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Crusherfest is returning to South Milwaukee with wrestling legends May 31 and June 1

Milwaukee Record Staff
April 10, 2025
You read that right, turkeynecks: Crusherfest—the not-quite-annual celebration of wrestling legend Reggie "Da Crusher" Lisowski—will return to the wrestler’s native South Milwaukee May 31 - June 1, 2025. Over ...

Crusherfest will not be held this year, will return in 2025

Tyler Maas
February 18, 2024
Today in, well, crushing local festival news: Crusherfest—the celebration of wrestling legend Reggie “Da Crusher” Lisowski—will officially not be happening in 2024. The "Crusherfest Committee" posted the decisi...

Here’s pretty much everything you need to know about Crusherfest’s 2023 installment

Tyler Maas
May 9, 2023
Next month, Crusherfest—the not-quite-annual celebration of wrestling legend Reggie “Da Crusher” Lisowski—will return to the wrestler’s native South Milwaukee for two days of late spring fun. On Saturday June 3...

Crusherfest is announcing wrestling legends who will be coming to South Milwaukee June 3-4

Milwaukee Record Staff
April 17, 2023
You read that right, turkeynecks: Crusherfest—the not-quite-annual celebration of wrestling legend Reggie “Da Crusher” Lisowski—will return to the wrestler's native South Milwaukee on June 3-4, 2023. Over th...

Crusherfest will return to South Milwaukee…in 2023

Matt Wild
May 5, 2022
You read that right, turkeynecks: Crusherfest—the not-quite-annual celebration of South Milwaukee wrestling legend Reggie "Da Crusher" Lisowski—will take 2022 off. The fest will return on June 3-4, 2023. "Th...

Relive Beet Street, Crusherfest, more of last weekend’s events with these photos

Milwaukee Record Staff
October 11, 2021
Last weekend—October 8-10, to be exact—was one of those weekends. You know the kind—a weekend where approximately 8,000 things were going on. Shows! Festivals! Pie contests! Gallery shows and costume contests i...

Crusherfest set to return to South Milwaukee October 9-10

Matt Wild
August 9, 2021
Good news, turkeynecks and turkeyneck-adjacent bums: According to its website, Crusherfest is set to return to South Milwaukee on Saturday, October 9, and Sunday, October 10. Crusherfest 2021 will be the long-a...

Please enjoy this dramatic reading tribute to Da Crusher, ya bums

Matt Wild
July 1, 2020
Last Thursday, Milwaukee Record threw our first (and god willing, our last) Virtual Summer Festival. With little to no festivals, block parties, or sports to thrill and entertain us this year, the 8-hour livest...

Crusherfest postpones second annual blowout, might reschedule for fall

Matt Wild
April 27, 2020
You read that right, turkeynecks: Crusherfest—the annual celebration of South Milwaukee wrestling legend Reggie "Da Crusher" Lisowski—has been postponed because of the COVID-19 crisis. Ugh. "Crusherfest is p...

Crusherfest will return to South Milwaukee June 6-7

Matt Wild
February 7, 2020
On Saturday, June 8, in the year of our Lord 2019, a life-sized bronze statue of South Milwaukee wrestling legend Reggie "Da Crusher" Lisowski was unveiled at a gala celebration dubbed Crusherfest. The festival...
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