Tagged X-Ray Arcade

Sincere Engineer, Harrison Gordon to headline second annual Burn Bright MKE festival

October 29, 2024

This past February, a brand new festival called Burn Bright MKE added to the ever-improving winter festival landscape in metro Milwaukee. The two-day affair was created by DIY booking wunderkind JJ Kaiser, who ...

Talent buyer JJ Kaiser talks booking start, memorable shows, what’s to come

Tyler Maas

July 17, 2024

If you've seen any live music in the area that's remotely in the vicinity of the punk, hardcore, ska, or indie rock genres in recent years, there's a decent chance JJ Kaiser had something to do with booking and...

Come to our “High Score” 4/20 Market at X-Ray Arcade

Tyler Maas

February 21, 2024

Milwaukee Record is proud to present the inaugural High Score. This "4/20 Market" will feature a wide variety of local and regional vendors who offer botanical, plant-infused products with "added ingredients" t...

My 5 favorite shows from X-Ray Arcade’s first 5 years

Tyler Maas

February 16, 2024

It’s tough to remember a time before X-Ray Arcade. Frankly, I don’t want to think about it. Amazingly, in spite of seeming like it's been a fixture in Milwaukee-area music forever, the Cudahy-based arcade and c...

Inaugural “Burn Bright MKE” festival to heat up X-Ray Arcade this winter

Tyler Maas

December 18, 2023

With the official beginning of winter just mere days away, it's safe to say metro Milwaukee won't be hosting any festivals for a while, right? Wrong! Festival season really never ends around these parts anymore...

Mudhoney delivers the (new) hits at sold-out X-Ray Arcade

Cal Roach

October 20, 2023

When the Seattle grunge scene blew up in the early 1990s, the scramble for underground cred began immediately. It all seems tragically moot now, as few of the alt-rock superstars of the day remain except Pearl ...

Here’s who’s playing the X-Ray Arcade Stage at Bay View Bash

Tyler Maas

August 22, 2023

Even though most of Milwaukee’s major festivals are now in the rear view mirror, one of the city’s biggest and best undertakings is still on the horizon. Yes, Bay View Bash will make its long-awaited return to ...

The Frogs’ Jimmy Flemion will play first hometown show in 17 years March 24 at X-Ray Arcade

Matt Wild

February 17, 2023

In the history of Milwaukee bands that broke into the mainstream—albeit briefly—no group leaves a stranger mark than The Frogs. Brothers Jimmy and Dennis Flemion formed the aggressively lo-fi and aggressively s...

Here’s who’s playing the X-Ray Arcade Stage at Bay View Bash

Tyler Maas

August 15, 2022

Chris Gethard to bring live podcast, stand-up to X-Ray Arcade October 7

Tyler Maas

July 13, 2022

Chris Gethard is a lot of things. He's a cult comedy legend, the namesake and former figurehead of The Chris Gethard Show, an actor (who you might know from films like Don't Think Twice and TV shows like Broad ...

Frank Turner to play solo acoustic outing at X-Ray Arcade on July 10

Tyler Maas

May 25, 2022

Frank Turner has done it all. The English punk singer-songwriter has played thousands of shows over the course of his nearly 30-year musical career. During that over-quarter-century span, he’s released nine exc...

X-Ray Arcade will require proof of vaccination or negative COVID test beginning Sept. 2

Matt Wild

August 26, 2021

X-Ray Arcade is joining the ranks of other area venues in requiring proof of vaccination or a negative COVID-19 test for entry. The new policy begins Thursday, September 2."Beginning September 2, 2021, X-Ray ...

Here’s everything you need to know about this weekend’s X-Ray Beer Day

Tyler Maas

July 14, 2021

In addition to being an outstanding all-ages venue and arcade with the capability of restoring one's faith in Cudahy (and humanity?), X-Ray Arcade also has a way better beer selection than you might expect from...

The end of quarantine or: How I learned to stop worrying and love Cudahy

Paul Bestul

July 12, 2021

After the longest year of our collective lives, 2020 finally feels like it’s almost over...seven months after it officially ended. Masks are no longer required, shots are going into arms, and things are looking...

X-Ray Arcade’s “Patio Days” to return with DJs and pizza bagels

Tyler Maas

April 26, 2021

Even though we're less than a week removed from the last time it snowed in Milwaukee, spring is technically here. Soon, the threat of snow will be entirely gone, the weather will improve, and the daylight hours...

Carryout Chronicles: X-Ray Arcade

Tyler Maas

February 24, 2021

It’s an unprecedented and incredibly difficult time for bars and restaurants right now. Wanting to highlight local establishments who are keeping food quality high while also keeping its customers and employees...

X-Ray Arcade is going to offer pizza bagel and virtual concert “combo meals”

Tyler Maas

February 11, 2021

Earlier this week, X-Ray Arcade celebrated two years in business. Unfortunately, the Cudahy-based arcade, bar, and music venue has been unable to safely host concerts or allow people inside to play games for ne...

Join Milwaukee Record on X-Ray Arcade’s patio for a socially distant night of Midwest music

Milwaukee Record Staff

September 29, 2020

Do you like Midwestern-made music? Do you want to support X-Ray Arcade? Do you want to do something—ANYTHING—in a safe and responsible setting that's not your goddamn house? Do you want to squeeze every possibl...

Ned Flanders metal band Okilly Dokilly will return to Cudahy’s X-Ray Arcade May 2

Tyler Maas

February 3, 2020

Last spring, Okilly Dokilly, "the world’s only Nedal band"—a.k.a. a Ned Flanders-themed metal band—helped unofficially christen Cudahy’s newly-opened X-Ray Arcade when they headlined an unforgettable show at th...

My First Band: Andy Slania (The Eradicator, Galactic Cannibal, ATFO)

Milwaukee Record Staff

October 4, 2019

You might know Andy Slania from...actually, you probably don't know him because when he takes the stage, he's simply known as The Eradicator. The Chicago hardcore band that's based on a 25-year-old sketch from ...