GIRLS OF SMALL FOREST

Indie-folk SMALL FOREST's roots stretch out from the beautiful Door County peninsula in Wisconsin. Songwriting team JEANNE KUHNS and MARYBETH MATTSON sing original tunes and obscure covers across the peninsula and throughout the Midwest. They are played on Simply Folk and Lily Kupbeats Folk Festival Show on WDCB. With lyrics that are both poetic and deliberate, Small Forest […]

$10

AN EVENING W/ WRITER ISABEL ABBOTT

Join the inimitable and incandescent ISABEL ABBOTT as she reads from her new book, Salt + Honey, followed by a book signing. In her own words: "I make art installation in the forms of hieroglyphic maps and feathered and papered wings of desire. I study and serve as a presidential merit scholar at Chicago Theological […]

$5

MIKE DOWLING

MIKE DOWLING - bottleneck blues, vintage swing, ragtime, and more, played with grace, wit and dazzling dexterity Mike doesn't come through that often, so don't miss the opportunity to hear this world-class guitarist. "Dowling is one of the most relaxed and highly skilled acoustic guitar players of his generation that I have ever heard. Everything he performs […]

$20

CLAUDE BOURBON

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 […]

$15

IRISH SESSION

First of what is hoped to be a regular thing- 2nd and 4th Wednesdays of each month, except when other Carpe musical events displace it. Players and audience welcome.