Community Calendar

Join SDPB's Karl Gehrke for a LIVE Jazz Nightly Holiday Show featuring Sophia Beatty at the Black Hills SDPB Studio!

Doors open at 6pm and the show starts at 7pm.

The “Three Fiddlers Holiday” brings Kenny Putnam, Tom Schaefer, and Owen Dejong together with a an all-star support band, some long-time performers with the Acoustic Christmas series, including Boyd Bristow, Mike Conner, Al Remund, Nick Schweback, Larry Rohrer, and specials guests, Brian and Kaija Bonde. Friends in college, the fiddlers have taken different performance paths through life and reunite with a holiday flavor to the instrumental harmonies they blend on stage. A holiday time gift you from some of South Dakota’s most recognized fiddle players.

Join the Madison Area Arts Council for “An Irish Christmas Reunion with Contae Loch” at The BrickHouse. Madison’s favorite Irish band is welcoming back two of their original founding members for a special one-night only 9 member performance. Opening for the show is another local Madison band, “Maplewood and 9th”. This “listening room” style concert starts at 7:30pm, doors open at 7pm, and is free to attend.

The Sturgis area will once again enjoy the beautiful music of Christmas as the Sturgis Area Arts Council presents the 44th Community Christmas Concert. Church musicians from the area will gather at the Sturgis Community Center Theater on Sunday, December 10th, at 2:00pm. for this popular community event.

Premiering in 1979, the concert is a beloved part of the Christmas holiday season. Church choirs from our local churches will share their love of choral and handbell music with our local music patrons. The concert is free to the public with an opportunity to give a free-will donation at the door.

Carol Skalsky, director of the Chapel Bells of First Presbyterian Church, is the combined choir director this year. She has chosen “Christmastime,” written by Michael W. Smith and Joanna Carlson, for the final mass choir anthem. The choir will be accompanied by a bell choir and piano. This piece is full of energy and joy and will be an audience favorite.

Please put this date on your calendar as you won’t want to miss this joyful event. Admission to this concert is free, but donations are always appreciated to help defray expenses.

Following the concert, the Meade Music Boosters will host a fundraiser at the Sturgis Brown High School. High School and Middle School bands and choirs will perform Christmas favorites from 4:00-7:00 p.m. while the audience enjoys a fantastic dessert buffet. Come support these school performers.

A holiday tradition for your family and friends with heartwarming and jovial timeless classics plus a sing-along! This concert also features SDSO 2023 Young Musician Concerto Competition winner, oboist Jacob Pagone.

Dakota Choral Union's annual holiday concert, featuring holiday favorites, old and new. Admission is free with donations of non-perishable food items for Church Response.

Everyone attending will be invited to go "caroling" during this concert presented annually by the Adult Choir of the Yankton United Church of Christ-Congregational. The choir will sing several Christmas pieces, new and old, with accompaniment by organ, flute, violin, piano, and percussion, and the professional guest instrumentalists will also perform. But the main emphasis will be on organ-accompanied carol singing by all in attendance. The church is open and affirming and an elevator provides access to all to the seasonally decorated historic sanctuary.

Join us on Sunday, December 17 at 5:30 pm for a free concert in the Miner Brewing Co. Taproom.
Clayton Ryan makes his way to Hill City to perform his sixth annual Christmas show!

About Clayton Ryan:
Raised in Iowa and South Dakota, Clayton Ryan’s homegrown country soul music reverberates with a nostalgic sound and powerful songwriting.
His songs have been featured in American Songwriter, GemsOnVHS, B-Sides & Badlands, and Americana Road Show, and appeared in TV and film. An accomplished multi-instrumentalist, Clayton has performed and recorded with artists like Cristina Vane, Liam St. John, Humbletown, Jalan Crossland, Drew Peterson, and Chad Elliott.

Join SDPB's Karl Gehrke for Jazz Nightly Live on the radio featuring the music of the JAS Quintet. Doors open at 7:00 pm. Admission is free but seating is limited, so you must RSVP online in order to attend. We hope to see you there!

New Year's Eve is Game Night with the BHSO. Music from all kinds of games -- from the Olympic theme, "Summon the Heroes" to music from video games like Legend of Zelda, Tetris, Mario Brothers, and World of Warcraft