NEW PIONEERS

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 […]

$10

CHICAGO FARMER

CHICAGO FARMER, the moniker Bloomington, Illinois’ Cody Diekhoff performs and writes under, is set to independently release his 7th album titled Midwest Side Stories on September 30, 2016. Midwest Side Stories is about hope, depression, job loss, meth, skateboards, a divided nation, used cars, the late shift, farms, factories, the destruction of our environment, and […]

$10

LONESOME BILL CAMPLIN

Tax day, and no one to play with?  Join Lonesome Bill for some soothing and gut-wrenching music. Please call 920-563-9391 to reserve.

$9

IRISH SESSION

2nd and 4th Wednesdays of each month, except when other Carpe musical events displace it. Irish music players and audience welcome.

AUTHOR/FILMMAKER CHIP DUNCAN

CHIP DUNCAN will give a presentation relating to his recently published book of short stories, Half a Reason to Die, stories of love and death, murder and mayhem, humor … and even a little dancing. This fictional short story collection from writer-filmmaker Duncan is inspired by real life events experienced by the author during his […]