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Shrekfest will roar back to Humboldt Park on September 2

June 26, 2023

Start practicing your roar because Shrekfest is coming back to Milwaukee this summer. Yes, after an orge-whelmingly great response in 2022, the “celebration of self-love and counterculture” that’s largely based...

Everything you need to know about Milwaukee’s July 3 lakefront fireworks show

Matt Wild

June 26, 2023

Do you like fireworks? Good, because Milwaukee County Parks will be putting on a big fireworks show on Milwaukee's lakefront on Monday, July 3. Here's everything you need to know: WHAT: A free, 30-minute fir...

Joey, we’re screening ‘Airplane!’ July 26 at Avalon Theater

Matt Wild

June 26, 2023

Joey, do you like endlessly quotable and ridiculously absurd movies from 1980 that feature Lloyd Bridges, Peter Graves, Leslie Nielsen, Robert Stack, and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar? ("Tell your old man to drag Walton ...

Milwaukee’s first Black- and Brown-owned plant shop, Maranta, will temporarily close

Matt Wild

June 26, 2023

Roughly two years after opening its doors at 1739 N. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Dr., Milwaukee's first Black- and Brown-owned plant shop, Maranta Plant Shop, is temporarily closing its doors. In a press release...

Happy Sculpture Milwaukee Celebration Week, Milwaukee!

Matt Wild

June 26, 2023

In case you missed it, Sculpture Milwaukee—a.k.a. downtown's annual outdoor public sculpture exhibit—will begin its 2023 season on Friday, June 30. Titled Actual Fractals, Act I and curated by John Riepenhoff, ...

Summerfest Weekend 1 Recap: The entirely daytime edition!

Tyler Maas

June 25, 2023

Summerfest rules. The "World's Largest Music Festival" brings free shows from hundreds of musical acts, tasty treats from dozens of food and drink vendors, oodles of non-musical entertainment, and an overwhelmi...

Lou Barlow will perform at URSA on July 7

Tyler Maas

June 25, 2023

While the Milwaukee music community comes to terms with the upsetting news that Bug Moment (and a handful of other great Milwaukee and Madison bands) will no longer be playing a show at a local Culver's, we're ...

Here’s the 2023 Skyline Music Series lineup

Tyler Maas

June 25, 2023

Last month, we put out an extensive list of Milwaukee summer festivals and music series. While massive, we were fully aware we'd be adding more events to it as the summer progressed. For example, today we’ve le...

Milwaukee Record Cat Of The Week: Hollyhock

Milwaukee Record Staff

June 24, 2023

Milwaukee Record is working in partnership with Urban Cat Coalition—a local organization that’s dedicated to creating a no kill community by humanely reducing the cat population in the Milwaukee area through ta...

We tried 8 new food items at Summerfest (2023 edition)

Milwaukee Record Staff

June 23, 2023

Summerfest is back! One day is officially in the books, and there are still eight more chances to enjoy loads of live entertainment, heaps of tasty treats, and all sorts of refreshments. As the 55th installment...

We ranked all the bleachers at Summerfest in advance of tonight’s Bleachers show

Tyler Maas

June 23, 2023

Bleachers play a pretty big part in Summerfest. We sit on them to get off our feet between bands. We use them as makeshift tables where we can set down our festival food. We use them as rendezvous points when m...

Culver’s cancels order for July 22 Bug Moment show

Matt Wild

June 23, 2023

Culver's giveth and Culver's taketh away. Just days after popular Milwaukee band Bug Moment announced a sure-to-be-delicious/packed show at the parking lot of the Bayshore Culver's on July 22, the Bayshore C...

Take me back to Summerfest 1995: Hootie & The Blowfish at Marcus Amphitheater

Vince Morales

June 22, 2023

In the summer of 1995, I had my first job working as a dishwasher at a local tavern in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin. The chef was a huge jerk who would fly off the handle about the smallest things, convinced in his m...

Neighbors weigh in on future of Domes, Mitchell Park

Juan Miguel Martinez

June 22, 2023

Monday, June 5 was a very nerve-wracking day for me as County Supervisor of the 12th district. It was 6:54 p.m., and the Mitchell Park Domes input session I had scheduled was starting in six minutes. I paced at...

A guide to finding former Bucks players on BIG3 rosters

Tyler Maas

June 22, 2023

If you’re anything like us, you've had a hard time being without basketball since the Nuggets won the Finals last week. Though the Draft is fine and free agency is interesting, we miss watching hoops. It kind o...

Shontrail announces new album, begins new era with “Red Rabbit”

Tyler Maas

June 22, 2023

Last year, we stumbled upon Shontrail by way of the Milwaukee-based singer's "Warm Heart" single. That standout song—which earned a spot on our Favorite Music Of 2022 year-end list—was part of Shontrail's Silve...

Listen to us talk about new Milwaukee music with WUWM’s Lake Effect (June 2023)

Milwaukee Record Staff

June 22, 2023

Once a month, Milwaukee Record's own Matt Wild gets his NPR on by sitting down with WUWM's Lake Effect and discussing some of his favorite new Milwaukee records and songs. Listen to the latest installment HE...

A guide to Milwaukee acts playing Summerfest

Tyler Maas

June 21, 2023

Thursday marks the official start of another Summerfest. Now in its 55th year, the “Big Gig” has long been home to deep fried delicacies, prime people watching, and hundreds upon hundreds of musical acts from a...

Long Mama gets back to basics, lives simply on “Corduroy Road”

Matt Wild

June 21, 2023

All a woman needs on Corduroy Road, according to the lovely new Long Mama song "Corduroy Road": • A candle • A match • A good book to read • A fire • A sweet song • A warm place to sleep Ahhhh. Doesn...

The hills are alive with the sound of Oak You’s “Successors”

Matt Wild

June 21, 2023

When we first met experimental folk-electronica outfit OQ back in December 2018, group members Cole Quamme (The Fatty Acids) and Liam O'Brien (Holy Sheboygan!) were prepping their debut EP, Paradice 1. The reco...

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