2011 SEASON SCHEDULE
2011 SEASON SCHEDULE
6 / 18 New First Night Chautauqua !
A Blue Canvas Salute to 25 Years 6 / 19 Tommy Emmanuel 6 / 23 Riding the Wind 6 / 22 Free Anniversary Show 6 / 24 Nanci Griffith / Yazmin 6 / 25 BeauSoleil / Sauce Boss 6 / 26 Frank Montano Workshop 6 / 26 Holy Ground : Gospel Night with Larry Long , JD Steele , Robert Robinson & Tonia Hughes 6 / 28 Pie & Politics 6 / 30 & 7 / 1 Take it to the Lake 7 / 2 The Music of Abba by Arrival 7 / 3 Taj Mahal Trio 7 / 6 Yonder Mountain String Band 7 / 7 Riverpants 7 / 8 The Capitol Steps 7 / 9 @ 9:30am Whad ’ Ya Know ? w /
Michael Feldman 7 / 9 Laurel Canyon 1970 7 / 14-16 Keeper of the
Light 7 / 17 Arlo Guthrie 7 / 21 Guys on Ice 7 / 22 Steve Earle & the Dukes Featuring Allison Moorer 7 / 23 @ 1pm That One Guy 7 / 23 Kansas / That 1 Guy 7 / 24 Ruthie Foster / Andy Noyes & Stevie Matier
Elephant Revival
Take it to the Lake
7 / 27 Ladies of the Canyon 7 / 28-29
30 th Star : The Wisconsin Musical 7 / 30 Rickie Lee Jones 7 / 31 2 nd Annual Big Top Idol 8 / 3 Moon Songs & Moon Shadows 8 / 4 Béla Fleck & The Flecktones 8 / 5 Riverpants 8 / 6 Brulé & AIRO 8 / 7 Garrison Keillor / Rich Dworsky 8 / 10 Laurel Canyon 1970 8 / 11 Ladies of the Canyon 8 / 12 Warren Nelson & Friends 8 / 13 Oak Ridge Boys 8 / 14 Greg Brown 8 / 17-21 Celebration of the Song Festival 8 / 17 Jeff Daniels / Brian VanderArk 8 / 18 Dar Williams / Katie Dahl
8 / 19 Jonathan Edwards & Johnsmith 8 / 20-21 John Prine w / Pieta Brown 8 / 24 Gaelic Storm 8 / 25 Riding the Wind 8 / 26 Corey Carlson
& the Big City Band 8 / 27 Nitty Gritty Dirt Band with
Elephant Revival 8 / 28 @ 2pm Different Drums of
Ireland 8 / 28 Different Drums of Ireland w / the
Ojibwe Singers & Frank Montano
9 / 1-2 Bally Hoo Haw w / Michael Perry
9 / 3 Mountain Heart w / Fitzmaurice Band
9 / 4 Blue Canvas Orchestrated w / the Duluth Superior Symphony Orchestra 9 / 8 Riding the Wind 9 / 9 Herman ’ s Hermits starring Peter Noone 9 / 10 @ 2pm Gale LaJoye in
“ Snowflake ”
John Prine
9 / 10 Old Last Night : The Blue Canvas Orchestra , Michael Perry , Corey Carlson , Randy Sabien & Gale LaJoye
WI Secretary of Tourism , Stephanie Klett , presents Big Top with the Governor ’ s Proclamation declaring the summer of 2012 “ The Summer of Big Top Chautauqua ” M & I Bank presents their Silver Anniversary donation to BTC .
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