Madison Blues Society

09/24/2026

Saturday and Sunday, Blues & adjacent Roundup~Share your gigs in comments please, Thank you! :)

9/25/2026 8:00 PM (doors 7 PM) Evening Elephants Majestic Theatre Jam band
9/25/2026 8:00 PM (doors) Chaparelle High Noon Saloon Alt-country/classic country revival
9/25/2026 TBD (CodaFest) Frank Catalano ensemble Cafe Coda Jazz (saxophone)
9/25/2026 TBD (CodaFest) Eric Jacobson ensemble Cafe Coda Jazz (trombone)
9/26/2026 8:00 PM They Might Be Giants Barrymore Theatre Alternative/pop rock
9/26/2026 7:00 PM Luke Bryan: Word On The Street Tour Alpine Valley, East Troy Country
9/26/2026 TBD (matinee, CodaFest) Space in Time Cafe Coda Jazz (kids' ensemble)
9/26/2026 TBD (matinee, CodaFest) First Liberation Saxophone Choir Cafe Coda Avant-garde/free jazz
9/26/2026 TBD (evening, CodaFest) Kahil El'Zabar's Ethnic Heritage Ensemble Cafe Coda Avant-garde/spiritual jazz
9/26/2026 TBD (evening, CodaFest) Chico Freeman Quintet Cafe Coda Jazz
9/26/2026 TBD (fest runs 1–10 PM) Langhorne Slim (headliner) Warner Park — True North Music & Food Fest Folk/Americana
9/26/2026 TBD (fest runs 1–10 PM) Dusk Warner Park — True North Fest Americana/country-rock
9/26/2026 TBD (fest runs 1–10 PM) Dead Horses Warner Park — True North Fest Folk/Americana
9/26/2026 TBD (fest runs 1–10 PM) Cory Chisel Warner Park — True North Fest Americana/folk-rock
9/26/2026 TBD (fest runs 12:30 PM–midnight) New Glarus Alphorns Burning Troll, Mount Horeb Traditional/folk (alphorn)
9/26/2026 TBD (fest runs 11 AM–5 PM) JAYKO Madison Vegan Fest, Lake Farm County Park Retro pop
9/26/2026 7:30 PM Ariel Lanyi Farley's House of Pianos Classical (piano)
9/27/2026 8:00 PM Willi Carlisle with William Matheny High Noon Saloon Folk/Americana (Carlisle); Americana/rock (Matheny)
9/27/2026 8:00 PM They Might Be Giants Barrymore Theatre Alternative/pop rock
9/27/2026 8:00 PM (doors 7 PM) Bruce Hornsby & The Noisemakers Orpheum Theater Piano rock/jam/Americana
9/27/2026 2:30 PM Greg Zelek — all-Bach program Overture Hall (MSO Concert Organ Series) Classical (organ)
9/27/2026 TBD (fest runs 3–8 PM) Cigarette Break Band Farley Center, Verona — Harvest Festival R&B/soul/funk
9/27/2026 TBD (fest runs 3–8 PM) DJ Pain 1 Farley Center, Verona — Harvest Festival Hip-hop (production/DJ)

09/24/2026

Blues Weekly Roundup (Thursday Night)

Date Time Performer Venue Genre
9/24/2026 7:00 PM Usual Suspects Bernells Blues-rock/soul
9/24/2026 5:30 PM Bill Roberts Combo Sugar River Pizza, Sun Prairie
9/24/2026 8:00 PM Beth Hart Orpheum Theater Blues-rock/soul
9/24/2026 7:00 PM Hanah Jon Taylor Artet (CodaFest) Cafe Coda Jazz
9/24/2026 7:00 PM Lost Lakes, Driveway Thriftdwellers Sh*tty Barn, Spring Green Americana/folk-rock
9/24/2026 5:30 PM Jon Vriesacker, Larry Stout, Ron Hansen & John Widdicombe Otto's Jazz
9/24/2026 5:30 PM Jon Vriesacker, Stan Godfriaux, Ron Hansen & John Widdicombe Otto's Jazz
9/24/2026 5:30 PM Tony Castañeda Latin Jazz Band Cardinal Bar Latin jazz
9/24/2026 6:30 PM Charlie Painter & Brian Grimm The Green Room Public House Jazz
9/24/2026 5:00 PM Jazz Jam Zuzu Cafe Jazz (jam session)
9/24/2026 5:00 PM Too Sick Charlie Hop Garden, Belleville Blues
9/24/2026 5:00 PM John Kostle Hop Garden Brewing, Evansville Acoustic singer-songwriter/folk (best guess — not independently confirmed)
9/24/2026 5:00–9:00 PM Middleton Night Market Stone Horse Green, Middleton Variety/local artists (genre not specified by source)
9/24/2026 5:30 PM Lake Collective Buck and Honey's, Waunakee Unconfirmed — likely folk/acoustic
9/24/2026 5:30 PM Ced Ba'etch' Tyrol Basin, Mount Horeb Unconfirmed
9/24/2026 6:00 PM Open Mic Main Street Music, Brooklyn Open mic/variety
9/24/2026 6:00 PM Dan Walkner Band Vintage Brewing Company, Sauk City Country/rock (best guess — not independently confirmed)
9/24/2026 6:00 PM Elwood Lee Band Essen Haus German/polka (Essen Haus is a German restaurant/beer hall — best guess)
9/24/2026 6:00 PM Gary Beal & Matt Wundrow Essen Haus German/polka duo (same venue context — best guess)
9/24/2026 6:30 PM Open Mic Muso Open mic/variety
9/24/2026 6:30 PM Lone Goat Rodeo Up North Pub Unconfirmed — likely country/folk
9/24/2026 7:00 PM Lucie Rose Minocqua Brewing Company Tap Room Jazz/pop
9/24/2026 7:00 PM Zach Bellas Trio Yahara Bay Distillers, Fitchburg Jazz
9/24/2026 7:30 PM Lea Bertucci presents "The Oracle" Hamel Music Center Experimental/avant-garde classical
9/24/2026 7:00 PM Opera on the Point ("Into the Dark") Picnic Point Opera
9/24/2026 3:00 PM Storybook Music Project Black Earth Library Children's music
9/24/2026 TBD (9/24–27) New Glarus Oktoberfest Downtown New Glarus Festival — German/polka + variety

09/24/2026

An "unculled list of live music coming up" Tonight Bernell's Open Jam with Usual Suspects

09/19/2026

Willie street Fair today through Sunday!!

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Drumroll please!! The 2026 The W***y Street Fair line-up is here!
Free to attend, as always!! 🌈🍻💫💃🍞

09/19/2026

While we are nearing its end! Check out if you’re close! The Theinsville Bluesfest, downtown Theinsville!

Main Stage:

12PM-1:30PM: Cameron Webb & His Soul & Blues Revue
2PM-3:30PM: Third Coast Blues Collective with Special Guests Benny Rickun & Big Al Dorn
4PM-5:30PM: Otto Junior Band
6PM-7:30PM: Paul Filipowicz Blues Band
8PM-9:30PM: Sheryl Youngblood Band
Don’t Miss Tom Holland & The Shuffle Kings Throughout the Day on the Pavilion Stage starting at 11AM!

More Than Just the Blues

In addition to an outstanding lineup of live music, attendees can enjoy:

Paul Filipowicz Blues Band
Saturday, September 19
6:00-7:30 pm
Main Stage

Blazing blues guitar legend PAUL FILIPOWICZ’s earned his stripes the old-fashioned way. Fifty years of one-nighters and live impassioned sweat-soaked true blues-guitar workouts. Clubs, roadhouses, festivals and gin-joints with dynamic performances, from Texas through Mississippi, New York City, Midwest, Denver to Ulan-Bator Mongolia, his finger picked guitar style developed into a unique, funky, immediately identifiable phrasing and tone. ‘You know you’re a bluesman and I know you’re a bluesman and every time you take the stage you got to prove it,’ Luther Allision told Paul. His bands 13 albums of dance-ready groves warrant critical acclaim in publications such as ‘Living Blues Radio charts #24 Midnight at the Nairobi Room 2001. #17 Chinatown 2004, #7 Chickenwire 2008,’, Blues Access, Down Beat, Blues Revue, Soul Bag (France). Real Blues (Victoria B.C.) picked him in the top 20 Texas Blues new releases two years in a row when Paul was on the Dallas based Gila Monster label. “We’re a dance energy bomb. Plain and simple. I love what we do, bringing release to the people, through music. We are modern day music medicine.
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Sheryl Youngblood Band
Saturday, September 19
8:00-9:30 pm
Main Stage

With more than 40 years in the music industry, Sheryl Youngblood stands as a commanding figure in American music. A vocalist, band leader, music director, drummer and Delmark Recording Artist, her career crosses stages, studios, and styles-her heart belongs to the blues. Her voice carries grit, warmth, and lived experience, delivering performances that audiences feel as much as they hear.

A proud Chicago Blues Hall of Fame Inductee; recipient of the Jus Blues Foundation - Denise LaSalle Recording of Excellence Lifetime Achievement Award; Grammy Award Winner with Reverend Milton Brunson and the Thompson Community Singers of Chicago, she is celebrated not only for her artistry, but for her enduring contribution to the music community. From gospel roots and Motown influences to jazz phrasing, Funk and R&B grooves, rock attitude, and pure blues storytelling, her sound reflects a lifetime of musical immersion.

As a band leader, she has directed countless ensembles-crafting sets, shaping arrangements, and guiding musicians from rehearsal to stage. As a music director, she unites precision with passion, ensuring every performance has direction, integrity, and heart. As a vocalist, she embodies the music: vulnerable, powerful, soulful. And as a drummer she carries rhythm in her bones, grounded, steady, and instinctive. Whether behind the kit or at the microphone, she commands attention and connection.
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