Events

The Harmony Drink N Draw is a time to draw together, connect with others, encourage creativity and most importantly have fun! Artists of all levels are welcome. We encourage people to bring their own sketchbooks and supplies but some basic materials will be available. Hosted by Know Love In The City. Come draw with us!

Join us on the first Tuesday of the month. Start time 6pm

Join our host, Max, and make some beautiful music together.

Sign up is 6:30 with performances starting at 7pm.  Bring your guitar and show us what you’ve got!

Paul has all the questions. Do you have all the answers? Prove it!

We’ve got trivia that will rock you. Join us every 1st and 3rd Wednesday of the month.

Free. Start time 6:30

The sixth in our monthly songwriter showcase! List of participants TBD.

No cover. Show starts at 6:30.

Sean Michael Dargan is almost too tall, standing six feet, four inches in his favorite black-and-white saddle shoes.  On a good day he writes and plays pop rock in the vein of Nick Lowe, Elvis Costello, Aimee Mann, and the Gin Blossoms. Guitar and voice are his main instruments, but if you’re not nice he’ll go get out his bagpipes.

Big, Big Furnace opens

$10 cover. 9pm start time. 21+

Bring your kids to the best show in town. David mesmerizes the the kids with the best kids music around. We’ll have our kid menu in full swing. It’s a good time for the whole family!

$5 cover. 5:30 start time.

Robert J. is an award-winning singer/songwriter/recording artist who has been a mainstay in the Wisconsin music scene for decades. 

No cover. 6:30pm start time.

It’s our last monthly offering of Annie & the Oakies for this season.  Get ready for a most pleasing mix of folk, Americana and bluegrass.

No cover. Show starts at 6:30

Canyon Arrow is Dan O'Brien and Nick Brown on vocals/guitar/bass, Andrew Harrison on vocals/lead guitar, Matt Nafranowicz on pedal steel and keyboards, and Ben Wolf on drums. These guys have been holding it down for years in Madison bands including Brown Derby, The North Country Drifters, Pupy Costello & the New Hiram Kings, and more.

No cover. 6:30pm start time.

Richard Wiegel, leader of well-known Madison roots rockers The Midwesterners, is celebrating the release of his fifth solo album “Driftless Blues”. 

Richard Wiegel has been a force in Madison music since 1968. First with legendary bands The Bowery Boys and Clicker, then in the 80’s with Johnny & The Hawaiians, and starting in 1991 until now his current band The Midwesterners. Richard has released ten albums, five with The Midwesterners, and five solo records. His solo style leans more on country blues and the Piedmont style of fingerpicking, which is described as ‘alternate thumb’ picking ala Mississippi John Hurt or Merle Travis, throw in the thumb-thumping style of Big Bill Broonzy, some Chicago blues shuffles, and you’ve got an amalgam called ‘Driftless Blues’.

6:30 start time. No cover.

Fundraiser for Solace Home

Entertainment features:

Stone Prairie: an Americana band from Wisconsin, known for their blend of classic covers and original songs.

After August: A Madison, WI bamd that emerged in 2022.  They perform their own original rock songs and are known for their award-winning song writing, engaging harmonies, driving rhythms, and catchy riffs. 

$15 cover (goes to Solace Home). 4pm start time.

Madison's hardest working Bluegrass band, Soggy Prairie, is proud to host the Madison Bluegrass Roundabout, a monthly Tuesday night series highlighting Southern Wisconsin's Bluegrass scene. The series will feature new and upcoming bands, as well as well-established groups. Each month will feature a set from Soggy Prairie followed by a set from the Cork N Bottle String Band.

No cover. 6:30pm start time.

Paul has all the questions. Do you have all the answers? Prove it!

We’ve got trivia that will rock you. Join us every 1st and 3rd Wednesday of the month.

Free. Start time 6:30

Sequoia Rose is a bluegrass musician whose music bridges the timeless soul of Appalachian tradition with a fresh, heartfelt voice. Raised in the hills of southwestern Pennsylvania, Sequoia grew up immersed in the sounds of bluegrass, folk, and old-time country—music that felt as natural and essential as the landscape around them.

Now living in Nashville, Tennessee, Sequoia is part of a new generation of artists breathing life into bluegrass with authenticity and creativity. Whether on stage or in the studio, their performances are marked by sincerity, soul, and a clear reverence for the genre’s roots.

No cover. 6:30pm start time.

Singer, Songwriter, and guitarist extraordinaire Andy Ewen will perform an acoustic show with fellow Honor Among Thieves founder Doug DeRosa on bass and long-time friend and collaborator Tim Haub on guitar and mandolin. The show will feature many of Andy's fine compositions, songs from his various influences, and a generous helping of freewheeling, uncharted improvisation.  

No cover. Start time 5pm.

After years of sharing festival bills and bumping elbows at open jams, Starr Moss, Trent Cuthbert, Michael Falk, Claire Kannapell and Paul Kienitz have convened to make their own brand of bluegrass-inspired music. Bigtooth, the culmination of this shared history, keeps one hand on the book of bluegrass standards and the other on the songwriting pen. Count on a distinctive repertoire that intertwines traditional material and original compositions, delivered with precision, finesse, and style.

This month, Bigtooth will be joined by Pat Sheridan!

No cover. 6:30pm start.

Did you miss their recent reunion show? You’re in luck, they’re playing again!

 Madison-based Optometri is a band that started in the former Soviet Union. Not. Or did they? This tongue-in-cheek outfit is one part performance art and one part rock music awesomeness.

$10 cover. Start time 5pm.

Gaines & Wagoner is an award-winning musical duo based in Madison, WI, consisting of husband-and-wife multi-instrumentalists Mary Gaines and Chris Wagoner. The duo is known for an eclectic mix of Americana, spanning vintage jazz, blues, folk, bluegrass, and honky-tonk. Their performances are characterized by "high-wire" improvisational chemistry and humorous stage banter. 

This month, Mary and Chris will be joined by Boo Mullarkey.

 $15 suggested donation. 4pm start time.

The Ham n’ Eggers are Tim Haub and Doug DeRosa teaming up with banjo master and multi-instrumentalist Max Winkles as well as the exceptionally talented Annie Emmenegger on guitar and vocals to perform a wide range of Americana — from bluegrass to blues — with an emphasis on vocal harmonies.

No cover. 6:30 start time.

Madison's hardest working Bluegrass band, Soggy Prairie, is proud to host the Madison Bluegrass Roundabout, a monthly Tuesday night series highlighting Southern Wisconsin's Bluegrass scene. The series will feature new and upcoming bands, as well as well-established groups. Each month will feature a set from Soggy Prairie followed by a set from a guest band. This month’s guest band is Grass Attack!

No cover. 6:30pm start time.

After years of sharing festival bills and bumping elbows at open jams, Starr Moss, Trent Cuthbert, Michael Falk, Claire Kannapell and Paul Kienitz have convened to make their own brand of bluegrass-inspired music. Bigtooth, the culmination of this shared history, keeps one hand on the book of bluegrass standards and the other on the songwriting pen. Count on a distinctive repertoire that intertwines traditional material and original compositions, delivered with precision, finesse, and style.

This month, Bigtooth will be joined by Slapdash!

No cover. 6:30pm start.

$10 Cover. 5pm start time.

For more than two decades, Ted Hefko has plied his trade as a saxophonist, clarinetist, singer and strummer of guitars, but first and foremost he is a songsmith, rooted in the blues. Born in Madison, Wisconsin, Hefko began writing lyrics in the second grade and picked up the guitar and sax just a few years later. Fresh out of high school, he caught a Greyhound bus down I-55 to follow his dreams. After honing his chops in New Orleans, Ted began touring across the US, and gigging around town.

He released his first all-original album in 2009, Egyptland, a collection of scenes and stories set in New Orleans. This was followed by the more playful If I Walked on Water. A few years later, he and his live band recorded Distillations of The Blues in New Orleans and rekindled his love of the city.

 It's been seven years since Hefko returned to New Orleans, where his unique mix of talents and love of roots music are a perfect fit.

No cover. Start time 6pm

We're open on the 4th so come celebrate with us!

Gaines & Wagoner is an award-winning musical duo based in Madison, WI, consisting of husband-and-wife multi-instrumentalists Mary Gaines and Chris Wagoner. The duo is known for an eclectic mix of Americana, spanning vintage jazz, blues, folk, bluegrass, and honky-tonk. Their performances are characterized by "high-wire" improvisational chemistry and humorous stage banter. 

This month, Mary and Chris will be joined by Jeff Ray.

 $15 suggested donation. 4pm start time.

Canyon Arrow is Dan O'Brien and Nick Brown on vocals/guitar/bass, Andrew Harrison on vocals/lead guitar, Matt Nafranowicz on pedal steel and keyboards, and Ben Wolf on drums. These guys have been holding it down for years in Madison bands including Brown Derby, The North Country Drifters, Pupy Costello & the New Hiram Kings, and more. 

No cover. 6:30pm start time.

After more than a decade of flying solo, Kelly Hunt, the poetic folksinger from Memphis, Tennessee, and Sara Morgan, the loud-mouthed country songwriter from McGehee, Arkansas, have takeN flight together. With harmonies that haunt, lyrics that hit, and a sound that soars, what began as a side project between buddies has morphed into one of the most dynamic duos to come out of Nashville in years. Classic Southern rock meets a savory blend of Country and Americana on their first co-written singles, “Wild Cotton” and “No Man’s Land.” Apart, they are Kelly Hunt and Sara Morgan. Together, they are Of a Feather.

$15 suggested donation. 5pm start time.

Madison's hardest working Bluegrass band, Soggy Prairie, is proud to host the Madison Bluegrass Roundabout, a monthly Tuesday night series highlighting Southern Wisconsin's Bluegrass scene. The series will feature new and upcoming bands, as well as well-established groups. Each month will feature a set from Soggy Prairie followed by a set from guest artists TBA. 

No cover. 6:30pm start time.

After years of sharing festival bills and bumping elbows at open jams, Starr Moss, Trent Cuthbert, Michael Falk, Claire Kannapell and Paul Kienitz have convened to make their own brand of bluegrass-inspired music. Bigtooth, the culmination of this shared history, keeps one hand on the book of bluegrass standards and the other on the songwriting pen. Count on a distinctive repertoire that intertwines traditional material and original compositions, delivered with precision, finesse, and style.

This month, Bigtooth will be joined by Slapdash!

No cover. 6:30pm start.