Cafe Carpe

Doors open at 5:30, and we are serving food. Come considerably early if you want to have time to eat before the show.   Click on the link to purchase tickets through BROWN PAPER TICKETS:  Leave a note including contact info in the Discussion section at Brown Paper Tickets if you are interested in being […]

Phil Dickert on lead guitar and vocals and Rob Junceau on bass and vocals- the reduced-to-an-acoustic duo YOUR MOM. Fun, high energy covers. As always, please call 920-563-9391 to reserve.

Your chance in the spotlight.  Two song rotation- hosted by KAIA FOWLER.

THE KRAUSE FAMILY BAND Roots music by father Rick and his daughters Ruthie and Katie featuring beautiful 3- part harmonies and stellar musicianship. Catch a glimpse and listen  here. Rick: Guitar, vocals, harmonicas, mandolin, song writing, stories, etc… Ruthie: Fiddle and vocals Katie: Vocals Ruthie and Katie love singing in the old "brother-duet" style, (think Everly's, Louvin's, Monroe's, […]

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 […]

ERNEST TROOST is a friend to Ray Bonneville, which gives him cred right there. Further cred- finalist Wildflower Festival Songwriting Contest,  New Folk Winner- Kerrville Folk Festival, Emmy-Winning Composer “If the Carter Family, Robbie Robertson and Alfred Hitchcock had written songs together, they might sound like this.” That is singer-songwriter Ernest Troost’s self-introduction when he takes […]

Round robin song circle led by TRICIA ALEXANDER– done informally, not from the stage, no microphones. This is a lovely gathering of singers, songwriters, musicians and music appreciators! Traditional Round Robin protocol applies – everyone is part of the circle and has an opportunity to: play, pass or request a song from someone in particular […]

Bill Camplin has been an integral part of the Wisconsin acoustic music scene for many years both as a performer and as co-owner of the legendary Cafe Carpe in Fort Atkinson. Bill is a strong guitarist with a beautiful tenor voice and he is noted for penetrating, intensely emotional performances of both his original songs […]

BETH KILLE is a 19-time Madison Area Music Association (MAMA) award winning artist from Madison, WI who has been cranking out her unique blend of rock, country, folk and blues since 2000. From the intimacy of house concerts and coffee houses, to rockin’ out with her band headlining spots at festivals, her love for the […]

Milwaukee singer-songwriter HAYWARD is joined by Australian friends the YEARLINGS and LUCIE THORNE for what promises to be an interesting and lovely night of music. "Looking at the bespectacled youth peering out from the album bio, you would never expect the smoky authoritative voice that swells from Cotton Bell. But maybe Williams' appearance belies his age, this […]

Your chance in the spotlight.  Two song rotation

Since 1974, ROXANNE has performed traditional and contemporary folk music and ballads, drawing from Appalachian, Scottish, Irish and English traditions. She also performs original songs and those of her favorite singer-songwriters. She complements her beautiful clear singing voice with guitar, piano, spoons, and bones. One of the first performers to be featured on Wisconsin Public Radio’s “Simply Folk” program, […]

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 […]

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 […]