Over the course of her career as an award-winning artist, singer/songwriter/guitarist Samantha Fish has brought extraordinary power to her self-expression, capturing her inner world in combustible riffs, visceral rhythms, and spine-tingling vocal work. The first-ever collaborative album from Samantha Fish and Jesse Dayton, Death Wish Blues is a body of work born from a shared passion for […]

Corky Siegel is known internationally as one of the worlds great blues harmonica players, blues pianist, singer and writer of unusual songs, a Chamber Blues progenitor and sole pioneer/composer of award-winning revolutionary works that weave blues and classical forms together.  He celebrates 58 years of performance, a co-founder of the popular Siegel-Schwall Band, and a Chicago […]

A hybrid of Minnesota and Wisconsin, this comedian is a favorite on radio and podcasts. She’s appeared in Montreal’s Just For Laughs Festival and HBO’s Andy Kaufman Awards. TV credits include Conan, Aqua Teen Hunger Force, and Last Comic Standing

Rust belt blues shouter and guitar slinger Larry McCray was born in 1960 in Magnolia, Ark., about 12 miles from the Louisiana line. He spent his early years on a farm as the second youngest of nine siblings. After trying his hand at saxophone in school, his older (and only) sister, Clara, introduced Larry to […]

Join us for a night of glitz, glam and GROOVE for the arts at Thrasher Opera House in Green Lake, WI! 𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗲: 𝗦𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝗦𝗲𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟮𝟭, 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟰 | 𝗧𝗶𝗺𝗲: 𝟲:𝟬𝟬 𝗣𝗠 Platinum Sponsors: Havey Communications, INC., Mike & Jill Havey Dress to impress as the DANCING QUEEN in glitzy sequins, rock the dance floor in glam […]

Soon before Willie Watson turned 18, he met God in an apple orchard. Or at the very least, he met there a man named Ruby Love, the older friend of a high-school buddy who had an enormous Martin guitar and a seemingly bigger understanding of the American folk songbook. Watson was existentially thirsty: A high-school […]

Enjoy a delightful evening of pizza and fine wine while supporting the Thrasher Opera House on Monday, October 21 from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. Join us at Vines & Rushes Winery in Ripon, for a Cause of the Monday’s event, where 25% of all food sales, along with any additional cash donations, will go […]

Join us for a special pop-up concert at Thrasher Opera House! Cocktail & Appetizer Hour:  5:30 pm to 6:30 pm Performance from Beth Bombara:  6:30 pm 506 Session - Cocktail style seating Beth Bombara’s It All Goes Up is for this moment what Kathleen Edwards’ Back To Me was for the early 2000s. It’s all […]

Light flickers in even the darkest of spaces and smallest cracks. Similarly, The Empty Pockets ignite a bright flame of their own by harnessing a joyful friction between Americana, folk, and rock ‘n’ roll spiked with roots soul. The Chicago quartet—Josh Solomon , Erika Brett , Nate Bellon , and Adam Balasco —lean on an unspoken, yet airtight musical dialogue honed by countless miles on the road, […]