Cafe Carpe

Ready for a unique and talented take on a wide range of musical traditions? CLAUDE BOURBON is known throughout Europe and America for amazing guitar performances that take blues, Spanish, Middle Eastern, and Russian stylings into uncharted territories. Each year Bourbon plays more than 100 shows around the world. Claude has played countless venues, including Glastonbury Festival, Isle of […]

This show has SOLD OUT.  Sometimes people release their tickets back to Brown Paper Tickets so you can check to see if that has happened up until 2 hours before showtime. Click on the link below to buy tickets.    LUCY KAPLANSKY is a rare vocal talent, “a truly gifted performer…full of enchanting songs” (New York Times). Blending […]

This five piece bluegrass ball of fire featuring vocals, banjo, fiddle, guitar, bass and mandolin appears here mostly regularly on the 2nd Thursday of the month- except when they don’t, like this time, which is the 1st Thursday. Its various members have been involved with traditional music locally, regionally, and nationally for many years. The Pioneer’s […]

The class of 1978 will hold their reunion here. We will be closed to the public. Apologies for any inconvenience, but they tell me you wouldn't want to be here amongst them anyway.

Since 1974, ROXANNE has performed traditional and contemporary folk music and ballads, drawing from Appalachian, Scottish, Irish and English traditions. She also performs original songs and those of her favorite singer-songwriters. She complements her beautiful clear singing voice with guitar, piano, spoons, and bones. One of the first performers to be featured on Wisconsin Public Radio’s “Simply Folk” program, Roxanne […]

This is Brooks' first appearance here in a bizillion years.  He lives across the pond now, so take this rare opportunity to hear him. At the crossroads of blues and American roots music you’ll find BROOKS WILLIAMS. “Setting new standards and a fresh direction for the blues,” says Blues In Britain, and creating a “beautiful […]

FRIENDS OF LORINE NIEDECKER

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

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 Robin […]

Share your talents in a  2-3 song rotation with others.  Be prepared to play acoustically, as a sound man is not part of the deal.

Bill made a little bill-boo. This was scheduled for October 20th, until he realized he had written down the wrong date for a gig elsewhere, the correct date being October 20th.  So now they are playing on the 27th.

The Chicago based folk duo of Jacquie Manning and Rich Prezioso say it has taken them years of careful indecision to develop a repertoire they describe as "Celtic to Cowboy." Superb musicianship and showmanship, award-winning songwriting, and a strong sense of tradition has made them, as Dirty Linen Magazine once said, "one of the most polished, inventive, and […]

Please call 920-563-9391 to reserve seats. The sound of the vibes: nostalgia tinged, meditative, romantic, haunting, and yet capable of scintillating percussive crescendos! Pair it with lush, yet laconic guitar comping and underpinning it with a powerful, melodic bass line and you have the RIDGEWAY STUDIO ENSEMBLE. This instrumental trio has left the studio and […]