Tagged Cactus Club

Sylvan Esso goes back to the beginning with surprise, sold-out show at Cactus Club

September 14, 2022

On Sunday, critically acclaimed and fan-beloved electro-pop duo Sylvan Esso—a.k.a. Amelia Meath and Nick Sanborn—threw out a dual first pitch before the Brewers-Reds game at American Family Field.On Monday,...

Michael Imperioli’s band is playing Cactus Club in August

Tyler Maas

April 15, 2022

If you live in or around Milwaukee and you're one of the millions of people who watched The Sopranos at some point in the past two years, we have some very exciting news to share. Michael Imperioli—the actor, w...

Diane, a ‘Twin Peaks’ gallery show, costume contest, and musical performance is happening October 8

Matt Wild

October 7, 2021

Milwaukee, we're going to let you in on a little secret: Every day, once a day, give yourself a present. Don't plan it, don't wait for it. Just let it happen. It could be a new record at Rushmor. A catnap in La...

Cactus Club will require proof of vaccination beginning August 9

Matt Wild

August 5, 2021

With a handful of Milwaukee venues like The Cooperage once again requiring masks for entry, the Cactus Club is taking an additional—and perhaps inevitable—public health step by requiring proof of vaccination fo...

I spent the night in Cactus Club’s green room (and you can too)

Tyler Maas

December 9, 2020

Last week, Gov. Tony Evers announced that $15 million in COVID-19 Live Music and Entertainment Venue Grants had been awarded to a total of 96 Wisconsin venues. Of those 96 establishments, 11 of them are based i...

My First Band: Kelsey Kaufmann (Cactus Club)

Milwaukee Record Staff

October 30, 2020

broadstreet.zone(81112); Milwaukee music is incredibly lucky to have Kelsey Kaufmann. The owner of the Cactus Club has booked literally hundreds of shows, helped produce large-scale festivals, and was at the f...

Cactus Club is now selling “Game Day Packs”

Tyler Maas

October 20, 2020

It's an unprecedented time for bars. As Wisconsin continues to bout with the ever-worsening impacts of COVID-19, it's crucial that people make a point to support dining and drinking establishments they want to ...

Cactus Club tries to adapt, evolve in order to survive

Tyler Maas

July 23, 2020

It's been said over and over again, but it's worth repeating: music venues were the first businesses to close when the COVID-19 crisis hit America, and they'll be among the last to reopen. Among venues in and a...

Cactus Club has been sold to Kelsey Kaufmann

Tyler Maas

February 10, 2020

Beginning this Wednesday, Cactus Club will be under new ownership. Longtime owner Eric Uecke has agreed to sell the Bay View bar and music venue to manager Kelsey Kaufmann, who will officially take over pending...

Cactus Club becomes first Milwaukee venue to apply for new all-ages license

Matt Wild

January 28, 2020

Bay View's venerable Cactus Club will be the first Milwaukee venue to take advantage of a new (or updated, rather) license that makes it easier to host all-ages shows. Tuesday morning at a Licenses Committee he...

Milwaukee Record Halftime Show concert series returns to Cactus Club

Tyler Maas

August 13, 2019

Most fans of the Green and Gold probably aren’t in a hurry to look back at last season. However, one of the few bright spots (other than Davante Adams, the emergence of Aaron Jones, and doing away with Mike McC...

My First Band: Restorations

Milwaukee Record Staff

April 19, 2019

Even though this is technically the seventh My First Band episode, this was the first interview recorded for the show...by a long shot. Last October, host Tyler Maas asked Restorations if any members wanted to ...

Maya Ophelia’s puts a vegan twist on Filipino, Mexican, and Puerto Rican food favorites

Tyler Maas

March 28, 2019

It's safe to say there's never been a better time to be vegan in Milwaukee.But as good as things have become for local vegans of late, there's still lots of room for improvement. Yes, even though the city i...

Hear Klassik reinterpret time-tested material on his ‘American Klassiks’ live album

Tyler Maas

March 7, 2019

On November 16, a sold-out crowd packed Cactus Club to hear Milwaukee singer, rapper, producer, multi-instrumentalist and all-around visionary Klassik reinterpret time-tested spirituals, hymns, and anthems in w...

Milo says goodbye to Milo at sold-out Cactus Club show

Tanner Owen

February 15, 2019

On the heels of his latest album, Budding Ornithologists Are Weary Of Tired Analogies, Rory Ferreira, a.k.a. Milo, rapped for a sold-out crowd at Cactus Club Thursday night. Milo has dubbed this tour "MILO'S FI...

METZ will return to Cactus Club on May 27

Tyler Maas

January 29, 2019

METZ isn’t a particularly difficult band to understand. Amid a modern music landscape that’s rife with clunky sub-genre descriptors and acts haphazardly piling 10 pounds of influences into five-pound bags, the ...

Green Day songs and football-focused lyrics come together in “Green Day Packers”

Tyler Maas

December 10, 2018

Way back in August, we announced the lineup of our Milwaukee Record Halftime Show series at Cactus Club. At that time, many of you asked about the "Secret Band" that was slated to perform on December 16. In all...

Public Domain: PEARS perform “Camptown Races”

Milwaukee Record Staff

October 23, 2018

Milwaukee Record is proud to present Public Domain. The monthly video series features adapting some of the world’s best-known songs in ways they’ve never been heard before. Watch the entire series here.It's...

Relive Beet Street Harvest Festival 2018 with these photos

Milwaukee Record Staff

October 15, 2018

Though rain put a damper on last year's festivities, Beet Street Harvest Festival, thankfully, came back for a third year. And it was amazing! Spearheaded by Cactus Club and in association with Goodkind and Pal...

We’re bringing Brendan Kelly to Cactus Club on January 11

Tyler Maas

October 11, 2018

Brendan Kelly is the best.While you certainly know and love the Chicago punk legend and former Slapstick and Broadways member's modern-day work in The Lawrence Arms, The Falcon, and on his hilariously bleak...