auditorium.
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Victor Borge Tribute at Birch Creek
Visit Birch Creek for an evening honoring the musical and comedic genius of Victor Borge performed by favorite Birch Creek guest artists Jodie DeSalvo on piano and Cynthia Stiehl providing vocals.
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New Day Singers and The Oak Street Boys Perform for HELP of Door County, Inc.
The Birch Creek Music Performing Center in Egg Harbor is synonymous with music, and on Oct. 8, the New Day Singers and The Oak Street Boys, a barbershop quartet, will perform to benefit HELP of Door County, Inc.