BEN BAILEY from Cash Cab to Observational, Weird Stuff Comedy in Appleton Daniel
Total Page:16
File Type:pdf, Size:1020Kb
TO THE MUSIC: WI SUMMER MUSIC FestiVAL SEASON Gets UNDerwAY Get Out & Do What You Like to do JUNE 2019 BEN BAILEY From Cash Cab to observational, weird stuff comedy in Appleton Daniel ThisO’Donnell treasure of Ireland still delighting fans with charismatic gentility UPCOMING PLUS! EVENTS: CASINO Fox Cities | Green Bay SUPPER CLUB Marshfield | Oshkosh IN FALL RIVER Stevens Point | Waupaca Wausau | Wisconsin Rapids Waterfest Tickets Celebrates on sale now 34 Summer C l i c k h e r e BY ROCKING THE FOX Scott Stapp THURSDAY, JUNE 20 Hairball! THURSDAY, JUNE 27 • Alien Atmosphere • Copper Box PLUS• Messer PLUS• Pioneers of Jazz featuring John • Keith Pulvermacher Harmon, Janet Planet and Guests Gates Open • 5:45 pm | Reserved VIP • $25 | Early Bird Gates Open • 5:30 pm | Reserved VIP • $25 | Early Bird General Admission before 7PM • $15 General Admission before 7PM • $15 General Admission after 7PM • $20 General Admission after 7PM • $20 “Early Bird” discount is available at the door only. “Early Bird” discount is available at the door only. Come early, pay less, and get more! Come early, pay less, and get more! Summer Solstice Party! Teachers Free w/ School ID Joan Jett & Phillip Phillips THURSDAY, JULY 18 the Blackhearts THURSDAY, JULY 11 • Trapper Schoepp • Paul Sanchez & PLUS• Sam Llanas PLUS The Rolling Road Show (formerly of the BoDeans) • The Tin Men Gates Open • 5:45 pm | Reserved VIP • $30 | Early Bird Gates Open • 5:45 pm | Reserved VIP • $35 General Admission before 7PM • $15 General Admission • $20 General Admission after 7PM • $20 Sponsored by: BANK FIRST “Early Bird” discount is available at the door only. Come early, pay less, and get more! Burton Cummings DENNIS DEYOUNG of The Guess Who THURSDAY, AUGUST 1 THURSDAY, AUGUST 8 • Off Broadway THE MUSIC OF STYX • Steely Dane PLUS• Eilen Jewell PLUS• Pocket Kings Gates Open • 5:45 pm | Reserved VIP • $25 | Early Bird Gates Open • 5:45 pm | Reserved VIP • $30 | Early Bird General Admission before 7PM • $15 General Admission before 7PM • $15 General Admission after 7PM • $20 General Admission after 7PM • $20 “Early Bird” discount is available at the door only. “Early Bird” discount is available at the door only. Come early, pay less, and get more! Come early, pay less, and get more! The Zombies THURSDAY, AUGUST 15 Advance Ticket Availability • The Fran Cosmo Band PLUS (Former Members of Boston) VIP & General Admission Season Passes & VIP individual tickets • Ninet Tayeb are also available at the Oshkosh Chamber or Bank First National in • The Presidents Oshkosh, Appleton, Green Bay East, Green Bay West Gates Open • 5:45 pm | Reserved VIP • $30 | Early Bird Availability and Prices subject to change. General Admission prices will vary. “VIP” General Admission before 7PM • $15 Area is standing room only, no chairs, no umbrellas. All sales final, no refunds General Admission after 7PM • $20 Veterans are admitted FREE at any time to any Waterfest event “Early Bird” discount is available at the door only. Kids under 12 are admitted free with responsible adult Come early, pay less, and get more! Teachers presenting school ID are admitted FREE June 20 (FREE offers apply to general admission areas only.) WATERFEST.ORG For Additional Information or Questions: FOR MORE INFO Email [email protected] or Call 920-303-2265 x22 Get Out & Do What You Like to Do JUNE 2019 p.10 DANIEL O’DONNELL CHARISMATIC IRISH CROONER COMES TO WISCONSIN P. 4 P. 18 P. 26 DEPARTMENTS BEN BAILEY MUSIC FESTIVALS CASINO SUPPER CLUB Entertaining on the road- Rundown of summer’s Business built on PUBLISHER’S NOTE p. 2 Cash Cab to Appleton best music fests knowing their customers EVENTS CALENDAR p. 32 PUBLISHER’S NOTE Love Living In Wisconsin Family Fun Edition Summer-Style June 2019, Vol. 3, Issue 6 We have finally made it to the month Cash Cab host and comedian PUBLISHERS marking the official beginning of Ben Bailey takes time out before his NORMA JEAN FOCHS PATRICK BOYLE summer. As relentless as winter Appleton appearance at the Skyline seemed, spring flooding was no Comedy Club to chat with Lindblad CONTRIBUTORS DAVID BRIERLEY slouch in the competition to make us as well. See the full interview from taxi PETER LINDBLAD wonder what we could have possibly game shows to nearly flightless birds ART done to make Mother Nature so in this issue. Then plan to check out GRAPHIC DESIGNERS ticked off. Let’s not dwell, after all Bailey’s act in Appleton for yourself KELLY ANDERSON we have quite a bit of lost ground to for some real laughs. NICOLE MACMARTIN make up in terms of seasonal outdoor Supper Club Guy David Brierley ADVERTISING fun, so let’s get to it. shows us why Casino Supper Club in NORMA JEAN FOCHS Try not to miss any opportunities Fall River is a sure bet. The historic [email protected] PATRICK BOYLE to get outside and enjoy all of dance hall turned supper club has a [email protected] Wisconsin’s offerings whether on the lengthy history of pleasing customers TINA ELLINGSON course, on the water, at a gathering or since the 1940s. [email protected] in the woods. However, just because Music festivals throughout ADMINISTRATIVE the outdoors have become hospitable, Wisconsin (covering a wide variety of CONTACT SPECIALIST does not mean any of the indoor genres) punctuate every summer and AUDREY FOCHS opportunities have diminished. Contributor Peter Lindblad provides Out & About Wisconsin is published monthly by Foxx Interactive Frankly, it may take some careful your guide to making the most of the Services. All rights reserved. No duplication of any editorial or planning to fit in all of the things you summer music festival scene. photography is allowed without written permission from Foxx Interactive Services. Copyright 2019. like to do before the season fades. Our events calendar includes more Opportunely, we have an entire issue than 100 listings of things to do in full of the information you need to Wisconsin this month with live links Printable PDF version of this issue available at: https://outandaboutwisconsin.com/digital-magazine/ create your plan. so details are just a click away. Summer is a season of vast So, read this issue, then turn opportunity for fun times and making off your device and embrace the great memories in Wisconsin. Take opportunity to trade the shovels and For those of you who are part advantage of all you can, plan ahead, umbrellas for the sunscreen and bug of a group that is planning an be safe and of course don’t forget the spray and get out to do what you like upcoming event, we want O&AW to hear from you. bug spray and sunscreen. to do in Wisconsin in June. Make sure to send information about that event to editor@ In this issue: outandaboutwisconsin.com, and we’ll get it listed on our calendar. Not sure Contributor Peter Lindblad interviews what to include? Check out this month’s an Irish treasure and PBS favorite calendar, where we explain exactly showman, musician Daniel O’Donnell Norma Jean Fochs what kind of information we need. Just remember, if your event is in July before his appearances in Appleton and NORma JEAN FOCHS we need to know about it in the PUBLISHER beginning of June. Wisconsin Dells this month. [email protected] 2 www.DoWhatYouLikeToDo.com BEN BAILEY TALL TALES with BEN BAILEY BY PETER LINDBLAD Ben Bailey has been on a wild ride with “Cash Cab,” and the meter is still running. The quirky game show gained the easygoing comedian a following and made Bailey an Emmy Award winning TV star, as well as an executive producer, but he almost missed out on the adventure of a lifetime. When he first heard about the concept, Bailey came close to completely dismissing it out of hand. “I thought it was ridiculous,” said Bailey, with a laugh. “So did everyone. It was like, ‘What? A TV show in a taxi?’ It just seemed like the dumbest idea.” So dumb, in fact, that Bailey considered blowing off going for the part of host. “I was in San Diego and my buddy was playing there with his band at the same time, and he was like, ‘We’ve got a house at the beach. Come hang. We’ve got it for a week,’” said Bailey. “And I was like, ‘I’ve got this audition for this stupid game show in a taxi.’ I almost bailed on it, but I didn’t. I got on the red eye, and I flew back and I went straight to the audition.” Of course, Bailey got it, and in the process, he became a licensed taxi driver, chauffeuring contestants to their destinations while asking them a series of increasingly difficult questions for 4 www.DoWhatYouLikeToDo.com BEN BAILEY BEN BAILEY the chance to win money. Don’t political ever. I never do standup great deal of satisfaction. expect to see Bailey behind the wheel about anything political or topical “The birds are still in there,” when he appears June 14-15 at the news items. It’s all just kind of said Bafiley. “There’s a whole new Skyline Comedy Club in Appleton observational, weird stuff, you know?” chunk about birds. Don’t know on his live standup comedy tour. Birds are still causing him why, but it keeps happening … He’ll simply be walking around trouble. He doesn’t understand we’ll have plenty of new and onstage sharing his uniquely funny why, but there’s a bit in his act weird stuff. And more birds. I just view of the world.