The Carlile Family Band - Live in Stillwater

Join us for an intimate and lively evening at Loft 214—a cozy, modern space tucked inside a historic brick building in downtown Stillwater. With glowing café lights and exposed brick walls, this one-of-a-kind venue sets the stage for an unforgettable night of music, stories, and connection.

The Carlile Family Band brings a fresh blend of Folk, Americana, and Indie sounds that flow effortlessly between heartfelt and hilariously fun. Their dynamic stage presence, rich harmonies, and multi-instrumental talent make every show feel like a front-row seat to something truly special. Whether you’re a longtime fan or just discovering them, this is the perfect chance to experience their music up close in one of the most unique concert spaces around.

Opener Willie Wisely will set the stage for an unforgettable night. Doors 6:00, Music 6:30

The Carlile Family Band

We are a family band from a tiny, rural Washington town called Curlew. We perform a mix of Folk, Americana, and Indie sounds across nine instruments from box drums to banjos. We thrive on bending genres and having fun while doing it. Our band is made up of 3 members with the occasional sibling, aunt, or cousin floating around. 

First, our 17-year-old front woman Caroline Carlile on guitar, banjo, and vocals. She mostly is seen running around the stage bantering with the audience and her family on stage. It is always a good time when Caroline’s around! 

Second, is our jack of all trades, 15-year-old JayJ Carlile. The driving force behind the music, JayJ is a multi-instrumentalist playing a range of 6-7 instruments. He also is known for singing his own songs about anxiety and the stresses of growing up. 

And lastly, our dad, Jay Carlile. Providing expert harmonies and blues harp, he also is the official family bus driver. 

We also write, record, and produce our own music, often from the backseat of our motorhome while we’re on the road.

With shows filled with comedy and family harmonies, we invite you to come along! Our songs range from heartache, to friendship, to familial love, to cowboys. There’s always a new song or story we are just waiting to share. 

Can’t wait to see you out there! 

The Carlile Family Band

Opener Willie Wisely --

Willie Wisely is that rare bird, mixing outsized stadium-rock showmanship with songs so lyrical, personal and true, you'll leave the show feeling like you've got a new best friend. He is among the most distinctive songwriters of his generation, with decades of indie touring that season every note. He’s taken several jaunts to Japan, gigged in the UK, France and across Canada; recorded eight studio albums, and released an even deeper well of side projects and curio albums.

As befitting a songwriter, Wisely resided for decades in Laurel Canyon, Los Angeles' musician refuge; playing gigs, co-writing, composing indie film scores and even occasionally crawling down the hill to Hollywood for unexpected appearances acting in TV, theater and in films you've likely seen. In 2018, he returned to his native Twin Cities, to give yet more time to his music and family, and to again be a part of one of the country's most celebrated and richly artistic scenes: Minneapolis.

In his four decades of music making and crowd play, Wisely has followed many muses, including that of the eternal clothes horse and LP crate digger. The interior walls of his home are warmed by the fashionable textiles, zipper boots and vinyl LP stacks of era's gone by. And his latest studio album "Face The Sun" feels it all. Produced by John Fields (who crafted Wisely's career-launching 90's albums "She" and "Turbosherbet"), the album includes Willie's snappiest pop songs, along side his deepest bows ever to the 70's balladry of Harry Nilsson and Eric Carmen, notably in the track "I Can't Sleep". Also, don't miss the album's sensual wisely-chosen cover, “Fall Inside Your Eyes,” long Willie's favorite 60's obscurity by the little know Beatles acolyte Jackie Lomax.