There have been very many wonderful folks performing at Caffè Lena, over the nearly 40 years.
Of course there were the young unknown Bob Dylan, Arlo Guthrie and Don McLean long ago, as well as more established Pete Seeger, Odetta, Dave Van Ronk and Oscar Brand. They still appear at the caffè.

Here are several that us "Newbes" can remember ( Lena can't help our memories anymore.)

Don and Victoria Armstrong, Atlantic Bridge, Balfa Toujours, Dan Berggren, Tony Bird, Hugh Blumenfeld, Roy Bookbinder, Oscar Brand, Hugh Brodie, Burns Sisters, David Amram, Bridget Ball & Christopher Shaw, Lou and Peter Berryman, Gordon Bok, Mop and Bucket Co., Bare Necessities, Pierre Bensusan, Billy Novick & Guy Van Duser, Nick Brignola, Chenille Sisters, Cliff Eberhardt, Rex Fowler, Michael Cooney, Pat Donahue, Michael Eck, Five Chinese Brothers, Guy Davis, Jonathan Edwards, Peggy Eyres, Bob Franke, Beppe Gambetta, Ed Gerhard, John Hammond, Lyn Hardy, Priscilla Herdman, Pat Humphries, Huxtable Christenson & Hood, Justine & Joyce, Jim Gaudet, Gibson Brothers, Harrod and Funck, Jeff Gonzales Trio, Paul Geremia, Vance Gilbert, Roy Hurd,  Hilltown Ramblers, Vic Kibler, Jeannine Laverty, Michael Jerling, Lucy Kaplansky, James Keelaghan, Kitchen Ceili, Cindy Mangsen and Steve Gillette, Mary McCaslin, Bill Keith, Salamander Crossing, Wholesale Klezmer Band, Margaret MacArthur, Ian MacKintosh, Laurel Masse, Diedre McCalla, Lisa McCormick, Trish Miller & John Kirk,  Jaqui MacDonald, Madcat & Kane, David Massengill, Cormac McCarthy, Jeremiah McLane, Tom Mitchell, New Nile Orchestra, Newton Street Irregulars, Ellis Paul, Pierce Pettis, Atlantic Bridge, Nields, Odetta, Frank Orsini, Rosanne Ranieri, Garnet Rogers, Pete Nelson, Anson Olds, Paton Family, Paul Rishell, Maria Sangiolo, Lee Shaw, Lucie Blue Trembly, Molly Mason & Jay Ungar, Dave Van Ronk, Loudon Wainwright, lll, John Sebastian, Rosalie Sorrels, Bill Spence, Bill Staines, Tony Trischka, Upstate Bluegrass, Bob Warren, Martin Sexton, Sweetland Storytellers, Susan Trump, Frank Wakefield, George Ward & Vaughn Ward,  Tom Weakley, Camille West, Brooks Williams, Cathy Winter, Susan Werner, Jimmie Dale Gilmore, John Stewart, Arlo Guthrie, Nanci Griffith, Chip Taylor, Roches, McGarrigles, Bob Dylan, Don McLean, Christine Lavin, Ramblin' Jack Eliot, Bernice Reagan "Sweet Honey", Spalding Grey, Alien Folklife, ...
 

Some more ...

Mike Seeger, Peggy Seeger, Elizabeth Cotton, Beers Family, Scott Alerik, Rory Block, Alan Block (her father), Boys of the Lough, Broken Sting Band, Joe Bruchac, Guy Crowan, Len Chandler, Charlie Chin, Emmylou Harris, Carolyn Hester, High Level Ranchers, Chris Holder and Jack Hume, Mississippi John Hurt, Jesse Fuller, Bob Gibson, Greenbriar Boys, Landfill Mountain Boys, Mitch Greenhill, Paul Clayton, Sara Cleveland, Dallas Cline, Malcolm Dalglish and Grey Larsen, Rev. Gary Davis, Marshall Dodge of Bert and I, George Drew, Josh Dunson, Sleepy John Estes, Mimi Farina, Cathy Fink, Cilla Fisher & Arty Tresize, Patrick Skye, Noel Paul Stookey, Happy and Arty Tramm, Bill Vonaver, Joe Venuti, Jerry Jeff Walker, Jesse Colm Young, Josh White, Jr., Robin and Linda Williams, George Wilson, Jesse Jones, Danny Kalb, Selma Kaplan, Rude Girls, Louis Killen, Spider John Koerner, Barry Kornfeld, Jim Kweskin, Christine Lavin, Lilly Brothers, Magpie, Tony Markellis, Martin Bogan & Armstrong, Walt Michael & Co., Maria Muldaur, Peter Ostrushko, Tom Paxton, Buck & John Pizzarelli, Malvina Reynolds, Jean Richie, John Roberts and Tony Barrand, Howie Bursen, Carla Sciaky, Jackie Washington...
 

Trivia questions : Who was the first person to appear at the Caffe? Who was the first you saw? Who will you see next?