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The Thrasher Opera House is proud to bring these performers to our stage
in Green Lake.
Scroll through our calendar of events below, or use the links on the
right to view the events by month.
* indicates that a Dinner package is available.
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Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec, Jan
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Siegel-Schwall Band
Friday September 10, 2010 7:30 p.m.
Ticket price(s): $25.00 |
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Along with the first-wave British Invasion bands like The Rolling Stones, John Mayall's Bluesbreakers, and stateside groups like The Paul Butterfield Blues Band, The Siegel-Schwall Band were instrumental in The Great Blues Revival of the 1960's. |
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Siegel-Schwall Band
Saturday September 11, 2010 7:30 p.m.
Ticket price(s): $25.00 |
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Along with the first-wave British Invasion bands like The Rolling Stones, John Mayall's Bluesbreakers, and stateside groups like The Paul Butterfield Blues Band, The Siegel-Schwall Band were instrumental in The Great Blues Revival of the 1960's. |
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Nifty Fifties Gala Celebration
Saturday September 18, 2010 6:30 p.m.
Ticket price(s): $50.00 |
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Yo, Daddio! Dust off your saddle shoes and bop on down to this retro-themed party with appearances by special 50's guests. Auction, prizes, entertainment galore! Substantial hors d'oeuvres and full cash bar. 50's attire encouraged, from ducktails to bouffants, from poodle skirts to the James Dean look. We hope you'll join us! |
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October |
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Maria Muldaur
Saturday October 9, 2010 7:30 p.m.
Ticket price(s): $25.00 |
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Maria's first solo album "Maria Muldaur," released in 1973, contained her hit single "Midnight at the Oasis" which reached # 6 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1974. Later that year, she released her second album "Waitress In A Donut Shop". This included a re-recording of "I'm a Woman", the Leiber and Stoller number first associated with Peggy Lee and a standout feature from her Jug Band days. She has continued to perform, tour, and record since her success in the mid-1970s, with an incredible 27 albums to her credit and collaboration on many more! |
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Catie Curtis with
Terri Hendrix & Lloyd Maines
Saturday October 16, 2010 7:30 p.m.
Ticket price(s): $23.00 |
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Catie Curtis has recorded nine solo albums over her 15-year career and has toured with the Lilith Fair as well as Dar Williams and Mary Chapin Carpenter. Her songs have appeared in numerous television shows (Dawson's Creek, Felicity, Grey's Anatomy and Alias) and independent films (500 Miles to Graceland, A Slipping Down Life). Known in the folk-music community for her accessible, socially conscious songwriting and gorgeous voice. "...a folk-rock goddess"- The New Yorker Terri Hendrix's songs are fashioned out of a diverse mix of styles- folk, country, pop, rock, Tex-Mex, bluegrass, and jazz. Hendrix, a 100% Indie artist, has been accompanied by record producer, Lloyd Maines, onstage and in the studio since 1997, producing eleven cds on her own record label, Wilory Records. |
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November |
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Jimmy Webb
Friday November 5, 2010 7:30 p.m.
Ticket price(s): $28.00 |
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The critical acclaim that composer Jimmy Webb has received during his more than forty years of success, is as remarkable as the accomplishments they honor. Webb is the only artist to ever receive Grammy awards for music, lyrics, and orchestration, he is a member of the National Academy of Popular Music Songwriter’s Hall of Fame, the Nashville Songwriter’s Hall of Fame, and, according to BMI, his "By The Time I Get To Phoenix," has been the third most performed song in the last fifty years, with "Up, Up and Away" on the same list in the top thirty. |
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The Rainbow Fish
Saturday November 20, 2010 3:00 p.m.
Ticket price(s): $8.00 |
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With her lovely coloring and shimmering scales, the Rainbow Fish is used to being the most beautiful creature in the ocean. So when the other fish ask her for some silver scales, she refuses. How can she sacrifice the one thing that makes her so unique?
Will some good advice from the wise old Octopus persuade the Rainbow Fish to share her gifts with those around her? ArtsPower has turned Marcus Pfister’s bestselling book into a delightful and touching musical about the value of sharing true friendship with others. |
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Howard Levy
7th Annual Thanksgiving Series
Friday November 26, 2010 7:30 p.m.
Ticket price(s): $20.00 |
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Our Seventh Annual Thanksgiving Series, hosted by Janet Planet, continues with this year's concert featuring the Grammy award-winning harmonica virtuoso Howard Levy in a jazz trio setting. Levy's musical adventures include journeys into jazz, pop, rock, world music, Latin, classical, folk, blues, country, theater and film. |
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December |
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The Alley Cats' Jingle Bell Rock
Saturday December 11, 2010 7:30 p.m.
Ticket price(s): $25.00 |
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America's premier Doo-Wop group performs Jingle Bell Rock - A Harmoniously Hysterical Holiday Hit featuring holiday songs such as Let It Snow, Jingle Bell Rock, White Christmas, Blue Christmas, O Come All Ye Faithful, Sleigh Ride, Feliz Navidad, Rudolph and Silent Night. |
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Switchback
A Midwestern Christmas
Saturday December 18, 2010 7:30 p.m.
Ticket price(s): $13.00 |
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Join us for Switchback’s special holiday performance of Christmas favorites such as Oh, Holy Night, Jingle Bells and Away in the Manger from their holiday CD, "A Very Switchback Christmas" (2005), as well as Irish melodies, lively reels and jigs and other originals tunes. |
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January |
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Eric Bibb
Friday January 14, 2011 7:30 p.m.
Ticket price(s): $22.00 |
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Nominated for nine W.C. Handy Blues Music Awards and winner of the Best Newcomer title in the British Blues Awards, Bibb has been appropriately described as “discreetly awesome” and “a total original.” As his popularity escalates, earlier comparisons to legendary greats Ry Cooder and Taj Mahal are being replaced by quotes that speak to Bibb's ability to “use standard blues ingredients to cook up something all his own.” |
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Willy Porter
Saturday January 29, 2011 7:30 p.m.
Ticket price(s): $20.00 |
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Willy Porter is a talented singer, songwriter, vocalist, and guitarist from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He truly is a folk musician at heart. All of his songs begin with a stripped-down, folk-based arrangement, but he absorbs as many influences as he can and eases them into his various performances. |
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February |
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John McCutcheon
Saturday February 5, 2011 7:30 p.m.
Ticket price(s): $20.00 |
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Internationally renowned musician and singer. The six-time Grammy Award nominee performs selections from both traditional and contemporary folk music, using instruments as varied as the hammered dulcimer, guitar, banjo and piano. |
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The Waymores
Saturday February 26, 2011 7:30 p.m.
Ticket price(s): $18.00 |
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A delicious blend of contemporary folk, retro pop and old school country by three of the best performing songwriters in the world; Don Henry, Sally Barris and Tom Kimmel of The Waymores! |
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March |
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Lunasa
Hottest Irish acoutic group
on the planet!
Friday March 11, 2011 7:30 PM
Ticket price(s): $22.00 |
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Lúnasa has become one of the most sought-after bands on the international Irish music scene. The band’s inventive arrangements and bass-driven grooves are steering Irish acoustic music into surprising new territory. On their first American visit, word-of-mouth led to sold-out shows and rave reviews. "A standing-room only crowd in New York confirmed Lúnasa’s reputation" … wrote The New York Times. "This is the hottest Irish acoustic group on the planet." |
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Alex de Grassi
Friday April 1, 2011 7:30 p.m.
Ticket price(s): $20.00 |
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Alex de Grassi has been a unique voice in the world of acoustic guitar for over 30 years; his innovative approach to composing and arranging for solo steel-string guitar has influenced generations of players.
From his first solo performances in university coffeehouses and as a street musician to his engagements at prestigious venues like Carnegie Hall, the Kennedy Center, and the Montreux Jazz Festival, Alex has followed his own vision and helped lay the foundation for contemporary fingerstyle guitar. |
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May |
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Tom Rush
Friday May 6, 2011 7:30 p.m.
Ticket price(s): $20.00 |
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Tom Rush is a gifted musician and performer, whose shows offer a musical celebration...a journey into the tradition and spectrum of what music has been, can be, and will become. His distinctive guitar style, wry humor and warm, expressive voice have made him both a legend and a lure to audiences around the world. His shows are filled with the rib-aching laughter of terrific story-telling, the sweet melancholy of ballads and the passion of gritty blues. |
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Our calendar of events is not all inclusive. For information on private events, meetings, receptions and conferences, please contact our office.
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