Big Top Chautauqua Box Office & The Backstage

at The Big Top ​The original cast of "Big Top Opry" is back this summer having stuffed 12 more years of classic country into their lives since the show's debut in 2014. The Blue Canvas Orchestra's Corey Carlson and Severin Behnen are the curators of the music and co-creators of this show that pays homage to some of the Grand Ole Opry's most iconic performers. The music of Patsy Cline, Marty Robbins, Hank Williams, Ernest Tubb, Johnny Cash and Kitty Wells will fill the tent in a celebration of th

Multi-day festival, August 14-16

An elegant, soulful singer with well-crafted, reflective music.

at The Big Top ​If this water could speak, what would it say? Chock full of original songs, wonderful stories old and new, along with spectacular images on the Big Top screen, "Superior! Songs & Stories of the Big Lake" invites you to celebrate the power, majesty, beauty, and history of "this water" - the greatest of the Great Lakes - SUPERIOR! Cast: Written & directed by Jan Lee, Music Direction by Severin Behnen — Randy Sabien, Jane Aleckson, Tom Mitchell, Danielle Diamond, James Shafstall, Ph

at The Big Top ​The original cast of "Big Top Opry" is back this summer having stuffed 12 more years of classic country into their lives since the show's debut in 2014. The Blue Canvas Orchestra's Corey Carlson and Severin Behnen are the curators of the music and co-creators of this show that pays homage to some of the Grand Ole Opry's most iconic performers. The music of Patsy Cline, Marty Robbins, Hank Williams, Ernest Tubb, Johnny Cash and Kitty Wells will fill the tent in a celebration of th

at The Big Top Created for Bayfield in 1985 by Warren Nelson and Betty Ferris, “Riding The Wind” musically tells the history and the tales of the founding of Bayfield and the Apostle Islands. Meet the town Fathers & Mothers, the Industrialists, and the Ojibwe People who sculpted the Bayfield peninsula into what it is today. Ride the winds of time as you experience original music, evocative storytelling, and spectacular visuals that lead you through a journey with our local lighthouse keepers, dr

Hit singles include 6th Avenue Heartache, The Difference, Three Marlenas

Mystery show

​at The Big Top A big top tradition 40 years in the making. It’s OLD LAST NIGHT! Don’t miss this once-in-40 year opportunity to celebrate your favorite big blue tent in the Northwoods! Cast: TBD TICKETS LISTEN

at StageNorth In the music of Charlie Parr, there is a sincere conviction and earnest drive to create. The Minnesota-born guitarist, songwriter, and interpreter of traditional music has released 19 albums over two decades and has been known to perform up to 275 shows a year. Parr is a folk troubadour in the truest sense: taking to the road between shows, writing and rewriting songs as he plays, fueled by a belief that music is eternal and cannot be claimed or adequately explained. The bluesman p