For a limited time only, get great looking fest merchandise through our bonfire.com fundraising campaign!

How does the fundraiser work? Check out the links for totes, shirts, and caps and place your order. If we meet our campaign goals, all orders will print and ship November 30… just in time for the holidays! Proceeds support our 100 percent volunteer run, nonprofit festival.

Hurry! All sales end the morning of November 22.

Want to support the Sugar Maple Music Festival and get your very own limited-offer Sugar Maple T-shirt? Go to our Bonfire.com campaign and check out our updated design on youth and women’s cut t-shirts, hoodies and more.

Enjoy a stellar lineup of bluegrass bands, while making Dane County a better place for all!

The Sugar Maple Music Festival is proud to support the 17th Annual United Way Bluegrass Benefit at the Barrymore Theatre, Sunday February 11th.

Six bands and performers are volunteering their time and talents with all proceeds going to United Way of Dane County.

Here’s the line-up:

Cork ‘n Bottle String Band 12:45 p.m.
Sparetime Bluegrass 1:30 p.m.
Dave Landau The King of Kids Music 2:15 p.m.
Oak Street Ramblers 2:45 p.m.
MadFiddle 3:30 p.m.
Old Tin Can String Band 4:30 p.m.

And while you’re sitting back enjoying the music, be sure to get in on the raffle! Purchase your tickets between 1-3:30 pm and five lucky winners will score a pair of tickets to see more amazingly talented artists perform at our upcoming concert series shows or weekend passes to the 15^th annual Sugar Maple Music Festival!

Raffle proceeds will be split between the Sugar Maple Music Festival and the United Way.

A benefit concert featuring Spare Time Bluegrass Band, David Landau – Children’s Entertainer and The Bearded Hams in Tyranena‘s newly expanded, outdoor Beer Garden.

How is this a benefit? Well, Tyranena is donating $2 from every pint served to the Sugar Maple Music Festival… so grab yourself a glass and support great music! (And great beer, of course.)

Live music beginning at 1 pm with The Rodeo Wagon also on hand serving up southern comfort food such as corn on the cob, Triple Cheesy Mac, and big beef sandwiches!

Looking for a family-friendly way to celebrate Valentine’s Day? Come to the Barrymore Theatre at 1 p.m., February 12th, for the 16th Annual United Way Bluegrass Benefit. Six bands and performers are volunteering their time and talents with all proceeds going to United Way of Dane County. Longtime United Way advocate Dave Kinney has organized this concert since its inception.

“This is a wonderful opportunity to bring your entire family to a fun and entertaining event while giving back to our community,” said Kinney. “I’m proud of the positive change United Way brings to our community and I love that I can contribute to that change with this concert.”

Over the last 16 years, this annual concert has grown in popularity among bluegrass fans and families who are looking for kid-friendly activities. Thank you to Barrymore Theatre, Steve Gotcher (Audio for the Arts), WORT 89.9 FM and Isthmus for their partnership.

Tickets are $10 for adults and $5 for children ages 5 – 12. Children 5 and under are free. For families, there is a maximum cost of $20. Tickets are available at the door and online.

Program of Performers

Cork ‘n Bottle String Band 1:00 p.m.

Sparetime Bluegrass 2:00 p.m.

Dave Landau – The King of Kids Music 2:30 p.m.

MadFiddle & Highway 151 3:00 p.m.

The Soggy Prairie Boys 4:20 p.m.

Old Tin Can String Band 5:00 p.m.