For our evening entertainment, we can’t wait to welcome Bear in the Forest to the Hidden Cave Cider Market stage!
Alberto Kanost, a.k.a. Bear, is the founder of indie folk group Bear In The Forest. This folk group has grown into a perennial act at events, venues, and festivals across the Midwest.
Bear was born in New Orleans, grew up in Milwaukee, and has been residing in Madison since his graduation in 2020. He was a participant in the UW’s Office of Multicultural Arts Initiatives’s Hip Hop and Urban Arts scholarship program First Wave, where he honed his skills as an artist and activist. Bear is classically trained in violin, has refined his vocals with multiple years of choir, and is a self-taught guitarist with over a decade of playing.
The songs of Bear In The Forest howl with spiritualism. They are built around folk music in the oldest, barest sense: joy and pain and a guitar coming together. You may find yourself in the North Woods staring at pine tree framed star lit skies, sailing through stormy waters, facing creatures of the night, or simply enjoying a piece of pie.
With guitar, striking vocals, and a loop pedal, Bear’s live performances take you on a journey through sounds of indie folk, Americana, jazz, and country.
A full day of fun, shopping local, and drinking local in Middleton! The Cider Market is taking place at Hidden Cave Cidery on Saturday, April 25 from 11am until 9pm. Craft vendors will be set up until 4pm and live music starts at 5pm! Learn more at /cider-markets
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Did you catch Will Pfrang and Bear in the Forest at this month’s Market Unplugged at the Milwaukee Public Market? 🌴
We’ll be back for another edition of the Market’s free winter acoustic music series on April 10 with Wave Chapelle and Violet Wilder. See you there!
#milwaukeepublicmarket #milwaukee #livemusic #april #thingstodo
Pirates, bandits, and vagabonds.
A tune inspired by that feeling of always not being able to see the bottom because you’re doing something different, because you’re not following roads that are often or ever traveled; and of the feeling of adventure when you embrace it.
New music this year, time to show you what I been cooking on.
Written after binge-watching True Blood, this dark indie-folk ballad channels the intoxicating pull between surrender and survival. It’s about loving deeply while fiercely holding onto your own light.
Lyric Highlight: “I know my blood is sweet, there’s joy and life in it. You can walk in the sun for a minute, but you can’t take all of it.”
Click the video to watch this moody and intimate performance! 👇
Check out Bear in the Forest's "Meet The Artist" feature and hear his other original song now at MilwaukeePBS.org/RhythmCafeMKE!
We will be playing at the Cardinal Bar in Madison, WI alongside bands @bearitf and @dolt.band this Sunday, February 1st! Doors at 6pm, music 7pm. Come out for live originals music and to support some local bands! 🎵❄️
#livemusic #indiepop #indierock #folk #originalmusic
🎶 “I want people to feel joy, to feel a deeper connection to life and the earth — to feel the magic of being.”
✨ Watch Alberto’s full Meet the Artist feature and discover more incredible local musicians who’ve shared their stories on "Rhythm Cafe MKE"!
🔗 to learn more in the first comment below.
MADISON!!! Kiss the Tiger is making our way back to @gammaraybar on Friday, December 5th with @raddish.music and @bearitf 🛸 Tickets on sale now at gammaray.bar 👽
☀️🍁 Say goodbye to summer in style! Join us at Breakwater on October 4th for our End of Summer Party 🎶🍔🍻 Featuring live music from Kielyn Taylor, Bear in the Forest, and Sammi Solberg!
✨ Good vibes, great food, live music, and one last summer night on the water. Don’t miss it!
📍 ONLY at Breakwater
🎶 Live Music. Food. Fun.
🍂 Let’s end summer the right way! #BreakwaterMonona #EndOfSummerParty #LiveMusicMadison #MadisonWIEvents #LakeMononaVibes #MadisonLiveMusic #MadisonBars #MadisonRestaurants #FoodFunMusic #MadisonNightlife #FallKickoff #WisconsinEvents
