Author Tyler Maas

Here’s the 2022 Milwaukee Comedy Festival lineup

August 19, 2022

Originating long before the city had anything resembling a sustainable comedy community, Milwaukee Comedy Festival has grown and evolved along with Milwaukee’s stand-up scene. In fact, the annual comedic undert...

Gold Steps interrogate, invigorate in “Petty” music video

Tyler Maas

August 19, 2022

These days, you'd be hard-pressed to find a Milwaukee band that's busier than Gold Steps. The local pop-punk outfit routinely plays out locally—they had two shows in Riverwest on the same day last weekend!—betw...

Gathering Place Brewing to host 5th Anniversary Block Party on August 27

Tyler Maas

August 18, 2022

Since opening its taproom in a relatively secluded section of Riverwest in the summer of 2017, Gathering Place Brewing Company has quietly established itself as one of Milwaukee's best craft breweries. Along th...

Hear Doughboys discuss Kopp’s, Sprecher, Cream Puffs and Lakefront in Milwaukee episode

Tyler Maas

August 18, 2022

On August 5, Doughboys—a popular chain restaurant podcast—came to Milwaukee for a long-awaited live show at Turner Hall and to review Kopp's Frozen Custard for the first time in the show's history. Joined by wr...

Central Waters announces Milwaukee 1-Year Anniversary Party, releases Joe Pera-inspired beer

Tyler Maas

August 17, 2022

Last October, the city's craft brewing reputation got a noticeable boost with the opening of Central Waters Brewing's Milwaukee Tap Room. In the 10 months the nationally-regarded, award-winning Amherset, Wiscon...

IndiaFest Milwaukee is coming to Humboldt Park this weekend

Tyler Maas

August 16, 2022

Now that Wisconsin State Fair has ended and we're more than halfway into the month of August, Milwaukee's festival season is pretty much over, right? Wrong! Between now and summer's final day on September 22, t...

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

Tyler Maas

August 15, 2022

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 ...

Julien Kozak keeps it simple in single-take “Home Is Gone” music video

Tyler Maas

August 11, 2022

We're living in the golden era of Milwaukee-made music videos. As a result of ever-improving video and editing technology and a gifted community of local filmmakers and musicians, Milwaukee is currently churnin...

Enlightened Brewing Company to host a Summer Block Party this weekend

Tyler Maas

August 10, 2022

Originally started as an extremely small brewery in a glorified closet in the Lincoln Warehouse back in 2013, Enlightened Brewing Company‘s reputation and its footprint have both grown considerably in recent ye...

Malört Fest returns to Ray’s Growler Gallery on August 27

Tyler Maas

August 9, 2022

People typically feel one of two ways about Jeppson’s Malört. They either hate it, or they absolutely love it…as something to buy for someone who’s never tried it before. Despite being the textbook definition o...

Here’s who’s playing the Milwaukee Record Stage at Bay View Bash

Tyler Maas

August 8, 2022

Here’s the 2022 Center Street Daze Festival music lineup

Tyler Maas

August 8, 2022

Following two summers away, Center Street Daze Festival will finally make its triumphant return this weekend. Yes, the festival—which began way back in 1997 and is organized by the Riverwest Neighborhood Associ...

SistaStrings talk breakout year, major moments, Henry Winkler before tonight’s Brandi Carlile show

Tyler Maas

August 5, 2022

If you keep tabs on Milwaukee music, there's a good chance you know SistaStrings. The project, which consists of classically-trained siblings Monique and Chauntee Ross, has been a fixture in local music for the...

Cars race and bands do battle in Fuzzysurf’s “Sheep Shed” music video

Tyler Maas

August 5, 2022

Fuzzysurf is like the OK Go of the Milwaukee music scene. To be clear, we mean that in the best possible way. On top of churning out top-notch indie rock tunes, the band routinely can be counted upon to pair th...

50 things to do in Milwaukee during the 50 remaining days of summer

Tyler Maas

August 4, 2022

Doesn’t it seem like summer just started? Believe it or not, there are just 50 days remaining in summer. Since the season is dwindling and there's a lot of fun that must be had before we blink and we're hunkeri...

We ranked all 30 tracks on Telethon’s ‘The Grand Spontaneon: A Tale Told In Five Acts’

Tyler Maas

August 3, 2022

Back in 2017, Milwaukee "hard pop" project Telethon released The Grand Spontanean: A Tale Told In Five Acts. The 30-track, 90-minute "rock opera about the internet, culture, human relationships, and the apocaly...

Here’s the entertainment lineup for this weekend’s Blacks Arts Fest MKE

Tyler Maas

August 3, 2022

Founded in 2018, Black Arts Fest MKE has been a welcome addition to the city’s busy summer festival season. Following two pandemic-related years away, the event will return to Henry Maier Festival Park on Satur...

Fiserv Forum to host NHL preseason game October 2

Tyler Maas

August 3, 2022

Though it still seems very unlikely that Milwaukee will ever get an NHL franchise, the city will be hosting a professional hockey game this fall. On Sunday, October 2, Fiserv Forum will feature a preseason meet...

Silver City International Festival returns September 10

Tyler Maas

August 2, 2022

Since its start in 2012, Silver City International Festival has celebrated the numerous cultures that help make Silver City the most diverse neighborhood in Milwaukee through food, the arts, and music. In 2020,...

Float Milwaukee to host Float Fest street party August 19

Tyler Maas

August 2, 2022

Even though we've now entered the last full month of the season, there's still a lot of summer fun left. Adding to large-scale event undertakings like Wisconsin State Fair, Milwaukee Irish Fest, and Bay View Ba...