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Inspired by the Nigerian musician, and human rights activist Fela Kuti, the Afrobeat artists known as *Nwa Na Agbe* – or “Black and mad” – took their name from the Igbo language of West Africa, and was the brainchild of Milwaukee musicians Jay Anderson and Cecilio Negrón Jr.

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2019 Season Schedule

May 01 Nwa Na Agbe Buy Tickets More Information
May 07 Mary Gauthier w/ Jaimee Harris Buy Tickets More Information
May 08 Buffalo Gospel // Derek Pritzl & The Gamble Buy Tickets SOLD OUT! More Information
May 15 Moon Ruin // Yummm (formerly P • PL) Buy Tickets More Information
May 16 SONTALK // Erik Koskinen Buy Tickets SOLD OUT! More Information
May 22 Miles Nielsen & the Rusted Hearts // Andy Jenkins Buy Tickets SOLD OUT! More Information
May 24 Anna Tivel // Among the Wild Buy Tickets SOLD OUT! More Information
June 05 Ratboys // Disq Buy Tickets SOLD OUT! More Information
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June 12 Rod Hamdallah // Jake'O Buy Tickets SOLD OUT! More Information
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June 13 Ryan Montbleau // Jesse Marchant Buy Tickets More Information
June 18 Sleepwalkers // L'Resorts Buy Tickets More Information
June 19 Beta Radio // Joseph Huber Buy Tickets SOLD OUT! More Information
June 26 Aaron Lee Tasjan // Christopher Gold and the New Old Things Buy Tickets SOLD OUT! More Information
June 27 The Beths Buy Tickets SOLD OUT! More Information
July 03 Foxwarren w/ Hannah Cohen Buy Tickets SOLD OUT! More Information
July 05 The Cactus Blossoms Buy Tickets SOLD OUT! More Information
July 10 Pat Ferguson & The Sundown Sound // Coyote Brother Buy Tickets SOLD OUT! More Information
July 11 The Right Now Buy Tickets SOLD OUT! More Information
July 17 Liz Cooper & The Stampede // Hugh Masterson Buy Tickets More Information
July 18 Black Pumas w/ Los Coast Buy Tickets More Information
July 24 Adriel Denae // Elle Winston Buy Tickets SOLD OUT! More Information
July 26 Legendary Shack Shakers // Wood Chickens Buy Tickets SOLD OUT! More Information
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July 30 Rev. Sekou Buy Tickets SOLD OUT! More Information
July 31 LowDown Brass Band Buy Tickets SOLD OUT! More Information
August 14 Mason Jennings // Nickel&Rose (Wednesday Show) Buy Tickets SOLD OUT! More Information
August 15 Mason Jennings // Nickel&Rose (Thursday Show) Buy Tickets SOLD OUT! More Information
August 21 Abby Jeanne // Saebra & Carlyle Buy Tickets SOLD OUT! More Information
August 28 Bravo // Kainalu Buy Tickets More Information
September 04 Diane Coffee // Modern Vices Buy Tickets More Information
September 11 Brett Newski & the No Tomorrow // BingBong Buy Tickets More Information
September 13 Hatchie Buy Tickets SOLD OUT! More Information
September 18 Rare Element Buy Tickets More Information
September 25 River Glen // Travis Agnew Buy Tickets More Information
October 02 Wilder Maker // LASKA Buy Tickets More Information
October 09 The Flat Five Buy Tickets SOLD OUT! More Information

Booking:

The Shitty Barn schedules a limited number of sessions each season and presents them all as a curated package. Shows are typically Wednesday nights from May to October.

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In Ze News

Help The Shitty Barn de-shitify its roof

When a venue has the word “shitty” in its name, occasional repairs are to be expected.

Channel 3000: Roof on Spring Green's Sh*tty barn too shoddy; venue asks for help funding repairs

Even for a venue that prides itself enough on being derelict to call itself the Sh*tty Barn, there is such a thing as too sh*tty.

The Shitty Barn Needs a New Roof

The seasonal venue in Spring Green is asking patrons for help.

Experimental music goes rogue at the Shitty Barn

The Spring Green venue looks to get out of its comfort zone with a show on August 31.

Shitty Barn announces 2018 schedule

It might seem sometimes like Wisconsin winters will never end, but fear not! In a surefire sign of approaching summer, the Shitty Barn’s new season schedule has dropped.

Not So Sh*tty

Maybe you’ve heard of it, maybe you haven’t. To some it’s a mystery, to others it’s their favorite weird place to see live music.

Freakons at The Hideout and the Shitty Barn

When the Mekons teamed up with Freakwater, of course they called themselves the Freakons. As they’ve joked, the other option was Meekwater, a far less formidable-sounding portmanteau.

Tone Madison: Shitty Barn's 2017 season features Ryley Walker, Califone, Freakons

Spring Green venue the Shitty Barn, which has become a live-music staple for Madisonians in the summer and fall, rolled out its 2017 schedule on Friday night.

Now Playing: A Tour of the Midwest Music Scene

Where do you go to fall in love with your new favorite band? The Midwest is a good start. Cozy lounges, barnyard stages and more curate a diverse music scene sure to please any fan. Take a tour of our favorite venues.

March’s mixbag of live music

Buffalo Gospel sounds a lot like their name; their soulful country western has the twang of rural Montana with the soul of a church choir.

Shitty Barn announces 2016 season schedule

Spring Green’s Shitty Barn is poised to become the shit again.

Shitty Barn's 2016 season features Me eN You, Sarah Neufeld, Wood Chickens

The Spring Green venue's season begins May 4 with Sonny Night And The Lakers.

2016 Shitty Barn Producers Interview

At the end of the 2015 season, Shitty Barn co-founder Chris Staples announced that he was stepping away from day to day management of the Barn. Spring Green-ers Mike Lashua, Allen DeSchepper and Jason Frazier were among the small group of Barn friends that volunteered to continue the work that Staples started “quite by accident” back in 2010. Lashua, DeSchepper and Frazier split up booking duties between them for the 25-gig season. Lashua is also a veteran Barn sound man. Frazier will be tending to the Barn’s facility and maintenance needs. And DeSchepper will be responsible for filling Staples’s shoes in the “hospitality” department, which he defines as “keeping the bands and the people happy.”

2014 Mystery Sesh w/ Heartless Bastards

On a July night that verged on an overcast fall evening, the Spring Green venue’s second Mystery Barn Session hosted the Dayton-founded, Austin-based, garage blues quartet that’s no stranger to Madison

2013 Control and Czarbles Session

Rolling from Madison to Spring Green’s Shitty Barn is a pleasure indeed, casting off the summer construction and surrounding traffic of Wisconsin’s capitol into the territory of Taliesin and the American Players Theater.

Shitty barn featured in the Isthmus!

Check out this nice article about our venue in the Isthums.

Lands' End Blogs All About It

Many good friends of the Barn are also friends and gainful employees of our great big neighbor Lands' End. Recently, we had the great good fortune of being featured on the Lands' End blog. There are some great photos! Take a peek!

Madison Commons - An Old Barn Gains New Life As A Concert Hall

Emily Eggleston showed up at the Shitty Barn Party in 2012 with a video camera and a plan. The culmination of her effort features an academic legitimization of our Shitty name! BONUS!

Jonk Music Preview

Hillary Sprecher, semi-local, self-styled music wonk paints a heart-felt picture of the Barn Sessions.

Mezzic's Flattering Infiltration

Photography + Video: Christopher Paul Stelling & Pioneer at Sh*tty Barn Sessions (Spring Green, WI)

Zeti (Pezzettino) 2011 Favorite Things

Margaret Stutt gives the Shitty Barn a big hug in her 2011 Favorite Things blog post.