As we recently walked through the Menomonee Valley (where we harvest our grain), we took a look at the entertainment lineup for mid-October and realized it was very plain. Well, except for “Weird Al” Yankovic’s “Bigger & Weirder” show at Fiserv Forum on Saturday, October 17. So you know what that means…
Yep, it’s time for Milwaukee Record‘s fourth (!) Weird Al Week! YES YES IT’S ALL TRUE WE JUST DON’T KNOW WHAT’S WRONG WITH US!
What’s Weird Al Week all about? Well, how about a week’s worth of Weird Al events! Well, we have a Weird Al vinyl spin at Wiggle Room on Tuesday (stop by!), a screening of UHF at the Avalon on Wednesday (a few tickets are still available!), a UHF afterparty at Sugar Maple on Wednesday night (stop by!), Weird Al trivia and karaoke at Sugar Maple on Thursday (stop by!), a Wheel Of Fish Happy Hour at Sugar Maple on Friday (stop by!), a Superb Market at Sugar Maple on Saturday afternoon (stop by!), and a “Bigger & Weirder” afterparty at Sugar Maple on Saturday night (stop by!) WOW. THAT’S A LOT OF STUFF. (Also: there’ll be Weird Al-inspired art on display at Sugar Maple all week long! Stop by!)
And yes, there’ll be Weird Al articles on this here website all week long, too. Fun! But before we get to those, here’s a required reading list of everything—and we mean everything—we’ve written about Weird Al in the 12-year history of Milwaukee Record. We count 39 incredible articles: goofy thinkpieces, random lists, in-depth show reviews, and career-defining interviews with Al and his band! So dig in! And happy Weird Al Week to you and yours!
(This year’s Weird Al Week is dedicated to the memory of Rob Wieland. You are missed, sir.)
2026
• I dropped by ‘What’s Brewing Wisconsin’ to talk about our upcoming Weird Al Week
• Beck, Jack White, “Weird Al” Yankovic, and 23 more standout fall shows
• Dare to be stupid during Milwaukee Record’s Weird Al Week, October 12-18
• The Catered Quiz: Will Eidam answers questions about “Weird Al” Yankovic and Jim Carrey
• “Weird Al” Yankovic will bring “Bigger & Weirder” tour to Fiserv Forum October 17
• “Song To Woody” becomes “Song To Uecker”: A Q&A with Milwaukee’s “Weird Al of Baseball”
2022
• Wisconsin radio station WKZG is now “Weird Al Radio” (for a few days)
• Take me back to Summerfest 1984: “Weird Al” Yankovic at the Rock Stage
• Weird Al fortunately returns to Milwaukee with “Unfortunate Return” of non-parody tour
• What I’m hoping to hear at tonight’s “ridiculously self-indulgent, ill-advised” Weird Al show
• The kids are alright: An interview with a 9-year-old Weird Al fan
• A Weird Al album ranking that totally betrays the age of the author, and that’s it
• 7 things we want to see in the upcoming Weird Al biopic
• Childhood, change, and growing a Weird Al Chia Pet for 14 days
• Weird Al Week (In 3-D) begins with a chat with Weird Al drummer Jon “Bermuda” Schwartz
• Big Thief, “Weird Al” Yankovic and 30 other standout spring events
2021
• “Weird Al” Yankovic is coming to Marcus Performing Arts Center on May 24
2019
• What we’re likely gonna hear at tonight’s Weird Al “Strings Attached” show
• Let’s listen to some really rare Weird Al rarities
• Just eat it: Exploring the far reaches of the Weird Al culinary universe
• Who’s fat? 8 more Weird Al songs that probably shouldn’t be played today
• The 5 best Weird Al cameos in film and television history
• Weird Al Week begins (again) with everything we’ve ever written about Weird Al
2018
• Weird Al’s “Strings Attached Tour” is coming to Miller High Life Theatre July 27
• Let’s talk about new music venues, Summerfest, Jack White, and Weird Al
• Weird Al Week ends with recaps of the two Weird Al shows at Pabst Theater
• Here’s the setlist from Monday’s ridiculously self-indulgent Weird Al show at Pabst Theater
• Weird Al’s Ridiculously Self-Indulgent, Ill-Advised Vanity Tour: What we’re hoping to hear
• Weird Al bandmates Stephen Jay and Jim “Kimo” West go solo on Parallel Universe Tour
• Weird Al Week continues with a conversation about why we love Weird Al
• Our ‘UHF’ after-party at Vanguard will feature Weird Al music and videos, Twinkie Wiener Sandwiches
• Weird Al Week begins with, well, an interview with Weird Al
• We got it all at Avalon Theater on April 4 when we screen the Weird Al classic ‘UHF’
2017
• Pabst Theater has added a second Weird Al show, so we shouldn’t give up on humanity just yet
• Weird Al will bring his non-parody “Ill-Advised Vanity Tour” to Pabst Theater April 10
2016
• Celebrate the first day of Summerfest with a bunch of videos of Weird Al playing Summerfest
2015
• Some questions (and answers) for last night’s glorious Weird Al show at Summerfest
• There’s a suspicious Summerfest-sized hole in “Weird Al” Yankovic’s 2015 tour schedule
2014
• Video for “Weird Al” Yankovic’s “Mission Statement” created by Wisconsin company
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