Season Program | Big Top Chautauqua 2018

2018 S H O W S & E V E N T S Program subject to change. 22 JUNE shows start at 7:30 unless otherwise noted F R I 1 5 New First Night: Blue Canvas Orchestra with The New Standards and Michael Perry S A T 1 6 Brandi Carlile with opener The Secret Sisters S U N 17 Superior! Songs and Stories of the Big Lake MON 18 Jackson Browne T H U 21 Best of Big Top Opry F R I 2 2 Keb’ Mo’ S A T 2 3 Calle Sur Essentia Health Free Family 1:00 matinée S A T 2 3 Warren Nelson and Friends SU N 2 4 Big Top Does The Beatles WED 27 Pie & Ponderings: Traversing Transformative Change Free event, booths open 6:00p, keynote 7:00p THU 28 Superior! Songs and Stories of the Big Lake F R I 2 9 Buddy Guy with opener Quinn Sullivan S A T 3 0 Kenny G J U LY shows start at 7:30 unless otherwise noted S U N 1 Woodland Sky Native American Dance Company Essentia Health Free Family 1:00 matinée S U N 1 Riding the Wind T H U 5 Yonder Mountain String Band with The Sweet Water Warblers and The Lowest Pair F R I 6 Water Talk 10:30a F R I 6 Superior! Songs and Stories of the Big Lake S A T 7 New Power Generation: Celebrating Prince S U N 8 BRKFST Dance Company Essentia Health Free Family 1:00 matinée T H U 12 Mary Chapin Carpenter with opener John Craigie F R I 1 3 Belfast to Bluegrass S A T 1 4 Big Top Does The Beatles S U N 1 5 Blues Traveler with opener The Slamming Doors T H U 19 Arlo Guthrie F R I 2 0 The Guess Who S A T 2 1 Big Top Does The Beatles 2 3 - 2 5 Bluegrass Day Camp for Kids T H U 26 Belfast to Bluegrass F R I 2 7 Rufus Wainright with openers Lucy Wainright Roche and Cory Chisel & Adriel Denae S A T 2 8 All Aboard: Songs of the Railroad S U N 29 Ronnie Milsap with opener tba T U E 3 1 Shakey Graves with opener Reflectivore AUGUST shows start at 7:30 unless otherwise noted THU 2 FRI 3 SAT 4 SUN 5 THU 9 F R I 10 SAT 11 SUN 12 Ladysmith Black Mambazo Vince Gill Corey Carlson and the Big City Band Glenn Miller Orchestra The Mavericks The Temptations Son Volt with Pokey LaFarge The Tamburitzans Essentia Health Free Family 1:00 matinée S U N 1 2 All Aboard: Songs of the Railroad WED 15 Native American Community Connections Event Free, schedule starts at 3:30p T H U 16 F R I 17 SAT 18 S U N 19 T H U 23 FRI 24 SAT 25 SUN 26 T H U 30 F R I 31 SEPTEMBER S A T 1 Terrance Simien: Creole for Kidz Essentia Health Free Family 1:00 matinée S A T 1 Brulé and AIRO T H U 6 Supaman Essentia Health Free Family 5:30 show - Presented at Memorial Park Bandshell in Ashland F R I 7 Wild Woods and Waters Get tickets at Natalie MacMaster and Donnell Leahy Superior! Songs and Stories of the Big Lake Nitty Gritty Dirt Band with opener Yazmin Big Top Idol All Aboard: Songs of the Railroad Michael Perry and the Long Beds Asleep at the Wheel Riding the Wind Lyle Lovett and his Large Band John Hiatt and The Goners, Featuring Sonny Landreth shows start at 7:00 unless otherwise noted S A T 8 Old Last Night: Blue Canvas Orchestra, Michael Perry, and comedian Pete Lee F R I 1 4 Charlie Parr with Dead Horses and Noble Sound System S A T 1 5 Big TAP ChautauquaFest 1:00-5:00p bigtop.org or (715)373-5552

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