Enjoy a beautiful evening walking through the illuminated candle lite trails at Copper Culture State Park, while enjoying hot chocolate and cookies with family and friends. You can warm by the fire before and after your hike. This event is free to the public. The February date is yet to be determined. Please check back on our website or follow us on Facebook for the date and details regarding this special winter event.
The Speaker Series is held the first Thursday of January. The Speaker Series offers to the public free of charge a presentation on a local topic of interest. Please plan to join us. Free cookies and beverages are available while you sit back and enjoy the presentation. Please check back on our website or follow us on Facebook for details regarding the presentation as the date approaches.
The Speaker Series is held the first Thursday of December. The Speaker Series offers to the public, free of charge, a presentation on a topic of local interest. Please plan to join us. Free cookies and beverages are available while you sit back and enjoy the presentation. Please check back on our website or follow us on Facebook for details regarding the presentation as the date approaches.
The annual meeting for Historical Society members is held each November. Included with the meeting is a dinner and interesting presentation. Invitations are sent out to our membership to attend this special evening. Please join us as a member and learn more about our incredible organization and all we have to offer.
The Speaker Series offers a presentation to the public, free of charge, on a topic of local interest. This program, presented by David Retzlaff, Kitty Werner, and Peter Gabrielson, will offer a look at Oconto County’s military history as far back as the Civil War. Free cookies and beverages are available to enjoy during the presentation. Please plan to join us.
Please come to this unique sale of antiques and collectibles to search out treasures and special holiday gifts. This event is held each November at the Beyer Home & Carriage Museum. For your expanded shopping experience, our Museum Gift Shop is also open during this Sale.
The Oconto County Historical Society will sponsor its 14th Annual Cemetery Walk “If Tombstones Could Talk” on September 9th, 10th, and 11th.
The evenings of September 9th and 10th will find the walk being staged outdoors at the Oconto Catholic Cemetery, 3024 N. River Road, Oconto, at 6:00 p.m.
On the evening of September 11th, the program will be presented indoors in the John B. LeMay Auditorium at Oconto Senior High School, 1717 Superior Avenue, Oconto, at 6:00 p.m.
The individuals who will be portrayed this year and have their stories told include: Henrietta “Etta” Couillard, a long-time teacher at St. Joseph’s Catholic School and a Couillardville resident; Thomas Bake, well-known and successful in the jewelry business, owning stories in Oconto, Green Bay and Naples, Florida; Sister Mary Chrysantha, a Sister Superior at St. Joseph’s Cathoic School in the 1880s; Dr. David Moriarty, a Civil War veteran and early pioneer Oconto physician; Albert Klozotsky, Sr. member of Oconto Company M and early member of the Oconto Fire Department; and Marie Blake, high-spirited Oconto resident, supporter of community and family and mother to seven children, including Thomas.
Tour-goers will be led in groups through the cemetery by guides for the outdoor walks. Those attending the outdoor performances are urged to wear comfortable shoes as the tour requires an amount of walking, sometimes on uneven ground. You may also wish to bring a flashlight and insect repellant. The indoor performance is designed for people who may find it difficult to walk in the cemetery but is open to everyone.
Tickets are $12 per person and will be sold at the Beyer Home and Carriage Museum through September 1st. Please note that the Museum is closed on Tuesdays. If any tickets remain unsold after September 1st, they will be available for sale at Roberts Hometown Hardware, 919 Main Street, Oconto. In addition, remaining unsold tickets will be available for sale prior to each evening’s performance.
There are a limited number of tickets for the performances and tickets sell out fast. Complimentary refreshments will be served to tour-goers at the cemetery on the evenings of September 9th and 10th, and in the cafeteria of the Oconto High School following the performance on September 11th. In the event of inclement weather on September 9th or 10th, the performances will be moved indoors to the Oconto High School Auditorium.
For more information, contact Lynn Exferd at (920) 835-4619 or email lynnexferd@hotmail.com
Welcome to a new season of Oconto Tunes on Tuesdays! They will be every Tuesday, June through August, 6:00-8:00 p.m. Artists, dates, and events to be revealed within the next few weeks! Hosted by Oconto County Tourism, Steve Peterson Music, and Oconto Tunes on Tuesdays. All shows are planned to be outside. If there is a heavy rain or storm on the day of the show, the show will move inside.
The Third Wheels Acoustic: It’s opening night! The Third Wheels will be in town to tickle your ears with their acoustic version of the band! Get excited about Tuesdays! Tuesdays in Oconto are BACK!
7000 Apart: This Swedish/American band has been taking the area by storm. 7000 Apart comes from the married couple’s journey to get back to each other when they lived 7000 miles apart from one another from America to Sweden. The full band will be in the house at Tunes on Tuesdays in Oconto, featuring all kinds of pop, easy rock, country and dance hits! Come on out and wear your best American or Swedish flag tee shirts and fly your flags! It’s an international dynamo!
For What It’s Worth: For What It’s Worth is a kick-ass little band out of Green Bay that’s been rocking cities all over the surrounding area. They play a wide variety of rock, classic rock, and oldies music, hitting every generation of the greatest and most fun hits out there, as well as piecing together some of the most perfectly fitting medleys of the most fun songs! They play Ritchie Valens and Johnny Cash, all the way through Black Crowes and Blink 182. It’s going to be a straight-up rock’n roll’n Tuesday night!
Dan Flannery: Dan Flannery makes his Oconto Tunes on Tuesday debut! Dan is one of the most versatile and magical finger-picking guitarists in the area and knows about 1000 songs. He’s bringing his one-man show of singing and picking to the Beyer Home Gazebo this summer and is ready to mesmerize you with his talent!
James Unplugged & Fine Line Acoustic: We have a special 2-for-1 concert for you on this incredible Tuesday night! Jamus Unplugged will be opening the night with his smooth vocal tones and percussive bouncy guitar strumming. Then Fine Line Acoustic will be closing the show with a bongo bonanza of songs! It’s sure to be a super fun evening in the park!
The Charmless Few: The Charmless Few just may be the most incredible 3 piece cover band in all the area. Each piece of this dynamic trio is incredibly talented and fits just right with the other pieces to bring monster vocals, beautiful harmonies, excellent guitar and bass work, tasteful yet thumping drums and just plain great rock and roll! They play everything from Billy Joel to Queen to Foo Fighters! This will be a great night of good ol’ feel-good rock and roll!
Elvis Presley & Roy Orbison Night: Jesse Aron is a two-time world champion tribute artist from Green Bay, Wisconsin. He travels internationally with his tribute and is well-known and respected for his exceptional vocal talent and ability to capture the sound and essence of each performer he pays tribute to.
Manson and Billy and the Bombers: Manson brings one of the sweetest folk-style voices in all the area, singing the most memorable songs from artists like The BeeGees, Herman’s Hermits, Neil Diamond and more! Billy and the Bombers is a band from Green Bay that performs as a duo or trio mostly playing oldies band with some variety covers.
Gabriel Sanchez Trio: The Gabriel Sanchez Trio comes back to Oconto! Playing a wide variety of rock and roll and fun music from all decades! They may even play a few Prince songs if you ask politely! Ask the band, don’t ask the sound guy! But please, whatever you do… do not request country! They DO NOT play country. Let’s dance!
SIDESHOW: Fronted by recently crowned champion, Wisconsin Area Music Industry (WAMI) Male Vocalist of the Year, Dennish Peters of The Glam Band, SIDESHOW is and ALL-STAR line up of some of the most talented musicians in the area, currently with or formerly of headlining names like Sonic Circus, Star 69, The Riot Act and American Platinum! I would classify them as “Packer Rock.” The band plays all the super fun hit rock songs that get played over the loudspeakers at all the Packer games. So come tailgate, bring your coolers and lunches and let’s have a stadium band style event to close out the year!
The Beyer Home and Carriage House Museum will be open for regular tours on Saturday, May 25, 2024 and go through Monday, September 2, 2024. Tours are offered Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, noon to 4:00 p.m., Saturday and Sunday 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Closed on Tuesday.