The Oxbow Hotel

Open Mic Night
2025-07-02 19:00 - 22:00, 2025-07-09 19:00 - 22:00, 2025-07-16 19:00 - 22:00, 2025-07-23 19:00 - 22:00, 2025-07-30 19:00 - 22:00, 2025-08-06 19:00 - 22:00, 2025-08-13 19:00 - 22:00 (America/Chicago)
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
2025-07-03 19:00 - 21:00, 2025-07-17 19:00 - 21:00, 2025-07-31 19:00 - 21:00, 2025-08-07 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: Jordan Cox Quartet
2025-07-04 18:00 - 21:00
The Jordan Cox Quartet celebrates the Fourth of July with patriotic songs, songs from the Great American Songbook, and much more. Come join the celebration!

LIVE MUSIC: Paul Silbergleit Trio
2025-07-05 19:00 - 22:00
Veteran Milwaukee-area jazz guitarist Paul Silbergleit returns to the Lakely, in the company of top-flight Twin Cities drummer Pete James Johnson and our own Jeremy Boettcher on bass! Tasty, swingin’, and sophisticated, the trio brings a host of original tunes and arrangements in addition to a fresh improvisatory style.

LIVE MUSIC: Jim Phillips
2025-07-08 18:00 - 20:00, 2025-08-12 18:00 - 20:00
Jim Phillips is a singer, guitarist, and songwriter with a Lakely line-up of Americana, acoustic rock, and originals.

VINYL NIGHT: Matthew Sayles of Philville Records
2025-07-10 18:00 - 21:00
Vinyl night at the Lakely with Matthew R. Sayles of Philville Records! Come down and enjoy some rarities and other eccentricities from Sayles’s personal record collection where he’ll be digging into 45’s and LP’s. The evening will be broken up into three sets of music — hour one will be early string band & rare country music, hour two will feature a variety of international music, and the third hour will feature some of Sayles’s favorite LP’s and singles from Motown and R&B legends with some random rock & roll included.
Matthew R. Sayles is a singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and founder of Philville Records, an independent label he formed in 2000 in Marquette, Michigan. Sayles also hosts the weekly open Mic night at the Lakely every Wednesday (except when he’s on tour), and has guest hosted as a DJ on The Old Dingy Jukebox (Ventura, CA), a podcast that features deep cuts and obscure records from the deep wellspring of down home American Roots Music.
Sayles has toured nationally and internationally, and has had the honor of performing with country, bluegrass, and western swing legends like Merle Haggard, Dwight Yoakam, Asleep at the Wheel, Larry Sparks, Doyle Lawson, the Duhks, Uncle Earl, Hot Club of Cowtown, members of Bob Dylan’s “Rolling Thunder Review” and a long list of other highly talented regional and national roots music performers.
Philville Records was located in Ventura, CA from 2009-2019, and is now based in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. Sayles continues to write, record, and produce, as well as perform with his latest project the Driftless Revelers, Wyatt Thomson, Kenny Hotopp, the Ventura based Ventucky String Band, and his California alt. country project the Detroit Sportsmen’s Congress. He also performs solo and does session work with Eau Claire, Duluth, Marquette, Los Angeles, Ventura, Portland and Santa Barbara alt. country and roots music projects.

LIVE MUSIC: Nice 'N' Easy
2025-07-11 19:00 - 22:00
Having gigged together in the Chippewa Valley since 1990—most notably in the variety and lounge band “TSR”, Steve Wells and Rob Mondlock continue to enjoy performing great music and entertaining audiences whenever possible.
Comprised of Rob on percussion and trumpet, Steve on piano/bass, with both singing, “Nice and Easy” provides listeners with a wide array of memorable selections. Ranging from Frank/Dean/Tony to Ricky Nelson to Chicago to Beatles to Duke Ellington, we’re sure you’ll find something to bring back memories, make you smile, and perhaps even sing along with!

Closed for a Private Event
2025-07-12 11:00 - 23:00
The Oxbow Hotel and The Lakely are hosting a wedding today, and therefore will be closed. We thank you for your support and understanding, and look forward to seeing you in the near future!
If you have any questions at all, please feel free to reach out to us by phone or email:
(715) 839-0601 or Hello@TheOxbowHotel.com
If you are interested in hosting your own wedding or event at The Oxbow, please email Events@TheOxbowHotel.com

LIVE MUSIC: Davey J
2025-07-15 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.

LIVE MUSIC: Garden Party
2025-07-18 19:00 - 22:00
Garden Party is a folk rock trio who originally met as players in the Ukulele Club of Eau Claire, finding that their musical ties went deep. The members include Tom Lockhart on bass, Teresa Jolivette on ukulele and Marjorie Craemer on Guitar, with sweet harmony on every song. Folk, pop and American are some of the genres you will hear from this warm acoustic combo.

LIVE MUSIC: Tyler Lustek
2025-07-19 18:00 - 21:00
Tyler Lustek is a pianist, composer, arranger and educator from Eau Claire, WI. Tyler is involved with a variety of musical projects around the Chippewa Valley including his own quintet the Tyler Lustek Confluence, avant-garde jazz duet Lustek / Granros, piano/cello duet Duo Vivace, and the Chippewa Valley Jazz Orchestra. Tyler is also co-director of the jazz combo program at UW-Eau Claire.

LIVE MUSIC: Wyatt Thomson
2025-07-22 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: Jim Nelson
2025-07-24 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.
Jim Nelson is a retired Elementary School teacher, and a long-time player in the Chippewa Valley music scene. He plays a wide variety of music. The solo and small combo shows consist of singer/songwriter tunes in the spirit of his musical heroes: John Prine, Neil Young, Bob Dylan, and many more lesser-known folksingers. There’s a tendency to lean toward a folky-countryish-bluegrassy-Americana sound. Also in the mix will be a smattering of original songs that fit in well with the cover songs. He has been making music in this area for over twenty years, and other parts of the state before that. Jim has recorded several CDs full of original music, available on all of the usual streaming sites. He plays solo gigs, in a small combo, and even with several full bands in the western Wisconsin area.

LIVE MUSIC: Jeremy Boettcher Trio
2025-07-25 19:00 - 22:00
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.

LIVE MUSIC: doily featuring Lexie Lakmann
2025-07-26 19:00 - 22:00
doily is a solo project featuring Sam Lakmann (Uncommon Denominator, Sad House Guest) joined by his sister Lexie Lakmann (The Pocket Kings, The Presidents) for a night of vocal covers and originals.

LIVE MUSIC: The Max Brown Quartet
2025-08-01 19:00 - 22:00
Max Brown is a trombonist, composer, and arranger, who plays music in all styles but mainly focuses on jazz.
Max is currently based in Chicago Illinois and is working his way into the city’s jazz scene. Before moving to Chicago, was living in his hometown; Madison Wisconsin and he is still active in the Madison and Milwaukee scenes.
Max is the band leader of a jazz/original music sextet that has played in venues such as Fulton Street Collective (Chicago IL) and North Street Cabaret in Madison WI. As well as a frequent leader of small groups and sideman in Chicago, Milwaukee, and Madison.
Max has also built a presence in Indiana, where he spent 6 years from 2017-2023. Earning a Masters of Music in Jazz Studies – trombone from Indiana University Jacobs School of Music (Bloomington IN) where he studied with Wayne Wallace, John Raymond, and Tom Walsh. As well as a bachelor’s degree in classical trombone performance from Butler University in Indianapolis.

LIVE MUSIC: Tim Sullivan Trio
2025-08-02 18:00 - 21:00 | The Oxbow Hotel, 516 Galloway St., Eau Claire, WI, 54703, United States
Join long-time musical collaborators Tim Sullivan on woodwinds, Jeremy Boettcher on bass, and Josh Gallagher on drums for an engaging evening of playful and adventurous music.
Since graduating from ECMHS in 2002, Sullivan has performed extensively throughout the U.S. and overseas, served as a lead teaching artist and curriculum developer with the Apollo Theater and Jazz at Lincoln Center for over a decade, and is a graduate of the Chicago College of Performing Arts, University of New Orleans, and Teachers College at Columbia University.
He lives in the French Quarter of New Orleans and actively performs and teaches throughout the city. He is also Founder and Executive Director of NO FEAR, an arts education nonprofit dedicated to empowering young artists through Experiential Learning and community-driven artmaking. Learn more at www.nofearnola.org

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

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.
