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Here’s who’s playing the WMSE Stage at Bay View Bash

August 22, 2022

Even though most of Milwaukee’s major festivals are now in the rear view mirror, one of the city’s biggest and best undertakings is still on the horizon. Yes, Bay View Bash will make its long-awaited return to ...

Watch Collections Of Colonies Of Bees play some new songs on WMSE’s “Local/Live”

Matt Wild

August 3, 2022

After a few years of hibernation, Milwaukee's Collections Of Colonies Of Bees have begun to make some noise. The celebrated and long-running post-rock group led by guitarist Chris Rosenau recently played the Se...

Watch Wanda Chrome & The Leather Pharaohs kick out the jams for WMSE’s “Local/Live”

Matt Wild

July 6, 2022

Veteran Milwaukee rock 'n' roll bands don't get much more "veteran" and "rock 'n' roll" than Wanda Chrome & The Leather Pharaohs. The gleefully loud, gleefully growling group fronted by Cliff and Marie Ulsb...

WMSE’s Backyard BBQ returns to Humboldt Park August 27 with Seratones, more

Milwaukee Record Staff

June 13, 2022

If you thought the return of the Great Milwaukee Summer was complete, think again. Today, WMSE announced the lineup of its ever-popular Backyard BBQ. The 12th annual shindig will set up shop at Humboldt Park on...

Buy some art (and strike a rock pose) at WMSE’s 6th annual Art & Music auction

Matt Wild

June 6, 2022

For the past half-decade, WMSE's Art & Music has combined, well, art and music for a one-of-a-kind event. At the center is an auction of hundreds of album-sized, 12" x 12" pieces of original art from local ...

Great Lakes Distillery and WMSE to collaborate on Chicken Shack Whiskey, “Uncooped Block Party”

Tyler Maas

May 9, 2022

Now that the lengthy streak of dreary, cold, and soul-sucking days has finally ended and weather conditions in Milwaukee seem to be promising for a while, we can officially start getting ready for summer festiv...

WMSE’s Friday Night Freak Show returns to Times Cinema May 20 with ‘Better Off Dead’

Matt Wild

April 14, 2022

In case you missed it, the Times Cinema (5906 W. Vliet St.) reopened earlier this month with a new programming format. Yes, more than two years after closing due to COVID-19, the cozy neighborhood cinema is bac...

Here are the winners of WMSE’s 2022 Rockabilly Chili Fundraiser

Milwaukee Record Staff

April 11, 2022

This past Sunday, thousands of Milwaukeeans flocked to the MSOE Kern Center for WMSE’s 20th annual Rockabilly Chili Fundraiser. Several hours later, they all went home and found a nice place to curl up and thin...

WMSE’s Rockabilly Chili Fundraiser will return April 10 (vaccination required)

Matt Wild

January 7, 2022

Hey! WMSE's beloved Rockabilly Chili Fundraiser is set to return to MSOE's Kern Center on Sunday, April 10. It'll be the event's 20th installment, following a 2021 event that was takeout only."Attendees wil...

WMSE’s Big Band Grandstand with Dewey Gill returns to Turner Hall Ballroom December 12

Matt Wild

October 18, 2021

It's impossible to single out just one show on WMSE 91.7 FM and call it the station's "best." But if you had to assemble, say, a top 5, Dewey Gill's Big Band Program (Sundays from 9 a.m. - noon) would certainly...

Here’s the local-tastic lineup for the Lakefront Brewery/WMSE stage at Wisconsin State Fair

Matt Wild

July 21, 2021

Hey! The 2021 Wisconsin State Fair is right around the corner! The big shindig takes place August 5-15! Be there!Oh, and while you're there (and before you enjoy the sounds of Billy Idol and Boyz II Men), b...

WMSE Backyard BBQ returns to Humboldt Park August 28 with Abby Jeanne, more

Matt Wild

July 16, 2021

If you thought the return (okay, the semi-return) of the Great Milwaukee Summer was complete, think again. Today, WMSE announced the return of its ever-popular Backyard BBQ. The 11th annual shindig will set up ...

Here are the winners of WMSE’s 2021 Rockabilly Chili Fundraiser (“Super Friends Edition”)

Matt Wild

April 16, 2021

WMSE's annual, glorious, can't-miss Rockabilly Chili fundraiser was a little different this year. For one week, instead of cramming into the MSOE Kern Center, folks picked up competing chilis from a bunch of Mi...

Here are the participants for WMSE’s 19th annual Rockabilly Chili, “Super Friends Edition”

Matt Wild

March 25, 2021

WMSE's annual, glorious, can't-miss, god-we-miss-it Rockabilly Chili fundraiser is going to be a little different this year.From April 5-11, instead of cramming into the MSOE Kern Center, you'll be able to ...

WMSE will celebrate 40 years on the air by going back to 1981

Matt Wild

March 1, 2021

Lordy, lordy, WMSE is 40.Yes, Milwaukee's beloved community-powered radio station is celebrating the big 4-0 in 2021, and it's doing it in style. Beginning March 17, the Big Sound Downtown will turn the clo...

Mandatory Milwaukee: Dewey Gill’s Big Band Program on WMSE is essential Sunday listening

Matt Wild

February 1, 2021

broadstreet.zone(77472); Some places come and go, while some places become icons. Mandatory Milwaukee is all about the latter. Join us as we revisit beloved and well-worn local staples with fresh eyes, and exp...

WMSE’s 19th annual Rockabilly Chili is coming to a restaurant, cafe, and food truck near you

Matt Wild

January 28, 2021

If our records are correct, WMSE's 18th annual Rockabilly Chili Fundraiser—held on March 8, 2020—was one of the last big things we did before everything went down the drain. Thousands of people packed into the ...

My First Band podcast will be coming to WMSE

Milwaukee Record Staff

November 25, 2020

On March 1 of last year, Milwaukee Record debuted our "My First Band" podcast. Each and every Friday since then, we've released a long-form interview with a different musician that traces their onstage origins,...

WMSE’s Art & Music makes the transformation to virtual event

Tyler Maas

July 21, 2020

WMSE's annual Art & Music successfully combines the work of area artists with Milwaukee music, along with local beer and cocktails to create a special event that raises funds for the listener-supported stat...

My First Band: Sid McCain (WMSE)

Milwaukee Record Staff

February 28, 2020

Sid McCain has spent most of her life immersed in music. Since falling in love with hardcore music while attending boarding school in North Carolina, McCain—who currently works at 91.7 WMSE—has had an undying p...