
Ingram Hill, Matt Duke, Mikey Wax
Memphis-based rock trio Ingram Hill would probably love to have it look as if their latest album, "Look Your Best," was as easy-breezy to create as the lyrics suggest, but lead singer/guitarist Justin Moore says it was made with a great deal of hard work, determination, and grit. "I think it felt like we were in a place in....read more
Pat McCurdy
Friday February 10, 2012 9:00pm $6.00
Pat McCurdy is a singer/song writer from Wisconsin. He tours the mid-western part of the USA, his shows usually consisting of just him and his guitar. While the majority of his audience is made up of a college-age crowd, McCurdy manages to appeal to a large number of people of all ages with his interactive shows.....read more
Gypsy
Saturday February 11, 2012 9:00pm $10.00
In 1986, local rock legends Scott Finch and Greg Slavik teamed up with Plattville bass scholar and vocalist Joe Steil to form Gypsy, a psychedelic blues band that has been compared to early Cream and Hendrix. After more than three intensely successful years and four full-length original albums - "Gypsy," "The Goddess,"....read more

Harmonica Blow Out with Jim Liban, Steve Cohen, Matthew Skoller and Benny Rickun
Friday March 2, 2012 8:00pm $10.00
Jim Liban set the standard for Wisconsin area harp players with his group Short Stuff in the late 1970s. His dynamic showmanship and innovative harp playing was well ahead of it's time then. He continues to play with great....read more
Roger Clyne (solo), Jim Hoehn
Thursday March 8, 2012 8:00pm $15.00
A third generation Arizonan, songwriter Roger Clyne regularly bares his soul in rock 'n' roll originals that are often tinted with Southwest influences: a verse in Spanish here or a line about a desert landscape there. However, ¡Americano! takes Clyne's experiences a step further and combines his popular lyrical style....read more
A Concert For Eileen
Saturday March 10, 2012 7:30pm $10.00
Eileen Worman is an artist, musician and mother who's a friend to many in the Milwaukee music community. After a three year series of unsuccessful surgeries, Eileen finds herself waiting on a donor kidney and enduring three-hour dialysis sessions three times a week. A Concert for Eileen is a benefit to harness the....read more
This Must Be The Band - a Talking Heads tribute
Friday March 16, 2012 9:00pm $10.00
This Must be the Band is a Talking Heads Tribute Band; they only play Talking Heads music, and, if possible, 3 to 4 hours at a time. Since forming in May 2007, TMBTB has been Burning Down The House throughout Chicago and the entire midwest. With a rapidly expanding repertoire from the Talking Heads' catalog of countless....read more
Animation (A Tribute to RUSH)
Saturday March 31, 2012 8:00pm $15.00
Animation has been headlining as "A Tribute to RUSH" since the first show in March, 1987 at "Chances R" in Palatine, IL. We've mostly played Illinois, Indiana and Wisconsin but we'll drive up to six (or so) hours to play a gig. Do you have a favorite venue that needs a RUSH tribute band? We WANT to hear from you. MN, MI,....read more
The Sandcarvers, The Form
Saturday April 7, 2012 9:00pm $10.00
Milwaukee's nationally-touring, award-winning, festival-adored AmeriCeltRock Troubadours hit the stage going ninety to the dozen. The Sandcarvers have been hailed as one of the best Celtic rock bands in the country. Their exuberant live show and exhilarating fan interaction have earned them top billing in the music....read more
Semi-Twang
Saturday April 21, 2012 8:00pm $10.00
John Sieger has led two popular midwest bands, The R&B Cadets (in collaboration with Paul Cebar), who recorded for Twintone Records in the R&B Cadets (1980-86) and the critically acclaimed band Semi-Twang (1986-91). In 1988, "Salty Tears" by Semi-Twang was released with much praise and even landed the band a major label....read more
Green River Ordinance
Thursday April 26, 2012 8:00pm $10.00
This fall season marks the 10th Anniversary of Green River Ordinance as a band. In 2009 and 2010, GRO saw tastes of much sought after success: 2 Top 40 radio singles, songs on over 20 TV shows ("So You Think You Can Dance", "The Hills", "The Young & Restless"), 2 music videos on MTV and VH1, tours with American Idol....read more
Steez
Friday April 27, 2012 9:30pm $7.00
Categorization be damned, the Madison-based five piece, Steez, consisting of Matt Williams (keyboards/synthesizers/accordion), Steve Neary (guitar and vocals), Rob Bessert (drums), Chris Sell (bass), and Andrzej Benkowski (saxophone, oboe, and violin) is -- in the simplest terms and the most convenient definitions -- a....read more
Southern Tradition
Saturday May 5, 2012 8:00pm $8.00
Known for their gritty down-home playing, Southern Tradition has emerged as one of the premier Country Rock cover bands in Wisconsin. Blending together elements of Rockabilly, Southern Rock, Outlaw/Classic Country with Todays Country, Southern Tradition is known for pushing the boundaries of country music. Formed in 2008,....read more
Bascom Hill
Saturday May 12, 2012
The members of Bascom Hill admit they have a tough time when someone asks them what kind of music they play. Usually, after attempting a few lame comparisons, they throw up their hands and say, "Have you heard of rock and roll?" No, it's not "rap-rock," "indie-rock," "dance-rock" or any other hyphen-happy subgenre.....read more
Mary Fahl
Friday May 18, 2012 8:00pm $25.00
"Sounding like no other singer of her generation" (Allmusic.com), Mary Fahl is an expressive, emotional singer/songwriter who first achieved fame as lead singer and co-founder of the mid-90s chamber-pop group October Project. Fahl's elegant, cinematic songs draw on classical and world music sources, American art song, as....read more
Boy Dirt Car, F/i, Eric Lunde
Saturday May 19, 2012 8:00pm $10.00
Boy Dirt Car has been and continues to be a vehicle for musical exploration and improvisation. Over the past 30 years Boy Dirt Car has performed numerous shows across the continental United States (sharing the stage with bands such as Einsturzende Neubauten, Psycic tv, Sonic Youth, Big Black, Schockbilly and Pussy Galore),....read more

John Prine, Kendel Carson
Friday March 9, 2012 8:00pm
At the Marcus Center for the Performing Arts in Milwaukee, WI. Tickets on sale at the Marcus Center box office, all Ticketmaster outlets, online at Ticketmaster.com, or charge at 414-273-7206 or toll-free at 888-612-3500.
Frankenstein Brothers tour featuring Buckethead and That 1 Guy
Saturday April 14, 2012 8:00pm
At The Rave. Tickets on sale at the Rave box office or by calling 414-342-7283.
Barry Manilow
At the Milwaukee Theatre in Milwaukee, WI. Purchase tickets at the Milwaukee Theatre box office, all Ticketmaster outlets, online at Ticketmaster.com, or charge at 800-745-300.
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