Upcoming Events
August 21, 2017 - August 20, 2018
Friday 8 September 2017
| 7:30pm - 9:30pm | Polkalamity Pleasure Society
Category: Concert This is a group of 10 or 11 friends in the Madison area who like to get together and play music. Their repertoire includes polkas and other lively, toe-tapping music. Be sure to bring your dancing shoes! Find them on Facebook. www.facebook.com/Polkalamity-Pleasure-Society-244102815785037/ |
Saturday 9 September 2017
| 5:30pm - 9:00pm | Potluck Dinner for Volunteers and Performers
Venue: 953 Jenifer Street, Madison (inside the Wil-Mar Neighborhood Center) Category: Special Event . Phil-up the Pig invites everyone to the Hog for a potluck dinner and time to socialize and get to know each other. The Hog will be celebrating its 40th year in 2018, so in addition to socializing, we will have a short discussion soliciting ideas for events to mark this anniversary and for getting the word out about this great resource. Potluck Dinner at 6:00pm. Please bring a side dish or dessert to pass. Phil-up is providing hot pulled pork (oink!) sandwiches. Also provided: dinnerware, juices, coffee and teas. Bring your voices for some circle singing after dinner. Instruments welcome, too. Free parking across the street in the parking lot. |
Monday 11 September 2017
| 7:00pm - 9:00pm | Coordination Committee Meeting
Category: Meeting All are welcome to attend this meeting, get involved in the running of the Hog and extend or start new friendships. Usual agenda discusses whatever needs to be discussed, with a special focus on the 40th anniversary. The Hog needs everyone that loves folk music and dance to be a part of this wonderful resource. |
Friday 15 September 2017
| 7:30pm - 9:30pm | Common Chord
Category: Concert Tracey Jane Comer, Michael Bryant and friends present an evening of music from swing to folk and lots in between. They offer a variety of originals and unique covers, including lots of vocal harmonies and a number of instruments, mostly with strings. www.traceyjanecomer.com www.facebook.com/commonchordmusic/ |
Saturday 16 September 2017
| 2:00pm - 4:30pm | Hootenanny!
Category: Special Event Join us for some lively song sharing and sing-alongs. Bring music and stringed and other compatible instruments. This is a free event, but Phil-Up the Pig will be there to accept donations |
Friday 22 September 2017
| 7:30pm - 9:30pm | DuggHopper (John Duggleby and Dave Hopper)
Category: Concert John Duggleby , singer-songwriter of Madison, released his CD "Better Late Than Never" in 2014, fulfilling a longtime dream. His songs have been finalists in the Great American Song Contest and twice in the Madison Area Music Association (MAMA) Awards, and runner-up in the www.SongoftheYear.com competition. Dave Hopper of Mineral Point has played guitar since 1965 through various phases of folk, blues and rock. He currently plays in DuggHopper, the acoustic trio Still Strummin' and a four-piece rock cover band Better Daze. He is also a sound engineer and has a home recording studio. www.johnduggleby.com |
Friday 29 September 2017
| 7:30pm - 9:30pm | DOUBLE BILL- Rich Baumann/ The Raging Grannies
Category: Concert Rich Baumann is a veteran Madison folksinger-songwriter and a fine musician. His recent focus has been "Songs of Life" for seniors and "Good Friends" for elementary and pre-school children. Along with guitar and fiddle, he plays mandolin, autoharp, banjo and some other unusual instruments. Madison's chapter of Raging Grannies hit the streets in 2003 and they have been raising their voices for peace, economic and social justice and the environment ever since. They are older women who envision a better world for their grandchildren. Among other places, they play at the Saturday Farmer's Market on Capitol Square. www.richbaumann.com www.raginggrannies.madisonwi.us |
Friday 6 October 2017
| 7:30pm - 9:30pm | To Be Announced Category: Concert |
Friday 13 October 2017
| 7:30pm - 9:30pm | To Be Announced Category: Concert |
Friday 20 October 2017
| 7:30pm - 9:30pm | To Be Announced Category: Concert |
Saturday 21 October 2017
| 2:00pm - 4:30pm | Hootenanny
Category: Special Event Join us for some lively song sharing and sing-alongs. Bring music and stringed and other compatible instruments. This is a free event, but Phil-Up the Pig will be there to accept donations. . |
Friday 27 October 2017
| 7:30pm - 9:30pm | Ken Lonnquist Category: Concert |
Saturday 18 November 2017
| 2:00pm - 4:30pm | Hootenanny
Category: Special Event Join us for some lively song sharing and sing-alongs. Bring music and stringed and other compatible instruments. This is a free event, but Phil-Up the Pig will be there to accept donations. |
Friday 1 December 2017
| 6:30pm - 9:30pm | 39th Birthday Celebration
Category: Special Event Details are still be planned, but expect birthday cake along with sharing and singing our favorite songs. |
Monday 4 December 2017
| 7:00pm - 9:00pm | Coordination Committee Meeting
Category: Concert The committee meets to discuss Hog operations. Open to members and interested public. Please join us as we operate the Hog using cooperative principles by an all-volunteer staff. |