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A look inside the future home of Pabst Theater Group’s upcoming East Side concert venue

May 23, 2023

When the Pabst Theater Group opens its new East Side concert venue in early 2024, show-goers will find it has a lot in common with the venue it has replaced, The Back Room @ Colectivo. In fact, it's better to t...

Pabst Theater Group opening new East Side venue, leaving Back Room @ Colectivo

Matt Wild

May 22, 2023

After nearly eight years of hosting concerts at The Back Room @ Colectivo (2211 N. Prospect Ave.), The Pabst Theater Group will leave the East Side coffee-shop venue and open a new all-ages, "highly customizabl...

After 3 years, 2 reschedules, and 1 venue change, Bikini Kill plays Riverside Theater this Wednesday

Matt Wild

April 18, 2023

On November 6, 2019, the Pabst Theater Group dropped an exciting announcement: legendary '90s feminist punk band Bikini Kill would play Milwaukee as part of a rare North American reunion tour. The show was sche...

As Widespread Panic Weekend begins, mayor declares today to be Pabst Theater Group Day

Matt Wild

October 21, 2022

That noise coming from the heart of Downtown Milwaukee isn't construction (well, it's probably that, too). It's just the kickoff to the three-night, three-show, completely sold-out Widespread Panic Weekend at R...

Pabst Theater Group will be booking, operating Miller High Life Theatre now

Matt Wild

March 18, 2022

Every Friday, Stuff We Missed looks to other Milwaukee publications (and beyond) for, well, stuff we missed throughout the week. This week: the Pabst Theater Group booking and operating the Miller High Life The...

Pabst Theater Group venues will require proof of vaccination or negative COVID test beginning Sept. 1

Matt Wild

August 12, 2021

Beginning September 1, all Pabst Theater Group venues—Pabst Theater, Riverside Theater, Turner Hall Ballroom, and The Back Room @ Colectivo—will require proof of vaccination or a negative COVID-19 test taken wi...

Support Pabst Theater Group with new hoodies, masks, human/pet bandanas, more

Matt Wild

May 20, 2020

The COVID-19 crisis may seem frightfully "normal" at this point, but it's still important to support those institutions that are still closed—and may stay closed for quite some time. Take the Pabst Theater Grou...

“This is the fight of a lifetime”: Pabst Theater Group weathers the storm with #ReviveLiveMKE

Matt Wild

May 13, 2020

It's been said that live music venues were the first to close in the early days of the COVID-19 crisis, and that they'll be the last to reopen. The economic danger these venues face is very real, and their futu...

Pabst Theater Group launches #ReviveLiveMKE series with Japanese Breakfast livestream

Matt Wild

May 12, 2020

"We're the first to close and very likely the last to open...I don't think we'll be doing a large concert for quite some time."That's Gary Witt, CEO of The Pabst Theater Group, talking about the devastating...

Help save Pabst Theater Group (and 1,000 other independent music venues)

Matt Wild

May 5, 2020

"Most of us have gone from our best year ever to a dead stop in revenues, but our expenses and overhead are still real, and many will not make it without help. Our employees, the artists, and the fans need us t...

Pabst Theater Group shares measures it’s taking due to impact of coronavirus

Matt Wild

March 10, 2020

Amidst national and local concerns over a possible outbreak, Milwaukee's Pabst Theater Group has shared new measures it's taking due to the impact of coronavirus—or COVID-19. On Tuesday, PTG, which operates the...

Riverside Theater is getting a sweet new marquee and a 40-foot vertical sign

Matt Wild

September 14, 2015

// The Riverside Theater has seen a plethora of changes in its 87-year history. Originally opened in 1928 as an RKO vaudeville house (hosting everyone from The Three Stooges to Glenn Miller), the Wisconsin Av...

BMO Harris Bank partners with Pabst Theater Group, releases music mini-docs

Matt Wild

June 22, 2015

BMO Harris Bank’s support of Milwaukee arts and entertainment is plain to see, what with the BMO Harris Bradley Center and BMO Harris Pavilion and all. Today, that support has only grown deeper with the announc...

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