Tagged X-Ray Arcade

The Frogs’ Jimmy Flemion will play first hometown show in 17 years March 24 at X-Ray Arcade

February 17, 2023

In the history of Milwaukee bands that broke into the mainstream—albeit briefly—no group leaves a stranger mark than The Frogs. Brothers Jimmy and Dennis Flemion formed the aggressively lo-fi and aggressively s...

Here’s who’s playing the X-Ray Arcade Stage at Bay View Bash

Tyler Maas

August 15, 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 ...

Chris Gethard to bring live podcast, stand-up to X-Ray Arcade October 7

Tyler Maas

July 13, 2022

Chris Gethard is a lot of things. He's a cult comedy legend, the namesake and former figurehead of The Chris Gethard Show, an actor (who you might know from films like Don't Think Twice and TV shows like Broad ...

Frank Turner to play solo acoustic outing at X-Ray Arcade on July 10

Tyler Maas

May 25, 2022

Frank Turner has done it all. The English punk singer-songwriter has played thousands of shows over the course of his nearly 30-year musical career. During that over-quarter-century span, he’s released nine exc...

X-Ray Arcade will require proof of vaccination or negative COVID test beginning Sept. 2

Matt Wild

August 26, 2021

X-Ray Arcade is joining the ranks of other area venues in requiring proof of vaccination or a negative COVID-19 test for entry. The new policy begins Thursday, September 2."Beginning September 2, 2021, X-Ray ...

Here’s everything you need to know about this weekend’s X-Ray Beer Day

Tyler Maas

July 14, 2021

In addition to being an outstanding all-ages venue and arcade with the capability of restoring one's faith in Cudahy (and humanity?), X-Ray Arcade also has a way better beer selection than you might expect from...

The end of quarantine or: How I learned to stop worrying and love Cudahy

Paul Bestul

July 12, 2021

After the longest year of our collective lives, 2020 finally feels like it’s almost over...seven months after it officially ended. Masks are no longer required, shots are going into arms, and things are looking...

X-Ray Arcade’s “Patio Days” to return with DJs and pizza bagels

Tyler Maas

April 26, 2021

Even though we're less than a week removed from the last time it snowed in Milwaukee, spring is technically here. Soon, the threat of snow will be entirely gone, the weather will improve, and the daylight hours...

Carryout Chronicles: X-Ray Arcade

Tyler Maas

February 24, 2021

It’s an unprecedented and incredibly difficult time for bars and restaurants right now. Wanting to highlight local establishments who are keeping food quality high while also keeping its customers and employees...

X-Ray Arcade is going to offer pizza bagel and virtual concert “combo meals”

Tyler Maas

February 11, 2021

Earlier this week, X-Ray Arcade celebrated two years in business. Unfortunately, the Cudahy-based arcade, bar, and music venue has been unable to safely host concerts or allow people inside to play games for ne...

Join Milwaukee Record on X-Ray Arcade’s patio for a socially distant night of Midwest music

Milwaukee Record Staff

September 29, 2020

Do you like Midwestern-made music? Do you want to support X-Ray Arcade? Do you want to do something—ANYTHING—in a safe and responsible setting that's not your goddamn house? Do you want to squeeze every possibl...

Ned Flanders metal band Okilly Dokilly will return to Cudahy’s X-Ray Arcade May 2

Tyler Maas

February 3, 2020

Last spring, Okilly Dokilly, "the world’s only Nedal band"—a.k.a. a Ned Flanders-themed metal band—helped unofficially christen Cudahy’s newly-opened X-Ray Arcade when they headlined an unforgettable show at th...

My First Band: Andy Slania (The Eradicator, Galactic Cannibal, ATFO)

Milwaukee Record Staff

October 4, 2019

You might know Andy Slania from...actually, you probably don't know him because when he takes the stage, he's simply known as The Eradicator. The Chicago hardcore band that's based on a 25-year-old sketch from ...

Boomshakalaka! We’re hosting a city-wide ‘NBA Jam’ tournament at X-Ray Arcade

Tyler Maas

September 25, 2019

Think of some iconic duos: Stockton and Malone. Drexler and Porter. Mullin and Hardaway. Thomas and Laimbeer. Milwaukee Record and X-Ray Arcade. All of these pairs will be present at the Cudahy arcade this Nove...

Public Domain: The Eradicator performs “Take Me Out To The Ball Game”

Milwaukee Record Staff

September 25, 2019

Milwaukee Record is proud to present Public Domain. The music video series features musicians adapting some of the world’s best-known songs in ways they’ve never been heard before. Watch the entire series here....

Elijah Holbrook makes the most of opportunities in Milwaukee comedy

Tyler Maas

August 14, 2019

Elijah Holbrook is trying to make the most of his opportunities as a comedian because, up until recently, there weren't many on his plate. About five years ago, Holbrook was living in the Fox Cities and struggl...

Cancel that millipede shipment: X-Ray Arcade is showing the Longmont Potion Castle doc, ‘Where In The Hell Is The Lavender House’

Tyler Maas

August 1, 2019

Hey listen, I ain’t jokin’, dickface. X-Ray Arcade is going to show a documentary about Longmont Potion Castle on Friday, August 30 as part of the Cudahy bar's "Movies Under The Knife" series.If you're stil...

My First Band: JP Harris

Milwaukee Record Staff

July 26, 2019

JP Harris is less than a year removed from putting out his third full-length solo record, Sometimes Dogs Bark At Nothing. On top of releasing outstanding records, the established Nashville country music staple ...

Nu metal lives on at X-Ray Arcade’s Freak On A Leash Friday

Tyler Maas

July 19, 2019

In the late '90s and early aughts, mainstream music was all the rage with a new form of heavy metal that—quite fittingly—was called "nu metal." Bands like Korn, Limp Bizkit, Slipknot, Crazy Town, and Linkin Par...

Here are some dumb pictures from the best Dummerfest to date

Tyler Maas

June 24, 2019

Last Saturday, while thousands flocked Summer Soulstice on Milwaukee's East Side and Lakefront Festival Of Art outside Milwaukee Art Museum, a few hundred folks made their way to a Cudahy venue for a different ...