Community Calendar

Back by popular demand, we are thrilled to present the 4th annual Sounds of Summer FREE concert series! Put on your party shoes and dance to a diverse lineup of the area's top entertainers, enjoy a variety of food trucks and pop-up vendors, a lively beer garden, and free parking on Friday evenings all summer long. Bring your lawn chairs and blankets and come make some summer memories at BAYSHORE! Alcohol carry-ins and animals are prohibited.

Motown & Legends of Soul featuring Christopher's Project kicks off the summer series with lively renditions from the Temptations, Four Tops, Stevie Wonder to the Supremes, Martha Reeves & The Vandellas and everything in between!

Food Trucks & Pop-Ups: El Sazon Dominicano, Rose Mob Grill, Pete's Pops, Tots on the Street, Kilwins, The Collective Marketplace, Vibez Creative Arts Space

Learn more on the event webpage.

Stop by the Cooperage on Friday, June 9th for the 50th MKE Music Night‼️ We’re very excited to announce our Latin Night featuring De La Buena, Los Mitoteros, & The Briaded Janes!! You can expect a full night of art and latin music complete with dancing, warm vibes, and good company. Number 50 has been a long time coming for MKE Music Night and we can’t wait to do it up for you guys with this phenomenal lineup of local artists and musicians 🎶🕺🏼💃

TICKET LINK:
www.eventbrite.com/e/latin-night-at-the-cooperage-tickets-610201126997

Doors Open at 7pm
$10 ADV $15 DOS (21+)

Featured Artists TBA ‼️🧑‍🎨

De La Buena: Employing jazz harmonic sensibility and a deep-seated love of diverse cultures, De La Buena explores the textures and rhythms of Latin musics of the Americas with roots planted firmly in African Diasporic traditions.Growing from a trio into a powerful 10-piece over the last six years, De La Buena has been electrifying audiences with their own brand of Afro-Cuban and Latin Jazz. De La Buena, ever conscious of the influence and necessary respect for tradition… yet, a band willing to inject sophisticated, psychedelic sensibilities into an aggressive, expansive framework.

The Braided Janes: The Braided Janes is a Latin Alternative band from Chicago, IL. The award winning trio was founded in 2012 by family members Jessica Rodriguez (vocals, keys, guitar), wife Juny Alvarez (drums, percussion) and brother in law Andrew Doyle (bass guitar). Bilingual and multicultural, their music blends Latin-influenced rhythms with intricate bass lines and thought provoking vocals transcending through language and genre barriers to create a unique and refined sound of their own.

Tlalok: Tlalok is a bilingual singer/ songwriter and multi-instrumentalist based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Originally a Chicago native, he comes from a long line of musicians dating back to his great-grandfather who was a composer from Vicente Guerreo, Mexico. A century later he keeps the family tradition alive through boleros, bossa novas, and vibrant performances channeling the passion of his ancestors.

Los Mitoteros: Los Mitoteros in full form are a 9 piece latin ensemble complete with sax, trumpet, trombone, timbales, drums, congas, guitar, bass, & piano. We play a wide variety of latin genres including Merengue, Boleros, Bossa Nova, and Regional Mexican. We like to keep our sets upbeat and high energy so you can count on us to bring the party to you!

MKE Music Night: MKE Music Night is a show series dedicated to supporting our local musician and artist community! We host monthly events showcasing some of the incredible talent our city has at numerous venues throughout Milwaukee!!

Upcoming MKE Music Nights

(4/14) Latin Night at Company Brewing w/ Los Mitoteros + Tlalok & Friends
(5/12) The Cooperage w/ Static Chicken, Cullah & Nate Scheurell
(6/9) Latin Night at The Cooperage ft. De La Buena, Los Mitoteros, and The Braided Janes
(8/3) Anodyne Coffee w/ Yonder, Frank Gappa, Cosmic Lovechild & Valley Fox
(9/8) Steely Dan x Bee Gees Night at the Cooperage w/ Night Fever & Black Cow

Learn more abut MKE Music Night here on the event page!!

You can also support our local music scene by checking out this Spotify playlist featuring some of our local musicians & artists!!

Porky’s Groove Machine has been getting both funky and silly since the fall of 2011. Formed in Appleton, WI and now based in Minneapolis, MN, they have spent the last eight years performing everywhere from dirty basements to historic theaters, for audiences comprising anyone from middle school birthday party-goers to high-powered construction executives. While their costumes and sense of humor show their willingness to not take themselves too seriously, their dedication to high-energy and high-entertainment performances is anything but laughable. With classic covers, quirky originals, and synchronized dance moves (for band and audience alike), their live shows are a delight for crowds of all ages.

Nearing a decade of trombone solo-ing and audience congas lines, they have not gone unnoticed by audiences and promoters across the Midwest; Porky’s has been chosen to support national touring acts like Guster, Here Come the Mummies, The Motet, Big Sam’s Funky Nation, The Werks, and The Main Squeeze. As winners of the 2018 Wisconsin Area Music Industry (WAMI) for “Best R&B/Soul Band,” they were one of three bands chosen to headline the sold out Wisconsin Funk Fest at Madison’s legendary Majestic Theater in January, 2018.

Hot off the release of their new full length “Hello My Name Is” in March of 2019, they’re already heading back into the studio with keyboardist Kevin Gastonguay (Cory Wong, Dr. Mambo’s Combo) in the producer’s chair for their next EP, to be released winter 2020. You can catch them around the midwest in the fall of 2019 as a part of the People Be Porkin’ tour with Madison WI’s People Brother Band, culminating in a New Years Eve show at the Majestic Theater in Madison, WI.

Porky's Groove Machine also offers workshops to middle and high school band programs in which they share their passion for funk, improvisation, and getting silly. As the ensemble in residence for Appleton, WI’s Mile of Music Music Education team, Porky’s considers breaking the barrier between audience and performer an integral part of their mission as a band. All professional music educators in one way or anther, the band has given workshops as a part of the Mile of Music festival, as well as for the band/choir programs of Fridley High School (Minneapolis, MN), University School of Milwaukee (Milwaukee, WI), Upper Mississippi Academy (St. Paul, MN), Lawrence University Band Camp (Appleton, WI), and Wrightstown High School (Wrightstown, WI).

$10 adv/ $15 at the door (advance sales until 3pm day of show, then available at the door). Doors at 7pm, showtime 8pm

Darsombra returns to Milwaukee! Darsombra is a trans-apocalyptic galaxy rock duo from Baltimore, known internationally for walking the line between prog-psych-stoner metal and site-specific installation performance art. Local support bands will be Powerwagon and Spidora.

Pull up your lawn chair and settle in for an inspiring evening of patriotic music!

The Milwaukee American Legion Band is a non-profit organization consisting of talented and dedicated musicians from all over Southeastern Wisconsin. An award-winning group with a 100-year history, the Band specializes in traditional and patriotic Concert Band music – music that captures the very heart of American culture.

The Cudahy High School Orchestra Parents will have refreshments available for purchase -- support your local band!

Sponsored by the Suzann E. Collins Memorial Fund

Rain date: Thursday, June 15 @ 7:00 pm

Heirloom Jazz

Heirloom is one of Milwaukee’s most innovative and sought after jazz combinations. Each musician has a deep connection and passion for modern music and draws upon contemporary classical, rock, and indie influences in their compositions. Their original sound captivates audiences through soaring melodies, intriguing rhythms, and magnetic attention to detail. Heirloom is a quartet composed of saxophone (Jeanne Marie Farinelli), guitar (Ben Dameron), drums (Hannah Johnson), and bass (rotating).

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VIBRABONE

An unlikely electronica duo of vibraphone and trombone converge on the paths of improvisation, resonation, and exploration.

$10 adv/ $15 at the door (advance sales until 3pm day of show, then available at the door). Doors at 7pm, showtime 8pm

BAYSHORE is thrilled to offer our guests the 4th annual Sounds of Summer FREE concert series presented by OnMilwaukee and Milwaukee Radio Group! Put on your party shoes and dance to a diverse lineup of the area's top entertainers, enjoy a variety of food trucks and pop-up vendors, a lively beer garden, and free parking on Friday evenings all summer long. Bring your lawn chairs and blankets and come make some summer memories at BAYSHORE! Alcohol carry-ins and animals are prohibited.

The Liam Ford Band is a rockabilly band with many tricks up their sleeves! Throwback Country, Rockabilly and so much more!

Food Trucks & Pop-Ups: Bebe's Bistro, Kona Ice, Kilwins, The Collective Marketplace, Vibez Creative Arts Space

Free Show. Doors at 7pm, showtime 8pm

Cullah

Cullah (Born Ian McCullough on April 27, 1991 in Milwaukee, WI) is a multi-disciplinary artist, producer, songwriter, engineer, and entrepreneur who has been releasing an open-source album of music every year, since 2006, on April 27th.

His performance style varies in instrumentation and accompaniment. Referred to as “The Beck of Milwaukee”, Cullah explores a variety of musical styles. Backed by different ensembles, Cullah may be found playing a folk set with a banjo and guitar or an electronic set with samplers and synths. No matter the instruments, Cullah’s voice comes through strongly. His performance is dynamic and captivating in a way to connect with his audience that is deep and primal, as he has been taught by his family, passed on through the generations.

Cullah describes his pull towards music as “not a choice” and as a magnetic and constant presence in his life; as inherent to his being, perhaps even in his DNA. His grandfather Dick Wolff, orphaned at a young age, would perform the fiddle in bars in Erin, Wisconsin to make just enough money to eat that day. His mother, Mary, was one of seventeen children and eleven daughters – all eleven named Mary in devotion to the Catholic Blessed Mary, Mother of God. His grandfather told endless stories of divine visions and visitations from angels, many delivering music. Cullah’s two grandparents and seventeen aunts and uncles would participate in the largest family band in American history called The Wolff Family Band.

In 2021, Cullah reached his milestone album ½, where he celebrated half of his life releasing music. Dedicated to the musical craft, Cullah has distributed hundreds of songs and has had his music placed in productions for The Expendables 4, The North Face, The Modern Rogue, Channel 4. As well as video games like D.R.O.N.E the Game, Those Who Remain, and Car Mechanic Simulator 2018.

Now, Cullah tours the world playing his music and building new technologies like Firebird Media in order to realize the collaborative and divine inspiration of Awen. Like his family before him, much of Cullah’s songwriting now can be found rooted in the sacred such as different topics like Hermeticism, Irish Mythology, Gnosticism, Tolkienism, Catholicism, and other Mystery Schools of old.

https://www.cullah.com/

Resurrectionists:

https://resurrectionistsmke.bandcamp.com/

Lorenzo's Music

Lorenzo's Music is an abstract indie experimental rock band from Madison, WI.

https://www.lorenzosmusic.com/

We release music under creative commons using only free and open-source tools and software.

Free Show. Doors at 7pm, showtime 8pm

Var Gallery Presents: Dead Gowns w. Matthu and Maximiano
Tuesday, June 20th

Doors: 7:00 PM | Show: 7:30 PM
Tickets: $14 online presale, $17 at the door

About the artists:
Dead Gowns is the project of Portland-Maine singer-songwriter Geneviève Beaudoin. In her latest collection, the HOW EP, she pushes “expressive arrangements and raw melodies into a glowing spectacle” (Foxy Digitalis). Both urgent and sincere, it’s “the sound of a songwriter coming good on all her promises and then some” (For the Rabbits). More at deadgowns.com

Kevin Matthew Bush, known by the stage name MATTHÚ, is an American musician, producer, and singer-songwriter from Milwaukee Wisconsin. Blending layered synthesizers and acoustic guitar and percussion, MATTHÚ takes inspiration from folk, hip hop, and experimental electronic genres.

Maximiano’s solo work has found new life and new meaning since the break up of their band, Crawlspace. Drawing from indie folk inspiration, their plaintive voice pairs with rawly composed guitar parts in swelling, dynamic songs of heartbreak, love, and growth.

Levitt AMP Sheboygan Music Series is back for the 2023 season!

Since 2015, Thursday nights during the summers have meant gathering with friends and family in downtown Sheboygan to listen to live music. Beginning June 22, this tradition returns—bringing the community together for an impressive, genre-spanning lineup of free, live performances.

The ten-concert series is accompanied by a lineup of local food trucks, a beverage tent, and art-making activities for all ages.

Most concerts in the series happen Thursday evenings on the City Green, with one notable exception. In place of the concert on 7/13, there will be shows on 7/15 and 7/16 during the Midsummer Festival of the Arts.

These performances leverage the power of free, live music to strengthen the social fabric of communities–creating places people love while amplifying local pride, injecting joy into underused public spaces, and fostering more equitable, thriving, and sustainable communities one concert at a time.

The Levitt AMP Sheboygan Music Series is supported in part by the Levitt Foundation, which partners with communities across the United States to activate underused public spaces through the power of free live music, creating welcoming, inclusive destinations where people of all ages and backgrounds come together. levitt.org.

https://www.jmkac.org/engage/programs/levitt-amp-sheboygan-music-series/

Image: Levitt AMP Sheboygan performance by The Reminders, 2022.