Cafe Carpe

Stephen Lee Rich, The Mad Madisonian, will bring his mix of traditional songs, originals, comedy and yodeling to the Cafe' Carpe. He'll have a bunch of new material from his upcoming CD, "Free Range Sofas". Special guest Chico Schwall will hold forth withoriginal songs and instrumentals nestle up against blues, country, string band and Celtic […]

Tim Grimm Singer-songwriter, actor, farmer Tim has toured and recorded with his friend, Ramblin’ Jack Elliott, appeared with Harrison Ford in the film Clear and Present Danger, and has shared the stage with writer and poet Wendell Berry. His recording, The Back Fields was named Best Americana Album in the 2006 Just Plain Folks Music […]

Last month at the low, low price of $7.50. Soon you can enjoy them for the low price of $8. Bluegrass!!!! This five piece outfit featuring vocals, banjo, fiddle, guitar, bass and mandolin do a once-a-month performance here, usually the 2nd Thursday. Its various members have been involved with traditional music locally, regionally, and nationally […]

Ellis Paul

Mitch Thomas and Fred Campeau and Jim and Vivian Craig have put together an ukeclectic show that promises to bring a smile, and maybe a tear or two. In addition to their tight vocal blending, the foursome stretch out with some instrumental surprises: Viv and Mitch on ukuleles, Fred on guitar, banjo, and Hawaiian resonator […]

Peter Mulvey The light turns golden, the leaves reveal their inner beauty, and Peter bicycles from his home in Milwaukee to venues nearby, bicyclily speaking. The ride energizes him to give great performances. Don't be the one to miss it. Boston Globe: “Peter Mulvey is all substance, which is his style.” Mojo (UK): “Singularly gifted.” […]

Seth Glier MPress recording artist Seth Glier will grab you...if not with his powerful falsetto or his melodic prowess, then with what Performer Magazine calls his “intoxicating groove.” The 22-year-old singer, pianist and guitarist – who abandoned studies at The Berklee College of Music after one year because he “decided I should be playing for […]

As you see if you look forward on the calendar, these gents are also playing in Fort on Saturday night in a benefit at the Hoard Museum. If you buy a ticket to the museum event, you can hear them this night for free. Charge for those not attending Saturday night's performance is $15

This event is a benefit for our wonderful museum, the Hoard Museum, the Fort Food Pantry, and local citizen group Heart of the City. Note that it is not at the Carpe- but at the museum at 401 Whitewater Avenue, with complimentary wine and appetizers beginning at 6pm, and the concert starting at 7. This […]

Founded by Iowa natives David Huckfelt and Benson Ramsey, indie-roots band The Pines surprisingly actually met in Arizona, where they both lived in a Mexican barrio and first began playing together. Forming The Pines, they returned to the Midwest, moving to Minneapolis, a city that has launched many folk and rock acts from Bob Dylan […]