Here’s a printout of the 2026 Stiftungsfest history presentation given by Tim Hughes, recounting the Madison Männerchor’s 100th Anniversary celebration in 1952:
2026 Stiftungsfest History Presentation
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2026 Stiftungsfest
The Madison Männerchor gathered at Turner Hall of Monroe on Saturday, February 21, 2026 to celebrate our 174th Founding. Following a great dinner of Jägerschnitzel, President Joe Johnson recapped the 2025 MMC year, including the resignation of Director Garrett Debbink, the hiring of Brighin Kane-Grade, and the many performances throughout the year, highlighted by our Spring and Christmas Concerts.
Tim Hughes then gave a short presentation on the Männerchor’s 100th Anniversary in 1952. Click HERE to view the presentation.
2025 Christmas Concert and Dinner
Our annual Christmas Concert & Dinner will be held at the Holy Wisdom Monastery in Middleton (4200 County Rd M) at 3:00 pm on Sunday December 14, 2025. For all of the details, please click on the link below to see the concert flyer.
Make a donation to the Madison Maennerchor!
The Madison Maennerchor is once again a 501(c)3 charitable organization. If you would like to make a donation to help up preserve German choral singing please click DONATION
Open Haus 2025
We’ll be having our Open Haus on Thursday September 18th at the Essen Haus from 7:00 to 9:00 pm. So if you’re interested in learning more about the Maennerchor, this is a chance for you to come and meet us, have some refreshments and perhaps sing along with us.
Here’s the flyer we’ve been passing around.
2025 Spring Concert
The 2025 Madison Maennerchor Spring Concert will be held on Sunday May 18 at 3:00 pm at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church. This is the same place where we had our concert last spring; the address is 1905 W Beltline Highway in Madison. Admission is $15.
Daily Cardinal article on the MMC
In March a reporter and a photographer from the Daily Cardinal visited one of our rehearsals, and interviewed several of the choir members. The article is very nice; it was published on April 3, 2025. To read the article online, please click here.
2024 Christmas Concert and Dinner
A visit from Sankt Nikolaus
Come and join us for a traditional Christmas Concert and Dinner with the Madison Maennerchor!
When: Sunday December 15, 2024 at 3pm
Where: Holy Wisdom Monastery, 4200 County Rd. M in Middleton
Cost: $15 concert only, or $35 for the concert and dinner
The concert features traditional German and Christmas songs, and a special visit by Sankt Nikolaus with treats and gifts!
The dinner includes turkey with “all the fixings” as well as the traditional ham baked in sourdough from Clasen’s Bakery!
Call/text Tim at 608-712-3361, or send an email to concert.mmc@gmail.com. Tickets are available at the door, but reservations are necessary for dinner. Reservations must be received by December 6.
Frohe Weihnachten! Happy Holidays!
Note: if the concert is canceled due to bad weather (as has happened in the past) we will post the news here on our web site and also on our Facebook page. We will also attempt to contact everyone on the reservation list if we have a phone number or email address.
Stiftungsfest 2024 Presentation
At our last Stiftungsfest, Tim gave a great presentation about the Maennerchor as it was in 1924. The presentation has been converted to a flip book and embedded here. You can close the “ad window” and there is an option to display it full screen in a new browser tab. Enjoy!
Summer Rehearsal at Olbrich Park
We had one of our summer “rehearsals” at the Biergarten in Olbrich Park on Thursday June 13th. We usually “rehearse” at the Essen Haus during the summer, but we do visit other places as well. We were very lucky with the weather on Thursday and had a great time at Olbrich Park.
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- Our summer “rehearsal” at the Olbrich Park Biergarten – June 13, 2024
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- Sunset over Lake Monona – June 13, 2024