Former Blue Whale Coffeehouse regular and UWGB alum celebrates 50 years of music making and story telling

Folk musician Claudia Schmidt is returning to the Green Bay Area on November 4 for a concert commemorating five decades of original music, poetry, and storytelling. Claudia began her music career while still a student in the 1970s at UW-Green Bay. She was a regular guest at the Blue Whale Coffeehouse, a venue located on campus through the 1980s. A 50th anniversary of the Blue Whale was observed in 2015 and Schmidt returned to headline that celebratory event.

Claudia Schmidt’s quirky and wonderful hodge-podge (her word!) work provides a unique look at the world from someone who says what she see with clarity, humor, and wonder. She’s widely known as a singer/songwriter of folk and blues, and accomplished performer on 12-string guitar and mountain dulcimer, was a regular during the early years of Prairie Home Companion, and is still heard on WPR’s “Simply Folk.”

For more information about Schmidt and her music, visit claudiaschmidt.com.

Claudia will be performing locally at Kavarna Coffeehouse, Cafe and Roasters on Saturday, November 4 at 7:30 p.m. This is her only appearance back in Northeast Wisconsin. Tickets are available in advance online for $20 or $25 the day of the show (at door and cash or check only). For more information visit Kavarna’s website or the Simply Folk Events Calendar.