Johnsmith at Cafe Carpe

Cafe Carpe is a listening room and restaurant bar in a century-old building on the Rock River in Fort Atkinson, with a separate music room and screened porch. It books folk, singer-songwriter, and Americana acts, from regional performers to touring artists like Laura Veirs and Claudia Russell. Run since 1985 as a no-TV, family-friendly cafe with an idiosyncratic character.