First of all, yes, we know that the Linneman’s website design seen above was alive and well until 2016 or so. It was/is simply too beautiful to not use as the main picture.
Anyway, let’s remember what Milwaukee music venue websites looked like roughly 10 and 20 years ago! (And today!) We picked eight musical mainstays and used the ol’ Wayback Machine to visit various times when web counters were the norm, when white space wasn’t a thing, and when things were definitely not optimized for mobile. A few missing JPGs and some busted Flash stuff aside (R.I.P.), it was fun seeing these old sites again. The graphics! The walls of text! The bands! Enjoy!
BREMEN CAFE, 2003
BREMEN CAFE, 2012
BREMEN CAFE 2021
CACTUS CLUB, 2003
CACTUS CLUB, 2012
CACTUS CLUB, 2021
THE JAZZ ESTATE, 2001
THE JAZZ ESTATE, 2011
THE JAZZ ESTATE 2021
LINNEMAN’S RIVERWEST INN, 2001
LINNEMAN’S RIVERWEST INN, 2011
LINNEMAN’S RIVERWEST INN, 2021
MAD PLANET, 2004
MAD PLANET, 2012
MAD PLANET, 2021
THE PABST THEATER, 2006
THE PABST THEATER GROUP, 2013
THE PABST THEATER GROUP, 2021
THE RAVE, 1998
THE RAVE, 2007
THE RAVE, 2021
SHANK HALL, 1998
SHANK HALL, 2011
SHANK HALL, 2021
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