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