WAMI Honors pat mAcdonald

pat mAcdonald performs during last year’s Steel Bridge Songfest in Sturgeon Bay.

Sturgeon Bay resident, singer/songwriter, co-founder of Steel Bridge Songfest, and all-around supporter of great music and those who create it, pat mAcdonald will be inducted into the 2013 Wisconsin Area Music Industry Hall of Fame on April 14 in Milwaukee.

mAcdonald, famously known outside the Midwest for his 1986 hit “The Future’s So Bright, I Gotta Wear Shades’’ with Timbuk 3, will be joined by Daryl Stuermer and Yipes as this year’s inductees.

mAcdonald currently performs throughout the county and elsewhere as the duo Purgatory Hill with melaniejane.

Tickets are $50 VIP, $24.99 general admission and $15 for students. To purchase tickets or for more information visit http://www.pabsttheater.org or call 800.511.1552.

To learn more about mAcdonald, visit http://www.purgatoryhill.com, http://www.holidaymusicmotel.com, or http://www.sbsf5.com.