To make the night go smoother for all, please buy tickets in advance, come at least an hour early if you plan to eat, and at least 15 minutes before if you are not. TICKET LINK follows bio. JOSH JOPLIN GROUP (solo) and ERIC PEDIGO will be sharing the evening. JOSH JOPLIN is an American […]

Hope to reschedule in August or October. Singer-songwriter and pianist ANNE HEATON graced the stages of New York City long before she and her husband Frank Marotta relocated to Milwaukee. She has captured audience imaginations for over fifteen years with her songs that are, by turns, "tender, barbed and spiritual" (Washington Post). She's been featured by […]

Longtime friends and frequent collaborators are gathering to celebrate an uncommon life lived gloriously through song, stories and on international stages. JIM POST was born (no doubt singing) in Houston, Texas on October 28,1939 and succumbed to heart failure on September 14, 2022 in Dubuque, Iowa. Performing Jim's songs and telling tales will be Randy […]

Buckle up for a great night featuring 2 virtuoso duos who each do a set, and end the evening doing something all together. Buy tickets following the bios.  Glenn Asch & John Parrott / Mid-Century Pop, Western swing, Jazz and Rural Music + Originals (violin, guitar, vocals) will begin the show. GLENN ASCH & JOHN […]

As part of a day celebrating Fort Atkinson poet LORINE NIEDECKER's birthday, pen your verse or prose and come share them or bring along a beloved piece to recite. Other events throughout Saturday Sidewalk Chalk 9am to 11:30am Let your creativity flow onto the pavement at the Farmers Market. Pedals and Poems Bike Tour- morning […]

Ticket link will follow the bios. LONG MAMA Long Mama’s music blisters with the heart and grit of someone who has lost hard, loved harder, and licked her burns until they stung then silvered. In a drafty attic just west of the Milwaukee River she grew up on, you’ll find songwriter KAT WODTKE (Wood-key) raking through notebooks […]

Ticket link follows bio. CHARLIE PAINTER  is a self-studied, self- producing, Madison-based guitarist, band leader and teacher since 2008. With 15 years of weekly/monthly residencies under his belt, Painter's multi-conceptual approach is informed by years of performance, transcribing  records by ear, and a recent mentorship under NYC Jazz guitarist Jordan Klemons since 2020. *2022 Jazz […]

Please call 920-563-9391 to reserve seats and to let us know if you will be dining here that evening.

The quartet consists of Benjamin Whitcomb-cello,  Wes Luke- violin,  Robin Ryan- violin, and Sahada Buckley- viola. For this spring program, they will be performing a late string quartet by Mozart, specifically the elegant D major quartet K575. To contrast with this, they have the very expressive second string quartet by Tchaikovsky. Finally, as a departure […]

Ticket link follows bio. We will open at 4:30, and will be serving food. Since his techno-folk pioneering Timbuk3 days, pat mAcdonald has been tinkering in relative obscurity. His one-man electro-blues experiments of the late '90s/early 2000s led to the Lowebow-driven proto-rock of Purgatory Hill. Life- threatening illness in 2016 brought a long pause. Now, […]

Buy ticket link follows bios. 2018 Kerrville New Folk winner SARAH MORRIS’ endearingly honest, expertly penned songs deliberately miss the forest for the trees. Armed with a poignantly relatable rainy day ache in her sunlit voice, she weaves a winding path of masterful storytelling and timeless Americana melody that invites audiences to join her in […]

Buy tickets following bios: SAM KNUTSON is a singer-songwriter from Iowa City.  His most recent album is Donkey Island. He is happy as a pig in *#*@ in a listening room.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=d0-gRGmjEDU https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=7yy5pdcBYRQ From the Shepherd Express: "Sam Knutson’s 2022 release Donkey Island is a collection of observational folk songs. “Already Gone” recalls John Hartford’s breezy […]

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 Wednesday (switched from Thursday) of each […]

Ticket link follows bios. TODD ALBRIGHT  is a country blues, twelve string guitar player and vocalist based in Detroit, Michigan. Grounded in the pre-war era of the blues tradition (1880-1939), Todd is a mindful purveyor of blues history. His repertoire upholds musical pillars such as Blind Willie McTell, George Carter, Blind Lemon Jefferson and Leadbelly. His life’s work […]

This is an acoustic open stage, sound system set up in advance, just stand up and play. Share your songs (or stories- storytellers welcome) in a two song (think 7-9 minutes) rotation with whoever else is there to play, being respectful of others. Please support our business by buying drink and/or food.