Tag: Turner Hall

Help Turner Hall raise $70K for new ADA lift, time-sensitive masonry repairs

August 13, 2026

Turner Hall is much more than Turner Hall Ballroom. The historic landmark (1040 Vel R. Phillips Ave.) is a community center, a social justice hub, and even a gym. And now, the nonprofit civic group that operate...

Wednesday wow wall-to-wall crowd at Turner Hall

CJ Johnson

March 28, 2026

The last time I caught Wednesday was in September 2023, when they opened for Jason Isbell And The 400 Unit at a sold-out Riverside Theater. Back then, they were touring in support of their 2023 release Rat Saw ...

Shellac drops knowledge, new material, and classic jams at Turner Hall

DJ Hostettler

March 13, 2020

Fans of Shellac's notorious between song question-and-answer sessions didn't have to wait long for their fix at Thursday's night Turner Hall show. Thanks to an equipment malfunction on stage right (Steve Albini...

Hear Doughboys discuss Culver’s, The Vanguard, Sobelmans, and Spotted Cow in Milwaukee episode

Tyler Maas

January 23, 2020

Last Thursday, Doughboys—a popular chain restaurant podcast—came to Milwaukee for a long-awaited live show at Turner Hall and to finally review Culver's for the first time in the show's history. Joined by comed...

Colter Wall captivates Turner Hall with songs of the plains

Tyler Maas

February 23, 2019

Friday night, a one-block stretch of Vel R. Phillips Avenue in downtown Milwaukee simultaneously hosted two of modern music's most promising young voices. While the brand new Fiserv Forum was privy to what was ...

Liz Phair makes things girly again at career-spanning Turner Hall show

Cal Roach

October 13, 2018

The '90s were an odd decade. Back then, a young, impressionable person could discover an artist through Rolling Stone and still feel like they were "underground." Such was the case with Liz Phair; her 1993 debu...

Judd Apatow will do some Election Night stand-up at Turner Hall November 6

Matt Wild

September 4, 2018

Has anyone defined the past two decades of comedy more than Judd Apatow? Nope. From writing and producing '90s classics like Heavyweights and The Cable Guy, to directing modern-day classics like The 40-Year-Old...

Hop Along takes Turner Hall on a joyride in Milwaukee debut

Tyler Maas

June 13, 2018

It's been a year of new experiences for Hop Along. In April, the Philadelphia quartet released Bark Your Head Off, Dog, the band's most anticipated album to date. The newfound attention—first set into motion by...

Liz Phair rules and she’s coming to Turner Hall October 12

Matt Wild

May 15, 2018

Liz Phair rules. Liz Phair's debut album, Exile In Guyville (which is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year), rules. Liz Phair's pre-Guyville Girly-Sound tapes rule. The rest of Liz Phair's career ranges f...

Frig yeah! Randy from ‘Trailer Park Boys’ will bring his “Cheeseburger Picnic Tour” to Turner Hall

Tyler Maas

April 30, 2018

Milwaukee has a pretty special relationship with Trailer Park Boys. Last April, Turner Hall hosted a rowdy live show with Randy and Mr. Lahey. A few years prior, the historic ballroom gave out cheeseburgers at ...

Kamasi Washington plays jazz for the masses at Turner Hall

Dan Agacki

November 8, 2017

Ruminating on Guns N' Roses' relevance in 2017, I leaned against Turner Hall Tuesday night and watched the masses file into the BMO Harris Bradley Center. As a lifelong GN'R fan, a small piece of my heart float...

Here’s the Local Coverage 2018 lineup

Tyler Maas

October 11, 2017

After three years of fun philanthropy, Milwaukee Record’s Local Coverage benefit will return to Turner Hall Ballroom in 2018. On Friday, January 19, an eclectic cast of nine local acts from all corners of the s...

Ron Funches throws cookies and steals hearts at Turner Hall

Tyler Maas

August 11, 2017

Ron Funches is in a good place right now. The comic has amassed an impressive (and growing) résumé of acting and voiceover work. He's lost about 140 pounds. He's dating someone new and is having fun raising his...

Michael Ian Black eats cheese curds, debates fruit, and delights Turner Hall

Tyler Maas

August 7, 2017

The 12th annual Milwaukee Comedy Festival was the yearly event's largest and largest-scale iteration to date. Not even including our semi-affiliated Roast Of Milwaukee, the Comedy Fest consisted of a whopping 1...

PUP is great, grateful at Turner Hall in Milwaukee debut

Tyler Maas

August 2, 2017

Since reaching continental consciousness with its outstanding 2013 debut, PUP has toured aggressively—only stopping long enough to write and record their (even better) 2016 follow-up, The Dream Is Over. In spit...

Perfume Genius intoxicates and discombobulates at Turner Hall

Cal Roach

May 24, 2017

Too Bright proved to be a significant breakthrough for Perfume Genius (a.k.a. Mike Hadreas). The Seattle singer-songwriter's 2014 album featured what is still his trademark number, "Queen," an unforgettable sta...

Nineties night: A primer to Saturday’s unofficial Globe East reunion show at Turner Hall

Matt Wild

March 14, 2017

On Saturday, March 18, six bands from Milwaukee's past will reunite on the stage of Turner Hall, turning the clock back to a time (the '90s, mostly) and place (the Globe East, mostly) that still live on in many...

Cloud Nothings bring life and sound to Turner Hall

Sahan Jayasuriya

February 13, 2017

Beginning as little more than a home recording project for singer-songwriter Dylan Baldi, Cleveland Ohio's Cloud Nothings have grown into something far bigger. In the last five years, the band has continued t...

Built To Spill plays to unconventional strengths at Turner Hall

Cal Roach

June 20, 2016

// The definition of "indie rock" may have changed over the years, but the sound of the music has not. Take everything in your iTunes library assigned to that genre, make a giant playlist and hit shuffle: s...

Relive GGOOLLDD’s Turner Hall sellout in behind the scenes video

Tyler Maas

May 13, 2016

// While Milwaukee as a whole is slowly beginning to come around to the wealth of homegrown talent making great music within our city limits, it's still quite an accomplishment for a local band to sell out ...

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