Peninsula Pulse
june 14-21/2024
doorcountypulse.com
The Sounds of Summer
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o me, nothing sounds more like summer than live music in the distance. Growing up, I lived close to my city’s downtown area, where concerts were often held on the weekends. When the sounds of guitars being tuned and mics being tested started drifting through my window along with the breeze, I knew summer was starting. Now, the season is officially underway, and though I’m far from my hometown, the sounds that used to signal summer have followed me up to Door County. I heard them every weekend last year, when I lived near the main drag in Sister Bay, and I’ll hear them even more clearly this year after moving to downtown Baileys Harbor. While hearing distant music is enough to get me hyped for summer, being there for the real deal is even better. And if you’re reading this, you probably know that too.
In this issue, you’ll find enough music to keep you jamming out from now until the end of July. You’ll also find performance highlights, venue details, weekly music offerings, festival information, the scoop on the county’s resident classical-music groups and a playlist that’ll give you a taste of the next few months of music. There are too many shows to fit into these pages, so stay tuned for a followup issue that’ll detail the music on deck for August and September. Whether you want to be in the front row singing along to your favorite song or in the back row discovering a new one, there’s something for you playing live in Door County this summer. Sam Watson Reporter, Summer Music Preview editor