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June 28, 2018

Yesterday signaled the beginning of another Summerfest. Now in its 51st year, the 11-day affair offers the same winning blend of live music, hedonistic festival fare, fireworks, and fun on Milwaukee's lakefront...

Step aside, Pre-Recorded Music, here are the JoJo’s Martini Lounge headliners for Summerfest 2017

April 26, 2017

Earlier this month, Summerfest released its giant list of 2017 grounds stage headliners. It was a typically wonderful/ridiculous list that included the likes of Spin Doctors, Car Seat Headrest, Hanson, T-Pain, ...

Review: Pre-Recorded Music at JoJo’s Martini Lounge (Summerfest)

June 26, 2014

Without fail, it’s on the schedule every year. No, not I’m not referring to “Joan Jett & The Blackhearts” or “Wayne & Wingnut - Red Hot Chili Puppets”—though they are, too. Along with more than 700 band...

Review: Taped Music at JoJo’s Martini Lounge (Summerfest)

June 29, 2017

Wednesday signaled the official beginning of Summerfest, an 11-day affair that will bring hundreds of musical acts and close to a million people to Milwaukee's lakefront. Though the Big Gig has pulled out all t...

Review: Taped Music at JoJo’s Martini Lounge (Summerfest)

June 30, 2016

//Wednesday marked the beginning of yet another Summerfest, the 49th iteration of a classic Milwaukee event that has evolved over the years to become what's accurately referred to as "The World's Largest M...

Review: Taped Music at JoJo’s Martini Lounge (Summerfest)

June 25, 2015

Summerfest plays host to more than 800 acts each year. By the time the colossal 11-day Midwestern musical mainstay concludes, thousands of musicians will take the stage to perform energetic live sets for an est...

Cast your vote for the 2014 Radio Milwaukee Music Awards

November 5, 2014

Today, as you nurse your hangover caused by either celebrating your preferred political party’s performance last night, or coming to terms with your candidate falling short, please take some time to cast your v...

The 25 best Milwaukee Record stories of 2019

December 13, 2019

Milwaukee Record launched on April 7, 2014. Since then, we've published nearly 6,000 stories, reached millions upon millions of internet-weary eyeballs (we're currently in the midst of a record-breaking year), ...

Buckle up, because here are the JoJo’s Martini Lounge headliners for Summerfest 2019

May 3, 2019

If you hear a low rumbling coming from Milwaukee's lakefront, don't fret: it's just the sound of Summerfest, which is set to take over Henry Maier Festival Park June 26-30, and July 2-7. Who's playing in 2019? ...

It’s Milwaukee Record’s 5-year anniversary! How about that!

April 7, 2019

On Monday, April 7, 2014, Milwaukee Record became a thing. Following months of planning, fretting, and drinking at the BBC for some reason (R.I.P.), former A.V. Club Milwaukee city editor Matt Wild and former A...

Milwaukee is a world-class city. Please enjoy the extensive coverage of an alderman building a house

January 18, 2019

Every Friday, Off The Record looks to other Milwaukee publications (and beyond) for bits of news we missed throughout the week.• We write about some pretty goofy shit here at Milwaukee Record. Burying free ...

The 25 best Milwaukee Record stories of 2018

December 6, 2018

Milwaukee Record launched on April 7, 2014. Since then, we've published more than 4,500 stories, reached millions upon millions of internet-weary eyeballs, and concocted all sorts of wonderful and ridiculous st...

Mandatory Milwaukee: Summerfest, of course

July 4, 2018

Some places come and go, while some places become icons. Mandatory Milwaukee is all about the latter. Join us as we revisit beloved and well-worn local staples with fresh eyes, and explore how they might figure...

There’s a petition to remove the stage benches at Summerfest

February 22, 2017

It's been two long years since Milwaukeeans banded together to sign a meaningless Change.org petition to remove DJ Paris Hilton from the 2015 Summerfest lineup. (The show ended up being okay!) Now, in a simila...

Milwaukee Lion returns, closes a bunch of Milwaukee restaurants

January 6, 2017

Every Friday, Off The Record looks to other Milwaukee publications (and beyond) for bits of news we missed throughout the week.• If Milwaukee's first week of 2017 could be summed up in one word, it would ...

Milwaukee Record’s 2016 summer festival guide

May 10, 2016

//Is there anything better than summer in Milwaukee? No, no there is not. For four months out of the year, Milwaukee becomes a warm and joyous place stocked with an improbable number of summer festivals, s...

Milwaukee Record’s 2015 summer festival guide

May 12, 2015

Is there anything better than summer in Milwaukee? No, no there is not. For four months out of the year, Milwaukee becomes a warm and joyous place stocked with an improbable number of summer festivals, street p...

There’s a suspicious Summerfest-sized hole in “Weird Al” Yankovic’s 2015 tour schedule

February 3, 2015

According to Summerfest’s ever-ticking countdown clock (think of it like those “death clocks,” but with less death and more picnic-table dancing), there are four months, 20 days, 23 hours, 48 minutes, and 26......

The 25 best Milwaukee Record stories of 2014