Lake Superior Big Top Chautauqua

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32525 Ski Hill Rd

Bayfield, WI 54814

+1 (715) 373-5552

http://www.bigtop.org

Lake Superior Big Top Chautauqua (sha-ta-qwa) is a year round non profit performing arts organization with a rich history. We operate an intimate 900-seat, all-canvas, state-of-the-art tent theater, producing and presenting a fifty-plus night summer season of concerts, lectures, and a highly acclaimed professional local troupe which performs original multi-media musicals in the tent and on tour. Tent Show Radio, a weekly one hour program which showcases live performances from the Big Top stage, is aired on public radio stations throughout the country.Named "The Best Outdoor Concert Venue" by the Minneapolis Star Tribune, June 2013.We partner with Non-Profit Mt. Ashwabay Outdoor Education Foundation who provide 100% of food and drink concessions.

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4.011 reviews

Melissa H.

7/2/2025

We loved this venue. The food was surprisingly tasty with friendly folks serving and directing the crowds. This was the perfect night spent to see such a great show out on by comedian, Mary...

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Jacob V.

7/5/2022

Wow....this place is amazing! I'm very glad a friend told me about Big Top when I shared that I was traveling to Bayfield for vacation. Saw the Indigo Girls. Amazing concert at an amazing...

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Robert G.

9/1/2018

The big top tent leaks substantially during rain storms. Entire rows (including great seats!) are uninhabitable and had plastic draped over them- in an effort to collect the wet for our bottoms to...

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Paul F H.

7/12/2019

There are three separate things that a review of the Big Top Chautauqua can address -- the venue, the concessions and the show. Each deserves it's own review because the show could be spectacular...

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Emily S.

4/21/2009

This is definitely interesting... a huge tent show.. not bad at all! I've only been to a couple shows here, but have never really been let down doing so. I saw The Big Wu here. that was fun.....

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