THURSDAY, MARCH 29
Amelia’s, Jackson Dordel Jazz Quartet
American Legion Post #449 (Brookfield), The Milwaukee Connection
Art Bar, Comedy Open Mic
Belmont Tavern, Joe Hite
Best Place at the Historic Pabst Brewery, Lauren Ruka
Brazillionaires Lounge, Marvelous Mack & the Pressure Release Band
Cactus Club, J Roddy Walston & The Business w/Quinn Scharber & the Shades
Cafe Carpe (Fort Atkinson), Carrie Elkin & Danny Scmidt
Cali’s Grille Room, Open Jam w/O.C. Woods & Bobby Way
Club Anything, Faderhead w/Caustic
Club Garibaldi, MELT #15: Zerobeat, Grimeatron, The Naad & Eltronix from Chalice In the Palace, & The Demix
Club Timbuktu, Kruz Py & Dave
County Clare, Barry Dodd
Italian Community Center, Larry Lynne Band
Jazz Estate, Heidi Spencer
Kochanski’s Concertina Beer Hall, Hi-Fi: Roots Rock Records Open Songwriters Stage
Linneman’s Riverwest Inn, Crazy Fox & Baby Cowboy
Lo-Cash Live, 2 Dragons
Mason Street Grill, Mark Thierfelder Jazz Trio
Milwaukee Ale House, Andrew Gelles Band
Miramar Theatre, The 2nd Annual Spring Break Relapse w/ The Cranberry Show
Mo’s Irish Pub (Downtown), Gerard & Patrick (7pm), DJ (10pm)
Mo’s Irish Pub (Wauwatosa), Ryan McIntyre (6pm), DJ (10pm)
O’Donoghues Irish Pub (Elm Grove), The 16-piece All-Star SUPERband w/Count Basie Swings
Packing House, Lem Banks & Jeff Stoll
Papa’s Social Club, Comedy Night at Papa’s Pub
Potawatomi Bingo Casino, In the Fire Pit: Katchafire
Rave / Eagles Club, FM 102/1 Exposure Show w/The Features (all-ages, 8pm); Tyler Bryant & The Shakedown (all-ages, 8pm)
Rocco’s Bar & Hall, Open Mic w/Jewlz & Alex
Rooters (Waukesha), Open Jam w/host Michael Sean & Living Several Deaths
Shank Hall, James McMurtry w/Dana Erlandson
Slim McGinn’s West, Steve Cohen solo
Spirits (South Milwaukee), Dave Miller Open Jam w/ Rick Holmes, Andrew Wilson & Friends
Thirst & Vine, Carolina & Sara
Turner Hall Ballroom, Dan Hicks & The Hot Licks w/ Harmonious Wail
Up & Under, The Daymoths
FRIDAY, MARCH 30
88 Keys Piano Martini Lounge, Carole & the DV8’s
Bad Genie Rock Lounge, Take Solace Album Release Show w/Twist & Michael Britton
Bosco’s Social Club (Waukesha), Burgundy Ties
Brat Stop (Kenosha), Ideamen
Cactus Club, Oberhofer w/Pond & Worrier
Cafe Carpe (Fort Atkinson), Jim Post w/Randy Sabien
Caroline’s Jazz Club, Jim Sodke Quartet w/Eric Schoor
Chez Jacques, Keith Watling
Circle-A Cafe, Alive at Eight: Open Mic (8pm); DJ: Terry Trolley (10pm)
Club Timbuktu, Reggae 101
Coffee House, Poet Jean Dean w/Roberta Higgins, Al Bundy & Marti Gobel
Fire On Water, Bowser
Foxy’s (Port Washington), Vinyl Groove
Foxys Bar, Vinyl Groove
G-Daddy’s BBC, Failure to Launch w/Lovin’ Kind
Jazz Estate, Curt Hanrahan Quintet
Jokerz Comedy Club, Chinaman
Kim’s Lakeside (Pewaukee), Steve Grimm Duo
Kochanski’s Concertina Beer Hall, Jon Stone Band vs. The Cactus Brothers
Lakefront Brewery Palm Garden, Brewhaus Polka Kings
Linneman’s Riverwest Inn, Mind Spiders w/Ramma Lamma, and Phylums
Lo-Cash Live, Muddy Udders
Magellan’s on Main, Chris Brandenburg & the Bluetones
Mamie’s, The Carpetbaggers
Milwaukee Ale House, Random Maxx
Miramar Theatre, Fresh Cut Collective Album Release Party
Mo’s Irish Pub (Downtown), Superfly
Mo’s Irish Pub (Wauwatosa), Tweed Funk
O’Lydia’s Irish Pub, Keanen Kopplin
On The Limiter, Southern Tradition
Open Hearth Restaurant, The Jon LaPorte Show
Packing House, Chanel LeMeaux & the Dapper Cads
Piano Blu (Pewaukee), Luke Edgewood (5:30pm), Entourage (8:30pm)
Potawatomi Bingo Casino, In Bar 360: Michael Sean
RJ’s Sports Pub & Grill, Tomm Lehnigk
Rave / Eagles Club, For Today w/A Skylit Drive, Stick To Your Guns, MyChildren MyBride & Make Me Famous (all-ages, 6:30pm)
Rocco’s Bar & Hall, Generation Gap Band (6pm); Rick Holmes w/the Peter Alt Band (9:30pm)
Rooters (Waukesha), King of Clubs
SandBar Sports Pub (Pewaukee), Majestic Mudd
Shank Hall, Wook w/The Coop
Six Points Pub, Howard and the Whiteboys
Sprizzo Cafe Gallery (Waukesha), Open Mic
The Aloft Hotel (Downtown Milwaukee, Repertoire
The Hamilton, electri/violet w/JP & Carole Ferrara
Thirst & Vine, Milwaukee Guitar Duo
Trinity Three Irish Pubs, The Bystanders
Turner Hall Ballroom, Dead Man’s Carnival
Two Brothers Restaurant & Lounge (Franklin), Freddie and the Cruisers
Up & Under, Break Into the Big Gig Battle of the Bands
Whammy Bar, The Ju Ju Bees
Whiskey Bar, 4th Annual Bully Bash w/Left On Sunset
SATURDAY, MARCH 31
American Legion Post #449 (Brookfield), Rockin Robins
Art Bar, Andy Berkhout
Bad Genie Rock Lounge, The New Fuse w/DJ Flick
Big Dogs Sports Grill, Cold Sweat & the Brew City Horns
Bosco’s Social Club (Waukesha), B-Side Messengers
Brat Stop (Kenosha), Asparagii
Cactus Club, The Response (10yr anniversary/reunion/ final show) w/ Bosio The Response (10yr anniversary/ reunion/final show) w/Bosio
Cafe Carpe (Fort Atkinson), Malcolm Holcombe
Cali’s Grille Room, This Side Up
Caroline’s Jazz Club, Adekola w/The Paul Spencer Band
Centennial Bar & Grille, Steve Cohen/Jim Liban Duo
Chez Jacques, Keith Watling
Circle-A Cafe, Alive at Eight: Nineteen Thirteen w/ Evacuate The Earth (8pm); DJ: JookBot WarLock (10pm)
Club Timbuktu, Djeli Kounda
Coffee House, Brett Kemnitz’s Annual New Song Concert & Winchester/Smith
Delafield Brewhaus, The Acoustix
Fire On Water, Marauder
Fox & Hounds Restaurant, Scotch and Soda
Frank’s Power Plant, Maidens w/The Blood Skulls, Lords Of The Trident, Wicked Realm, Horns & Dudley
Gene’s Supper Club, Marvelous Mack & the Pressure Release Band Open Jam
Horny Goat Hideaway, Pete and the Hot Mess
Jazz Estate, Curt Hanrahan Quintet
Jerzee’s Sports Bar (East Troy), Southern Tradition
Jokerz Comedy Club, Chinaman
Kochanski’s Concertina Beer Hall, The Tempermentals
Linneman’s Riverwest Inn, Meadow Parish w/Lady Cannon Band & The Thriftones
Lo-Cash Live, Velles Flying Machine
LuLu, Caroline Smith and the Goodnight Sleeps
Magellan’s on Main, Jonny T-Bird & the MPs
Miramar Theatre, Family Groove Company w/SLM & Evergreen
Mo’s Irish Pub (Downtown), The Orphans
Mo’s Irish Pub (Wauwatosa), The Love Monkeys
Moose Lodge 49, Tomm Lehnigk
O’Keefe’s House of Hamburg, Tommy Blood & the Blueshounds
Open Hearth Restaurant, Warren Wiegratz VIVO
Packing House, Carmen Nickerson & the Carmen Sutra Quartet
Piano Blu (Pewaukee), Luke Edgewood (5:30pm), Peter Mac Trio (9pm)
Potawatomi Bingo Casino, In Bar 360: Joe Richter
Rave / Eagles Club, I Set My Friends On Fire w/Greeley Estates, A Bullet For Pretty Boy & A Lot Like Birds (allages, 6:30pm)
Rave / Eagles Club, Mars w/The DRP, Dark Half, Brew City Butcherz, Leaders of The Lost, Mo Foley, Maniax, Tha Morgue, Nightmares on Milwaukee St. Raven DeLaVega, Outbreak Monkey, Prolifik, R.U.G. & A-Ron Tha Don (all-ages, 6:30pm)
Rave / Eagles Club, Blackout Superstar w/Expired Empire, A Common Engine, Midnight Epidemic, Modern Echo, Caveman’s Fire, E Is For Epic, Shatterline, Dangerfield, The Polyps & H1N1 (all-ages, 6pm)
Richy’s D.S. Bar (Big Bend), Jackie Brown and the Boys
Rocco’s Bar & Hall, The Western Starlanders
Rooters (Waukesha), Naughty Chair
Saloon on Calhoun, Rick Holmes w/The Peter Alt Band
Shank Hall, Animation (A Tribute to RUSH)
South Woods, Tom Sorce
The Blue Pig, Sleestak w/Subatomic, Heaving Mass & 100 Suns
Transfer Pizza, The Jerry Grillo Band w/John Hefter & Kirk Tatnall
Trinity Three Irish Pubs, Burgundy Ties
Turner Hall Ballroom, An Evening with John Hodgman w/Kevin Murphy & Bill Corbett
Up & Under, Break Into the Big Gig Battle of the Bands
Whammy Bar, Stoneship Eden
Willies Dugout (Lannon), Lukyn Skywyrd
SUNDAY, APRIL 01
Cafe Carpe (Fort Atkinson), Dan Navarro
Circle-A Cafe, Alive at Eight: The Insouciant Trio (8pm); DJ: Fazio (10pm)
Kochanski’s Concertina Beer Hall, Cream City Gypsies (2pm)
Miramar Theatre, Aire B (all-ages, 7pm)
The Blue Pig, Dave Miller Open Jam w/XIII & friends
Treats Tavern, Jam Session w/Harvey Westmoreland & The Knee Deep Show Band
MONDAY, APRIL 02
Cactus Club, Reptar w/w/Quiet Hooves, Canopies
Jazz Estate, David Ramirez
Linneman’s Riverwest Inn, Poet’s Monday w/host Timothy Kloss & featured reader MARIO The Poet (8-10pm)
Up & Under, Open Mic w/The Big Shuffle
VIA Downer, Chris Hansen Band w/Glenn Asch & Rae Cassidy
TUESDAY, APRIL 03
Belmont Tavern, Open Mic Night w/Joe Wray
Jazz Estate, The Erotic Adventures of the Static Chicken
Linneman’s Riverwest Inn, Sigmund Snopek III
Miramar Theatre, Tuesday Open Mic
Pabst Theater, Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds w/ Mona
Parkside 23, Andrew Gelles Band
Potawatomi Bingo Casino, In Bar 360: Al White
Rocco’s Bar & Hall, Matt Tyner Open Mic
Saloon on Calhoun, Rick Holmes & Dave Braun w/the Matt Tyner Band
Shank Hall, Allan Holdsworth w/Jimmy Haslip, Virgil Donati & Marbin
Transfer Pizza, Transfer House Band w/Neal Chandek, Bill Martin, Andrew Wilson & Dennis Fermenich
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 04
Astor Hotel, Dave Miller Open Jam w/Rick Holmes, Andrew Wilson & Friends
Bad Genie Rock Lounge, Live Wednesdays
Belmont Tavern, Joe Hite
Caroline’s Jazz Club, Blues Jam w/Big O & the Nightowl Showband
Conway’s Smokin’ Bar & Grill, Open Blues Jam w/Big Johnson & the Thrusters
Dock of the Bay, Open Jam
Historic Red Mill, Sharon Schmidt w/Jeff Stoll & Joe Zarcone
Hot Water, Freddie and the Cruisers
Hotel Foster, Juniper Tar w/Paul Cebar, Hugh Masterson & Joe Crocket
Jazz Estate, Evan Christian
Kochanski’s Concertina Beer Hall, Polka Open Jam
Latest Edition Saloon (Jackson), Open Jam
Linneman’s Riverwest Inn, Acoustic Open Stage w/ feature Brian Sanchez (sign-up 9pm, start 9:30pm)
Lo-Cash Live, Wednesday Open Jam
Mad Planet, SeizureChicken, BattleCry & WMSE present: Shabazz Palaces w/Dope Folk DJs
Packing House, Carmen Nickerson & Kostia Efimov
Potawatomi Bingo Casino, In Bar 360: Al White
RJ’s Sports Pub & Grill, Tomm Lehnigk
Riverside Theater, Human Nature: The Ultimate Celebration of The Motown Sound Presented by Smokey Robinson
Rocco’s Bar & Hall, The Eroc Experience
UW-Waukesha, Heatbox
Whammy Bar, Open Jam w/Michael Sean
