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  • Masterworks II – Symphonie Espagnole

    Overture Center for the Arts 201 State Street, Madison, Wisconsin, United States

    A convergence of Baroque elegance, fiery Spanish rhythms and lush romanticism take center stage for the second concert of the Masterworks season. Renowned violinist Giora Schmidt joins the WCO to […]

    $19 – $97
  • 35th Annual Folk Ball Festival

    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
  • Benny Green in Concert

    Great Northern Distilling 1011 2nd Street, Stevens Point, Wisconsin, United States

    One of the great bop pianists of our time! Benny Green was a member of Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers, and has worked with such greats as Diana Krall, Oscar Peterson, […]

    $35
  • Benny Green in Concert

    North Shore Golf Club N8421 N Shore Road, Menasha, Wisconsin, United States

    One of the great bop pianists of our time! Benny Green was a member of Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers, and has worked with such greats as Diana Krall, Oscar Peterson, […]

    $35.00
  • Benny Green in Concert

    North Shore Golf Club N8421 N Shore Road, Menasha, Wisconsin, United States

    One of the great bop pianists of our time! Benny Green was a member of Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers, and has worked with such greats as Diana Krall, Oscar Peterson, […]

    $35
  • 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
  • Favorite Things: Illuminating Futures

    Bethel Lutheran Church 312 WISCONSIN AVE, MADISON, Wisconsin, United States

    A Benefit Concert for International Partners for Education, Inc.

    Free
  • 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
  • Salon Piano Series presents Janice Carissa

    Indonesian pianist Janice Carissa returns to dazzle SPS with a program of Rachmaninoff, Tanzil, Scarlatti, Beethoven and Schumann. With “the multicolored highlights of a mature pianist“ (Philadelphia Inquirer), Indonesian pianist […]

    $10 – $45
  • Chuck Prophet & His Cumbia Shoes

    Stoughton Opera House 381 East Main Street, Stoughton, Wisconsin, 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 year, let alone get back on tour. “I was going through a tunnel,” he recalls. “It was dark. But I had music: music to play, […]

    $35
  • Charlie Parr

    Stoughton Opera House 381 East Main Street, Stoughton, Wisconsin, 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 new record with only his name on it, and it isn’t shiny and perfect and commercial and catchy. It’s him. It’s pure Charlie Parr and […]

    $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 Wrembel from New York. Stephane Wrembel is quite simply one of the finest guitar players in the world. This prolific musician, composer, educator, and musical […]

    $40