A solid performance will stick in your head longer than that annoying shark song your kids wouldn’t stop talking about for three years straight (whoops, sorry to remind you). Readers voted Them Coulee Boy’s performance at the 2021 Blue Ox Music Festival as the best show of the year, adding the universal acclaim the band has received as of late. In second place is the Blugold Marching Band at UWEC football games, where they added much-needed cheer to the often sub-.500 football team’s festivities. Readers landed Uncommon Denominator’s performance at the Annual Lakely Friendsgiving in third place, adding to the fact that performances such as theirs are truly uncommon. — Parker Reed