Behold! Pabst Theater has a new blade sign!
Wondering what all the hubbub was about outside the Pabst Theater this week? The cranes? The crowds? The drones? Well, heed these instructions......and behold the Pabst Theater's new blade sign!The ...
Sparks! July 6 at Pabst Theater!
Legendary pop-rock duo Sparks are set to play Milwaukee's Pabst Theater on Thursday, July 6! Tickets—which range from $39.50 to $79.50—go on sale to the general public on Friday, February 3 at 10 a.m.! A presal...
“Milwaukee is just so real to me. Milwaukee is a star.” 9 Milwaukee questions with Neko Case
Neko Case has been kind to Milwaukee, always paying us a visit while touring with one of her many musical outlets. This Friday, she returns to The Pabst Theater, with up-and-coming Madison indie outfit Disq sup...
Buy a Pabst Theater chair, help animals at MADACC and students at ArtWorks
Buying a chair from your favorite Milwaukee institution—like, buying a physical chair and taking it home—is always fun. Hell, the offices of Milwaukee Record are littered with chairs from the pre-renovation Ori...
Kevin Smith will host a screening of ‘Clerks III’ at Pabst Theater on November 5
Does the world really need another Clerks film? Sure, why not! Hell, perhaps director Kevin Smith can make an even better case for the upcoming film when he screens it at Milwaukee's Pabst Theater on Saturday, ...
Courtney Barnett takes her time, shreds at Pabst Theater
The Pabst Theater Group catches flak whenever the "all the good tours skip Milwaukee" conversation flares up, so due credit to those in charge for snagging Courtney Barnett late in the game. This leg of her U.S...
Here’s the full transcript of CNN’s Town Hall with President Biden, broadcast from Milwaukee’s Pabst Theater
On Tuesday, February 16, President Joe Biden answered questions during a CNN Town Hall, hosted by Anderson Cooper and broadcast live from Milwaukee's Pabst Theater. Biden discussed "his plan to contain the coro...
8 questions (and answers) for last night’s They Might Be Giants show at Pabst Theater
Thursday night, They Might Be Giants played a sold-out show at Milwaukee's Pabst Theater. It was a lot of fun! Here are eight questions (and answers) for said show:Q: This was a 30th anniversary show for 19...
Surprise! Dave Chappelle will play four shows at Pabst Theater March 10-11
The headline says it all: Dave Chappelle will play four shows (two shows per night) at Milwaukee's Pabst Theater on Tuesday, March 10 and Wednesday, March 11. The shows are at 7 p.m. and 10 p.m. each night. Sur...
Mandolin Orange pay a lovely first visit to Pabst Theater
Mandolin Orange first hopped onto our radar at Eau Claire’s Blue Ox Music Festival in 2018. The Chapel Hill, North Carolina-based duo of Andrew Marlin and Emily Frantz played sweet-but-transfixing American root...
They Might Be Giants will celebrate 30th anniversary of ‘Flood’ at Pabst Theater March 5
Why is the world in love again? Why are we marching hand in hand? Why are the ocean levels rising up? It's a brand new anniversary show for 2020! They Might Be Giants' 30-year-old album Flood!I'm your only ...
A B-movie icon brings his A-game for “An Evening with Bruce Campbell” at Pabst Theater
Who knew that a low-budget film trilogy featuring crawling severed hands, literal fountains of blood, a chainsaw montage, and a time travel finish would launch two of the longest-lived careers in Hollywood? The...
Snarky Puppy brings jam band prowess (and cheese curd references) to Pabst Theater
To self-identify as a jam band used to be a rare thing. The stigma that comes with the term is a vague, squicky feeling of nth-generation white American men trying to play funk, and it’s certainly not an unearn...
Johnny Marr treats Pabst Theater to a winning mix of old and new
Johnny Marr has been working as a professional musician since he was 15 years old—and it shows.The 55-year-old former guitarist of the influential 1980s post-punk group The Smiths has worked with many bands...
Yes! Middleditch & Schwartz is coming to Pabst Theater June 14 and it will be amazing
Today (in addition to exciting news that comedian/former pop-punk guitarist Kyle Kinane would be returning to Turner Hall in November), we learned that Middleditch & Schwartz will be coming to Pabst Theater...
Interpol turns on the bright lights and gracefully traverses its catalog at Pabst Theater
Before the last time Interpol came to Pabst Theater in 2014, we referenced the two drastically different identities the seminal New York post-punk band has presented over the course of its lengthy run. The firs...
Courtney Barnett is a force to be reckoned with at sold-out Pabst Theater show
Australian native Courtney Barnett made a stop in Milwaukee Wednesday night, traveling halfway across the world from her hometown of Melbourne to perform in front of a sold-out crowd at the Pabst Theater. The f...
Jeff Tweedy eases into solo tour with story-filled show at Pabst Theater
Milwaukee, known to be a quiet, sober city, turned out Wednesday night in remarkably modest fashion. Jeff Tweedy chose Milwaukee to kick off his current solo tour, and the Pabst Theater was one of the few dates...
Sylvan Esso closes out Pabst Theater weekend in grand fashion
A lot has changed since the last time Sylvan Esso performed in Milwaukee. Between the electro-pop duo's 2015 outing at Summerfest and last weekend's two-night, two-show Pabst Theater residency, the group—which,...
Rick Astley didn’t give up on his hits, but dished out plenty of surprises, too, at Pabst Theater
Best known for his late 1980s dance-pop hits "Never Gonna Give You Up," "Together Forever," and "Whenever You Need Somebody," English singer and songwriter Rick Astley and his talented six-piece band brought th...