WPR Music, Arts & Culture calendar

Join us for another amazing year of FairShare CSA Coalition’s 16th Annual Bike the Barns on Sunday September 15th, 2024! Pedal together to help members of our community access farm-fresh veggies. When you sign up for Bike the Barns, you raise money for the Partner Shares Program, helping households access organic food grown by a […]

Seven Ages Theatricals will present its annual “Shakespeare in the Park” September 13th – 15th at City Green with the merry comedy of errors, Much Ado About Nothing. The show […]

The Promega Fall Art Showcase presents “From This Place: Three Photographers”. This exhibit will feature the works of three distinguished Wisconsin photographers, each showcasing their unique perspectives and styles. Lewis […]

Songwriter Showcase encourages the creation and sharing of original music by regional singer songwriters. The Showcase will be held outdoors at the Galena Center for the Arts, weather permitting. This […]

Carsie Blanton writes anthems for a world worth saving. Inspired by artists including Nina Simone and Randy Newman, her songs encompass a wide range of genres, from sultry pop to […]

Learn to play klezmer with superstar violinist Alicia Svigals. Bring your instrument. Free and open to all.

The wonderful Madison quartet The Honey Pies will perform at Our House Concerts at 6 pm on Friday, Sept. 20. This will be our last outdoor show of the year. Tickets are $20. Contact us at annedave@chorus.net to reserve a seat.

Umoja, the Swahili word for “unity” and the first principle of the African holiday Kwanzaa, is a beautiful way to bring us together again. We begin our 99th season journey […]

Join award-winning folksinger Lil Rev for an evening of songs and stories. Lil Rev performs on a plethora of instruments, including guitar, banjo, ukulele. mountain dulcimer, harmonica and mandolin. He […]

Famed Door County photographer, Dave Heilman will be once again sharing his craft with us during two photography workshops on Plum Island, in Northern Door County. Sail from Gills Rock […]

Join Chippewa Valley Symphony Orchestra for a trip around the world in this concert for all ages! Experience a spellbinding combination of Korean three drum dance with the Western orchestra […]

Join us for “A Journey to Japan” at Christopher Gardens, where you’ll delight in tea tasting, origami workshops, kite flying demonstrations, and more. Discover the rich culture of our sister […]

Join Chippewa Valley Symphony Orchestra for a trip around the world in this concert for all ages! Experience a spellbinding combination of Korean three drum dance with the Western orchestra […]

September 21, 2024 | 7:00 p.m. Celebrating 20 years of the Alberta S. Kimball Foundation Series Celebrating 40 years of “inducing wild behavior worldwide” MOJO & The Bayou Gypsies bring all-original pure Americana and Louisiana Bayou traditions to the stage. With 23 albums of original music certified by the Louisiana Music Hall of Fame, Mister […]

Umoja, the Swahili word for “unity” and the first principle of the African holiday Kwanzaa, is a beautiful way to bring us together again. We begin our 99th season journey […]

The Honey Pies is an exciting collaboration of Madison-based music veterans. Jodi Jean Amble made a major splash in the Chicago scene fronting her eponymous band—nominally jazz, but equally at home with, pop, country, and more—and as a member of the highly eclectic ensemble Jenny Dragon. Tom Waselchuk leads the MAMA Award-winning Americana band The […]

Alicia Svigals, the world’s foremost klezmer fiddler and a founder of the Grammy-winning Klezmatics, will make joyous, kinetic music with a full-on old-school klezmer dance band playing a mix of original compositions and traditional arrangements. Alicia Svigals, violin Aaron Alexander, drums Curtis Hasselbring, trombone Ilya Shneyveys, accordion Jim Guttman, bass Jordan Hirsch, trumpet