The Jensen Community Center begins its 2025-2026 Jensen Community Performing Arts concert series with the Madison-based Mark Croft Band on Saturday, November 8, at 7 p.m. A pre-show reception featuring selections from B3 BBQ & Patsy’s Mac, along with a cash bar, begins at 6 p.m.

Reserved seat tickets are on sale now at jensencommunitycenter.ticketspice.com/mcb for $20 each. Any remaining tickets will be sold at the door for $25 each.

Croft, an award-winning singer/songwriter for more than 20 years, brings a mixture of roots, rock, and Americana styles to the stage and is joined by violinist Jon Vriesacker, bassist Dan Kennedy, drummer Robert Boyd, and pianist Michael Mood.

Beginning his musical journey at age six by plunking out melodies on his parent’s piano, Croft studied piano, taught himself guitar, and has been writing music since 2003. In the past two decades, he’s claimed first place in the Midwest Song Contest and the Inaugural American Idol Underground Rock Contest, placed in the Top 5 in the Great Lakes Song Contest and the Great American Songwriting Contest, and was selected as Favorite Singer/Songwriter in an Isthmus Magazine Reader’s Poll, among other awards.

Croft has shared the stage with Kelly Joe Phelps, John Eddie, Corey Smith, Noah Guthrie, and Frozen’s Idina Menzel. His music is heard on any number of college radio stations as well as several streaming services. He plays more than 150 live shows a year and was one of the acts at this year’s Iola Car Show.

For more information on the show, visit jensencenter.org or call (715) 824-5202.

More information on Croft and his band can be found at markcroftmusic.com.