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June 25, 2019

Summerfest! It runs June 26-30, and July 2-7! It's at Henry Maier Festival Park—a.k.a. the Summerfest grounds! General admission tickets usually cost $15 or $23! Not bad! Like Mad magazine always says: cheap! ...

Here’s the Brady Street Festival lineup

June 25, 2019

Brady Street isn’t exactly the first place you’d think of when it comes to seeing live music in Milwaukee, but for one day every July, the nine-block thoroughfare on the city’s East Side that's best-known for i...

In case you blinked last week, here’s all the new shit they’re building in Milwaukee (June 16-22)

June 25, 2019

Depending on which news sources you follow, Milwaukee is going through either a "renaissance" or a "reinvention." Or maybe it's a "reboot" or a "reimagining," like that crappy Tim Burton version of Planet Of Th...

Relive the 2019 Summer Soulstice Music Festival with these photos

June 24, 2019

Remember a few years ago, when the East Side was lousy with empty bars, empty buildings, and gone-out-of-business businesses? Yeah, it's not really like that anymore. If you needed proof, this past Saturday's S...

The SummerRest: 37 non-Summerfest shows

June 24, 2019

Summerfest begins Wednesday, and will bring more than 700 acts to 10 stages—not even counting those weird side stages near the lake—and close to a million people through the gates for 11 days of music, activity...

Here are some dumb pictures from the best Dummerfest to date

June 24, 2019

Last Saturday, while thousands flocked Summer Soulstice on Milwaukee's East Side and Lakefront Festival Of Art outside Milwaukee Art Museum, a few hundred folks made their way to a Cudahy venue for a different ...

Dear Milwaukee sportscasters: Stop shaming strangers (and children) on social media

June 24, 2019

Sunday afternoon, 41,237 people enjoyed watching the Milwaukee Brewers defeat the Cincinnati Reds 7-5 at Miller Park. Among those 41,000-plus people was local sports radio person Bill Michaels, who most decided...

If you like Nineteen Thirteen’s new EP, ‘If You Like It, It’s Good,’ it’s good

June 24, 2019

Nineteen Thirteen is a group that's more normal than its lineup suggests, and one that's much, much weirder. On one hand, the duo of Victor DeLorenzo and Janet Schiff produces surprisingly accessible music, esp...

The National, Walk The Moon, more are playing intimate shows at Hacienda Beer Co.

June 23, 2019

Summerfest 2019 is just around the corner. Like, it starts this Wednesday, folks. It'll be your chance to see acts like The National, Walk The Moon, Neon Trees, Taking Back Sunday, Young The Giant, The Head And...

My First Band: Cedric LeMoyne (Alanis Morissette, Gnarls Barkley, Rose Of The West, Remy Zero)

June 21, 2019

You probably recognize the bass lines of Cedric LeMoyne in songs by Alanis Morissette and Gnarls Barkley. You might be aware of his work with his new band, Milwaukee's own Rose Of The West. However, LeMoyne's f...

19 pictures of the new Uline Warehouse Stage at Summerfest, plus 1 picture of a red-winged blackbird at Lakeshore State Park

June 20, 2019

Thursday morning, Summerfest officials unveiled the new and much-improved Uline Warehouse Stage. It's pretty neat! The northern-most stage now sports an expanded footprint, expanded production capabilities, an ...

No more Mr. Passive Resistance: We’re bringing ‘UHF’ back to Avalon Theater July 17

June 20, 2019

Put down your remote control. Throw out your TV Guide. Put away your jacket. There's no need to go outside. Well, there is a need to go outside on Wednesday, July 17. Yes, that's the night we're teaching poodle...

A guide to Dummerfest 2019, the biggest and dumbest one yet

June 20, 2019

After two awesome Dummerfest installments that brought bands like Off With Their Heads, Negative Approach, 88 Fingers Louie, The Copyrights, PEARS, Meat Wave, Masked Intruder, Direct Hit!, and many more to The ...

21 standout (non-festival) summer shows

June 19, 2019

Summertime musical entertainment in Milwaukee typically finds a home at the city's 8,000 street fests, or, you know, that whole Summerfest thing. But look beyond the temporary street stages and the sea of dance...

Rappy Hour brings old school hip-hop and classic music videos to The Vanguard every Thursday

June 19, 2019

Aside from serving up some of the finest and most innovative sausages in Milwaukee (or anywhere, for that matter), The Vanguard is probably best-known for the unique things they show on the restaurant's two TVs...

Lorde Fredd33’s complex sense of place

Tone Madison

June 19, 2019

The following piece by Henry Solo was originally published on Tone Madison.A lot has changed for Cameron Henderson, rap name Lorde Fredd33, in the year and change since he released his debut album, Norf: Th...

Our return trip to Blue Ox Music Festival sure was something

Josh Hoppert

June 18, 2019

Last year, we packed up our Toyota Camry with granola bars and Outkast CDs and made our first ever voyage to Eau Claire, Wisconsin's fourth annual Blue Ox Music Festival. It was great. The fest was incredibly w...

The probability of Ixonia (and beyond)

June 18, 2019

The following article originally appeared in the May edition of Colectivo Coffee‘s “Off The Record” print-only periodical/crossword puzzle. You can pick up “Off The Record” free of charge at all 13 Milwaukee-ar...

The second annual Fat Fest will bring food, art, tunes to Bay View on August 17