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Apr 30 @ 6:00 am – 11:45 pm WMSE 91.7FM
 WMSE 91.7FM celebrates International Jazz Day 2024 with a full day of special Jazz focused programming. 6 a.m. – 9 a.m. – “Shape of Rock” becomes “The Shape of Jazz” 9 a.m. – 12 p.m.[...]
May 2 @ 8:00 pm – 11:45 pm Shank Hall
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[...]
May 3 @ 6:00 pm – 10:00 pm
WMSE Presents – Direct Supply’s Golden Idols Showcase Auditions – Announcing the 2024 Direct Supply Golden Idols Senior Talent Showcase! Persons age 55 and older are invited to audition for a chance to perform at[...]
May 3 @ 8:00 pm – 11:45 pm Shank Hall
Los Straitjackets are the leading practitioners of the lost art of the guitar instrumental. Using the music of the Ventures, The Shadows, and with Link Wray and Dick Dale as a jumping off point, the[...]
May 7 @ 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm Anodyne Coffee Roasting Co.
Join us at Anodyne in Walker’s Point on Tuesday, May 7th, (6pm) for another free, all-ages edition of Local Live, hosted by DJ Maggie and Milwaukee Record’s Matt Wild with the three-piece, post punk rock[...]
May 10 @ 5:00 pm – May 12 @ 11:45 pm The Cooperage
WMSE is proud to be a media sponsor of Milwaukee Psych Fest as it returns for the ninth installment of the Midwest’s premier “psychedelic” music festival! The lineup includes: Garcia Peoples Emergency Group Vague Plot[...]
May 14 @ 7:00 pm – 11:45 pm The Rave
Southern California punk legends SOCIAL DISTORTION have announced an epic co-headlining tour across the U.S. with Epitaph labelmates BAD RELIGION that kicks off in Bakersfield, California on April 9, 2024. With additional support from THE[...]
May 17 @ 2:00 pm – May 19 @ 11:45 pm Rave
After a successful return of Milwaukee Metal Festival in 2023, the iconic midwestern, multi-day event will kick off with a pre-party on May 16 while the main festival will run May 17 – 19 at[...]
May 18 @ 8:00 pm – 11:45 pm Riverside Theater
For over 20 years, The Decemberists have been one of the most original, daring, and thrilling American rock bands. Founded in the year 2000, The Decemberists’ distinctive brand of hyper-literate folk-rock set them apart from[...]
May 24 @ 7:00 pm – 11:00 pm Garibaldi's
Six noisy bands headed for the Caterwaul Music Festival in Minneapolis May 24-27 converge on Milwaukee, WI, for a festival of their own on Friday May 24th at Club Garibaldi, 2501 S Superior St. 7pm.[...]
May 28 @ 8:00 pm – 9:00 pm Pabst Theater
One of the most influential British bands in modern history returns to Milwaukee! Echo & the Bunnymen’s dark, swirling fusion of gloomy post-punk and -inspired psychedelia is driven by the majestic voice and outsized persona[...]
May 31 @ 5:00 pm – 10:00 pm
WMSE is proud to sponsor Bay View Gallery Night! The BVGN Spring 2024 edition takes place on Friday, May 31st from 5pm – 9pm (or later), in over 50 locations featuring art and music all[...]
Jun 1 @ 5:00 pm – 11:00 pm Great Lakes Distillery
WMSE is proud to present – On Saturday, June 1st, in conjunction with WMSE’s Chicken Shack Radio Show, Great Lakes Distillery will host “Sippin’ & Strummin’ with The Chicken Shack.” This lively outdoor concert is[...]
Jun 8 @ 7:00 pm – 11:45 pm Vivarium
For two decades, Collections of Colonies of Bees have existed in various forms and incarnations, beginning with Chris Rosenau and Jon Mueller. From there, the line-up grew and evolved. At one time, Nick Sanborn — currently in[...]
Jun 12 @ 7:30 pm – 11:15 pm Riverside Theater
For the first time since 2002’s Yankee Hotel Foxtrot, Wilco has created an album with an outside producer: the singular Welsh artist Cate Le Bon. The album is “Cousin.” “I’m cousin to the world,” Jeff[...]
Jun 15 @ 12:00 pm – 10:00 pm Konkel Park
 WMSE is a proud sponsor of The Turf Benefit and Skate Jam! Join the City of Greenfield for a FREE event at Konkel Park where wheels of nostalgia help roll in the next generation of[...]
Jun 21 @ 6:30 pm – Jun 22 @ 11:30 pm Pabst Theater Group
2 very different shows. 2 “Evening with” performances. 8 piece band. 3 horns. 2 sets. 0 openers. Starts early. Gets loud. They Might Be Giants are in top form and back on the road with[...]
Jun 25 @ 7:00 pm – 11:45 pm Vivarium
“Mind Burns Alive” finds Pallbearer navigating the space between disquiet and serenity with a singular intensity. At times poetic and blistering, their fifth full length is a heartfelt meditation on isolation, trauma and mental breakdown,[...]
Jul 29 @ 7:30 pm – 11:45 pm Riverside Theater
  The Pretenders are BACK at the Riverside Theater for the first time since 2018 with music that’s melodic and bristling with rebellion. Fronted by singer/songwriter Chrissie Hynde, they expose the confessional underbelly of punk[...]
Aug 18 @ 8:00 pm – 11:45 pm Riverside Theater
At age 86, Buddy Guy is a Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee, a major influence on rock titans like Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton, and Stevie Ray Vaughan, a pioneer of Chicago’s fabled West[...]
Aug 21 @ 7:30 pm – 11:45 pm Turner Hall Ballroom
Built To Spill celebrates 30 YEARS of “There’s Nothing Wrong with Love”, their second full-length album, by performing it in its entirety for lucky fans. The indie rockers meet in the middle ground between postmodern[...]
Aug 24 @ 12:00 pm – 8:00 pm Humboldt Park Bandshell
Guided By Voices will Headline WMSE’s Backyard BBQ at Humboldt Park on August 24th! WMSE 91.7FM, Milwaukee’s only free-form, community-supported radio station, is thrilled to announce that legendary indie rock band Guided by Voices will[...]
Aug 29 @ 7:30 pm – 11:45 pm Riverside Theater
Legendary feminist punk band Bikini Kill has reunited for the first time since their break-up in 1997. Featuring the original iconic line-up and relive the Riot Grrrl Movement of the early 90’s with their confrontational[...]
Sep 4 @ 8:00 pm – 11:45 pm Miller High Life Theater
Welcome to ‘The Gizzverse’ King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard have built up a well-earned reputation as one of the most prolific, adventurous and inventive bands of all time, having released 25 albums since 2010.[...]
Nov 2 @ 7:00 pm – 11:45 pm Pabst Theater Group
Former King Crimson members Adrian Belew and Tony Levin band together with guitar virtuoso Steve Vai and explosive tool drummer Danny Carey for the first time to create beat, a creative reinterpretation of the three[...]