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Carly Rae Jepsen (and Bob Saget?) takes Turner Hall on bumpy, fun adventure

March 12, 2016

// Carly Rae Jepsen will forever be known best for "Call Me Maybe," the hit single the Canadian singer released in 2012. If you were near anything that emitted sound during that summer, you heard the song. ...

Lizzo brings the party (and a message) to Turner Hall

Cal Roach

February 22, 2016

// The Brew City has seen a lot of Lizzo over the past year or so. The Minneapolis-based rapper (no, she's not on Rhymesayers, and no, she's not in Doomtree) impressed attendees as the unorthodox opening ac...

Godspeed You! Black Emperor ascends, evolves at Turner Hall

Cal Roach

February 15, 2016

// Milwaukee has been spoiled on the post-rock front thus far in 2016. Three weeks ago, Mad Planet somehow landed a Tortoise performance—only the band's second live date following the release of its first n...

Old Milwaukee: Turner Hall’s connection to the feminist movement

Erin TerBeek

January 15, 2016

// The four-story, Cream City brick building on 4th Street known as Turner Hall is well known for hosting a wide variety of shows that range from concerts to comedians to live wrestling. Turner Hall also ho...

Why MKE and NXT make a great tag team

Rob Wieland

January 14, 2016

// Fun fact: "Stone Cold" Steve Austin's famous "Austin 3:16" catchphrase was born right here in Milwaukee at the 1996 King of the Ring tournament. This is but one of many tidbits of wrestling history threa...

Reunited Naked Raygun has strong Turner Hall showing

Cal Roach

December 5, 2015

In some ways, the Naked Raygun story is a string of rock and roll clichés. They were massively influential on the U.S. post-punk era but, like their Milwaukee contemporaries in Die Kreuzen, they never really go...

The Get Down will return to Turner Hall for New Year’s Eve 2015

Milwaukee Record Staff

November 2, 2015

If there’s one constant in an ever-changing, ever-frustrating world, it’s The Get Down, Milwaukee’s long-running funk and soul dance party. For more than 10 years, DJs Andy Noble, Brent Goodsell, and Nesh have ...

Milwaukee Record presents Local Coverage 2016

Tyler Maas

October 15, 2015

This past January, Milwaukee Record hosted the inaugural Local Coverage at Club Garibaldi. The benefit found eight different Milwaukee acts across the age, neighborhood, and stylistic board covering one another...

Found Footage Festival will return to Milwaukee in November with “Salute to Weirdos”

Matt Wild

October 12, 2015

For more than 10 years, Wisconsin natives Joe Pickett and Nick Prueher have been bravely scouring America’s cut-out bins, Goodwills, and dumpsters in order to find some of the most bizarre and delightful VHS od...

Jen Kirkman is manic, magnificent in Turner Hall debut

Tyler Maas

September 10, 2015

// With her New York Times best-selling book I Can Barely Take Care Of Myself: Tales From A Happy Life Without Kids, her self-flagellating Netflix special I’m Gonna Die Alone (And I Feel Fine), and her Drunk ...

Brian Posehn ends Milwaukee Comedy Fesitival strong at Turner Hall

Tyler Maas

August 10, 2015

The 10th annual Milwaukee Comedy Festival was far and away the event’s biggest and best year yet. The festival’s first three days found comedy fans filling Next Act Theatre while taking in a diverse and altoget...

Death From Above 1979 comes to life at Turner Hall

Tyler Maas

July 30, 2015

It's been a while since Death From Above 1979 played in Milwaukee. To be more specific, it's been 10 and a quarter years since the Canadian "dance-punk" duo dropped by Mad Planet for a weeknight performance tha...

Lady Lamb is gracious and great in Turner Hall return

Tyler Maas

July 17, 2015

Last April, Maine-based musician Aly Spaltro stood on Turner Hall's stage for the first time, as her project—then called Lady Lamb The Beekeeper—played in support of Typhoon. Just over 15 months later, the mayb...

Throwback to the future: Cosplay Rave 3.0 vs. ’90s rave culture

Rob Wieland

July 15, 2015

Kids these days, with their hula hoops and their raps, might not realize it, but their parents may have spent their youth as part of the early ’90s rave culture, tracking down underground parties full of thuddi...

Talib Kweli shows Turner Hall why he’s lasted 20 years strong

Phillip Martinez

July 10, 2015

Brooklyn was in the house Thursday night as Milwaukee played host to one of independent hip-hop's most influential artists, Talib Kweli. With a career spanning 20 years, Kweli has pumped out six solo albums, ne...

Dearly beloved, Gabriel Sanchez and The Prince Experience will play Turner Hall November 28

Matt Wild

July 6, 2015

If the just-wrapped Summerfest 2015 taught us anything, it’s that there is no shortage of cover and tribute bands playing in and around Milwaukee. U2 tribute bands, Led Zeppelin tribute bands, The Who tribute b...

Kyle Dunnigan somewhat entertains a patchwork Turner Hall

Tyler Maas

June 12, 2015

Kyle Dunnigan is a tough sell at the ballroom level. Though the comic's work is certainly recognizable, the fact that the best known components of his comic catalog come in the form of a little-known character ...

Todd Barry will return to Turner Hall on July 24

Tyler Maas

May 29, 2015

With more than 30 years of stage time beneath his belt and an often-imitated, never replicated wry and soft-spoken comedic style, Todd Barry is on the cusp of comedy legend status. Though he's performed in Wisc...

Jenny Lewis fucking killed it last night at Turner Hall

Matt Wild

May 20, 2015

Jenny Lewis fucking killed it Tuesday night at Turner Hall. The former Rilo Kiley frontwoman and critically acclaimed solo artist put on a confident, defiant, and masterful show worthy of any arena-packing r...

Foxygen exhales controlled chaos at Turner Hall

Matt Wild

April 8, 2015

Midway through Foxygen’s electrifying one-hour set at Turner Hall Tuesday night, fidgety frontman Sam France stopped the show in its tracks to make time for...some comedy. Rattling off groan-inducing gags about...

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