Milwaukee is chock full of things to do, but only a handful of Milwaukee events are worthy of the lofty honor of “Record Recommended” (patent pending). Here are our recommendations—brought to you by Lilliput Records—for June 10-16, 2024.

MONDAY, JUNE 10

MKE Mondays: Munch Lauren @ Mi Casa Su Lounge

TUESDAY, JUNE 11

Free Throw + Slow Joy, Excuse Me Who Are You? @ X-Ray Arcade (sold out)

Ira Glass (Chicago noise band, not the guy) + Stalled, Milorganaut @ Cactus Club

Chill On The Hill: Chris Hause Band + dak duBois @ Humboldt Park

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 12

Wilco + Cut Worms @ The Riverside Theater

HEY, ILY + Blind Equation, Flyover States, Red Sun, Endswell @ Cactus Club

Film Fatale: Why Don’t You Play In Hell? @ Amorphic Beer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZtecbz5Jnc

THURSDAY, JUNE 13

Pete Davidson @ The Riverside Theater

Gregory Alan Isakov @ Miller High Life Theatre

Warm Apple Nights: A Joe Pera Talks With You Pop-Up @ The Sugar Maple (through June 16)

Kopps + The LOL, Diamond Life, Hot Science @ X-Ray Arcade

Edelweiss Concert Cruise Series @ Milwaukee River, 205 W. Highland Ave.

Jazz In The Park @ Cathedral Square Park

Neo Soul & Funkadelic Jazz Night (MKE Music Night LXXIX) @ The Cooperage

Big Beat MKE @ The Wicked Hop

FRIDAY, JUNE 14

Iron & Wine + Ken Pomeroy @ The Pabst Theater

Abigail Lapell + Van Orman & Helwin @ Cactus Club

Wobblyhead 25 Year Anniversary Showcase: Def Harmonic + Signaldrift, Casino Versus Japan, One.F, Rob Sevier, Old Man Malcolm @ Cactus Club

Lakefront Festival of Art @ Milwaukee Art Museum (through June 16)

Polish Fest @ Henry Maier Festival Park (through June 16)

Milwaukee Illuminate Film Festival 2024 @ The Fitzgerald

The Matriarch + Shell Bells, Vanity Plates @ Anodyne Walker’s Point Roastery

Friday Night Retro Dance Party: DJ Don Black @ Mad Planet

SATURDAY, JUNE 15

Summer Soulstice Music Festival @ North & Farwell

Snoop Dogg @ Potawatomi Casino Hotel Outdoor Stage

Joe Pera: The Peras Tour @ The Pabst Theater

Turf Skatepark Benefit Concert And Skate Jam: Agent Orange, The Crosses, Covert, The Exotics Scam Likely, Bug Moment, The Rusty P’s & Dana Copp, Wave Chapelle, Fastplants @ Konkel Park

Brady Street Art Walk @ Brady Street

Component Brewing 6th Anniversary Party @ Component Brewing

Future Living + Body Futures, Vile Bees @ Promises

Chris Haise Band (record release) + Zach Pietrini @ Linneman’s Riverwest Inn

Behind The Counter: The Mommyheads @ Irving Place Records

Lady Gaga vs. Madonna @ Mad Planet

SUNDAY, JUNE 16

Puppeteers For Fears: Cthulhu: The Musical! @ Shank Hall

Brewtown Rumble @ Boone & Crockett

Chris Acker & The Growing Boys + Maddy Kirgo, Old Pup @ Cactus Club

Milwaukee Makers Market @ Discovery World

Café Sopra Mare: Cole Heinrich @ Villa Terrace

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