From the beautiful river blessed area of Nevada City, California, the “Best Live Music in Nevada City” Beaucoup Chapeaux arranges and performs their “magical” mix on accordion, violin, oboe, English horn, tenor guitar, clarinet, bass clarinet, piccolo, and voice. “Beaucoup Chapeaux plays a mixture of music that oozes with joyful world overtones… If you like your music with an old world European quality and played straight from the hip with no excuses, look no further as this will be your cup-otea and then some!” –Mikail Graham, DJ, event and record producer, writing in KVMR Radio’s “Top Picks 2011” review.

“Maggie McKaig and Luke Wilson are two of the finest musicians, singers, and songwriters performing today.” –Utah Phillips.

As all who experience Beaucoup Chapeaux often exclaim–locals and European visitors alike—it’s just like being in a café in Europe. In their three years together, the band has played hundreds of concerts in Nevada County, as well festivals, clubs, cafés, and house concerts in San Francisco, Ashland, Bend, Portland, Chehalis, Tacoma, Olympia, and Seattle, and they released their first CD last spring. Along with some “brilliant” original music, their repertoire includes hauntingly wild and beautiful music from France, Italy, Greece, Turkey, Serbia, Macedonia, Russia, Bulgaria, Romania, and more.

Audiences adore this band, their music, and the true joie de vivre they create. Their café gig has become certainly one of the most, if not the most popular attraction on Friday nights in Nevada City–not just to hear great music, but as a gathering spot, and the place locals bring visitors to get the essence of the bustling and artsy community of Nevada City. That Beaucoup Chapeaux has become one of the most sought after groups for events in Nevada County, an area that overflows with incredible artists, is a testimony to their talent. As one Facebook fan wrote: “This band is scary good -all virtuosos, all acoustic, they drive the teeming bistro bonhomie in a petit cafe and wherever they go.”