Music series

Free Guide to Milwaukee Summer Music Series

Good news, music fans: Summerfest may be over, but you can still get your fill of live music all summer long. From jazz to rock to an array of local and national bands, Milwaukee’s many weekly concert series offer something for everyone – and for our favorite price: free.

To help you get out there and dancing again, here’s a guide to all the free music series slated for this summer, regularly updated and organized by day of the week. So grab some food and friends, and enjoy a beautiful summer night with some great summer tunes!

Cafe Sopra Mare
Villa Terrace Museum of Decorative Arts, Mercury Courtyard, 2220 N. Terrace Ave.
(414) 271-3656


villaterrace.org
Doors open at 10 a.m.; music starts at 10:30 a.m.

August 28 – The Flood (Americana with ragtime, early jazz and rockabilly)
September 4 – Eric Wruck (guitar/flamenco dance)
September 11 – Corey Klunk (worldwind jazz)
September 18 – Cosmo (reed quartet)
September 25 – Anita Graef (cello)

Tosa Village Music Series
Hollander Tosa Cafe, 7677 W. State St.
(414) 475-6771

cafehollander.com

4-6 p.m.

August 28 – Orlando Pena
September 4 – Madeline Hoxworth
September 11 – Orlando Pena
September 18 – Tae
September 25 – Jake Williams

Musical Mondays
Lake Park Summer Stadium


lakeparkfriends.org
6:30 p.m.-8 p.m.

August 22 – Fareed Haque Trio
August 29 – The Sam Belton Experience

dazed patio
The Fernweh at Ivy House, 906 S. Barclay St.
(414) 539-3339

ivyhousemke.com

7 p.m. (doors open at 5 p.m.)

September 12 – Toys

Relax on the hill
Humboldt Park, 3000 S. Howell Ave.


bayviewneighborhood.org
6:30 p.m.

August 23 – The Breadmen and Ethan Keller
August 30 – Jalen Romell Acoustic, Tigera and Amanda Huff & Vincent Van Great

AOC Skyline Music Series
Kadish Park, 909 E. North Ave.


coa-yfc.org
5:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.


August 23 – From La Buena

Riverwalk Commons Concert Series
423 N. Water St., across from Milwaukee Public Market

milwaukeepublicmarket.org

6-8 p.m.

August 23 – Trapper Schoepp
September 13 – DJ Shawna

Wednesday Concert Series
Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist, 812 N. Jackson St.
(414) 276-9814


stjohncathedral.org
12:15 p.m.

August 24 – Benjamin Stone (organ)
August 31 – Rebecca Royce (harp)

Washington Park Wednesdays
4599 W. Lloyd Street
(414) 342-0215


washingtonparkneighbors.com
6-8 p.m.

August 24 – Ride On with Art Intersection, an evening of blues, funk and rock hosted by Tobias Cainion Sr.
August 31 – Back 2 School, with DJ Dripsweat & Wes Tank and School of Rock and the New State

Wednesday night live
Budweiser Music Pavilion, Wisconsin State Fair Park, 8100 W. Greenfield Ave.
(414) 266-7000


budpavilion.com
Doors open at 6 p.m., music from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m.

August 31 – Toys: Revisited

Tosa tonight
Hart Park Rotary Performance Pavilion, 68th and State Streets
(414) 395-0293

tosatonight.com

6 p.m., with the main artists on stage at 7:30 p.m.

August 24 – RAIN DATE/MAKEUP

City Heart
Red Arrow Park

milwaukeedowntown.com

Midday

August 24 – Extra Crispy Fanfare
August 31 – Donna Woodall Group


jazz in the park
Cathedral Square Park

easttown.com/jazz-in-the-park/

6 p.m.-9 p.m.

August 25 – Esquires II
September 1 – Kal Bergandahl Project
September 8 – Barbara Stephan Band
September 15 – Steez
September 22 – 1913
September 29 – Latin Jazz evening with the Eric Jacobson Latin Jazz Quintet

Melodies at noon
411 East Wisconsin Center., 411 E. Wisconsin Ave.

milwaukeedowntown.com

Midday

August 25 – Shuga Blu
September 1 – Texas Dave Duo

Music at the market
South Milwaukee Downtown Market, 11th Avenue and Milwaukee Avenue
(414) 436-5771

smmarket.org

5-7 p.m.

August 25 – Bluegrass Allstars
September 1 – Tweed with Gervis Myles
September 8 – Hungry Williams
September 15 – Sarah Day
September 22 – The MilBillies
September 29 – Old Sam and the Tears
October 6 – John Stano

Concerts in the gardens
Boerner Botanical Gardens, 9400 Boerner Dr., Hales Corners
(414) 257-7275


wimmercommunities.com
6:30 p.m.

August 25 – Think Floyd USA

Cycling evenings
HD Museum Motorcycle Plaza, 400 W. Canal St.
(877) 436-8738


harley-davidson.com
5 p.m. – 9 p.m.

August 25 – The NIX
September 8 – Robert Allen Jr. Band
September 15 – Jay Matthes Band
September 22 – Bruce Humphries and the Rockabilly Rebels
September 29 – Blacktop Kings

Jazz in the vineyard
The Humboldt Vineyard, 3000 S. Howell Ave.
(414) 257-7275

thevinehumboldt.com

6 p.m.-9 p.m.

August 25 – The Neil Davis Quartet

Third Space Presents
Third Space Brewing, 1505 W. St. Paul Ave.
(414) 909-2337

thirdspacebrewing.com

6 p.m.


August 25 – Kid Dakota
September 1 – Bubbles Brown
September 8 – Old Puppy
September 15 – Emmitt James

lake music
Colectivo – Lakeside, 1701 N. Lincoln Memorial Dr.
(414) 223-4551

colectivocoffee.com

6 p.m.

August 25 – RAIN DATE
September 1 – RAIN DATE

Beer garden in the corners
Hollander Brookfield Cafe, 20150 Union St.
(262) 785-4490

cafehollander.com/happenings/

5:30 p.m.

August 25 – Rocket Cat
September 1 – Duo Stas Venglevski
September 8 – Tally Ho! Brass

West Allis Summer Concert Series
Veterans Memorial Park, 6900 W. National Ave.

westalliswi.gov

6 p.m. (catering starts at 5 p.m.)

August 25 – Milwaukee Blues Rock Collective
September 8 – Andrea and the Mods

The sounds of summer
The Bayshore Yard, 5800 N. Bayshore Dr., Glendale
(414) 963-8780

thebayshorelife.com

6 p.m.-9 p.m.

August 26 – Paul Cebar Tomorrow Sound

Rock Complex Concert Series
Umbrella Bar, 7900 Crystal Ridge Rd., Franklin
(414) 529-7676


mke.theumbrellabar.com
6:30 p.m.

August 27 – Superfly
September 3 – First wave
September 10 – LP
September 17 – Failed to launch