2012 Madison Favorites: Live on Stage

From a long-running annual festival of queer-themed one-acts to a child's play adapted from a locally penned children's-lit classic, you can't say that what crosses Madison's stages isn't diverse. Need further proof? Your favorite local performers are a drag queen, an actor/bartender and a busker.

Favorite Theater Production

1. Queer Shorts at Stage Q

2. Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse at Children's Theater of Madison

3. Love Stories at Forward Theater Company

Favorite Performer

1. Davina DeVille

2. R. Peter Hunt

3. Art Paul Schlosser

Favorite Rock Band

1. Kingtown Rockers

2. The Gomers

3. VO5

Favorite Blues Band

1. Cash Box Kings

2. The Jimmys

3. Aaron Williams & the Hoodoo

Favorite Jazz Band

1. Tony Castañeda Latin Jazz

2. Ladies Must Swing

3. Harmonious Wail

Favorite Hip-Hop Band

1. Dumate

2. Star Persons

3. Weapons of Mass Defunktion

Favorite Country Band

1. Madison County

2. Earl Foss and the Brown Derby

3. Whitney Mann

Favorite Experimental Band

1. El Valiente

2. Weather Duo

Favorite Latin/Salsa Band

1. Madisalsa

2. Tony Castañeda Latin Jazz

3. Grupo Candela

Favorite Folk/Bluegrass Band

1. Cork 'n Bottle String Band

2. Count This Penny

3. Oak Street Ramblers