The usual last Thursday of the month date has been changed to accommodate songwriter BILL MILLER. Round robin song circle led by TRICIA ALEXANDER– (performer, poet, healer, “with a voice, music and lyrics that resonate the heart”) done informally, not from the stage, no microphones. This is a lovely gathering of singers, songwriters, musicians and music […]

With soaring vocals and accomplished guitar work, KAIA shares songs that explore life’s struggles and joys, drawing on folk, blues, roots, and rock traditions. Inspired by nature and the human condition, Kaia’s songs resonate with strength and vulnerability as she explores a vast emotional landscape. With over 20 years as a performing singer-songwriter, Kaia draws […]

This five piece bluegrass ball of fire featuring vocals, banjo, fiddle, guitar, bass and mandolin appears here regularly on the 2nd Thursday of the month- except when they don’t. Its various members have been involved with traditional music locally, regionally, and nationally for many years. The Pioneer’s lead singer and guitarist, Jerry Wicentowski, has been described […]

Click on the link to purchase your tickets:   The big Canadian is back. In a darkened bedroom, lit only be the amber glow from an old floor model radio, two young brothers aged 6 and 12 lay in their beds, listening to the country music broadcasts from the Grand Ol’ Opry, and practiced their harmonies. Two years […]

Karen Johnson started performing at the Café Carpe in 1998. She says she counts herself so very fortunate to have the opportunity to perform at such a wonderful place! After retiring early from teaching 4th grade, she treasures spending time with her golf-crazed husband, visiting with her two grown boys, taking care of her two […]

We will open at 5:30. ANNA TIVEL and JEFFREY MARTIN  - you can't go wrong with this double hitter ANNA TIVEL has spent some quality hours in a dodge caravan repeating lyrical lines over and over until the words fall in time with the windshield wipers, or until the gas light comes on. Anna gained a […]

Buy tickets in advance using this link: JEFFREY FOUCAULT grew up in Whitewater.  A longtime disciple of the rich and strange music that sings behind the American veil, Foucault has spent the last decade mining the darker seams of country and blues, producing a string of spare and elemental albums of rare power while garnering […]

Please buy tickets in advance using this link: JEFFREY FOUCAULT grew up in Whitewater.  A longtime disciple of the rich and strange music that sings behind the American veil, Foucault has spent the last decade mining the darker seams of country and blues, producing a string of spare and elemental albums of rare power while […]

Will no doubt be his best night of singing. Ever. Please call 920-563-9391 to reserve.

  There is power, and beauty, in numbers. In the case of PAPER BIRDS, the magic number is four. Fronting this pop-up band are two superlative songwriters: CLAUDIA RUSSELL and KATIE DAHL. Claudia is a veteran of the California Americana music scene and has won songwriting honors from Boston to Texas. Wisconsin’s own Katie Dahl […]

Sonofmel is the psuedonym of Hayward, Wisconsin's John Adler. He's a deep thinker who sees symbols and human connection in all things, and his album "Springtime in a Foreign City" details moments of his life travelling the world. He's joined by Jordan "Slideman" Grunow of Ashland, WI, for a memorable Scenic Route full of original […]

Share in a 2-3 song rotation with others who love to play.

Share your talent in a 2-3 song rotation with others.

One of the more prolific and hard-working young songwriters working in the Americana genre, JOHN STATZ has released seven studio albums, and performed all over North America (including Canada and Mexico) and Europe, all in just a shade over a decade. Throughout that time he’s been writing the kind of songs that float through your […]

Round robin song circle led by TRICIA ALEXANDER– (performer, poet, healer, “with a voice, music and lyrics that resonate the heart”) done informally, not from the stage, no microphones. This is a lovely gathering of singers, songwriters, musicians and music appreciators, poets, and storytellers held regularly on the last Thursday of each month (except sometimes). Traditional Round […]

More than 4 decades as a touring professional have found Michigan native CLAUDIA SCHMIDT traversing North America as well as Europe in venues ranging from intimate clubs to 4,000 seat theatres, and festival stages in front of 25,000 rapt listeners. She has recorded nineteen albums of mostly original songs, exploring folk, blues, and jazz idioms featuring […]