The holidays are nearly upon us and we have a very special offer for you. Sugar Maple 2020 two-day passes will be on sale for one day only this year – Cyber Monday, December 2. For just $20, you’ll be able to pick up a weekend pass for the July 31 & August 1, 2020 event. It’ll cost you $50 at the door, so mark your calendar and don’t miss this chance to get huge savings. Sugar Maple tickets make great holiday gifts!

Click this link to get your Cyber Sale tickets for only $20!

If you enjoyed the jam tents at the Sugar Maple Music Festival, then you don’t want to miss the Fall String Gathering!

A weekend of traditional, old-time, bluegrass, Irish, and Cajun music-sharing; organized by musicians, for musicians. Open to all skill levels and acoustic instruments.

Hosted at the Clarion Convention Center in Baraboo, WI, the gathering will feature impromptu jamming as well as several scheduled jams and a washtub bass workshop.

November 16-18, 2018

Friday 6 pm – Sunday 11 am

Friday 7:30 – 9:00 pm  Gypsy Jazz Jam – 4th floor

?Sat 10:00 – 11:30 am  – Slow/Half Speed Jam – 5th floor

Sat 1:00 – 2:30 pm   Irish Session – 4th floor?

Sat 2:00 – 3:00 pm Washtub Bass Workshop – 5th floor?

Sat 3:00 – 4:30 pm   Cajun Circle – 5th floor

The String Gathering provides an opportunity for bluegrass and old-time musicians across Wisconsin, its bordering states and beyond, to come together and celebrate their common love of music.

More information at String Gathering

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.

We’re thrilled to welcome Mollie O’Brien and Rich Moore to the North Street Cabaret on Thursday, November 8 at 8 pm as part of the on-going Sugar Maple Concert Series.

Grammy Award winner Mollie O’Brien became known to the rest of the world as a singer’s singer when, in 1988, she and her brother Tim released the first of three critically acclaimed albums for Sugar Hill Records (Take Me Back, Remember Me and Away Out on the Mountain). Eventually, Mollie recorded five equally well-received solo albums (Tell It True, Big Red Sun and Things I Gave Away for Sugar Hill Records, and I Never Move Too Soon and Everynight in the Week for Resounding Records). Additionally, she was a regular on the nationally syndicated radio show A Prairie Home Companion from 2001 through 2005. She’s long been known as a singer who doesn’t recognize musical boundaries, and audiences love her fluid ability to make herself at home in any genre while never sacrificing the essence of the song she tackles. O’Brien has primarily focused her efforts on the fading art of interpretation and the end result is a singer at the very top of her game who is not afraid to take risks both vocally and in the material she chooses.

Husband Rich Moore has busied himself in the Colorado music scene for many years. While staying home with the kids when Mollie and Tim toured, he held a day job and continued to perform locally with a variety of Colorado favorites, including Pete Wernick and Celeste Krenz. Not only is Moore known to produce some of the funniest onstage running commentary, he’s also a powerhouse guitar player who can keep up with O’Brien’s twists and turns from blues to traditional folk to jazz to rock and roll. He creates a band with just his guitar and, as a result, theirs is an equal partnership.

Tickets on sale here

Were you at this year’s Sugar Maple Music Festival? Or are you among those who haven’t yet attended?

Either way, check out our new video, shot during our 15th annual festival this past August. You might just see yourself – or you might see what you missed and decide you need to attend next year!

A huge shout-out to Tack Video Production for bringing our fun, family-friendly festival to life.  From the stellar musicians to the Roots and Reasons stage workshops to the jam sessions, Tack Video captured it all.

Watch the video to see what makes the Sugar Maple so special, then mark your calendar for August 2 and 3, 2019!