Tag: Cactus Club

Here’s the 2026 Beet Street lineup (and pretty much everything else you need to know)

September 3, 2026

Even though Labor Day is approaching and summer’s days are numbered, Milwaukee has no plans to stop the festival fun anytime soon. A bunch of large-scale autumn undertakings await, and one of the best among the...

Thanks to Cactus Club, it will be cheaper for businesses to make entrances more accessible

Matt Wild

September 23, 2025

The Milwaukee Common Council gave an unanimous thumbs-up on Tuesday to a substitute ordinance that would waive various city fees for businesses planning to make accessibility improvements to their entrances. Th...

Cactus Club announces Beet Street date, headliners

Tyler Maas

August 4, 2025

Now that we're a few days into the last full month of summer, the season's impending conclusion is beginning to come into view. But hey, it's going to be okay because there are still lots of local festivals tha...

Shout-out to Jack White for kicking in some serious cash for Cactus Club’s new ramp

Matt Wild

July 14, 2025

If you've been to Bay View's Cactus Club in recent weeks, you've seen all the construction going on outside. The construction is for Cactus' long-in-the-works accessibility ramp, part of an equally long-in-the-...

Everything you need to know about Sunday’s inaugural Meatless Raffle

Tyler Maas

March 12, 2025

The Meat Raffle is a tavern tradition that’s been around for decades. In recent years, this protein-packed pastime has become something as synonymous with Wisconsin drinking culture as pull tabs, touchdown shot...

Bring home the bacon (figuratively) at our Meatless Raffle on March 16

Tyler Maas

February 13, 2025

The Meat Raffle is a tavern tradition that’s been around for decades. In recent years, this protein-packed pastime has become something as synonymous with Wisconsin drinking culture as pull tabs, touchdown shot...

Jack White will play intimate shows at Cactus Club tonight, The Rave tomorrow

Matt Wild

October 25, 2024

One night after a last-minute surprise show at Madison's High Noon Saloon—and an even more last-minute and surprise show at Milwaukee's Vanguard restaurant—the one and only Jack White will play Milwaukee's Cact...

Cactus Club preps accessibility renovations with Bully, ESG fundraiser shows

Matt Wild

May 23, 2024

The Cactus Club is the best music club in Milwaukee, full stop. The Bay View institution has hosted countless shows from artists big and small, and has been a beacon and welcoming home for local talent. In rece...

Comedian Carmen Christopher is coming to Cactus Club

Tyler Maas

September 12, 2023

While Cactus Club isn't the first place that comes to mind when it comes to comedy, they really make it count the rare times they decide to delve into the realm of stand-up. Last summer, they hosted the incompa...

10 photos from our first Halftime Show of the Jordan Love era

Milwaukee Record Staff

September 11, 2023

We've been doing our Halftime Show concert series at Cactus Club since 2017. The concept is simple: everyone gets together at Cactus to watch the Green Bay Packers game, everyone enjoys drink specials and other...

Benefit for Lee Olson brings Greg Cartwright, local music reunions to Cactus Club on November 11

Tyler Maas

September 8, 2023

If you fancy yourself a fan of Milwaukee-made garage rock, it's likely you've heard Lee Olson's voice at some point. As the charismatic singer of Static Eyes, Olson was known for his impassioned and incomparabl...

We’re DJing an all-local happy hour set at Cactus Club on July 12

Tyler Maas

July 3, 2023

Here at Milwaukee Record, we support local music, we love local music, we write about local music, and we've amassed a respectable collection of local music through the years. Since we've been getting that itch...

Cactus Club’s “Record Recommended” drink special is better (and more mysterious) than ever!

Tyler Maas

June 2, 2023

For almost as long as Milwaukee Record has existed, we’ve worked with Cactus Club in some way, shape or form. Through the years, the venerable Bay View venue has run traditional banner ads on our site, partnere...

We’ve partnered with Cactus Club on a “Record Recommended” beer and shot special

Tyler Maas

January 31, 2023

For almost as long as Milwaukee Record has existed, we've worked with Cactus Club in some way, shape or form. Through the years, the venerable Bay View venue has run traditional banner ads on our site, partnere...

Watch local short films about “timelines,” donate to help beloved UWM film lecturer Carl Bogner

Matt Wild

January 6, 2023

Earlier this week, Cactus Club hosted a screening of short, locally produced films centered around the idea of timelines. "Think linearity (or lack thereof), progress of existence, events in the past, present, ...

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

Matt Wild

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...

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