WMSE’s Local/Live: Overhand
WMSE's local and live in-studio showcase, Local/Live, airs Tuesdays 6-7 p.m. You can find past episodes HERE. Beginning in 2023, we're also collecting episodes on our Soundcloud.
milwaukeerecord · WMSE Loc...
Watch some highlights from the 2022 season of WMSE’s Local/Live
Pound for pound, one of the best showcases for local music is WMSE's weekly Local/Live program. Every Tuesday at 6 p.m., a Milwaukee artist drops by the station's downtown studio, plays some songs live on the a...
Watch Dead Horses play their ‘Brady Street’ album on WMSE’s Local/Live
Back in August, Milwaukee duo Dead Horses released the terrific Brady Street. The album features 10 tracks of gorgeously rendered folk/Americana, all highlighted by singer Sarah Vos' timeless vocals and Dan Wol...
Here’s who’s playing the WMSE Stage at Bay View Bash
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”
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”
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
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
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”
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’
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
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)
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
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
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
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”)
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”
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
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
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
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 ...