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June 19, 2025

Happy Summerfest, Milwaukee! The 2025 edition of the monster lakefront festival takes place June 19-21, June 26-28, and July 3-5. Which makes today...opening day! So let's celebrate the first day of Summerfe...

A guide to Milwaukee acts playing Summerfest

June 18, 2025

Thursday marks the official start of another Summerfest. Now in its 57th year, the “Big Gig” has long been home to deep fried delicacies, prime people watching, and hundreds upon hundreds of musical acts from a...

Watch the late, great Twan Mack perform at last year’s Mile Of Music festival in Appleton

June 18, 2025

Milwaukee lost a real one in November 2024 when Antoine "Twan" Mack passed away at the age of 54. In addition to pioneering the "adult contemporary hip-hop" style, Mack was a member of Kali Tribe in the '90s, a...

Oh no, Milwaukee might create a task force to possibly come up with ANOTHER new flag

June 18, 2025

It's been nearly a year since the Milwaukee Common Council talked about, got angry about, and ultimately did nothing about the nearly decade-old issue of replacing the city's official, 1950s-era flag with the s...

Here are all the new and wonderful things they’re building in Milwaukee (June 4-17, 2025)

June 18, 2025

broadstreet.zone(154824); Depending on which news sources you follow, Milwaukee is going through either a "renaissance" or a "reinvention." However you want to define it, it's safe to say that Milwaukee is cur...

WMSE’s Local/Live: Resurrectionists (2025)

June 18, 2025

WMSE's local and live in-studio showcase, Local/Live, airs Tuesdays 6-7 p.m. You can find past episodes HERE, or on this handy Soundcloud playlist. milwaukeerecord · WMSE's Local/Live, June 17, 2025: Resur...

I Love Hot B**ches: Inside Milwaukee’s girls-only party scene

Abbey Osborn

June 17, 2025

Under multi-colored strobing lights at ELMNT Lounge, women strut down a carpet runway to loud cheers and applause. Though not a formal fashion show, Runway Rave is giving attendees a chance to own the spotlight...

VeganMania Milwaukee to return to Greenfield Park on June 22

June 17, 2025

Milwaukee's food scene is currently in a great place. A significant part of the ongoing evolution and development of local dining is the improved access and quality of vegan food being both made and served in a...

PrideFest breaks festival attendance records in 2025

June 17, 2025

In case you missed it, the 37th annual PrideFest took place at Henry Maier Festival Park from Thursday, June 5 through Sunday, June 7. We were there and it was great! Now that the dust has settled and the numbe...

Mandatory Milwaukee: The popcorn at the Oriental and Downer theaters is the best

June 17, 2025

broadstreet.zone(77472); Some Milwaukee things come and go, while some become icons. Mandatory Milwaukee is all about the latter. This week: the popcorn at Oriental and Downer theaters! Popcorn and movie th...

The Catered Quiz: Chip Chantry answers questions about ‘Jaws’ and ’90s music

Rick Katschke

June 17, 2025

On the mid-season finale of The Catered Quiz, comedian Chip Chantry joins the show to answer questions about '90s music and the movie Jaws. We also talk about Universal Studios, the release date of the Sega Dre...

Scenes from the 2025 Summer Soulstice Music Festival

June 16, 2025

This Friday marks the 2025 summer solstice. Milwaukee's East Side neighborhood, however, got in on the seasonal action a few days early with last Saturday's Summer Soulstice Music Festival. From noon to midn...

Tron Jovi’s electronic exploration continues on ‘Bass + Frequency Studies in Dub, Chapter Two’

June 16, 2025

In 2021, Tron Jovi—the producer moniker for ever-active Milwaukee music mainstay Martin Defatte—released the project's debut EP, Bass + Frequency Studies In Dub, Chapter One. The release was populated by compos...

X-Ray Arcade is hosting two daylong, genre-specific music festivals this month

June 15, 2025

Milwaukee and its surrounding suburbs have an unmatched number of summertime celebrations. Are there festivals happening every weekend between mid-May and early October? Check! A bounty of block parties and rec...

Here’s the musical lineup for Summer Soulstice 2025

June 14, 2025

The Milwaukee summer festival season is just around the corner, and with it, the annual Summer Soulstice Music Festival. The 2025 installment of Summer Soulstice is set for Saturday, June 14, from noon to midni...

We couldn’t wait to try Riley’s Bar + Burger (and you shouldn’t either)

June 13, 2025

Back in February, Milwaukee learned the folks behind the wildly successful and downright delicious Riley's Social House bar and sandwich joint in the Third Ward would be opening another restaurant at the edge o...

Milwaukee Record Cat Of The Week: Taxicab

June 13, 2025

broadstreet.zone(174293); Milwaukee Record is working in partnership with Urban Cat Coalition to help find loving homes for area cats. Each week, we—with generous sponsorship from Skilos, A Family Pet Store—pl...

Wisconsin State Fair’s 2025 Sporkies and Drinkies: Blueberry Breakfast Bratwurst, Dirty Pancakes, more

June 12, 2025

It's almost time for the 2025 Wisconsin State Fair! (It runs July 31 - August 10.) And that means it's time to unveil, ponder, drool over, and/or worry about this year's Sporkies and Drinkies finalists! You kno...

Hear some of the season’s best local music with our “Spring 2025” playlist