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  • 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 by eight bands . Find up-to-date information, register online, and reserve optional dinner spot at madfolkball.org. You can also email info@madfolkball.org or call (608) 571-4389. […]

    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, Etta Jones, Ray Brown and more. Benny has played on Grammy nominated and winning albums for Diana Krall and Betty Carter. He’s a highly acclaimed […]

    $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 his ability to marry sophistication with down-homeness.” Fort Thomas, KY house concert series Parlor and Patio called the father-son duo’s sound “rivers of harmony.” Wilder […]

    $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 JaniceCarissa “conveys a vivid story rather than a mere showpiece” (Chicago Classical Review).

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

    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

    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

    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
  • Alicia Rytlewski album release show w/ Collections of Colonies of Bees and Field Report

    Pabst Theater 144 E Wells St, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States

    We’re excited to announce the RETURN of the $10 Buck Show on Saturday, February 8th at 8:00PM! Come see local bands, beloved and emerging, in the lower level of the Pabst Theater. Headlining the return is Collections of Colonies of Bees, opened by Alicia Rytlewski, who will be performing her debut album release show, and […]

    $10