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Upcoming Shows

Bug Hunter & The Narcissist Cookbook
TodayJuly 18, 20257:00pm   $30 advance / $35 door / $65 VIPTicketWeb
VIP Tickets: Come early (5:00 PM) to the venue to listen to both artists play a couple extra songs + audience Q&A, pre-show access to merch (skip the line after the show!) and take a photo with Bug Hunter and The Narcissist Cookbook. THIS TICKET INCLUDES GENERAL ADMISSION ACCESS TO THE SHOW! Bug Hunter and The....read more
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Just a Mess
TomorrowJuly 19, 20257:00pmTicketWeb
Just a Mess is a three-piece band hailing from the windy city of Chicago. Formed in 2019, this band is a force to be reckoned with, as they combine the intense, emotionally charged sound of Deftones with the introspective lyricism of Brand New. The band's founding members, Tony Sarlo and Kyle Blais, first met in a drunk....read more
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Big Sandy and His Fly Rite Boys, Brian Ritchie Quartet
SundayJuly 20, 20258:00pm   $20.00TicketWeb
Since forming in 1988 in Southern California, Big Sandy and His Fly-Rite Boys have become one of the world's most beloved Americana/Roots acts, drawing from the deep musical waters that flow just beneath the surface of Rock & Roll's fertile soil. A childhood passion for Country, Doo-Wop, and Rhythm & Blues 45s led Sandy....read more
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Recently Added Shows

Adeem the Artist, The Slow Harvest (solo)
FridayAugust 1, 20258:00pm   $20.00TicketWeb
As they began working on a new batch of songs, Adeem the Artist was busy thinking about the way a lifetime of experiences can pile up in a person's brain. "Traumatic events and warm events leave psychological imprints -- there's this pattern to it," says the Knoxville, Tennessee-based performer. "Different moments and....read more
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Reggae "One Love" Party
MondayAugust 18, 20257:00pm   $8 advance / $10 doorTicketWeb
International Roots Rock Reggae Meltdown/wnov-860am-106.5fm wnovmusic.com hosted by Reggae DJ Ras Joel presents REGGAE "ONE LOVE" PARTY featuring Madison Award Winning Reggae Band NATTY NATION REGGAE BAND with Special Guest: Ras Amerlock Dub Band.
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The Black Moods
WednesdaySeptember 17, 20258:00pm   $20.00TicketWeb
The Black Moods play raw, amplified rock & roll. A classic power trio for the modern world, they turn the genre's timeless ingredients -- electric guitar, anthemic hooks, and percussive punch -- into a sound that's both contemporary and climactic.
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Drumming Bird
FridaySeptember 26, 20258:00pm   $15.00TicketWeb
Drumming Bird is the main vehicle of singer-songwriter Austin Sawyer. Sawyer has been writing and performing music as Drumming Bird for over a decade, meticulously crafting a sound that lies somewhere between the youthful noise of indie-rock and the poignant working-class introspection of Americana. The growth of....read more
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Paul Cebar Tomorrow Sound CD release show
FridayOctober 3, 20258:00pm   $25.00TicketWeb
Simply entitled PAUL CEBAR, the new album deftly blends a complex collection of diverse musical styles into a set of songs that are timeless and vibrantly full of life. A Midwestern music icon. A Wisconsin Hall of Famer. A Knight of Bohemia. Paul Cebar has had a long, illustrious career creating music that travels back....read more
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The Third Mind
SaturdayOctober 11, 20258:00pm   $35.00TicketWeb
What began as a free-form studio experiment between Dave Alvin and Victor Krummenacher (Camper Van Beethoven, Cracker, Monks of Doom), inspired by the spontaneity of Miles Davis' improvisational work, The Third Mind morphed into a supergroup enlisting guitarist David Immerglück (Counting Crows, John Hiatt, Monks of Doom),....read more
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Molly Grace
SundayOctober 12, 20258:00pm   $22.00TicketWeb
Nashville's resident rising pop star Molly Grace has built a reputation on dazzling live shows packed with theatricality, full-throttle charisma, and powerhouse vocals. Channeling the queer joy of Chappell Roan, playful production of Remi Wolf, and irresistible magnetism of Prince, Molly is an artist who leans into the....read more
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Shawn Phillips
SundayOctober 19, 20258:00pm   $30.00
The man whom American Impresario Bill Graham, the most iconic concert promoter in the history of live music, called "The best kept secret in the music business"; who taught Joni Mitchell her first guitar techniques; taught George Harrison of the Beatles his first lessons on Sitar; the man who wrote the music to Donovan's....read more
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5 Card Studs
FridayOctober 31, 20258:00pm   $15 advance / $20 doorTicketWeb
The 5 Card Studs are a group of veteran players whose diverse backgrounds combine to bring subtlety and precision to top 40 A.M. Gold hits and forgotten favorites. Their love and respect for music's artistic anomalies comes through in their deftly-executed renditions of songs whose performers you might not remember but the....read more
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The Cold Stares, Candy Cigarette
FridayNovember 21, 20258:00pm   $20.00TicketWeb
For almost ten years, The Cold Stares had toured the world relentlessly as a duo, blowing away audiences across the US and Europe with a fierce, blistering live show that belied their bare bones, guitar-and-drums setup. In 2023 the band began embracing a whole new kind of chemistry and launched into their next chapter,....read more
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The R&B Cadets
SaturdayNovember 29, 20258:00pm   $25.00
The R&B Cadets played their first gig shortly after New Year's in 1980 and their last in the summer of 1986. In that time they got a lot of folks out on the dance floor, playing a distinctive mix of of deep soul cuts from Paul Cebar's massive record collection and some sparkling originals, written by John Sieger, often in....read more
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Davina and the Vagabonds
FridayDecember 5, 20258:00pm   $25.00TicketWeb
"Davina Sowers creates her own Americana mishmash -- a little Amy Winehouse-worthy neo-soul here, a little Great American Songbook-influenced songcraft there." Rolling Stone Magazine "Davina and the Vagabonds combat heartache with sugar and sass." DOWNBEAT MAGAZINE Davina Sowers and the Vagabonds have created a....read more
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Anthony Gomes
SaturdayDecember 13, 20258:00pm   $20 advance / $25 doorTicketWeb
With a guitar slung over his shoulder and the amps turned up full tilt, Anthony Gomes electrifies blues and rock at a 21st century crossroads of his own. The Canadian vocalist, guitarist, songwriter and producer wails with all the force of a hurricane in the Mississippi Delta and enough fret-burning fireworks to leave his....read more
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Alternative Concert Group Presents

Dream Theater
WednesdaySeptember 24, 20258:00pm
At the Miller High Life Theatre, Milwaukee, WI.

Tickets on sale at here.
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Violent Femmes
SaturdayOctober 18, 20258:00pm
At the Riverside Theater, Milwaukee, WI.

Tickets on sale at here.
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Ryanhood
FridayDecember 19, 20258:00pmTicketWeb
At Linneman's Riverwest Inn An evening of songs and storytelling, heartstrings and laughter, A Winter's Evening with Ryanhood is a live holiday touring show based on the duo's record, On Christmas, that showcases the high-energy, big-harmony, dueling acoustic guitar approach that R....read more
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Gregorian Pure Chants World Tour featuring songs of Enigma
WednesdayMarch 18, 20267:30pm
At South Milwaukee Performing Arts Center, Milwaukee, WI.

Tickets on sale online, at the South Milwaukee Performing Arts Center box office or by phone at 414-766-5049.
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