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===Music=== [[File:Concerts on the square.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|[[Concerts on the Square]]]] Madison's music scene covers a spectrum of musical culture.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Madison Music Events, Shows & Things To Do |url=http://www.zvents.com/z/madison-wi/music |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110225202932/http://www.zvents.com/z/madison-wi/music |archive-date=February 25, 2011 |access-date=November 14, 2011 |publisher=Zvents}}</ref> Several venues offer live music nightly, ranging from Barrymore Theatre and High Noon Saloon on the east side<ref>{{Cite web |title=Live Music Venue Madison WI β High Noon Saloon |url=http://www.high-noon.com/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111007022904/http://www.high-noon.com/ |archive-date=October 7, 2011 |access-date=November 14, 2011 |website=High-noon.com}}</ref> to small coffee houses and wine bars. The biggest headliners sometimes perform at the Orpheum Theatre, the [[Overture Center]], [[Breese Stevens Field]], the [[Alliant Energy Center]], or the UW Theatre on campus. Other major rock and pop venues include the Majestic Theatre, the Sylvee, and The Bartell. During the summer, the Memorial Union Terrace on the University of Wisconsin campus, offers live music five nights a week. The Union is located on the shores of Lake Mendota. In the summer, Madison hosts many music festivals. [[Concerts on the Square]] is a weekly Madison tradition during the summer. On Wednesday evenings, the [[Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra]] performs free concerts on the capitol's lawn,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra |url=http://www.wcoconcerts.com/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050202183020/http://wcoconcerts.com/ |archive-date=February 2, 2005 |access-date=November 14, 2011 |website=Wcoconcerts.com}}</ref> and spectators can listen to the music while picnicking on the grass. Other annual music events include the Waterfront Festival, the Willy Street Fair, Atwood Summerfest, the Isthmus Jazz Festival, the Orton Park Festival, 94.1 WJJO's Band Camp, Greekfest, the WORT Block Party and the Sugar Maple Traditional Music Festival, and the Madison World Music Festival. One of the latest additions is the [[La Fete de Marquette]], taking place around [[Bastille Day]] at various east side locations and celebrating French music with Cajun influences. Madison also hosts an annual [[electronic music]] festival, Reverence, and the Folk Ball, a [[world music]] and [[Folk dance]] festival held annually in January. Madison also plays host to the National Women's Music Festival.<ref name="National Women's Music Festival">{{Cite web |title=2008 National Women's Music Festival |url=http://www.wiaonline.org |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080308021644/http://www.wiaonline.org/home.htm |archive-date=March 8, 2008}}</ref> UW-Madison also hosts the annual music and arts festival, Revelry, on campus at the Memorial Union each spring. The festival is put on by students for students as an end of the year celebration on campus.<ref>{{Cite web |title=revelryfest |url=http://www.revelryfest.com/ticketing |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150326061431/http://www.revelryfest.com/ticketing |archive-date=March 26, 2015 }}</ref> The [[Madison Scouts Drum and Bugle Corps]] is a competitive [[Drum and bugle corps (modern)|drum corps]] group based in Madison that competes and tours across North America as part of [[Drum Corps International]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=About |url=https://www.forwardperformingarts.org/madison-scouts/about/about-us |access-date=December 26, 2022 |website=www.forwardperformingarts.org}}</ref> The [[University of Wisconsin Marching Band]] performs at various local concerts and parades. Madison has an independent rock scene, with local [[independent record labels]] including [[Crustacean Records]], Science of Sound,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Science of Sound β Independent Record Label β Madison Wisconsin |url=http://www.scienceofsound.com/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160127135613/http://www.scienceofsound.com/ |archive-date=January 27, 2016 |access-date=February 6, 2016 |website=scienceofsound.com }}</ref> Kind Turkey Records,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Kind Turkey Records |url=http://www.kindturkeyrecords.com/about1/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161121234339/http://www.kindturkeyrecords.com/about1/ |archive-date=November 21, 2016 |access-date=November 14, 2011 |publisher=Kind Turkey Records }}</ref> and Art Paul Schlosser Inc. Madison was home to [[Smart Studios]], [[Butch Vig]] and [[Steve Marker]]'s longtime studio where many alternative rock records of the 1990s and 2000s were recorded and/or produced. A [[Dr. Demento]] and weekly live [[karaoke]] favorite is [[The Gomers]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=High Noon Saloon |url=http://www.high-noon.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111007022904/http://www.high-noon.com/ |archive-date=October 7, 2011 |access-date=November 14, 2011 |website=High-noon.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Scene Newspaper β the Online Magazine for Everyone |url=https://www.scenenewspaper.com/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081123033447/http://scenenewspaper.com/cdreviews.html |archive-date=November 23, 2008 |website=scenenewspaper.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=December 1, 1986 |title=The Gomers |url=http://www.themadmusicarchive.com/artist_details.aspx?ArtistID=2883 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100204001940/http://themadmusicarchive.com/artist_details.aspx?ArtistID=2883 |archive-date=February 4, 2010 |access-date=November 14, 2011 |website=Themadmusicarchive.com}}</ref> They have performed with fellow [[Wisconsin]] residents [[Les Paul]] and [[Steve Miller (musician)|Steve Miller]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Wisconsin Foundation for School Music : 2004 Lifetime Achievement Award<!-- Bot generated title --> |url=http://www.wsmamusic.org/foundation/news/achievement_award.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930010448/http://www.wsmamusic.org/foundation/news/achievement_award.html |archive-date=September 30, 2007}}</ref> Madison is also home to notable artists such as [[Paul Kowert]] of [[Punch Brothers]], [[Mama Digdown's Brass Band]], [[Clyde Stubblefield]] of [[Funky Drummer]] and [[James Brown]] fame, and musicians [[Roscoe Mitchell]], [[Richard Davis (double bassist)|Richard Davis]], [[Ben Sidran]], [[Sexy Ester and the Pretty Mama Sisters]], [[Reptile Palace Orchestra]], Ted Park, [[DJ Pain 1]], [[Killdozer (band)|Killdozer]], [[Zola Jesus]], [[VO5 (band)|VO5]], [[Caustic (band)|Caustic]], [[Phox (band)|Phox]], [[Masked Intruder]], and [[Lou & Peter Berryman]], among others. The band [[Garbage (band)|Garbage]] formed in Madison in 1994, and has sold 17 million albums.<ref name="behindthemusic">{{cite episode | title = Garbage | series = Behind The Music | series-link = Behind The Music | credits = Jim Forbes (narrator) | network = [[VH1]] | airdate = March 31, 2002}}</ref>
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