MOTHER BANJO + FOLIOS

Please call 920-563-9391 to reserve seats and to indicate whether you are likely to eat here. Masks recommended in the tight space of our listening room. New England-raised, Minneapolis-based MOTHER BANJO makes her long-awaited return to Cafe Carpe after having a baby and releasing two new full-length albums. Called “an outstanding poet” (Inside Bluegrass), she […]

$12

MARK DVORAK/ CHRIS THIEME/ JIM CRAIG

Please call 920-563-9391 to reserve seats and to indicate whether you will be eating here that night. Masks recommended in the intimate space of our listening room. JIM CRAIG, Chicago folk troubadour MARK DVORAK and C.T. THIEME-  together for a special in-the-round remembrance of folk legend Art Thieme titled “A Handful of Songs.” Great to […]

$15

SONG CIRCLE w/ TRICIA ALEXANDER

Masks recommended in our intimate back room. 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 somewhat regularly on […]

$5

CASH BOX KINGS

Ticket link below the bio.  Please check back to see what COVID protocol might be on that date. Masks recommended in our intimate back room. Alligator Recording artists the CASH BOX KINGS are bona fide blues royalty. Co-led by real-deal Chicago blues vocalist and songwriter OSCAR WILSON and  songwriter, harmonica giant and singer JOE NOSEK, the […]

$18

AN EVENING WITH LILLI LEWIS

Ticket link is below. Masks are recommended in the small space of our listening room. Athens, Georgia native turned New Orleans Folk Rock Diva LILLI LEWIS is a powerhouse composer and performing artist with “storytelling with transformative empathy and classically trained poise.” Jewly Hight, NPR.org. Lewis is a voice for the voiceless in Americana, her third […]

$15