LIVE MUSIC: Single Stem
2025-08-05 18:00 - 20:00 (America/Chicago)
Single Stem is the solo singer/songwriter act of Marjorie Craemer and her guitar.

Open Mic Night
2025-08-06 19:00 - 22:00, 2025-08-13 19:00 - 22:00, 2025-08-20 19:00 - 22:00, 2025-08-27 19:00 - 22:00, 2025-09-03 19:00 - 22:00, 2025-09-10 19:00 - 22:00
Join us each week on Wednesday for Open Mic Night hosted by Philville Records!
With a plethora of entertainment and experiences, from singer/songwriters and instrumentals to poetry and spoken word — anything goes, and you never know what (or who!) you might see or hear! Both established and emerging artists in the Chippewa Valley are encouraged to perform!
🎙️ PERFORMING AT OPEN MIC?
All performers get BOGO beers (21+) and no-proof drinks!
🎙️ EVENT DETAILS:
Artists will perform on The Lakely Stage
Showtime is at 7:00 pm
Everyone is welcome, and the show is free to attend (but please come thirsty!)
🎙️ PERFORMER DETAILS:
Artists will perform on The Lakely Stage
Sign-ups begin at 6:30 pm
(must be present to sign up – no phone calls, no friend sign up, etc.)
Sign-up is first come, first served
Each musician gets two songs
Each performer doing a spoken piece (visual arts, magic, poetry, etc.) gets five minutes.
PLEASE NOTE: The Lakely reserves the right to stop someone’s performance if they make racist, sexist, transphobic, or homophobic comments. Profanity is not welcome. The Lakely is a venue based on inclusivity for all, and we expect all performers to respect that.
Showtime is at 7:00 pm
Whether this is your first live performance or you’ve been around the block a few times, we welcome you to share your gift!

TH!NK & DR!NK Trivia Night
2025-08-07 19:00 - 21:00, 2025-09-04 19:00 - 21:00
Trivia + Cocktails = Your Thursday Plans
Expect clever questions, great drinks, and a fun, low-pressure vibe—perfect for trivia veterans and casual players alike.
Play on your phone, compete on the big screen, and win prizes just for being the smartest (or luckiest) team (or person) in the room.
Join us select Thursday nights at The Lakely. Doors at 5. Game starts at 7. FREE to play!

LIVE MUSIC: The Christian Swensen Trio
2025-08-08 19:00 - 22:00
Enjoy live music with a selection original arrangements from The Christian Swensen Trio, including Josh Gallagher, Nathan Norman, and some special guests!

LIVE MUSIC: Paul Hecht
2025-08-09 18:00 - 21:00
Paul Hecht brings a wide musical curiosity and a commitment to jazz traditions in the piano/keyboard trio format. Hecht trained with musicians from Detroit and Chicago and now divides his time between Chicago and Eau Claire.

LIVE MUSIC: Jim Phillips
2025-08-12 18:00 - 20:00, 2025-09-09 18:00 - 20:00
Jim Phillips is a singer, guitarist, and songwriter with a Lakely line-up of Americana, acoustic rock, and originals.

VINYL "KNIGHTS": Progressive Rock Edition with DJ Aaron Schye
2025-08-14 18:00 - 21:00
Get ready for Vinyl Knights: Progressive Rock Edition, hosted by local rock enthusiast and musician Aaron Schye. Ever wanted to fly a spaceship into a black hole, get lost in a fantastical realm, or venture into the dark unknown? This is the night for you! Grab a drink, kick back, and experience the musical adventure that is progressive rock. Aaron will be spinning hits, favorites, and obscurities from his personal vinyl collection featuring bands like Rush, Kansas, and Black Sabbath.

LIVE MUSIC: Jazz Flux
2025-08-15 18:00 - 21:00
Jazz Flux is a group comprising several of Milwaukee’s most active performing jazz musicians. The love of jazz has brought this group together to create and maintain one of America’s great musical traditions. The group derives it’s unique sound from elements of hip hop, R&B, and pop while incorporating elements of those genres into it’s performances of traditional jazz. Along with multiple musical influences the band’s performances are distinguished by the high energy the band brings; byproduct of the groups passion for the music and friendship with one another.

LIVE MUSIC: Cathy Reitz Trio
2025-08-16 18:00 - 21:00
The Cathy Reitz Trio features Cathy on vocals/Melodica and two of her favorite musicians, Jeff Reitz on woodwinds and Nick Poss on piano. We have been performing together for over 20 years. We have years of musical experience and would like to share it with you. Our entertaining song list covers over 100 years of great music, the Roaring 20’s to the 2020’s. We can be Family Friendly or a bit on the Sassy Side and we always have fun.

LIVE MUSIC: Davey J
2025-08-19 18:00 - 20:00
Davey J has shared his soulful sound throughout the Chippewa Valley for 25 years and takes the listeners through time with his set list of rock, blues, and folk music.

DINING IN THE DARK: A BLINDFOLDED TASTING DINNER
2025-08-21 18:30 - 21:00
Dare to dine without seeing what’s coming?
This chef-led experience takes you deep into the world of taste with a blindfolded five-course tasting dinner, where each dish is listed by name—but five key ingredients remain a secret. With your sense of sight removed, your focus will sharpen—smells become more vivid, textures more pronounced, and flavors more intense. You’ll have the thrilling challenge of identifying each of the mystery ingredients, and the guest with the most correct guesses will win their dinner on the house!
Elevate your experience even more by adding on a curated wine pairing hand-selected by Chef Jeremy to perfectly complement the journey.
Seating is extremely limited for this one-night-only sensory experience. Tickets are $70 per person. Doors open at 5:30pm for a social hour, with dinner beginning at 6:30pm.
Immersive, intimate, and playfully indulgent— where sight takes a back seat and flavor takes center stage— this is dining reimagined.
Presented by Chef Jeremy Korger and The Lakely team.
RESERVE YOUR SEAT >>>

LIVE MUSIC: Robert and Alec Baca Quintet
2025-08-22 19:00 - 22:00
Robert Baca is the director of Jazz Studies at UW-Eau Claire and has toured with Buddy Rich, Frank Sinatria, Blood Sweat and Tears, and many others, as well as being a mainstay player in the twin cities for 38 years. Alec Baca is a 2013 graduate of Memorial High School, now a highly active trumpet player and bandleader in the Milwaukee jazz scene. This father and son duo are joined by Eau Claire favorites Zach Luginbill on piano, Jeremy Boettcher on Bass, and Fletcher Myhre on drum set featuring a tribute to the music of jazz trumpet legend Roy Hargrove.

LIVE MUSIC: Luke Callen with Friends
2025-08-23 18:00 - 21:00
An evening of instrumental standards and improvisations, amongst friends.
Luke Callen is a songwriter and singer based in the Upper-Midwest – who typically performs original music inspired by the natural world. He has toured internationally and released two full length albums of his own. This evening he will be performing a set of original instrumentals – alongside folk and blues standards – as well as some Middle Western improvised sound scapes. He will be accompanied by a handful of creatives from the region – for a truly unique evening.

LIVE MUSIC: Wyatt Thomson
2025-08-26 18:00 - 20:00
Wyatt Thomson possesses a voice that echos the soundscapes of the dance halls, supper clubs, and road houses that still litter the landscape of his home in the Chippewa Valley of Wisconsin.
​Citing Tom Waits as his biggest influence, it’s safe to say that Thomson (Like Waits) seems to have skipped right over decades of music that might have otherwise changed his sound for the worst.
One of Thomson’s biggest appeals is that he sounds like an artist transported from the 1950’s honky tonks of the Midwest, and dropped off into the second decade of the 21st century unscathed by the worst aspects of pop country, pop music, and an industry forever changed by technology.
Not unlike a character from a Roger Miller song, Thomson has the bona fides of working pawn shops, odd jobs, and scraping by in the rust belt landscape of NW Wisconsin. As a result, he’s gained the street wise and cynical wisdom that is earned young from such a life.
The world may press onward with its insane pace, but Thomson ambles along with a casual confidence and story telling tales that feel like they’re ripped from old paperbacks in a truck stop, or found in some lost postwar beatnik manuscript.

PATIO SESSIONS: Emily V
2025-08-28 18:00 - 21:00
Patio Sessions is a laid-back seasonal series featuring live music performances and intimate storytelling from local singer-songwriters. This is your front-row ticket to Eau Claire’s creative scene, paired with the easy ambiance of an evening spent outdoors. Grab a craft cocktail and get ready to lean in and listen.
Emily V is a hospice music therapist by day and open mic attendee by night. She is passionate about fostering expression, connection, and community through music making. She plays a variety of music spanning from Hank Williams, Lizzo, to Radiohead in hopes to provide an experience that resonates with each person listening.

LIVE MUSIC: Simon Cropp
2025-08-29 19:00 - 22:00
Simon Cropp is a flatpick guitarist and country and bluegrass songwriter. His performance style is equal parts dive bar bravado and fireside introspection. Simon’s songwriting style is plainspoken storytelling, channeling classic country themes of love, heartbreak, and the landscapes he travels through. Both as a solo act and with his band Slapdash Bluegrass, Simon has had the chance to share the stage with songwriting inspirations in The Last Revel, Possessed by Paul James, Margo Cilker, Clay Street Unit, and Joseph Huber. With a dreadnought guitar in hand, Simon’s flatpicking style blends country-inspired crosspicking with melodic sensibility to produce a sound that is as comfortable on a front porch as it is on a festival stage.

LIVE MUSIC: The Sue Orfield Trio
2025-08-30 18:00 - 21:00

LIVE MUSIC: Irie
2025-09-02 18:00 - 20:00
Lifetime musician and writer, Irie, brings her passionate vocals and her lyrical style together to forage a blend of indie pop/rock ballads. Born as Irelyn Ulrich in Madison, Wisconsin, she was thrown into a life of creative thinking from a young age. The daughter of a Creative Writer and English Professor, Irie was raised reading 10 books a night before bed, and her exposure to outside the box thinking from a young age set the stage for her future career as a musician. Inspired by the likes of music icons like Sinead O’Connor and Alanis Morissette as well as more recent stars such as Renee Rapp and Maggie Rogers, Irie never stops writing music. When she isn’t playing music with her friends or waiting tables at The Lakely, she is hunkered down in her living room spinning words and melodies into the perfect arrangement. Studying at UWEC to earn her degree in recording arts and songwriting, she is excited to see where this long and winding road of expression takes her.

The Lakely & Winebow Presents: A Taste of Boomtown
2025-09-05 18:00 - 20:00
UNCORKED: a Taste of BOOMTOWN!
Join us on Friday, September 5th from 6-8pm on The Lakely Patio for a story-driven, educational, and complimentary wine tasting with Andrew of Winebow! Along with pouring samples and discussing tasting notes, Andrew will share the story of the Boomtown label and the Dusted Valley winery.
Featured wines will be available for purchase by the glass, bottle, and case for enjoyment on the patio or in your own home.

What Is Boomtown?
Boomtown by Dusted Valley is a wine label crafted in Washington State, part of the Dusted Valley family. Created by Chad Johnson and Corey Braunel, two Wisconsin natives who founded their winery in Walla Walla in 2003, the Boomtown label serves as an accessible “little brother” to Dusted Valley—offering high-quality varietal wines at approachable prices.

Wines at the Event:
Cabernet Sauvignon // flavor profile: Dark cherry, plum, rustic complexity, medium tannins.

Merlot // flavor profile: Ripe cherry, chocolate malt, subtle spice.
Sauvignon Blanc // flavor profile: Fresh, vibrant, and zesty, showcasing a bold mix of key lime, passion fruit, and grapefruit. Complemented by a salty minerality, flinty undertones, and grassy, petrol-like nuances.
Wisconsin roots, Washington wines—Boomtown is coming to The Lakely—see you there?

LIVE MUSIC: Hypnogogic Pulse
2025-09-05 18:00 - 21:00
𝙃𝙮𝙥-𝙣𝙤-𝙜𝙤𝙜𝙞𝙖 is the transitional state of consciousness between wakefulness and sleep. Hypnogogic Pulse is a trio consisting of guitar, modular synth, and SuperCollider software synth. They perform gently tense and calming ambient soundscapes creating a sense of wakeful meditation. Paired with immersive visuals, their shows generate an abstract and emotional cinematic experience.

LIVE MUSIC: Todd Adams
2025-09-06 18:00 - 21:00
Expect an evening of acoustic folk music in the vein of Nick Drake, Alejandro Escovedo, Jackson Browne, Townes Van Zandt, Gram Parsons, Fred Eaglesmith, Julie Miller, and beyond. Music of darkness and light, sin and salvation. Adams will focus heavily on the upcoming album “Sprinkle Your Crumbs On My Grave” and songs from previous release “The Todd Adams Experience,” with songs from other folks to round things out.

SEASON LAUNCH: Drag Bingo with Khloe Wold
2025-09-11 19:00 - 21:00
We gave Drag Bingo a summer vacation, but September? We’re bringing it all back! Bigger, bolder—this is the comeback you don’t want to miss! We’ve lined up some new surprises, and you know we’ll have great eats & drinks. MARK YOUR CALENDARS for the 2nd and 4th Thursday of every month (at least until next summer 😉) We kick things off Thursday, September 11th at 7pm!

LIVE MUSIC: Jeremy Boettcher Trio
2025-09-12 18:00 - 21:00
Renowned bassist Jeremy Boettcher swiftly rose to prominence, captivating audiences nationwide with his remarkable versatility and musical prowess. In recent years, he has graced the global stage, touring extensively with icons like Sean Carey and Richard Johnson. Notably, his exceptional talents have been showcased in prestigious venues such as Jazz At Lincoln Center Doha and Jazz At Lincoln Center Shanghai.
