About Pat.

Pat Wiley is a seasoned songwriter and performer with a “rural, down home” flavor. He flows from guitar to fiddle to clawhammer banjo as he sings his songs and tells his stories, playfully inviting his audience to pull up a chair and give a listen.

UPCOMING SHOWS

Thanks for a busy and rewarding 2026 season.

Scheduling shows for 2027

Pat Wiley and John Wilson made up half of the original Raiders of the Lost Barn, a Wisconsin based string band playing and calling barn dances from 1985-2005. These days they team up as a duo performing original and traditional music and dance. Pat is a seasoned singer/songwriter, John is a entertaining story teller and clogger. Both are multi-instrumentalists. But mostly they are a couple of old friends that love to make music together,.

Shawano Folk Festival 2023
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Get in touch.

Stay in touch with any upcoming shows or albums!

Bookings

Contact Pat for any type of family-friendly event! He can perform solo or with a band.

  • festivals

  • house concerts

  • libraries

  • coffee houses

  • live music clubs

  • special events

  • barn dances

  • historical reenactmets

  • acting and original music for films

  • educational workshops on American folk music, instruments, songwriting

  • custom written original music/jingles

Past Festival Performances

  • Summerfest

  • University of Chicago Folk Festival

  • Hodag Country Music Festival

  • Bluegrass in the Pines

  • LarryFest

  • Shawano Folk Festival

  • Littlestock Bluegrass Festival

  • Mountain View Arkansas Folk Festival

  • Hiawatha Music Festival

  • White Pine Jamboree

  • Project North Festival

  • Porcupine Mountain Music Festival

  • Green Apple Folk Festival

  • Art Street

  • Wabeno Art and Music Fest

  • FergFest

 Discography

Fiddle Under Grandpa’s Bed | 2025

CD $20 includes shipping

17 original songs by Pat Wiley

Mus:icians:- Art Stevenson-harmonica, Danny Jerabek-button accordion, Pam Setser-vocals Mountain View Night, Tim Crouch- all instruments and production Mountain View Night, John Wilson-guitar /Little Walter’s Lament fiddle-Chew the Fat, Jolie Heggeseth/Wiley-harmony Childhood Kitchens & Dearest Mother, Eric Bestul-sound engineer, bass guitar, dobro, mandolin, Pat-vocals, guitar, banjo, fiddle

Cover art-Mike Duebler

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Back in the Day | 2021

CD $15 includes shipping

15 original songs by Pat Wiley

Musicians: Art Stevenson- harmonica, Joe and Sue Cronick- fiddle/mandolin, Gabe Dettinger-5 string banjo, Eric Bestul- electric/ pedal steel guitars, Amanda Bestul- bass, Jolie Heggeseth- harmony vocals Pat- guitar/clawhammer banjo/ vocals

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Woodstove Sessions | 202o

CD $15 includes shipping

16 original songs by Pat Wiley

Musicians: Greg Kautz- 5 string banjo, Pat guitar/ clawhammer banjo/fiddle, Vocals

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Heart & Home | 2019

CD $15 includes shipping

15 original songs by Pat Wiley

Musicians: Shawn Sargent- bass/harmony vocals, Susan Nicholson-fiddle, Jack Nicholson- mandolin/guitar, Greg Kautz 5 string banjo, Joel Kroenke-harmonica, Scott Hieptas-cajon, Pat-guitar/clawhammer banjo/fiddle/vocals

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