Live Music Events - Madison, WI and nearby

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Greensky Bluegrass David Munnelly Band
Battlefield Band with Liz Carroll & Friends (Chicago)
Pieta Brown Danu
Great Big Sea Gaelic Storm (Milwaukee)
Del McCoury Band Spring Swedish Weekend
Jim Malcolm Arturo Sandoval (Chicago)
Harry Manx Four Bitchin' Babes
Habib Koité & Bamada (Chicago) Altan (Chicago)
Catie Curtis & Lucy Kaplansky
(Madison & Mequon)
Hot Tuna (Milwaukee)
Ben Sollee & Daniel Martin Moore Toubab Krewe, John Brown's Body
Baaba Maal (Madison & Chicago) Cajun Weekend
Bobby Osbourne &
American Bluegrass Masters
Megitza Quartet
April Verch Trio Carrie Newcomer (Madison & Green Lake)
Greg Brown King Sunny Ade & His African Beats (Chicago)
Occidental Brothers w/ Samba Mapangala (Chicago) Anoushka Shankar Project
(Madison & Milwaukee)
Tony Rice Unit (Madison & Chicago) English Country Dance Weekend
Susana Baca (Chicago) Suzanne Vega
Special Consensus Bluegrass Band Les Primitifs du Futur (Chicago)
Kaki King

Karan Casey Band (Chicago)

Ustad Amjad Ali Khan (Milwaukee) Susan Werner
Le Fête de Marquette
Chicago Guitar Festival (Chicago)
Terri Hendrix & Catie Curtis Leo Kottke & Leon Redbone

On the list below, click on any performer to go to their web site.

Friday, Mar. 12th, 9:30 pm - Greensky Bluegrass - High Noon Saloon, 701 East Washington Ave.

Friday, Mar. 12th, 7:00 & 10:00 pm - Battlefield Band with Liz Carroll & Friends - Old Town School of Folk Music, 4544 N. Lincoln Ave, Chicago, IL

Saturday, Mar. 13th, 7:30 pm - David Munnelly Band - Thrasher Opera House, 506 Mill Street, Green Lake, WI

Saturday, Mar. 13th, 7:30 pm - Pieta Brown - Stoughton Opera House, 381 East Main Street, Stoughton, WI

Wednesday, Mar. 17th, 7:30 pm - Danu - Capitol Theater - Overture Center, 201 State Street

Wednesday, Mar. 17th, 8:00 pm - Great Big Sea - Majestic Theater, 115 King Street

Wednesday, Mar. 17th, 8:00 pm - Gaelic Storm - Pabst Theater, 144 East Wells St, Milwaukee,WI

Friday, Mar. 19th & Saturday, Mar. 20th, 7:30 pm - The Del McCoury Band - Stoughton Opera House, 381 East Main Street, Stoughton, WI

Friday, Mar. 19th & Saturday, Mar. 20th - Spring Swedish Weekend (Torbjörn Sjöberg and Yvonne Hansen) - Folklore Village, 3210 County Hwy. BB, Dodgeville, WI

Saturday, March 20th, 7:30 pm - Jim Malcolm (of Old Blind Dogs) - House Concert, 5517 Comanche Way, questions & reservations here

Saturday, Mar. 20th, 7:00 & 10:00 pm - Arturo Sandoval - Old Town School of Folk Music, 4544 N. Lincoln Ave, Chicago, IL

Friday, Mar. 26th - Catie Curtis & Lucy Kaplansky - Unitarian Church North, 13800 N. Port Washington Road, Mequon, WI

Saturday, Mar. 27th, 7:30 pm - Harry Manx - Thrasher Opera House, 506 Mill Street, Green Lake, WI

Saturday, Mar. 27th, 8:00 pm - Four Bitchin' Babes - Overture Hall - Overture Center, 201 State Street

Saturday, Mar. 27th, 7:00 & 10:00 pm - Habib Koité & Bamada - Old Town School of Folk Music, 4544 N. Lincoln Ave, Chicago, IL

Saturday, March 27th, 8:00 pm - Altan - The Abbey, 3420 Grace, Chicago, IL

Sunday, Mar. 28th, 7:30 pm - Catie Curtis & Lucy Kaplansky - High Noon Saloon, 701 East Washington Ave.

Thursday, Apr. 1st, 8:00 pm - Hot Tuna - Pabst Theater, 144 East Wells St, Milwaukee,WI

Saturday, Apr. 3rd, 7:30 pm - Ben Sollee & Daniel Martin Moore - Majestic Theater, 115 King Street

Sunday, Apr. 4th, 8:00 pm - Toubab Krewe, John Brown's Body - Majestic Theater, 115 King Street

Thursday, Apr. 8th - Baaba Maal - Wisconsin Union Theater, 800 Langdon Street

Friday, Apr. 9th and Saturday, Apr. 10th - Cajun Weekend (Paul Daigle, Jason Frey, Maureen Mullen, Charlie & John Terr, Eric Mohring and more) - Folklore Village, 3210 County Hwy. BB, Dodgeville, WI

Friday, Apr. 9th, 8 pm - Bobby Osbourne & American Bluegrass Masters - Capitol Theater - Overture Center, 201 State Street

Friday, Apr. 9th, 8:00 pm - Baaba Maal - Old Town School of Folk Music, 4544 N. Lincoln Ave, Chicago, IL

Saturday, Apr. 10th, 7:30 pm - Greg Brown - Stoughton Opera House, 381 East Main Street, Stoughton, WI

Saturday, April 10th, 9:00 pm - Megitza Quartet - Restaurant Magnus, 120 East Wilson Street

Friday, Apr. 16th, 7:30 pm - April Verch Trio - Folklore Village, 3210 County Hwy. BB, Dodgeville, WI

Friday, Apr. 16th, 7:30 pm - Carrie Newcomer - Thrasher Opera House, 506 Mill Street, Green Lake, WI

Friday, Apr. 16th, 7:00 & 10:00 pm - King Sunny Ade & His African Beats - Old Town School of Folk Music, 4544 N. Lincoln Ave, Chicago, IL

Saturday, Apr. 17th, 7:00 pm - Carrie Newcomer - Orchard Ridge Church, 1501 Gilbert Road

Saturday, April 17th, Occidental Brothers w/ Samba Mapangala - Schubas, 3159 N. Southport Ave, Chicago, IL

Thursday, Apr. 22nd, 7:30 pm - Anoushka Shankar Project - Stoughton Opera House, 381 East Main Street, Stoughton, WI

Friday, Apr. 23rd, 8:00 pm - Anoushka Shankar Project - Pabst Theater, 144 East Wells St, Milwaukee, WI

Friday, Apr. 23rd, 7:30 pm - Tony Rice Unit - Stoughton Opera House, 381 East Main Street, Stoughton, WI

Friday, Apr. 23rd & Saturday, Apr. 24th - English Country Dance Weekend (Bare Necessities) - Folklore Village, 3210 County Hwy. BB, Dodgeville, WI

Friday, Apr. 23rd, 8:00 pm - Susana Baca - Old Town School of Folk Music, 4544 N. Lincoln Ave, Chicago, IL

Sunday, Apr. 25th, 7:00 pm - Tony Rice Unit - Old Town School of Folk Music, 4544 N. Lincoln Ave, Chicago, IL

Saturday, Apr. 24th, 8:00 pm - Suzanne Vega - Capitol Theater - Overture Center, 201 State Street

Fri, Apr. 30th, 7:30 pm - Special Consensus Bluegrass Band - Folklore Village, 3210 County Hwy. BB, Dodgeville, WI

Sun, May 2nd, 7:00 pm - Les Primitifs du Futur - Old Town School of Folk Music, 4544 N. Lincoln Ave, Chicago, IL

Fri, May 7th, 9:30 pm - Kaki King, An Horse - High Noon Saloon, 701 East Washington Ave.

Fri, May 21st, 8:00 pm - Karan Casey Band - Old Town School of Folk Music, 4544 N. Lincoln Ave, Chicago, IL

Sat, June 4th, 8:00 pm - Ustad Amjad Ali Khan - Pabst Theater, 144 East Wells St, Milwaukee, WI

Fri, Jun. 18th, 7:30 pm - Susan Werner - Thrasher Opera House, 506 Mill Street, Green Lake, WI

Thurs-Sun, July 8th-11th - Le Fête de Marquette: Red Stick Ramblers and many more TBA - Madison Central Park

Sat, July 31st, 9:00 pm - Megitza Quartet - Restaurant Magnus, 120 East Wilson Street

Sat, Oct. 2nd, 9:00 pm - Megitza Quartet - Restaurant Magnus, 120 East Wilson Street

Wed-Tues, Oct. 6th-12th - Chicago Guitar Festival - details TBA

Sat, Oct. 16th, 7:30 pm - Terri Hendrix & Catie Curtis - Thrasher Opera House, 506 Mill Street, Green Lake, WI

Fri, Oct. 22, 8:00 pm - Leo Kottke & Leon Redbone - Barrymore Theater, 2090 Atwood Avenue

Sat, Dec 11th, 9:00 pm - Megitza Quartet - Restaurant Magnus, 120 East Wilson Street