Music

Pretend Sweethearts w/ Treemo


July 29, 2016

Pretend Sweethearts is a trio of songwriter/multi-instrumentalists whose voices blend in richly hued harmony, wrapping themselves around songs of love and loss, spiritual yearning and social... [more]

Major Vistas


July 22, 2016

"Madison-based trio Major Vistas’ debut album, Minor Anthems, crafts flowing and subtly ambitious instrumentals from a gentle palette of jazz, rock, and electronic sounds.

Dan Phelps w/ The Afterwhile


July 15, 2016

Illinois native Dan Phelps has been playing his unique style of blues and roots music for over 30 years. He has played all over the US as well as several tours to the UK, Ireland, and Europe.

Madtown Poetry Open Mic / Featured Reader: Angie Trudell Vasquez


July 1, 2016

Angie Trudell Vasquez is an award winning poet, writer, activist and publisher. Her words, poetry, essays and op-eds, have appeared in print and on stage, nationally and internationally.

Freedom Night [open mic]


June 25, 2016

Open mic!

Music / Spoken Word / Comedy / Etc

Sign up starts at 7:30.

With host, Angelica Engel

Book Release reading for Samsara Congeries by mIEKAL aND


June 24, 2016

Book Release reading for Samsara Congeries by mIEKAL aND

Also book release of EVERY LINES OTHER, The Collected Poems of Elizabeth Was (aka Lyx Ish)

Opening reading by Robin Brox

The Madtown Poetry Open Mic w/ featured author Hanz Olson


June 3, 2016

Hanz Olson is a poet born and raised in Casper, Wyoming. He earned a BA in English from the University of Wyoming where he was the recipient of an undergraduate creative writing award for poetry... [more]

Freedom Mic [open mic] with host Angelica Engel


May 28, 2016

you can sing, play music, or even read poetry or a story, and you can tell jokes too

Sign up starts at 7:30

Randy Wilson


May 21, 2016

Randy Wilson is the director of the folk arts program of the Hindman Settlement School. In that capacity he does music, stories, dance, and theater in the schools and the community.

May Art Reception


May 15, 2016

Come meet May's artist and watch him paint a worker’s rights’ themed mural on our permission wall.

5 - 8 pm

Free!

Ellie and Cam w/ Original Mechanical Mouse


May 14, 2016

Cam and Ellie Kennedy are recently based out of Madison Wisconsin.

Royal Jelly w/ Tin Can Diamonds


May 7, 2016

Royal Jelly is a jazzy pop rock foursome put together by front woman, Leah Brooke, just before the beginning of this year.

The Madtown Poetry Open Mic w/ Richard Merelman


May 6, 2016

Richard Merelman, a native of Washington, D. C., is Professor (Emeritus) of Political Science at the University of Wisconsin, Madison.

Black Marigold


April 16, 2016

Join Black Marigold for an informal evening of coffee and chamber music.

Mary Bue w/ Leah Brooke


April 8, 2016

“Heretofore more of a tender coffeehouse balladeer, the Duluth music scene mainstay plugged in and blew off a harbor’s worth of steam while recording Mary Bue's breakthrough collection at Sacr

John Fabke and John Mailander


April 2, 2016

Former Madisonian, John Fabke returns to Mother Fools with an evening of acoustic roots music. He'll be joined by fiddle phenom, John Mailander.

The Madtown Poetry Open Mic w/ Steve Tomasko


April 1, 2016

Steve Tomasko has written about himself in the first, third and possibly fifth person (don’t ask).

Freedom Night [open mic] with host Angelica Engel


March 26, 2016

Freedom Night Open Mic

- music
- writing
- other performance (you decide)

Hosted by Angelica Engel

Sign up starts at 7:30.

Aaron Scholz & Chris Boeger with Motoday (Wendy Schneider & Jeff Jagielo)


March 25, 2016

Aaron Scholz is a Madison singer-songwriter who plays sweet and dark country songs.

A Kin


March 19, 2016

Shawn Neary is a son of the Middle West and his songs are of the same stock. He has lived in Southwest Wisconsin for two years now, drinking it all in with gratitude.

Jorrit Dijkstra


March 18, 2016

The music of saxophonist and composer Jorrit Dijkstra (Eindhoven, Netherlands, 1966) draws from the jazz tradition in spirit and sound, but has crossed stylistic and cultural borders in order to... [more]

Eddie Danger


March 12, 2016

“Cosmic Country-folk with a Tribal Twist of Jazz”

The Madtown Poetry Open Mic w/ featured reader Charles Cantrell


March 11, 2016

A long-time resident of Madison, Charles Cantrell retired from teaching English at Madison (WI) College in 2005. He has published two chapbooks: Cicatrix, and Greatest Hits 1978-2003.

Freedom Night Open Mic


February 27, 2016

Freedom Night Open Mic

- music
- writing
- other performance (you decide)

Hosted by Angelica Engel

Sign up starts at 7:30.

Leah Brooke - Royal Jelly album release with Karen Wheelock and Dana Perry


February 12, 2016

Wisconsin Indie Rock artist, Leah Brooke, is an artful arranger of poetic oddity.

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