Events

Madison Uphoff is a twenty-one-year-old folk musician and actor, and is very grateful to be spending some time in her hometown after having lived in Los Angeles since 2022. During her time in California, she recorded her debut album, ‘Holding Pattern’, which can be found anywhere you stream music. Love and appreciation to all who support and nurture her artistic endeavors.

No cover. Show starts at 6:30.

Every first Sunday of the month, Chris Wagoner and Mary Gaines bring you finely crafted music. Each month is a different offering as they collaborate with some of the greatest local talent that Madison has to offer. This months featured guests are Three Hours (Cedric and Rob on drums).

Suggested donation $15. Start time 4pm

A night of world music featuring 5 different cultural performances. Win prizes in a raffle and help support international artists!

No cover. Start time 7pm

You know them. You love them. Don’t miss them!

It’s the perfect blend of Americana and bluegrass.

No cover. Start time 6:30pm

Wet Day is a fake holiday celebration spun off from the podcast, Comedy Bang! Bang! The fake holiday is celebrated yearly on April 10th, since it’s inception a few years ago. Madison, WI, is one of the first places in the world to celebrate Wet Day regularly. How? With a zany, silly, variety show for a good cause. Our silly weirdness will explore the backstory of the ice cube character this year. 

 Money raised at this event go to Maydm (https://www.maydm.org), a nonprofit that provides girls and youth of color in grades  6-12 with skills, experience and connections to pursue careers in and change the face of STEM.

$10 Suggested donation. 7pm start time

Cribshitter: Madison’s highest ranked soft rock band.

Opening are Video Sex Pries,  a dark/new wave duo from Milwaukee with ties to Madison.

$10 cover, 21+. Show starts at 9pm

Great music, food and dancing. That’s what you deserve…that’s what you’re gonna get!!

$7 donation. 5pm start time.

Madison's hardest working Bluegrass band, Soggy Prairie, is proud to host the Madison Bluegrass Roundabout, a monthly Tuesday night series highlighting Southern Wisconsin's Bluegrass scene. The series will feature new and upcoming bands, as well as well-established groups. Each month will feature a set from Soggy Prairie followed by a set from a guest band. 

 The fifth installment of the MBR will feature our MBR sound guy's band, 

the Grazers

. The Grazers come together as bluegrass devotees to interpret the songs, also drawing influence from folk, country and other derivatives of American roots music. The Grazers are Chris Barnes on banjo, Mark Felten on mandolin, Brian Hirsh on bass, Tom Waeltz on guitar, and Andrew Willette on fiddle

No cover. 6:30pm start time.

Wanna feel good listening to reggie with bluesy intonations? Come see the Rockers!

$10 Cover. 23+. 9pm start

Ken Lonnquist and Doug Brown pony out their best Earth friendly tunes to celebrate our planet!

$10 Suggested donation. Start time 4pm

Want great harmonies at the Harmony? Then, you can’t miss this show. Bigtooth brings the vocal sweetness!

No cover. 6:30 start time.

The gentlemen of Cork ‘n Bottle will woo you with their special brand of bluegrass. Wooing bluegrass!!

No cover. Start time 6:30

Chris Powers, a native of Philadelphia, PA, picked up the guitar at the age of 14, and within a few years knew the chords to every Beatles song. After graduating from Beloit College, he settled in Madison and began organizing a series of successful string bands, including the string-jazz trio Nobody’s Bizness (featuring Mary Gaines plucking bass lines on her cello) and the long-lived Bluegrass Survivors. He toured Wisconsin for many years with the UW-Extension’s Heritage Ensemble – mixing folk music with American History, and played guitar in the orchestra of several Madison Theater productions.

No cover. 6:30 start time

No cover/$10 suggested donation. Start time 8pm

Songwriter Spotlight shines once again at Harmony! Featuring such homegrown talent as Sam Sturdevant and Candace Griffin, along with Milwaukee friends Mike Bucholtz, Ricky Orta Jr., and Ben & Jenn! Come on down for an excellent evening of local, ALL-ORIGINAL music!

No cover. Start time 4pm

Back by popular demand, the SoundBillies! Bluegrass at it’s bluest!

No cover. 6:30 start time.

Tony Kannen has a style rooted in the American Music tradition.  Whether a blues shout, rock-n-roll howl or soulful ballad, he delivers in a powerful authoritative voice and melodious tone.

Today, Kannen continues the tradition with a new blues and soul ensemble, The Sound Garden Crew.  This Madison, WI based band of stalwart musicians is grinding out dance grooves of rhythm and blues to a new generation of American Music fans. 

$15 cover. 21+. 9pm start

Every first Sunday of the month, Chris Wagoner and Mary Gaines bring you finely crafted music. Each month is a different offering as they collaborate with some of the greatest local talent that Madison has to offer. Stay tuned for more details for this specific event.

Suggested donation $15. Start time 4pm

Like to draw? Like to drink? We’ve got you covered! Be creative and socialize with us!

No cover

The Harmony Mixed Open Mic happens every first Tuesday of the month. Sign up to perform is 6:30. Three song limit for musicians and 5 minute limit for spoken word/poetry/comedy.

No cover. Show starts at 7:00pm.

Camela Widad is an Americana Folk troubadour; part poetess, part mystic, with a voice like honey and fire. 

No cover. Start time 6:30.

The Also-Rans, a relatively new Madison band, combines four musicians with a long track record in the area. Aaron Scholz, Matt Joyce, Dan Kennedy and Eric Salisbury create a roots rock/Americana sound that is uniquely theirs.

Opener, Lola Blu (from Rockford), is a rising Country Singer-Songwriter with a striking voice that has effortless elegance with a rasp and a captivating stage presence.

$10 cover. 21+. 9pm start

Gozortenplat is a Frank Zappa tribute band from Milwaukee, WI. For over 15 years they have been performing as the headlining act for Milwaukee Zappafest, and have performed around the midwest as well as The Netherlands and the Zappanale Festival in Germany. Not to mention they have also performed with such legendary Zappa alumni as Ike Willis, Robert Martin, and Ray White. The band embraces the high octane antics and comedy that permeated Frank Zappa’s live shows, and bring their own style of it to the live stage. 

$10 cover. 21+. 9pm start

Last chance of the season  to shuffle away a Sunday evening dancing to the sweet tunes of the Cajun Strangers (they will be back in the fall).

$7 suggested donation. Show starts at 5pm

Annie & the Oakies are the peerless wing-shots of the Madison, WI, Americana/bluegrass scene. Catch they’re last Harmony show of the season (the group takes the summer of and will regroup this fall).

No cover. Start time 6:30.

Robert J is an award-winning singer/songwriter/recording artist who has been a mainstay in the Wisconsin music scene for decades. After living in Connecticut for the past few years, Robert has returned to Madison and is booking solo gigs and shows with his band, The Moon Gypsies. Robert's music blends the styles which flow along the Mississippi River, from blues to country, folk to rootsy rock and roll. 

No cover. 6:30pm start time

06:30 PM - 08:30 PM

The Night Painters are an indie rock band based in Madison, Wisconsin. Known for their powerful hooks and thought-provoking lyrics, bandmates Al Knox (guitar, vocals), Harry Hochwarter (bass, synth), and Luke Stanton (drums) have been performing in Madison and surrounding areas since 2021. In late 2024, they released Fence of Perfect Lines, their sophomore album and strongest effort yet. The album is an exploration of one's inability to control life's trajectory and the tension between stability and passion. It showcases the band's respect for the indie rock bands before them while further establishing a sound of their own.

Sapsucker opens.

$10 cover. 21+. Start time 9pm.

The 2024 Rockonsin battle of the bands runner-up, No Limit was formed when young musicians from Monona Grove High School and Columbus High School came together through the Madison Music Foundry. Along with some tasty originals, they play a wide spectrum of what is now classic alt-rock to some. Nirvana, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Green Day, Bush, Tom Petty, Metallica, Foo Fighters and Weezer can round out a great, energetic show.    

$10 cover. Start time 5pm.

Madison's hardest working Bluegrass band, Soggy Prairie, is proud to host the Madison Bluegrass Roundtable, a monthly series highlighting Southern Wisconsin's Bluegrass scene. The series will feature new and upcoming bands, as well as well established groups. Each month will feature a set from Soggy Prairie followed by a set from a guest band. 

No cover. 6:30pm start time.

For one night only, the New Original Vagabonds, an all-star ensemble of Madison musicians, will take the stage at the Harmony Bar to celebrate Bob Dylan’s genius with two sets of the bard’s music on the occasion of his 84th birthday.

The core band, comprised of members of several of Madison’s most enduring, well-loved bands, is made up of Ian Alderman (Annie & the Oakies, Sorry Mountain, the Oak Street Ramblers), Colin Bazali (the Cajun Strangers, the Barley Brothers), Jeff Kunkle (Annie & the Oakies, The Moonboot, the Oak Street Ramblers), Matt Nafranowicz (the North Country Drifters), and Liz Stattelman-Scanlan (Evan Murdock & the Imperfect Strangers, the Oak Street Ramblers). 

They will perform two sets--  one acoustic, one electric-- of deep cuts and popular favorites spanning 63 years of Dylan’s catalogue. The New Original Vagabonds will be joined onstage by a wide array of guest musicians to help plumb the full breadth and depth of Dylan’s incredibly eclectic catalogue.

You don’t need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows, but you do need to be here on 5/24/25 to be part of what promises to be a very memorable night. 

$10 cover. 21+. 9pm start time

Want great harmonies at the Harmony? Then, you can’t miss this show. Bigtooth brings the vocal sweetness!

No cover. 6:30 start time.

Sure to make hips shake and heads move! The Textures are a six-piece original band led by vocalist & front-woman Kelsey Kays. With dual guitarists, bass, synth & drums, their sound is often described as a fusion of funk, pop, and soul with a taste for jams.

Novel Folly is a five-piece, independent, genre-fluid group.

$10 cover. 21+. 9pm start time.

Every first Sunday of the month, Chris Wagoner and Mary Gaines bring you finely crafted music. Each month is a different offering as they collaborate with some of the greatest local talent that Madison has to offer. 

$15 suggested donation. 4pm start

Dark, bluesy, jazzy, pop-rock originals and a mix of irresistible covers delivered with a sprinkle of nerdy dry humor and a touch of awkward charismatic charm. 

No cover. Start time 6:30.