Cafe Carpe

MICHAEL GULEZIAN (gu-LAY-ze-in) is one of the most highly acclaimed solo acoustic instrumental guitarists of our time. He is a phenomenal technical guitarist with the rare ability to transcend his own virtuosity, creating music that touches and moves people at the deepest level. He's been called the musical link between John Fahey and Michael Hedges. […]

Fort Atkinson Community Theater (FACT) reader's theater troupe will attempt to recreate all 209 of the fairy tales of the Brothers Grimm in a wild, fast-paced extravaganza. To make it more difficult, they will combine them into one gigantic fable using Rapunzel, Rumpelstiltskin, Hansel and Gretel, Snow White, Sleeping Beauty, Cinderella and other more obscure […]

Acclaimed raconteur RAY BONNEVILLE strips his bluesy Americana down to its essentials and steeps it in the humid grooves of the South, creating a compelling poetry of hard living and deep feeling. His ninth release, At King Electric, delivers more than his trademark grit and groove. Songs such as “The Next Card to Fall” and “Codeine” […]

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 by […]

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.

Purchase tickets by clicking on the Buy tickets link: Milwaukee singer-songwriter acoustic guitarist SAM LLANAS has recently released Return of the Goya Part II. These songs are a loving tribute to a style of music witnessing simple songs with strong melodies and harmonies telling stories that resonate in the heart. Longtime fans will be reminded of 2 […]

SESSION AMERICANA (Boston) is a rock band in a tea cup, or possibly a folk band in a whiskey bottle. This band/collective of talented musicians craft an musical experience unlike any other. On stage is a collapsible bar table wired with microphones, a vintage suitcase recast as a kick drum, an old Estey field organ, a […]

Ticket sales are through Brown Paper Tickets:  Click on Buy tickets and get yourself some.  This is part of the now semi-annual Lamplighter Sessions  curated by PETER MULVEY.  Click on the link to learn what this is all about. To PETER MULVEY, there is no such thing as a straight and narrow path. At least, […]

Ticket sales are through Brown Paper Tickets:  Click on Buy tickets and get yourself some. This is part of the annual Lamplighter Sessions  curated by PETER MULVEY.  Click on the link to learn what this is all about. To PETER MULVEY, there is no such thing as a straight and narrow path. At least, not […]

Ticket sales are through Brown Paper Tickets:  Click on Buy tickets and get yourself some. This is part of the now semi- annual Lamplighter Sessions  curated by PETER MULVEY.  Click on the link to learn what this is all about. To PETER MULVEY, there is no such thing as a straight and narrow path. At […]

Ticket sales are through Brown Paper Tickets:  Click on Buy tickets and get yourself some. This is part of the now semi-annual Lamplighter Sessions  curated by PETER MULVEY.  Click on the link to learn what this is all about. To PETER MULVEY, there is no such thing as a straight and narrow path. At least, […]

Ticket sales are through Brown Paper Tickets:  Click on Buy tickets and get yourself some. This is part of the now semi-annual Lamplighter Sessions  curated by PETER MULVEY.  Click on the link to learn what this is all about. To PETER MULVEY, there is no such thing as a straight and narrow path. At least, […]

We will open at 5:30 and are serving dinner until 7:30. Ticket sales are through Brown Paper Tickets:  Click on Buy tickets and get yourself some.  This is part of the now semi- annual Lamplighter Sessions  curated by PETER MULVEY.  Click on the link to learn what this is all about. To PETER MULVEY, there […]

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, like this time, […]

ECCENTRIC ACOUSTIC is a trio featuring Ruth Williams on mandolin, Sandy Stehling on guitar, and Scott Emmons on bass. They perform a wide variety of music, ranging from swing era jazz and country blues to more contemporary country, folk, and Americana. Ruth Williams started singing harmony while doing the family dishes with her sister. She currently sings […]

KAREN JOHNSON started performing at the Cafe' Carpe in 1998. After retiring early from teaching 4th grade, she treasures spending time with her golf-crazed husband, visiting with her two grown boys and wonderful new daughter-in law, taking care of her two cats, gardening, feeding her fine-feathered friends, and finding every excuse possible to get outside […]

Following the Southern Wisconsin Dulcimer Festival, headliners RICK THUM (hammered dulcimer), ERIN MAE (mountain dulcimer), and WENDY SONGE (multi-instrumentalist) will be throwing a Dulcimer Extravaganza concert here at Cafe Carpe. Please call 920-563-9391 to reserve seats. (You are welcome to show up at the door, but are not guaranteed a seat that way.) Learn more […]