Lakely Loves... Tomatoes!
2019-08-21 18:00 - 21:00 (America/Chicago)
It’s always a special time of year when tomatoes begin to ripen on the vine – and this year, with the delay in the growing season, we were beginning to wonder when that time of year would be! But alas, it has arrived, and we are thrilled to announce that this August we will host Lakely Loves… Tomatoes!
Chef Eric and his team will use hand-selected tomatoes from local growers to create a special 6-course dinner that you don’t want to miss! The Lakely bar will open at 5:00pm for drinks, with dinner beginning at 6:00pm.
Sorry, but we cannot accommodate significant dietary restrictions for these events.
$65 PER PERSON // CALL 715.839.0601 FOR RESERVATIONS

Weekend Brunch: Shane Leonard
2019-08-24 10:00 - 13:00, 2019-09-14 10:00 - 13:00, 2019-09-15 10:00 - 13:00, 2019-09-21 10:00 - 13:00
Join us for our farm-focused weekend brunch (served 7am-1pm) with lively instrumental tunes from Leonard 10am-1pm. From the kitchen we offer an array of midwestern and other brunch classics including omelettes, quiche, wild rice porridge, Belgian waffles, sandwiches, and more. From the bar pick from a variety of classic and original morning drinks including mimosas, bloody marys, and others, as well as non-alcoholic concoctions and fantastic Kickapoo coffee. From the stage, Shane Leonard will play acoustic instrumentals starting at 10am.

Late Night Jazz: Jeremy Boettcher Trio
2019-08-24 20:30 - 23:30, 2019-08-31 20:30 - 23:30, 2019-09-21 20:30 - 23:30, 2019-09-27 20:30 - 23:30
Jeremy Boettcher has performed music throughout the world. He has toured extensively in S. Carey, traveling throughout the US, Canada, and Europe. Recently, Jeremy finished a residency for Jazz at Lincoln Center in Doha, Qatar. He will be joined by good friend and incredible talent, Josh Gallagher, on the piano.

Late Night Jazz: Jake Victor 5tet
2019-08-25 10:00 - 13:00
Chicago-based pianist, percussionist and composer Jake Victor has been forming a unique musical voice since the age of 4, when he started playing a Yamaha PSR-6 by ear. Victor has studied a wide variety of musical styles: jazz, contemporary chamber music, hip-hop, orchestral, Brazilian samba, Afro-cuban song and dance, Ghanian drumming and dance, South Indian Carnatic music, rock/pop, and soul/gospel. He stays busy connecting the dots between genres, finding common ground, and through those commonalities exploring what makes music tick at its core.

Vinyl Nights: Amy Hahn + Katie Cook
2019-08-29 20:30 - 23:00
In addition to enjoying craft cocktails and regional beers/wines, order from our popular late-night menu featuring the Scandinavian Koldtbord, where you create your own sharable feast of premium meats, cheeses, pickled vegetables, proteins, sauces, crackers and more. Enjoy a selection of vinyls that will be spun throughout the night.

Late Night Jazz: Angie Coyle Trio
2019-08-30 20:30 - 23:30
Saxophonist Angie Coyle is an Eau Claire native and UWEC alum. She currently lives in Cincinnati, OH where she is pursuing a Master’s degree in jazz studies.

Weekend Brunch: Josh Gallagher + Jeremy Boettcher
2019-08-31 10:00 - 13:00
Jeremy Boettcher has performed music throughout the world. He has toured extensively in S. Carey, traveling throughout the US, Canada, and Europe. Recently, Jeremy finished a residency for Jazz at Lincoln Center in Doha, Qatar. He will be joined by good friend and incredible talent, Josh Gallagher, on the piano. Josh Gallagher is a native of Eau Claire, WI. In 2002, he went to Berklee College of music in Boston, MA on full scholarship. After two years, he was selected as the pianist in the Brubeck Institute Jazz Sextet during the 2004-2005 school year, where he performed with guest clinicians Bobby Watson, Rufus Reid, Jimmy Heath, Artistic Director Christian McBride, and Institute founder Dave Brubeck, among others. He has studied with Geoffrey Keezer, Joanne Brackeen, Hal Crook, Greg Hopkins, Phil Wilson, and Laura Caviani. He is music director and organist at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Altoona, WI, and continues to work as a jazz pianist wherever possible.

Weekend Brunch: Nick Seeger
2019-09-01 10:00 - 13:00, 2019-09-22 10:00 - 13:00
Join us for our farm-focused weekend brunch (served 7am-1pm) with lively instrumental tunes from Seeger 10am-1pm. From the kitchen we offer an array of midwestern and other brunch classics including omelettes, quiche, wild rice porridge, Belgian waffles, sandwiches, and more. From the bar pick from a variety of classic and original morning drinks including mimosas, bloody marys, and others, as well as non-alcoholic concoctions and fantastic Kickapoo coffee. From the stage, Nick Seeger will play acoustic instrumentals starting at 10am.

Vinyl Nights: Mariah Kewin
2019-09-05 20:30 - 23:00
Mariah Kewin is an Eau Claire native and currently studying at UWEC. She’s passionate about the arts and plans on working it into her career. She’s worked at Revival Records for the last three and a half years, causing for a massive overload of records in her collection. Come join her for an exciting evening – she’s thrilled to spin some of her favorites for you!

Late Night Jazz: Josh Gallagher Trio
2019-09-06 20:30 - 23:30, 2019-09-07 20:30 - 23:30, 2019-09-14 20:30 - 23:30
Josh Gallagher is a native of Eau Claire, WI. In 2002, he went to Berklee College of music in Boston, MA on full scholarship. After two years, he was selected as the pianist in the Brubeck Institute Jazz Sextet during the 2004-2005 school year, where he performed with guest clinicians Bobby Watson, Rufus Reid, Jimmy Heath, Artistic Director Christian McBride, and Institute founder Dave Brubeck, among others. He has studied with Geoffrey Keezer, Joanne Brackeen, Hal Crook, Greg Hopkins, Phil Wilson, and Laura Caviani. He is music director and organist at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Altoona, WI, and continues to work as a jazz pianist wherever possible.

Weekend Brunch: Brady Didion
2019-09-07 10:00 - 13:00, 2019-09-08 10:00 - 13:00
Join us for our farm-focused weekend brunch (served 7am-1pm) with lively instrumental tunes from Didion 10am-1pm. From the kitchen we offer an array of midwestern and other brunch classics including omelettes, quiche, wild rice porridge, Belgian waffles, sandwiches, and more. From the bar pick from a variety of classic and original morning drinks including mimosas, bloody marys, and others, as well as non-alcoholic concoctions and fantastic Kickapoo coffee. From the stage, Brady Didion will play acoustic instrumentals starting at 10am.

Vinyl Nights: Big Tall Jake presents "The Jakely"
2019-09-12 20:30 - 23:00

Late Night Jazz: Catya Trio
2019-09-13 20:30 - 23:30
Catya’s Trio features singer-songwriter Catya on guitar, Sue Orfield on tenor saxophone, and Randy Sinz, on bass & vocals. They have been entertaining enthusiastic audiences since 2005. Their musical interactions are compelling–a chemical reaction; a delicious concoction. Whether it’s uptown or low down; red-hot or cool; silky smooth or edgy, their original music and interpretations of cover material transports the listener. At The Lakely, they will play original and traditional Jazz, Swing, and Blues.

Campfire Stories: A Night of Fact, Fiction, & Fire
2019-09-17 20:00 - 21:30
Join us for “a night of fact, fiction, and fire” where we bring in local writers, storytellers, and songwriters for an intimate taste of our local literary community.
FREE to attend. Get a craft drink and join us around the campfire, stories begin at 8pm! Rain or shine! (But we’ll move inside to The Gallery if it rains)
If you would like to be a storyteller at an upcoming Campfire Stories, please email Cassandra@theoxbowhotel.com

Vinyl Nights: Matt Mabis
2019-09-19 20:30 - 23:00

Chippewa Valley Restaurant Week 2019
2019-09-20 17:00 - 2019-09-29 22:00
For ten days in September, dozens of local restaurants will take part in an exciting new culinary tradition that gives you access to special menus, offerings, great deals, and invites you to attend a handful of unique food-themed events that raise money for community causes.
The Lakely is happy to offer a three-course menu with four options per course for the incredible price of just $30 per person. Reservations are encouraged! Feel free to come and enjoy a drink even if there is a short wait!

Gallery Show: Sarah Krueger + Luray
2019-09-20 20:00 - 22:00
Join us in The Gallery of The Oxbow Hotel for an intimate musical experience featuring Sarah Krueger and Luray. Doors open at 7:30 p.m., show begins at 8:00 p.m. Guests are welcome to get drinks in The Lakely restaurant and bar before, during and/or after the show.
Tickets are $12 advance, $15 at the door:
GET TICKETS HERE
SARAH KRUEGER
Sarah Krueger is Eau Claire, WI born and Duluth, MN built. Between stretches of teaching jobs, waiting tables, and holing up in a cold Duluth hillside apartment, Sarah has crafted a lush folk sound that serves as a breathing foundation for her earnest and straightforward songwriting. After three years of stints at Erik Koskinen’s Real Phonic Studio in Minneapolis, Sarah and her rotating cohort of applauded artists carved out “Lustrous”, a record laced with a moody brightness and authentic vibe released in 2015. Currently, Krueger is at the heels of a new record with promises of an all star cast and songs that push the folk frame work to tender and ardent territory. Krueger’s zealous performing and prevailing voice offer a fresh presence to the stage and seem to hit all the soft spots in the complicated space between us all.
LURAY
Luray is indie folk, featuring strange and lovely banjo and ambient sounds. Based in Richmond, VA, Luray is the musical project of Shannon Carey. Luray’s sophomore album ‘Dig’ is out 7/26 on 6131 Records, and was produced by Shannon’s brother Sean Carey (of S.Carey & Bon Iver). The album’s single, ‘Dig’ was featured on the New York Times New Music Playlist.
Evocative music can be some of the best. And Carey, who performs under the moniker Luray, has a particular knack for doing just that. Her songs feel welcoming, yet elusive, like a long-forgotten photograph you find at the bottom of a box, a memory that gets hazier with each passing year.
“My songs tell me what’s going on with me, like my unconscious trying to get my attention,” explains Carey, who had plenty to unravel in her life leading up to the recording of her sophomore full length, ‘Dig.’ “My marriage broke up while I was writing this album and the songs started to speak to me about my relationship and what I was hoping for and holding onto. What I wasn’t letting myself acknowledge. I moved to Richmond and set to finishing the songs for the record. I wrote more songs about how it felt to lose, and how it felt to be starting over.”
Although Carey has called Richmond, Virginia home for a number of years, her music has an inescapable imprint of her Wisconsin upbringing. And it’s back in Eau Claire, Wisconsin that she set about recording the album, enlisting her brother Sean Carey to produce. “The band drove out to Wisconsin and met up with Sean and engineer Brian Joseph, who had just completed building his own studio, which he called The Hive. It’s in the woods and feels very ‘Northern Wisconsin’ -feels like a little haven from the world.” The Hive became the perfect locale to capture such a personal collection of songs. “It’s hard to explain how intimate the recording process was, but it felt very insular and almost delicate. After the end of that relationship that had been so central, I felt a little fragile and obviously in transition. Sometimes you can hear something tentative in my vocals. I had been getting my new life together for the past year, but it still felt strange.”
The eleven songs that came to form Dig provide a stolen glance at a snapshot of Shannon Carey’s life, yet invite listeners into the story to explore for themselves. It also marks the closing of one chapter and the beginning of the next.

Vinyl Nights: Brian Handeland Trio
2019-09-20 20:30 - 23:00
Experience live jazz from the only year-round jazz venue in town! From the Lakely stage tonight, enjoy a set from The Brian Handeland Trio 8:30pm-11:30pm.

At The Lakely, you can expect an evolving seasonal menu of Midwest modern comfort food. Featuring the familiar flavors of the woods and fields of Wisconsin, dinner is served Sunday through Thursday 5pm to 9pm and 5pm to 10pm Friday through Saturday.

Our farmers and producers take the highest pride in the quality of their products, and Chef Eric Mendoza brings out the best in every ingredient.

Expect to enjoy comfortable culinary creations featuring regional staples like freshwater fish, wild rice, cranberries, maple syrup, and farm-raised beef, pork, vegetables, and more.

Monday Jazz Jam with UW-Eau Claire Jazz Studies
2019-09-23 20:00 - 22:00
The Jazz Studies students of UWEC take over the Lakely stage for a community jazz jam session! Bring your horn and come sit in!

Vinyl Night: DJ Cooper
2019-09-26 20:30 - 23:00
