Thurs. August 27 at Jackass Saloon in Eagle, WI for Bike Night from 6-8 pm. Free show with food carts, vendors, and great tunes at one of the coolest venues, well, anywhere. Go there.
Fri. Aug 28 at Madison Concourse “The Bar”. Dan and Nick Brown(!!!) will tickle the earwaves from 8-10 pm in The Bar. Freer than Jack Kerouac’s pocket lint.
Sat. Sept. 5 at One Barrel’s Sausage Fest in Egg Harbor, WI. Triumphant return to Door Co. for a rollicking jamboree. Join us for meats and beats. Free for anyone who was alive before the release of J-Lo’s Rebirth.
Sat. Sept 12 at Troy Farm for Farm to School Aid II: Return of Farm to School Aid. Amazing free community event with music from 2-7 pm and fun stuff for the kids! Delicious food carts, well not the carts but the stuff they cook in them, and plenty of ice cold brewskis to wash down your warm feelings of helping kids learn to garden. Free. And fun.
Thurs. Sept. 24 at Vintage Sauk with the DWB! Show is 6-8 PM and free.
Thurs. Oct. 1. Jennings Holler presents Wise Fest 2026! Many of our fave bands will be there, and so will we! Campout and hangout and do other things that end in out!
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Some past gigs below! Relish the memories, or manifest your regrets into an album purchase!
Mon. Feb. 17th Solo at Up North in Madison, WI from 6-9 PM. Paul Mitch will be joining me for some jams and snappy banter, so expect fun! Free show.
Thursday Feb. 20 Blues Jam at Red Rooster with the DWB. Starts at 7 PM sharp! Sign up opens at 6 pm.
Fri. March 7 at Red Rooster. DWB Quartet (minimum) with Vince Faris on keys. The house Hammond B3 will be a-swirling as the jams rage on. Show is 8-11 PM. Small cover.
Fri. March 21 at Stoughton Opera House. Dans Duo with Plourde. We are opening in the lounge for Sonny Landreth and Cindy Cashdollar, so I will be rocking as much slide as humanly possible to get people ready for that! We go on at 6 Pm.
Wed. April 16 at Red Rooster. Dan and Dan duo making it happen for a pre-Bicycle Day bash! No cover and we’ll try to get super far out for the holiday celebrants. Show is 7-9 PM.
Thursday May 15. BIG NEWS!! DWB will be playing at Jam for Jamaica from 7:30-9:30 PM at The Barrel Inn in Marshall, WI! Over the years we have had SOOO much fun at the JamJam, so please join us and raise the roof for a great cause!
Sat. May 24 at Farm to School Aid! Great lineup with music all day: Cris Plata, Free Dirt, Tani Diakite, and us! If you can RSVP the link, awesome. Or, if you can’t make it, stop at the link to give a lil’ sum to help raise $$ for school garden programs in Madison! Music starts at 2 PM.
Thurs. May 29th at Vintage Brewing Sauk City, WI. Wrenclaw is tasked with opening the patio season which we are well equipped to do at this point. Show is 6-8 PM so pop down, grab some BBQ, a bev, and get your ears on! Free show! This is also going to be the Wrenclaw Retirement Party as we will be putting that name out to pasture.
SUN. JUNE 8th at High Noon Saloon. EASY GOING LP RELEASE PARTY!!! Lost Lakes is on the bill and it will be a blast! A few special guests will be along, so stay tuned. Show is 5-8 PM to strategically let you hang out outside all day, come to the show, and listen to your new LP as you drift to sleep at a reasonable hour!
Sat. June 28th at Boneyard Dog Park Bier Garten from 2-5 PM. Quartet show. I would go to this if I weren’t already.
Tues. Aug. 26th at Lake Marion presented by Mazomanie Music Conservancy from 6-8 PM. This will be a Wrenclaw reunion show. All the boys are back from their solo endeavors to take a whack at the old songs. And playing stuff off the new DWB record, duh. Free.
Wed. August 27th at Up North from 6-9 PM. Dans Duo or maybe something crazy since it will be TWO DAYS BEFORE MY BIRTHDAY! All Virgos in attendance get a free hug, and will be able to pose with the band for a momentous picture. Bring gifts.
Thurs. Sept 4th at Vintage Brewery in Sauk City from 6-8 PM. DWB playing one of our favorite venues. Always a beauty on the river!
Friday Sept. 12 at Stoughton Opera House from 6-7 PM in the lounge! Rare solo show in a great room for listening. Here some of the real stories of the songs, and of course, the songs!
Saturday Oct. 4th at Rooted’s Harvest Fest at Troy Garden. The Dans play a duo set from 1-3 PM at a great community event on the Northside! Free!
Sat. Oct. 11th at Tumbled Rock Brewery near Baraboo, WI. Quintet show at a great spot to see some jams and hang out. With Miles Nielsen & the Rusted Hearts. We go on at 2:30 pm and play one big ol’ set til 4:30 pm. FREE!
Thurs. Oct. 30th at Stoughton Opera House from 6-7 pm in the lounge. Free show before Tab Benoit takes the stage! Rare solo show!
Wed. Nov. 19th at The Up North in Madison. Dans Duo ripping it up with reckless abandon. Show is 6-9 pm and FREE!
Wed. Jan. 14 at The Green Room Public House from 6-8. Another epics Dans Duo show. Free!
Friday Feb. 27th at Jennings Holler. Join us at an amazing venue as we play there for the first time! Show is 7-10 pm and we will be rippin’ jams for free at The Jackass Saloon!
Fri. March 13th at Stoughton Opera House opening for Los Lobos! DW solo in the bar from 6-7 pm. Free to go, but you need a ticket to stay for the big guys!
Sat. May 9th at Stoughton Opera House. Solo in the lounge before the Chicago Farmer show. I play 6-7 pm and it is a) free, and b) you don’t need to have a ticket to the main show, nor do you need to stay for it, although it will be a good one!
Monday. May 18th at The Up North! Opening up the patio in style with most my rowdy friends (sic). This is our away away from away, so generally a rager.
Fri. May 22nd at Madison Concourse “The Bar” from 8-10 pm duo show with The Midnight Voyageur. We will be doing a tribute to Murph and the Magictones. Don’t you go changin’, unless it is getting a sitter and ripping the knob off.
Thurs. May 28th at Vintage Sauk City. DW and Friends from 6-8 pm. What friends you say? Well none other than Corey Mathew Hart, Paul Mitch, and Ben Wolf! Good times in store….
Thurs. June 4th at High Noon Saloon! Happy hour patio show from 5:30 to 7:30. Join us for a fun summer set of jams outside in the real life air!
Thurs. June 11th at The Abbey at Otter Creek in Prairie du Sac. New place for us, so come check it out and make us feel welcome by laughing at my joke, and politely clapping when we rip triplets all over the place.
Sun. June 14th. Marquette Waterfront Festival! Yes! We play from 4 to 5ish pm in the Cottonwood Stage. Come for the whole fest!
Sat. July 11 at The Vines near Sauk City. DWB playing from 7-9 pm, but come early to see Dan Plourde & Josh Youngblood rip a rare duet set. $10 gets ya a great day of tunes!
Sat. July 25th at Full Mile Brewery in Sun Prairie 6-9 pm. Another new spot for us, but, since it is a brewery, we can assume that it has awesome amenities and we are the most consistent band in the history of bar bands, so winwinwin.
More dates coming soon!
