LAKE SUPERIOR
B I G TOP CHAUTAUQUA
The 2017 Season is underwritten by The Bayfield Inn
Summer 2017 Schedule
June evening shows start at 7:30 pm
fri 16 New First Night with BCO and Jack Gunderson
sat 17 Riders In The Sky
thu 22 Big Top Opry 2: The Outlaw Years
fri 23 Warren Nelson’s “So Many Years, So Many Songs”
sat 24 Asleep at the Wheel with guest Dale Watson
sun 25 Rise Up Singing with Blue Canvas Orchestra
thu 29 Big Top Does The Beatles
fri 30 Leftover Salmon /The Secret Sisters
July evening shows start at 7:30 pm
sat 1 Ziggy Marley /Barefoot Wonder
sun 2 FREE F amily M atinée : Darren Thompson & Friends 1:00 pm
sun 2 Riding the Wind
thu 6 Blackberry Smoke
fri 7 Michael Franti & Spearhead /TBA
sat 8 Travis Tritt
sun 9 FREE F amily M atinée : Kalpulli Ketzal Aztec Dancers 1:00 pm
sun 9 Big Top Does The Beatles
thu 13 Big Top Opry 2: The Outlaw Years
fri 14 Josh Ritter & Brett Dennen
sat 15 I Am, He Said: A Tribute to Neil Diamond
sun 16 FREE F amily M atinée : Cirque Zuma Zuma 1:00 pm
sun 16 The Beach Boys
17-19 Bluegrass Day Camp 10:00 am - 3:00 pm
tue 18 FREE E vent : Pie & Politics 5:30 pm Booths/7:00 pm Keynote
thu 20 Diamond Rio /Listening Party
fri 21 Big Top Does The Beatles
sat 22 Andrew Bird /Roma di Luna
sun 23 Bruce Hornsby & The Noisemakers /Hope Country
thu 27 Superior! Songs and Stories of the Big Lake
fri 28 Rise Up Singing
sat 29 FREE F amily M atinée : Trinity Irish Dance Company 1:00 pm
sat 29 Trinity Irish Dance Company
sun 30 Mary Chapin Carpenter /Emily Barker
August evening shows start at 7:30 pm
thu 3 Here Come the Mummies
fri 4 Big Top Idol
sat 5 Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder
sun 6 FREE F amily M atinée : Okee Dokee Brothers 1:00 pm
sun 6 Shakey Graves /David Ramirez Róisín O
thu 10 Mary Black /Róisín O
fri 11 Delbert McClinton /Dead Horses
sat 12 WPR 100 th Anniversary: Old Time Radio Drama
with Blue Canvas Orchestra
sun 13 Superior! Songs and Stories of the Big Lake
wed 16 FREE E vent : Red Cliff Culture, Music, and Fry Bread 5:30 pm
thu 17 John Butler Trio /Landon McNamara
fri 18 Tab Benoit
sat 19 Charley Pride /R Country Gals
sun 20 Riding the Wind
sun 20 A fterburner : Birds of Chicago /Noble Sound System 10:30 pm
thu 24 Gaelic Storm
fri 25 Michael Perry’s “Population 485”
sat 26 Indigo Girls
September evening shows start at 7:00 pm
fri 1 Big Top Opry 2: The Outlaw Years
sat 2 Bonnie Raitt /Anders Osborne
fri 8 Superior! Songs and Stories of the Big Lake
sat 9 Old Last Night with Blue Canvas Orchestra,
C. Willi Myles, Michael Perry and The Long Beds
mon 11 Wild Woods and Water
fri 15 The Big Wu with Black River Revue CD Release Event
sat 16 Big TAP ChautauquaFest 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Schedule subject to change.
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A non-profit performing arts organization since 1986