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Madison Maennerchor Choral Concert and German Tree Lighting

Folklore Village 3210 County Road BB, Dodgeville, United States

Madison Maennerchor returns to Folklore Village for the first time in 10 years! After the concert in the Plum Grove Church across the road from Folklore Village’s main building, the […]

$10

Sartori Big Cheese Drop Rings in the New Year at the Plymouth Arts Center

Plymouth Arts Center 520 E Mill St, Plymouth, WI, United States

Plymouth, Wisconsin – The annual Sartori Big Cheese Drop is nationally lauded as one of the country’s quirkiest New Year’s Eve traditions. This year marks our 18th annual event as […]

Free

Songwriters Showcase featuring Barefoot & Sunshine

Galena Center for the Arts 971 Gear Street, Galena, IL, United States

Songwriter Showcase encourages the creation and sharing of original music by regional singer songwriters. Dean Mattoon and Esmé Alexis effortlessly fuse style and voice in a celebration of entrancing vocal […]

free, with donations appreciated

35th Annual Folk Ball Festival

UW Madison Memorial Union 800 Langdon St, Madison, United States

The 35th Annual Folk Ball Festival will take place January 24-26, 2025 in the UW Memorial Union, 800 Langdon Street. Folk Ball is Madison’s largest public participation international dance festival, powered […]

Freewill Donation

Ritt & Wilder Deitz (with Host of Sparrows)

North Street Cabaret 610 North Street, Madison, WI

With ten albums under his belt, Wisco-Kentuckian acoustic roots rocker Ritt Deitz returns to North Street Cabaret with his son Wilder Deitz. Madison’s Isthmus said Ritt “resembles Tom Waits in […]

$15

House Concert with Radoslav Lorkovic

Our House Concerts 451 North Few Street, Madison, WI, United States

Rad is a classically trained blues and folk performer from Chicago who was born in Croatia. He is a master on the piano and accordion, whose music draws from the […]

$20

Chuck Prophet & His Cumbia Shoes

Stoughton Opera House 381 E Main St, Stoughton, WI, United States

When a stage four lymphoma diagnosis forced him off the road and into the hospital, Chuck Prophet didn’t know if he’d live long enough to see the end of the […]

$35

Charlie Parr

Stoughton Opera House 381 E Main St, Stoughton, WI, United States

Charlie Parr is an incorruptible outsider who writes novelistic, multi-layered stories that shine a kaleidoscopic light on defiant, unseen characters thriving in the shadows all around us. Parr has a […]

$30

Midwest Gypsy Swing Fest

Garver Feed Mill 3241 Garver Green, Madison, WI, United States

The 2025 Midwinter Midwest Gypsy Swing Fest is a celebration of the music of Django Reinhardt. This 21st annual event, hosted by Harmonious Wail, welcomes Ferench Gypsy Jazz Guitarist, Stephane […]

$40

Madison Folk Music Society presents: David Francey

North Street Cabaret 610 North Street, Madison, WI

David Francey is a Scottish-born Canadian carpenter-turned-songwriter, who has become known as “one of Canada’s most revered folk poets and singers” (Toronto Star). Born in Ayrshire, Scotland to parents who […]

$25

BeauSoleil avec Michael Doucet

Stoughton Opera House 381 E Main St, Stoughton, WI, United States

For the past 50 years, BeauSoleil avec Michael Doucet has been making some of the most potent and popular Cajun music on the planet. Born out of the rich Acadian […]

$40