Events

$10 Cover. 21+. Start time 8pm.

It’s the best kids show in town. Spend every Monday with David, a beer and some yummy food!

$5 cover. Start time 5:30.

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. This month’s guest is Augie Dougherty!

No cover. 6:30pm start time.

Every 1st and 3rd Wednesday of the month, challenge your brain with a trivia challenge that will make you smarter AND happier!

No cover. Start time 6:30pm

RITT DEITZ book release celebration 

live musical performance by Ritt and Wilder Deitz!

 Local musician and songwriter Ritt Deitz is also a writer.  Come celebrate the release of his unusual debut novel, SETTLE DOWN, which takes place in 1980s Virginia and on Madison’s Near East Side.

Free admission Books available for purchase Book signing after the show

Start time 6:30pm

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

No cover. 6:30pm start time.

Termed, ‘a prominent guitarist,’ by the New York Times and praised by The Washington Post for his ‘astonishingly florid’ improvisations, David Rogers presents an evening of Spanish, Flashy Settings of Pop Tunes, Classical, Contemporary as well as music by J.S. Bach and original compositions. 

An endorsing artist for Aquila Strings (Italy), his music has been featured in major guitar magazines such as Fingerstyle Guitar in the United States and Akustic Gitarre, in Germany. His solo and ensemble performances have been broadcast on American National Public Radio and Bayrische Rundfunk

No cover. 6:30 start time.

Sean Michael Dargan is almost too tall, standing six feet, four inches in his favorite black-and-white saddle shoes. On a good day he writes and plays pop rock in the vein of Nick Lowe, Elvis Costello, Aimee Mann, and the Gin Blossoms. Guitar and voice are his main instruments, but if you’re not nice he’ll go get his bagpipes. He’s performing with his trio and has recently released his sixth studio album, “A Little Bit Distracted…”

As openers, BingBong brings their special form of power pop.

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

The Cajun Strangers are back for the season! Are you ready to shuffle to the beautiful sounds of Madison’s finest Cajun band? You know you are!

$10 suggested donation. 4pm start time.

Robert J. is an award-winning singer/songwriter/recording artist who has been a mainstay in the Wisconsin music scene for decades.  Whether playing solo or with his band The Moon Gypsies or The Rowdy Prairie Dogs, Robert's music blends the styles which flow along the Mississippi River, from blues to country, folk to rootsy rock and roll. 

No cover. 6:30 start time.

Best trivia in town with local flair! Your host, Paul, will guide you through an evening of factoid discovery and merriment.

No cover. Start time 6:30 

John Masino is an award winning guitarist known for rockin’ hard with his four piece band. Come see him perform solo. His guitar work is second to none!

No cover. Starts at 6:30pm

An indie pop project unafraid to stretch and play with labels, LINE weaves singer-songwriter sensibilities with multi-genre arrangements. For the past 7 years, vocalist Maddie Batzli has worked with close collaborators to create songs that include multi-part harmonies, intricate basslines, folk instrumentation, ghostly electric guitar riffs, and synth tracks. Core bandmates include Austin Lynch and Esther Chun who have been integral collaborators in the project since its origin, as well as current bandmates Emily Mills and Aux Doucette. LINE’s soaring vocals, playful stage presence, wide-ranging instrumentation, and advocacy for human rights has earned them a place as a staple in Madison’s indie pop scene.

Seeking a change of pace through a minimalist side project, Batzli and guitarist/producer Charlie Koz are releasing The Woodside Sessions EP as an acoustic duo in September 2025. This new release centers vocals drawing comparison to Natalie Merchant, Enya, and Dolores O’Riordan (of the Cranberries,) and arrangements reminiscent of Bon Iver and Sufjan Stevens. Koz and Batzli are touring the EP during the month of September across the east coast and the midwest, concluding with a bittersweet final show in Madison on October 3 at the Harmony before their move to Brooklyn, NY. The October 3 show will showcase songs from the new EP in LINE’s acoustic duo configuration, as well as a set with the full band, including fan favorites from over the years. Although this show is the “grand finale” of this iteration of the band, LINE will continue on as a project, exploring remote collaboration and a wide range of genres. 

$12 Adv/$15 D.O.S. Start time 9pm. 21+

Gaines and Wagoner are award winning musicians who  have been making sweet, sweet music together for decades. 

G&W will be joined by Nathan and Matthew, an energized singer-songwriter and remarkable electric cellist from Minneapolis

Suggested donation $15. Show starts at 4pm.

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.

It’s our monthly offering of Annie & the Oakies.  Get ready for a most pleasing mix of folk, Americana and bluegrass.

No cover. Show starts at 6:30.

The Stop and Listen plays old-time stringband music with a unique set of instruments and voices. We specialize in fiddle tunes, old-time songs, jug band numbers, and country blues. They bring some serious drive and groove with harmonicas (sometimes a couple at once), extraordinary improvisation on cello and fiddle, banjos of uncompromising size, and a bass with a chip on its shoulder. Songs are sung with an old-time swagger, harmonies included.

No cover. 6:30 Start time.

Rocking audiences with a celebration of life's joys and trials, the Lower 5th shares their unique blend of Americana, which they simply call "Midwestern Soul". Their music drifts from charged renditions of timeless classics to soulful originals that keep happy crowds singing and dancing into the night.

Derek Ramnarace (of Old Soul Society)  opens.

$10 cover. Start time 9pm. 21+

Sláinte Irish Dancer are coming! Get ready for some jigs and reels!

7;30 start time. No cover but donations are appreciated!

Jeff Burkhart is a songwriter and performer who has been featured on PBS Wisconsin, and has performed at the Waterfront Festival, High Noon Saloon, Willy Street Fair, The Bur Oak, Harmony Bar, and many other venues. 

Growing up in small town Indiana, he cut class to find adventures on the backroads, bounced around in North Carolina for a couple of years, then landed in Madison WI, where he found many great musical collaborators in various bands playing locally and regionally at coffeeshops, barrooms, taverns and outdoor festivals.

Start time 6:30pm. No cover

Get ready for a truly dynamic show. It’s a Kat and the Hurricane sandwich and the bread is two bands from Cleveland, Ohio.

$15 cover. 9pm start. 21+

O’Darby Irish Pub Band are back in rotation at the Harmony! Catch the first in this season’s monthly offering of reels and jigs starting after the Packers game.

Start time 6:30. $10 Suggested donation.

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.  This month’s guest band is Dig Deep.

Start time 6:30. No cover

This internet depiction of the band is meant only to pique your curiosity and cause you to attend our show. Will it work? Only you know.

Starts at 6:30. No cover

Join us for the book launch of My Seven Mothers: Making a Family in the Danish Women’s Movement with Pernille Ipsen! The distinguished author and historian will delve into her collective biography of the seven women who raised her and their lives and politics in the women’s and lesbian movements in Copenhagen in the 1970s, out now from University of Minnesota Press.

A chronicle of gender, sexuality, and feminism as it was constructed, contested, and lived, My Seven Mothers is an eye-opening account of the challenges and possibilities connected with liberation and radical social change during the 1970s. In this time of fierce struggles over family, sexuality, and child-rearing, it reminds us that new worlds are always possible.

A Room Of One’s Own will be vending the book at this event.

Start time 4:00pm. Open to the public.

Jack o'the Dust is a folk duo from Madison, WI. Andrew Doiel plays guitar, Amy McNally plays fiddle, and they both sing.

Start time 6:30. No cover

ONCE MORE, AUTUMN:

A project rooted in Eau Claire, Wisconsin’s artistic soil, Evan Walton fronts Once More, Autumn. A transplant of Minneapolis and an alumnus of Berklee College of Music, Walton fuses indie folk elements with alternative textures. Propelled by the instrumentation of Jeremy Boettcher (S. Carey), Isaac John (Underneath Oceans), and Steve Shaw (The Bathtub Marys), the band melds atmospheric tones with lush, driving riffs. Paired with Walton’s introspective and emotive words, Once More, Autumn offers dynamic and earnest musical expression.

VACANT CHURCH: "Vacant Church fills the room with atmospheric folk rock that sounds like Beck and a (happier) Lou Reed on a double date. There’s also a little My Morning Jacket in their big, reverby sound." - Isthmus.com... and/or, in my own words: light. dark. quiet. loud. folk. psych. pop. rock.

Start time 9pm. 21+. $10 cover

The Kenland band presents the Haunted Disco. A spooky dance party for ALL ages! The Kenland band is Ken Lonnquist, Henry Boehm, Doug Brown, Esperéeé Eckard-Lee, Dane Richerson and Chris Wagoner.

$10 adults/$5 kids. Start time 7:30

Your only (AND GREATEST) source for boot shufflin’ Cajun fun.

4pm start time. $10 suggested donation

Bring your friends and family by on Thanksgiving Day for a celebratory feast!