Trempealeau Hotel, Restaurant and Saloon

10/09/2026

Wyatt is settling in...

10/09/2026

Wyatt is set up and ready to roll. Good times on the deck!

10/09/2026

Wyatt Thomson is here tonight from 6pm. Come hang out. Enjoy some comfort food. Sunshine and music on the deck. Happy fall!

10/08/2026

The proprietors of MUDDY WATERS have some fun in the neighborhood. Lacey & Mark were on the lawn a few weeks back with a couple of friends and fancy clothes. Even the train stood still for this photo. 'It's like raaain on your wedding day...'
Thank you to Ashley of Quinn Photography

10/08/2026

Jeffrey Foucault is here in six days for a listening session. Tickets are sold out. Please DO NOT buy tickets from people you do not know. Please. Thank you!!

Yup.

14 Amy Werner TREMPEALEAU

15 Anodyne Coffee Roasting Co. MILWAUKEE*

16 Stoughton Opera House STOUGHTON WI*

17 Cedar Lounge & Earth Rider Fest Grounds SUPERIOR

18 Ore Dock Brewing MARQUETTE

20 Stone Arch Brewpub APPLETON

21 FITZGERALDS BERWYN

22 The Parkway Theater MINNEAPOLIS**

23 Muiderman Guitars THOMPSON

25 Sanctuary Event Center FARGO presented by Jasper Hotel

* Whitney Mann opens

** Molly Dean opens

IMAGE Joe Navas

10/07/2026

Just announced for Friday 6-9pm-
Wyatt Thomson possesses a voice that echoes 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. Since his highly regarded debut record, Sad Records & Country Tunes, was released on Philville Records in 2024, Wyatt has had breakout performances at Boats & Bluegrass Music Festival, Great River Folk Festival and has performed with national touring artists Charlie Parr and W***y Tea Taylor.

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 h***y 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.

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10/07/2026

These accolades keep us small business people going. Positive, heartfelt messages regarding your experience give us the strength and impetus to forge ahead and keep doing what we're doing. Congratulations to the Schwertel Family and
thanks for the cool things your family and team are doing for this community.

I received this text from a friend yesterday, & it definitely made my day! 😁

When we bought the farm in 2014, we had some ideas & a vision. With the help of a lot of family & friends who are like family, this farm has turned into so much more than just a produce stand! 🚜

🧡Thank You for supporting our farm!
💛Thank You to our team who have helped make our vision a reality.

10/06/2026

A very interesting and somewhat frightening revelation. Experience music here with the musicians, your friends and strangers. Get into the groove that the artist intentionally creates. Please join us whenever possible to give yourself a musical treat. Peace.

Headphone listening “is a surprisingly radical invention, and we’re only beginning to contend with its implications,” Jonathan Garrett wrote in 2025. https://theatln.tc/iVtACehV

Music used to be a communal experience: Friends would meet up for album-listening parties, and MTV would show the most popular music videos to the masses. But according to a recent report, 78 percent of streaming consumers now listen to music through headphones. “Music hasn’t disappeared from our social lives, but it is more often consumed privately than communally.” Garrett writes. “This revolution is less a rupture than a culmination of a long shift—from music as a unifying force to music as an individual pursuit. Headphones transform music from something you might once have blasted through speakers—in a car, a dorm, a living room—into something almost entirely confined.”

“This shift is further enabled by the platforms where most modern fans do their listening. The core promise of streaming services such as Spotify is that you can access nearly the entire history of recorded music at virtually no cost,” Garrett continues. “That abundance is real, but the platforms are designed to keep us moving, not lingering. Even the word streaming suggests a frictionless drift from one song to the next. Breadth is prioritized over depth; the goal is to strengthen loyalty to the platform, not devotion to an artist or album. Listeners are encouraged to hop around tracks on a playlist, not live with an artist’s work long enough to let it shape them.”

“When that kind of listening behavior scales up across an entire population, and audiences are spread thin, the cultural conversation quiets. Music is everywhere, but it’s less important,” Garrett writes at the link. “The more time we spend in our own musical echo chambers, the less likely we are to share a collective cultural experience.”

🎨: Brian Blomerth

10/06/2026

The weather forecast is beautiful. Colors are truly starting to pop. Take a tour on the river. Bring a friend. Bundle up. Then come visit us for a hot drink, warm meal and some cool music.
Wild Goose Mississippi River Backwater Tours
Hemma with special guest Nikki Grossman

10/06/2026

Jeffrey Foucault will be at Trempealeau Hotel, Restaurant and Saloon Wednesday October 14. Tickets on Eventbrite.