Tag Archives: Steel Bridge Songfest
Saying Goodbye to a Door County Activist, Ellen Frances Witteborg
Posted on 21. Dec, 2011 by Staff Reporter.
Ellen died Sunday, December 18 with family at the Egan home, Clark Lake. She was born on her father’s birthday, October 16, 1947, in Green Bay to Mary and Carl Witteborg. Ellen attended St. John’s Grade School, graduated from St. Joseph Academy and received a degree from UW Green Bay in Environmental Design. Ellen Witteborg’s [...]
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P-Funk Songstress in Studio and in Concert at Holiday Music Motel, Dec 21
Posted on 16. Dec, 2011 by Staff Reporter.
Kim Manning returns to Sturgeon Bay to spend a week laying down new tracks with mix-master Billy Triplett at The Holiday Music Motel & Recording Studio having just returned from an extensive European tour backing up the legendary George Clinton and his Parliament Funkadelic – look for her on roller skates! LA-based multi-faceted performer, Kim [...]
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Surprise! Geri X Concert Tonight at Holiday Music Motel, Nov 3
Posted on 03. Nov, 2011 by Staff Reporter.
Singer and songwriter Geri X will be in performing an intimate studio concert tonight at Sturgeon Bay’s Holiday Music Motel and Recording Studio… Thursday, November 3 at 8 pm. Following a special 1-hour session of the weekly Writer’s Night at the Holiday Music Motel, Geri X will take the stage from 8 – 10 pm [...]
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Holiday Music Motel Hosts Dark Songwriting Fest Capped off with Cherry Lanes Concerts, Oct 28-29
Posted on 26. Oct, 2011 by Stephen Kastner.
Each year in late October, the Holiday Music Motel and Recording Studios hosts the annual “Dark Songs Edgar Allan Polka” songwriting event, bringing some of the nation’s hottest talent to Door County for collaborative musical cross-pollination. The list of creative performers reads like a “Who’s Who” of Steel Bridge Songfest’s regulars: Geri X, Kim Manning, [...]
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Steel Bridge Songfest, a Songwriting Music Festival with a Focus on History, June 9-12
Posted on 19. May, 2011 by Staff Reporter.
The Seventh Annual Steel Bridge Songfest will once again rock the Door County town of Sturgeon Bay from June 9-12, with a record number of songwriters and bands performing at 12 indoor and outdoor venues. Citizens for Our Bridge, a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting and preserving the historical significance of Sturgeon Bay’s Michigan Street [...]
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Miss Meaghan Owens with Guitarist Craig Baumann in Concert at the Holiday Music Motel, Feb 11
Posted on 02. Feb, 2011 by Staff Reporter.
On Friday, February 11 the lovely Miss Meaghan Owens brings her quirky brand of original alt-folk to Door County for an intimate concert in the Holiday Music Motel’s studio space. Her lyrics are sweet and switchblade sharp, ringing out in a distinctive and winsome style. Miss Meaghan Owens weaves together her collection of musical snapshots [...]
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National Trust for Historic Preservation Points to Door County’s Steel Bridge Songfest with a Cover Shot!
Posted on 01. Dec, 2010 by Stephen Kastner.
The National Trust for Historic Preservation (NTHP) helps save historic places that matter by providing leadership and information. The NTHP Midwest Region covers eight states: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Ohio and Wisconsin. Each year they publish an Annual Report and this year, the cover features a great photo from Door County’s Steel Bridge Songfest [...]
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“Dark Songs” Come to Light in Door County with a Week of Songwriting and Halloween Weekend Concerts
Posted on 13. Oct, 2010 by Staff Reporter.
“The theme is flexible,” says pat mAcdonald, event organizer and Creative Director at the Holiday Music Motel.” Morbid is okay, dark humor even better.” As in Steel Bridge Songfest’s Construction Zone, the songwriters who participate in the annual Dark Songs for Halloween are challenged to gather for a week at Sturgeon Bay’s unique Holiday Music [...]
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TODAY: Glenn Miller Orchestra in Concert at Historic Meyer Theatre to Benefit Door County’s Steel Bridge Songfest, Apr 25
Posted on 24. Apr, 2010 by Stephen Kastner.
Wisconsin Trust for Historic Preservation (WTHP) hosts an “Afternoon of Swing” with the world-famous, legendary jazz greats in Green Bay on Sunday, April 25 at 2 pm. This special matinee event celebrates the preservation of two Wisconsin 1930’s originals, the Meyer Theater and Sturgeon Bay’s Memorial Bridge. The music and the history of the 1930’s [...]
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Steel Bridge Songfest’s Delaney Davidson Celebrates the Workers Rebuilding Door County’s Unique Holiday “Music” Motel in “Blackie’s Men”
Posted on 22. Jun, 2009 by Stephen Kastner.
One of the songs created in the Construction Zone and performed at the Steel Bridge Songfest lauds the workers reconstructing the Holiday Motel. New Zealander, Delaney Davidson was impressed with them, “…doing the impossible again. Blackie’s men.” Delaney Davidson is joined here by Eric McFadden on guitar, Jeff Hammes on bass and Wally Ingram on [...]
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