Cafe Carpe

Buy tickets below- bio follows ticket link.  “If you get a charge from a rich folk rock vibe, love a super sharp guitar lick, or appreciate a moving story song, you will find all of that on The Kennedy's Headwinds. Pete Kennedy's astonishing range on any guitar he touches deftly underpins every mood of Maura Kennedy's […]

Buddy will be accompanied by Mike Lindauer on bass and vocals, and special guest from Ireland Martyn Travis will also do a few songs. Extensive bio follows ticket link.  People are impressed with Buddy: “Buddy Mondlock represents the best of the new generation of singer/songwriters in folk music. His writing style is grounded in the […]

Buy tickets below.  Bio follows ticket link. In 2007, Albertan songwriter SCOTT COOK quit his job teaching kindergarten in Taiwan and moved into a minivan. He’s made his living as a troubadour ever since, touring almost incessantly across Canada, the US, Europe, Asia, Australia, New Zealand and elsewhere, averaging 150 shows and a dozen summer festivals […]

Please call 920-563-9391 to reserve seats and to indicate if you will dine here that night. He’s back!  You just can’t keep a lonesome guy down. ” Bill co-presides at the Fort Atkinson, WI, cafe, bar, and listening room called Cafe Carpe. Occasionally you’ll see him performing there ….with his consummate guitar, voice, and lyrics, and with […]

Unfortunately, Steve has contracted COVID and this show has been postponed until we can find a date which will work for all of us.   Chicago Folk / Americana singer / songwriter, STEVE DAWSON has been called “one of the most underrated songwriters in American music,” who writes, “graceful, poetic songs akin to a volume of […]

Buy tickets below- bio will follow. KAIA FOWLER  creates music that speaks to the soul. Her passion, warmth, and genuineness invite listeners to open their hearts and transcend the everyday through song. A versatile guitarist and singer known for her soothing, vibrant, and beautifully resonant voice, Kaia  displays a rare depth of emotional expressiveness. For […]

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 the last Thursday of each month (unless interrupted […]

Buy tickets here:  bio follows ticket link. “If Joni Mitchell and Richie Havens had a love child, with Rodney Dangerfield as the midwife, the results might be something close to the great Vance Gilbert", says Richmond Magazine. "....the voice of an angel, the wit of the devil, and the guitar-playing of a god......" Fort Worth […]

Ticket link below- bio with video hyperlinks will follow.  Some of you may have heard Reed open for Todd Snider at Stoughton Opera House a few years ago. Grammy-nominated songwriter REED FOEHL was raised in a small New England town whose folk/Americana music tells stories with a voice that pushes boundaries while paying homage to […]

Bio follows ticket link. IAN GEORGE along with his gorgeous band of talented handsome young men (Patrick Horigan on electric guitar and Reese Kling on drums) deliver the sort of concert you’ll dance, sway, sing, laugh and probably cry too. The live performance is an experimental and emotional ride teeming with whimsicality, clever arrangements - interrupted […]

Buy tickets below: bio follows ticket link. JAMES LEE STANLEY is an American singer, songwriter, musician, composer, and producer whose six-decade career spans numerous artistic mediums. He is the true renaissance man, born in Philadelphia, PA, and has been recording and performing since the age of fourteen, with 34 album releases and television and film […]

A lovely in-the-round song swap with JIM CRAIG  MARK DVORAK and BILL CAMPLIN should make for a fantastic evening of music and camaraderie. Bios follow ticket link. JIM came of age during the folk boom, “listening to Pete Seeger and Dave Van Ronk, but also more obscure musicians like Dock Boggs and Pink Anderson, folks who were off the map […]