#mkeshows — Public Fediverse posts

Bitch Creek • Sam Gelband • Bad Posture Club • Maximiano

Cactus Club, Thursday, March 5 at 07:00 PM CST

6:30PM
All Ages
$10 ADV // $15 DOS

https://mkeshows.com/event/bitch-creek-sam-gelband-bad-posture-club-maximiano

Iconoclasts of Jazz Series: Giant Steps

Jazz Gallery Center for the Arts, Saturday, January 24 at 07:00 PM CST

The Jazz Gallery Center for the Arts’ Iconoclasts of Jazz Series is a partnership between the JGCA, Neil Davis, and Jamie Breiwick featuring the music of individual and collective greats of the genre presented by Milwaukee-area professional musicians and students.

This inaugural event in the series is a musical salute to John Coltrane’s “Giant Steps” album. MKE Youth Symphony Orchestra jazz student Johann Albrecht will be performing “Giant Steps,” followed by performances from other MYSO faculty and students.

7:00 pm, All Ages
$15.00 adults, $5.00 students
jazzgallerycenterforarts.org

https://mkeshows.com/event/iconoclasts-of-jazz-series-giant-steps

Adyn Hamann Quartet • Isthmus Jazz Collective • Combo 150

Cactus Club, Tuesday, February 10 at 07:00 PM CST

7:00PM
All Ages
$10 ADV // $15 DOS

https://mkeshows.com/event/adyn-hamann-quartet-isthmus-jazz-collective-combo-150

Corrupture, Words That Burn, Sabbath Dweller, Curbsitter

Ground Zero, Saturday, November 8 at 05:30 PM CST

One last chance to break out your costumes and rock to some of the best of the Old school Midwest's underground

Corrupture (new Chicago band feat members of Disrobe, No Slogan, Dischrist, Warfilth, Rat Bastards, etc)

Words that Burn (Crusty Hardcore from Manitowoc, back from the dead after 21yrs, feat members of Wartorn, Deathwish, Manurysm, etc)

Sabbath Dweller (Madison's black death ragers Ruin Dweller doing a Sabbath Halloween cover set. Members of Vermilion & Pyroklast)

Curbsitter (local Milwaukee hardcore punk faves & vaccine against the pop music virus)

W/ special between sets Halloween madness from Chicago's GasMaskHorse. Genre bending, long running, one man project.never know what you're gonna get. Death Tango to sounds ranging from from eerie performance art, horror noise to synth D-beat

https://mkeshows.com/event/corrupture-chicago-words-that-burn-sabbath-dweller-ruin-dweller-black-sabbath-tribute-set-curbsitter

Rivers of Nihil / Psycroptic

X-Ray Arcade, Sunday, November 2 at 06:30 PM CST

EMPIRE PRODUCTIONS AND X-RAY ARCADE PRESENT
LIVE MUSIC / ALL AGES
6PM DOORS / 6:30PM MUSIC
$25 CASH DAY OF

RIVERS OF NIHIL
Website | Facebook | Instagram
Technical Death Metal from Reading, PA.

PSYCROPTIC 
Website | Facebook | Instagram
Tasmanian Extreme Metal est. 1999.

https://mkeshows.com/event/rivers-of-nihil-psycroptic

Knoll • Pains • Milorganaut • Scroll

Cactus Club, Sunday, August 24 at 07:00 PM CDT

Knoll • Pains • Milorganaut • Scroll

Sun 08/24/25
6:30PM
All Ages
$16 ADV // $18 DOS

https://mkeshows.com/event/knoll-pains-milorganaut-scroll

Yusi • Sandwich • Miur

Cactus Club, Tuesday, July 22 at 07:00 PM CDT

Yusi • Sandwich • Miur

Tue 07/22/25
7:00PM
All Ages
$10 ADV // $15 DOS

https://mkeshows.com/event/yusi-sandwich-miur

Kneafsey • Maximiano • Ellie Jackson

Cactus Club, Friday, August 22 at 06:00 PM CDT

Kneafsey • Maximiano • Ellie Jackson

Fri 08/22/25
6:00PM
All Ages
$15 ADV // $20 DOS

https://mkeshows.com/event/kneafsey-maximiano-ellie-jackson

Hayley Elizabeth • Anne Helen Wells • LIIAN • OnlyFerns

Cactus Club, Thursday, August 14 at 07:00 PM CDT

Hayley Elizabeth • Anne Helen Wells • LIIAN • OnlyFerns

Thu 08/14/25
7:00PM
18+
$10 ADV // $15 DOS

https://mkeshows.com/event/hayley-elizabeth-anne-helen-wells-liian-onlyferns

FTBK • Layne Costello • Keylime • TSG:AP! • Hagen Bros

Cactus Club, Thursday, June 26 at 10:00 PM CDT

Pending – Live From Earth: FTBK • Layne Costello • Keylime • TSG:AP! • Hagen Bros

Sat 07/26/25

10:00PM
18+
$10 ADV // $15 DOS

https://mkeshows.com/event/ftbk-layne-costello-keylime-tsgap-hagen-bros

Romantic Assassins, The Mothman Cacophony, Tea Service

Bremen Cafe, Friday, July 11 at 09:00 PM CDT

Fuzz out with your alternarock super indie art pop with a side of puppets.

https://mkeshows.com/event/romantic-assassins-with-the-mothman-cacophony-and-tea-service

Sludge Hawking, The Scopes, Gallowscrown

High Dive, Saturday, July 5 at 08:00 PM CDT

It's a multigenre show, that's the joke. Despite the weekend this falls on all flags besides the Jolly Roger will be burned*.

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SLUDGE HAWKING (The new hard folk)
THE SCOPES (Fuzzed out art rock) (First show!)
GALLOWSCROWN (Heavy music from the Midwest) (Also first show!)
After DJ BEEF LICH (he's been instructed to go as weird as possible)
Visuals by MOONCAT
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No cover, arrive at 8, music shortly thereafter

*We didn't actually ask the venue about burning flags please be respectful and reasonable if they decide they'd rather not have us engaging in pyrotechnics, thank you

https://mkeshows.com/event/a-treasure-hunt-of-sound-sludge-hawking-with-the-scopes-and-gallowscrown

The Slick Skillet Serenaders

Uptowner, Saturday, August 9 at 04:00 PM CDT

Slick Skillet Serenaders from New Orleans 4-7pm Aug 9at Uptowner. Playing 30s Jazz, Hokum blues, Jugband & Ragtime tunes. no cover

https://mkeshows.com/event/the-slick-skillet-serenaders

Juan Wauters

Cactus Club, Saturday, October 25 at 06:30 PM CDT

Juan Wauters

Sat 10/25/25
6:30PM
All Ages
$18 ADV // $20 DOS

https://mkeshows.com/event/juan-wauters

Kid Congo Powers & The Pink Monkey Birds / Devils Teeth

X-Ray Arcade, Saturday, September 13 at 07:00 PM CDT

X-RAY ARCADE PRESENTS
LIVE MUSIC / ALL AGES
7PM DOORS / 8PM MUSIC

KID CONGO POWERS & THE PINK MONKEY BIRDS
Apple Music | Facebook | Instagram | Blogspot
Legendary guitar stylist Kid Congo Powers (The Gun Club, The Cramps, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds), along with cohorts: drummer Ron Miller (Up The Academy), and guitarist Mark Cisneros (Make-Up, Des Demonas & Hammered Hulls), embark on a Midwest USA & Canada tour in September 2025. Waking from a nap in the swamps of outer space, Kid Congo & The Pink Monkey Birds ride a geisterbahn into the hypnagogic, a place between sleep and consciousness. Look out for them in a town near you!

DEVILS TEETH
Apple Music | Bandcamp | Facebook | Instagram
Hailing from Milwaukee, WI, Devils Teeth serve blistering amounts of energetic rock 'n' roll with nods to surf, punk and Italian western.

https://mkeshows.com/event/kid-congo-powers-and-the-pink-monkey-birds-devils-teeth

Blush / Sunshy

Sugar Maple, Sunday, August 24 at 06:00 PM CDT

THE BASEMENT COLLECTIVE AND X-RAY ARCADE PRESENT
LIVE MUSIC / ALL AGES
6PM DOORS / 7PM MUSIC

BLUSH
Apple Music | Facebook | Instagram
Singapore Shoegaze

SUNSHY
Apple Music | Bandcamp | Instagram
Chicago Shoegaze

https://mkeshows.com/event/blush-sunshy

Rematch / Eternal Boy

X-Ray Arcade, Saturday, August 2 at 07:00 PM CDT

THE BASEMENT COLLECTIVE AND X-RAY ARCADE PRESENT
LIVE MUSIC / ALL AGES
7PM DOORS / 8PM MUSIC

REMATCH
Website | Apple Music | Facebook | Instagram
Chicago Pop Punk

ETERNAL BOY
Website | Apple Music | Facebook | Instagram
Eternal Boy are a nostalgic, heartfelt pop-punk trio from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania who draw influence from the heyday of the Drive-Thru Records era.

https://mkeshows.com/event/rematch-eternal-boy

UltraBomb / Boss' Daughter

X-Ray Arcade, Friday, August 1 at 06:00 PM CDT

X-RAY ARCADE PRESENTS
LIVE MUSIC / ALL AGES
6PM DOORS / 7PM MUSIC

ULTRABOMB
Apple Music | Facebook | Instagram
UltraBomb, the eagerly anticipated international supergroup, have now arrived bringing together three iconic musicians from the cream of punk rock. The band is made up of Greg from Husker Du, Derek from Social Distortion and Ryan from Soul Asylum.

BOSS' DAUGHTER
Website | Apple Music | Bandcamp | Facebook | Instagram
Maximum Party Time from Reno, NV.

https://mkeshows.com/event/ultrabomb-boss-daughter

Couch Potato Massacre / The Right Here / War Hawks / The First Rule

X-Ray Arcade, Thursday, July 3 at 06:00 PM CDT

X-RAY ARCADE PRESENTS
LIVE MUSIC ON THE FLOOR / ALL AGES
6PM DOORS / 7PM MUSIC

COUCH POTATO MASSACRE
Bandcamp | Facebook | Instagram
Minneapolis Pop Punk

THE RIGHT HERE
Bandcamp | Facebook | Instagram
Minneapolis Punk Rock

WAR HAWKS
Bandcamp | Facebook
Madison Punk Rock

THE FIRST RULE
Bandcamp | Facebook | Instagram
Kenosha Punk Rock

https://mkeshows.com/event/couch-potato-massacre-the-right-here-war-hawks-the-first-rule

Daisychain • Stone Theory • Shade Seeker • Wisconsin Space Program

Cactus Club, Sunday, July 27 at 07:00 PM CDT

Daisychain • Stone Theory • Shade Seeker • Wisconsin Space Program

Sun 07/27/25
7:00PM
All Ages
$10 ADV // $15 DOS

https://mkeshows.com/event/daisychain-stone-theory-shade-seeker-wisconsin-space-program

Graham Hunt

Cactus Club, Sunday, July 13 at 07:00 PM CDT

HE BASEMENT COLLECTIVE, X-RAY ARCADE AND CACTUS CLUB PRESENT
LIVE MUSIC / ALL AGES
7:00PM DOORS / 7:30PM MUSIC
$15 CASH DAY OF

GRAHAM HUNT
Apple Music | Instagram
If you know how to work the angles, you can fit a lot into the container of a three- or four-minute pop song. Graham Hunt understands this. Since he was a teenager, he’s been working at perfecting the form, writing songs that get to the heart of what makes Midwestern guitar pop so essential, and doing it while sidestepping any of the dead-end creative moves that weigh down many in the genre. Nowhere is this balancing act as clear as on the Madison-based artist’s new LP, Try Not To Laugh. It’s a record where breakbeats coexist with anthemic choruses and synth runs go toe-to-toe with acoustic guitars. From start to finish, the song stays at the forefront.

https://mkeshows.com/event/graham-hunt

Kal-El / Insomniac

X-Ray Arcade, Sunday, October 26 at 06:00 PM CDT

X-RAY ARCADE PRESENTS
LIVE MUSIC / ALL AGES
6PM DOORS / 7PM MUSIC

KAL-EL
Bandcamp | Facebook | Instagram
Norwegian band Kal-El is the fuzzed-out step-child of hard rock and heavy metal, often with hints of pyschedelic and doom metal.

INSOMNIAC
Website | Facebook | Instagram
Atlanta heavy psych on Blues Funeral Recordings.

https://mkeshows.com/event/kal-el-insomniac

sports.

X-Ray Arcade, Sunday, September 28 at 05:30 PM CDT

THE BASEMENT COLLECTIVE AND X-RAY ARCADE PRESENT
LIVE MUSIC / ALL AGES
5:30PM DOORS / 6:30PM MUSIC

sports.
Apple Music | Bandcamp | Instagram
East coast emo back in action.

https://mkeshows.com/event/sports

The Haunt

X-Ray Arcade, Saturday, November 8 at 07:00 PM CST

X-RAY ARCADE PRESENTS
LIVE MUSIC / ALL AGES
7PM DOORS / 8PM MUSIC
VIP AVAILABLE

THE HAUNT
Website | Facebook | Instagram
The Haunt don’t just play heavy – they embody it in all its forms. Through their emotionally charged lyricism, crushing musicality and the immersive energy of their live shows, siblings Anastasia and Maxamillion wield heaviness like a weapon, elevating the most vulnerable parts of their psyche through a death-defying blend of industrial, metal and alternative rock.

https://mkeshows.com/event/the-haunt

LAVISH WASTE/BODY FUTURES/SPIDORA

MKE Ultra, Friday, June 20 at 07:00 PM CDT

YOU KNOW HOW WE DO

LAVISH WASTE

https://lavishwaste.bandcamp.com/

MKE's electro/synth/post-punk champions!

BODY FUTURES

https://bodyfutures.bandcamp.com/

MKE's mathy indie-rock champions!

SPIDORA

https://spidora.bandcamp.com/

MKE's heavy tropocalia psych rock champions!

MKE ULTRA IS AT:

1535 W. Mitchell St, Milwaukee

All shows are all ages, but they serve boozes with ID! No carry ins!

DOORS 7

SHOW 8

$10

DIG

https://mkeshows.com/event/lavish-wastebody-futuresspidora

Magazine Beach / Primrose / Breakup Tour / Killer High Life / ...Or Does It Explode?

Sugar Maple, Thursday, July 31 at 06:00 PM CDT

THE BASEMENT COLLECTIVE AND X-RAY ARCADE PRESENT
LIVE MUSIC / ALL AGES
6PM DOORS / 6:30PM MUSIC
$15 CASH DAY OF

MAGAZINE BEACH
Apple Music | Bandcamp | Instagram
Emotive punk from DC/Philly

PRIMROSE
Apple Music | Facebook | Instagram
Indie Rock from New England

BREAKUP TOUR
Apple Music | Bandcamp | Instagram
Breakup Tour is a Milwaukee-based bubble grunge supergroup formed by four friends over the 2020 pandemic.

KILLER HIGH LIFE
Apple Music | Bandcamp | Instagram
Milwaukee indie/emo/punk

...OR DOES IT EXPLODE?
Apple Music | Bandcamp | Facebook | Instagram
Madison Post Rock / Emo

https://mkeshows.com/event/magazine-beach-primrose-breakup-tour-killer-high-life-or-does-it-explode

Cat Crash / Cricket / Kat and the Hurricane / Hemlock Chaser

X-Ray Arcade, Wednesday, August 20 at 06:00 PM CDT

X-RAY ARCADE PRESENTS
LIVE MUSIC / ALL AGES
6PM DOORS / 7PM MUSIC
$15 CASH DAY OF

CAT CRASH
Apple Music | Bandcamp | Instagram
Riot Grrrl Punk from CT.

CRICKET
Apple Music | Website | Instagram
Chicago Folk Punk

KAT AND THE HURRICANE
Website | Apple Music | Bandcamp | Facebook | Instagram
Queer synth pop rock band from Madison, WI. Every genre. Every gender.

HEMLOCK CHASER
Apple Music | Facebook | Instagram
Folk punk/gutter grass band from central Wisconsin.

https://mkeshows.com/event/cat-crash-cricket-kat-and-the-hurricane-hemlock-chaser

Free Friends / Mighty Vices

X-Ray Arcade, Tuesday, August 19 at 06:00 PM CDT

X-RAY ARCADE PRESENTS
LIVE MUSIC / ALL AGES
6PM DOORS / 7PM MUSIC
$15 CASH DAY OF

FREE FRIENDS
Apple Music | Facebook | Instagram
Explosive and emotive Pop Punk

MIGHTY VICES
Website | Apple Music | Facebook | Instagram
Nostalgic Pop Punk from Fort Wayne, IN.

https://mkeshows.com/event/free-friends-mighty-vices

Black Widows / Cozy Danger / ID

X-Ray Arcade, Thursday, July 17 at 06:00 PM CDT

X-RAY ARCADE PRESENTS
LIVE MUSIC / ALL AGES
6PM DOORS / 7PM MUSIC
$18 CASH DAY OF

BLACK WIDOWS
Apple Music | Bandcamp | Facebook | Instagram
Minneapolis Surf Punk

COZY DANGER
Apple Music | Bandcamp | Instagram
Milwaukee jangly surf garage-rock.

ID
Spotify | Instagram
Indie rock from Milwaukee

https://mkeshows.com/event/black-widows-cozy-danger-id