Thursday, April 3, 2025 - 7pm -- Buggin Malone is a four-time music award winner and has won music awards in both the United States and Canada. He is an Indigenous Hip Hop artist from Wisconsin who writes, produces and directs, and organizes his own material with a conscious delivery and a political standpoint in his rhymes and flows. Buggin is educating and bridging today's generations through motivation and solidarity. He uses the power of the spoken word to speak truths, using the elements of hip hop to express his opinion of the world from his own life's experiences.
Thursday, May 8, 2025 - 7pm -- John Roberts y Pan Blanco is an original-sounding ensemble of energetic musicians that inspires the audience to dance and enjoy life! Many years of national and international touring, recording and performing experiences with Funk, Soul, Salsa, Orchestral, West African and Jazz ensembles have led to this project. With vocals in Spanish, English and Portuguese, this group is melding high-energy Funk, African and Latin grooves with soulful instrumental solos, aimed at sharing musical and cultural diversity with the audience. The family-friendly band is continuously performing and booking for festivals, concerts, club dates and educational clinics.
Thursday, May 22, 2025 - 7pm -- Sofia Talvik At Sofia Talvik's concert you will be up close and personal with a world class act that has played big festivals like Lollapalooza and SxSW and opened for artists like Maria McKee and David Duchovny. Her delicate songs are performed in an intimate way, showing off Sofia’s angelic voice, enhanced only by a tasteful mix of harmonies and delays, accompanied by the steady picking of her acoustic guitar and the rhythm section consisting of her own two feet, bells and a stomp box. She's an experienced international touring artist who has toured through 48 U.S states, many of the countries in Europe and far away places like New Zealand.
Thursday, June 19, 2025 - 7pm -- DADDIO is a contemporary improvisational group, comprised of some of the most experienced players in Wisconsin. Their musical offerings vary from fresh takes on other's work to original material in a wide range of grooves and styles.
Thursday, August 7, 2025 - 7pm -- The Snack Bar Flamingos For over three decades the Snack Bar Flamingos have been performing their unique jazz stylings in Central Wisconsin. They combine their talents in a sonic blend of original songs, jazz standards, Brazilian jazz and Gypsy swing. Their current side project is Les Flamants Manouche, which showcases the compositions of French swing masters such as Django Reinhardt, Stochelo Rosenberg and Dorado Schmitt.
Thursday, September 4, 2025 - 7pm -- Ponyfolk was formed in 2014 by Clifton Nesseth (vocals, strings, guitar, synth/keys) and Paul Sauey (vocals, strings, guitar, bass). Over the last few years, the band has expanded to include Aaron Hays (drums), Alex Nelson (keyboards), Mikey Marget (cello), and Lewis Franti (percussion). Ponyfolk's music always keeps a foot planted firmly in the ethos of Americana and Nordic folk traditions while stepping forward into new sounds and musical terrains. Their sound has been described as “the dark side of Simon & Garfunkel” and “early Pink Floyd mixed with the Lord of the Rings soundtrack.”
Thursday, October 2, 2025 - 7pm -- Medusa would slay at a Hobbit family wedding. Wielding a sound that would turn classical music scholars to stone, these four folk musicians are reimagining the Western string quartet. By inviting back voices previously regarded as too ugly for “polite society,” Medusa tempts us to redefine what is beautiful. Their dynamic arrangement style cross-pollinates the sounds of Middle Eastern, Scandinavian, Celtic, Appalachian, and Eastern European music, as well as original tunes, to create something previously unheard. With their music, the band connects audiences across dividing lines of culture and identity to reveal the common threads beneath.
Thursday, November 13, 2025 - 7pm -- Brian Drow is best described as a pop/folk artist, with a large dose of blues, rock & country influences. He generally performs solo, playing acoustic guitar featuring plenty of blues harmonica but he’ll be bringing along a friend for his show at McMillan. In addition to his own music, his vast repertoire also includes covers from artists such as Tom Petty, Bob Dylan, the Beatles, Buddy Holly, pop one-hit wonders, traditional folk tunes, and much more.