Stoughton Wisconsin

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• Dec 5 - Dec 5 Stoughton - The Little Match Girl PlayTime Productions. Based on Hans Christian Andersen's tale about a poor young girl with a burning desire to find comfort and happiness in her life. Desperate to keep warm, the girl lights the matches she sells, and envisions a very different life for herself in the fiery flames filled with images of loving relatives, bountiful food, and a place to call home. Call for admission prices. Stoughton Opera House, 381 East Main St.. For more information call (608) 877-4400.
• Dec 11 - Dec 11 Stoughton - Tom Wopat in Concert. Tom Wopat is so charismatic and versatile - he can lock in a lyric and lasso an audience at the same time. In addition to starring on Broadway and television, releasing two CDs, and branching out to perform pop songs and Broadway. General admission. Stoughton Opera House, 381 East Main St.. Event starts at 7:30PM. For more information call (608) 646-0019.
• Dec 12 - Dec 12 Stoughton - John Sebastian & David Grisman. Two musical giants blend their love for American roots music in this extraordinary concert. Singer/songwriter John Sebastian (The Lovin' Spoonful) joins mandolin master David Grisman for an unforgettable evening of traditional folk and blues, originals, and "dawg" music, David's trademark mix of swing, bluegrass, latin, jazz, and gypsy stylings. These two master musicians keep audiences entertained and eager for more. David and John at the Opera House will be a memorable evening of acoustic duets featuring traditional folk tunes, blues, classy instrumentals and originals by these two legendary masters. Stoughton Opera House, 381 East Main St. Event starts at 7:30PM. For more information call (608) 646-0019.
• Dec 13 - Dec 13 Stoughton - Stoughton Festival Choir and City Band. The holidays have never sounded so sweet! Both the City Band under the baton of Roger Gohlke and the Festival Choir conducted by Jill Reedy will dazzle with a variety of sacred and secular music, plus a carol sing-along. General Admission, Free will donation at door. Stoughton Opera House, 381 East Main St. Event starts at 4:00PM. For more information call (608) 646-0019.
• Dec 18 - Dec 18 Stoughton - Riders in the Sky. The Riders in the Sky perform authentic renditions of old classic cowboy and Western songs, as well as original works and various comedic skits and songs. For 30 years, this cowboy quartet have been keepers of the flame passed on by the Sons of the Pioneers, Gene Autry and Roy Rogers, reviving and revitalizing the genre. And while remaining true to the integrity of Western music, have themselves become modern-day icons. General admission. Stoughton Opera House, 381 East Main St.. Event starts at 7:30PM. For more information call (608) 646-0019.

• Jan 30 - Jan 30 Stoughton - All that Jazz Big Band. All That Jazz Big Band started in '85 as a rehearsal band in a basement. From the start, the band's priority has been to get together a few times a month and capture the swing sound of the true American Big Band. The success of the band's many Wisconsin area performances over 18 years is further proof that the swing sounds of the big band will continue to flourish well into the new millennium. They will expertly play your favorite big band music from many genres and artists - a great afternoon of music! Stoughton Opera House, 381 East Main St.. For more information call (608) 646-0019.
• Feb 12 - Feb 12 Stoughton - Cherish the Ladies. General admission. When describing Cherish the Ladies, the critics say it best: "It is simply impossible to imagine an audience that wouldn't enjoy what they do", the Boston Globe, "An astonishing array of virtuosity", the Washington Post. They have been named Best Musical Group of the Year by the BBC, Entertainment Group of the Year by the Irish Voice Newspaper, and voted the Top North American Celtic act by NPR Radio's "Thistle and Shamrock". The girls continue to blaze forward and continue to enchant audiences worldwide. Stoughton Opera House, 381 East Main St.. Event starts at 7:30PM. For more information call (608) 646-0019.
• Feb 26 - Feb 26 Stoughton - Lou & Peter Berryman. Musical humorists who have delighted nationwide audiences for more than twenty years. These two are originals, blending Midwestern culture with intelligent observation in a whimsical and wonderfully accessible performance. They have produced twelve albums and three song books of their original and hilarious, quirky, yet oddly profound songs, and have toured the US and Canada. Berryman songs are being sung around the world, by a legion of professional musicians, including Peter, Paul & Mary, Peggy Seeger and Garrison Keillor, as well as shower singers everywhere. General admission. Stoughton Opera House, 381 East Main St.. Event starts at 7:30PM. For more information call (608) 646-0019.
• Mar 5 - Mar 7 Stoughton - The Actors Factory. Mar 5 & 6, 7:30PM; Mar 7, 2:30PM. A talented troupe of actors aged 11 to 18, all trained in scene study, take on a pair of one-act plays with wildly different tones. These original plays are written by local play writes specifically for the actors performing and for the ornate Opera House stage. General admission. Stoughton Opera House, 381 East Main St.. Event starts at 7:30PM. For more information call (608) 646-0019.
• Mar 13 - Mar 13 Stoughton - Pieta Brown, with guest Bo Ramsey. General admission. Pieta Brown's own blend of folk, rock, country and blues has garnered numerous comparisons to musical forbearers like Rickie Lee Jones, Bobbie Gentry, and Bob Dylan. Lyrically and musically poetic, Brown's deceptive simplicity and seductive purity combine to create songs that meet somewhere between the Carter Family and Tom Waits. Brown has collaborated and toured with highly respected guitarist and producer Bo Ramsey - whom she will play with at the Opera House. She is earthy and inspiring - a show to defineatly check out. Stoughton Opera House, 381 East Main St.. Event starts at 7:30PM. For more information call (608) 646-0019.
• Mar 19 - Mar 20 Stoughton - The Del McCoury Band. General admission. During the late 1950s and 1960s, a young banjo player and tenor singer named Delano Floyd McCoury was cutting his bluegrass teeth in the bars of Baltimore. Bill Monroe suggested Del try out for the spot of lead singer and guitar player in his Blue Grass Boys. After a few years, Del was fronting his own Dixie Pals. In 1981, Del's son Ronnie McCoury became his father's mandolin player, and Ronnie has blossomed into the best bluegrass mandolinist you can hear today. And in 1987, Del renamed The Dixie Pals to The Del McCoury Band when his other son Robbie also joined his father, first as the bass player and then switching over to banjo. Fiddler Jason Carter and bassist Alan Bartrum round out the quintet. Del has proven not to be a relic of bluegrass music's past, but an architect of it's future. Stoughton Opera House, 381 East Main St.. Event starts at 7:30PM. For more information call (608) 646-0019.
• Mar 26 - Mar 26 Stoughton - Harry Manx in Concert. General admission. Harry Manx has been called an "essential link" between the music of East and West. Combining the sensuality of traditional blues with transcendent Eastern sounds has become his trademark. Playing the Mohan Veena - a self designed 20 string guitar/sitar -, lap steel, harmonica, stomp box, and banjo, Manx quickly envelops the audience into what has been dubbed "the Harry Zone" with his warm vocals and the hauntingly beautiful melodies of his original songs. Stoughton Opera House, 381 East Main St.. Event starts at 7:30PM. For more information call (608) 646-0019.
• Apr 1 - Apr 1 Stoughton - Red Skelton: A Performance Tribute by Tom Mullica. 3PM & 7PM - General admission. No, it's not an April fool's joke - America's favorite comedian will come alive right before your eyes on the Stoughton Opera House stage. Red Skelton was an American favorite, and Tom Mullica's Red Skelton Tribute has become a favorite of Branson audiences. Tom's voice and movements are incredibly like Skelton's. Join Freddy the Freeloader, Clem Kadiddlehopper, Gertrude & Heathcliff, The Mean Widdle Kid, Willie Lump-Lump, George Applebee, and a legion of memorable characters. Don't miss your opportunity to experience this spectacular 2-hour-trip down memory lane. Stoughton Opera House, 381 East Main St. For more information call (608) 646-0019.
• Apr 10 - Apr 10 Stoughton - Greg Brown in Concert. For an eclectic musician like Greg Brown, folk music as a description doesn't do any justice to his art. Known for his personal and intimate concerts, Brown's most revealing recordings are live. Greg Brown's smooth, subtle poetics and honest no-frills instrumentation bring to mind great oldies like Woody Guthrie, Muddy Waters, and Leadbelly. At times his songs sound a little like Taj Mahal, while other times they're flat out political folk songs like Pete Seeger. Stoughton Opera House, 381 East Main St.. Event starts at 7:30PM. For more information call (608) 646-0019.
• Apr 22 - Apr 22 Stoughton - The Anoushka Shankar Project. General admission. Daughter of legendary sitar virtuoso and composer Ravi Shankar and half sister of jazz singer Norah Jones, Anoushka is a star in her own right. She has been performing on the sitar with her father and as a soloist since the age of thirteen. She received her first of two Best World Music Grammy nominations in 2003, the youngest ever nominee in that category. Anoushka's spellbinding sitar playing skilfully merges classical Indian, electronic and world music. Her ability to give the sitar new expression in a modern context has seen her collaborate with Thievery Corporation, Sting, Nitin Sawhney and Norah Jones. Anoushka will be appearing with an ensemble of virtuoso Eastern and Western musicians performing Indian classical and fusion music from her three CD's, Anourag, Rise and Breathing Under Water. Come and be mesmerized. Stoughton Opera House, 381 East Main St. Event starts at 7:30PM. For more information call (608) 646-0019.
• Apr 24 - Apr 24 Stoughton - The Myth of the Gunfighter and the Hollywood America. By speaker Michael Hecht and special guest Matthew William Miller- piano. Life in the American West: from riding in a stagecoach to who was Wyatt Earp. Hecht will utilize the writing of Larry McMurty, John Steinbeck and Herman Melville and the country music of Roy Acuff, Hank Williams and Leadbelly. Free-will donation at door, OH Benefit. Stoughton Opera House, 381 East Main St.. Event starts at 1:00PM. For more information call (608) 646-0019.
• May 1 - May 1 Stoughton - The Crickets. General admission. Stoughton Opera House, 381 East Main St.. Event starts at 7:30PM. For more information call (608) 646-0019.
• May 23 - May 23 Stoughton - Midwest Vocal Express. Male Acapella Chorus - Storytelling through song. General admission. Stoughton Opera House, 381 East Main St.. Event starts at 2:00PM. For more information call (608) 646-0019.
• Jun 6 - Jun 6 Stoughton - Stoughton Chamber Singers. Mostly Mozart. The Stoughton Chamber Singers is a group of 20 singers under the direction of John Beutel who pursue performance excellence and musical understanding of a wide variety of music from the past and the present. Their concerts include commentary that provides interesting and pertinent information about the music, the composer and historical context to enlighten the audience. General Admission, Stoughton Opera House, 381 East Main St.. Event starts at 7:00PM. For more information call (608) 646-0019.

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