Beyer Home & Carriage Museum Season:
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.
Oconto Tunes on Tuesdays – Oconto Beyer Home Gazebo
Welcome to a new season of Oconto Tunes on Tuesdays! They will be every Tuesday, June through August, 6:00-8:00 pm. 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.
Tuesday, June 11, 2024, 6 PM – 8 PM
THE THIRD WHEELS ACOUSTIC: It’s opening night of O.
. !! 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!
Tuesday, June 18, 2024, 6 PM – 8 PM
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!
Tuesday, June 25, 2024, 6 PM – 8 PM
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 the greatest and most fun hits out there, as well as piecing together some of the most perfect 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!
Tuesday, July 2, 2024, 6 PM – 8 PM
DAN FLANNERY: Dan Flannery makes his Oconto Tunes on Tuesdays 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!
Tuesday, July 9, 2024, 6 PM – 8 PM
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!
Tuesday, July 16, 2024, 6 PM – 8 PM
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!
Tuesday, July 23, 2024, 6 PM – 8 PM
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.
Tuesday, July 30, 2024, 6 PM – 8 PM
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.
Tuesday, August 6, 2024, 6 PM – 8 PM
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!
Tuesday, August 13, 2024, 6 PM – 8 PM
SIDESHOW: Fronted by recently crowned champion, WAMI(Wisconsin Area Music Industry) Male Vocalist of the Year, Dennis Peters of The Glam Band, SIDESHOW is an 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! Oconto Tunes on Tuesdays!
Tickets for the 14th Annual Oconto County Historical Society sponsored cemetery walk “If Tombstones Could Talk” will go on sale Monday, August 5th, at the Beyer Home and Carriage Museum, 915 Park Avenue, Oconto.
The Cemetery Walk will be held at 6:00 p.m. on the evenings of September 9th, 10th and 11th, with the September 9th and 10th performances to be held outside at the Oconto Catholic Cemetery, 3024 N. River Road, Oconto. The September 11th performance will be presented indoors at the John B. LeMay Auditorium at the Oconto High School, 1717 Superior Avenue, Oconto.
OCHS Cemetery Walk: Monday, September 9, Tuesday, September 10, and Wednesday, September 11, 2024, 6:00 p.m.
Six historic personages will be portrayed and their life stories will come alive. Some of the individuals portrayed are well known in Oconto County history; others are lesser known and those attending will learn about various facets of their lives.
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 repellent. The indoor performance is designed for people who may have difficulty walking in the cemetery; however, the indoor performance 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 just 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.