Last year a small group of local artists and musicians conceived Arte Para Todos music and art festival as a response to the defunding of art and music programming in local schools. The first year touted 70 local bands and 20+ visual artists who donated their time to help raise over $21,000 split between three local school partners.
Arte Para Todos 2016 will aim to expand the effort, adding a fourth day and additional artists and musicians. Running Thursday, April 21 through Sunday, April 24th. The events are split up by neighborhood: Thursday night in Walker’s Point, Friday night in Bay View, Saturday in Harambee and Riverwest, and Sunday on the East Side. Overall, the event will span 25 venues and feature over 100 local bands and many visual artists.
Arte Para Todos will also include an in-school music performance series at several Milwaukee schools over the next few months. The performances will be followed by a Q&A with students. These events will be closed to the public. WebsterX, The Fatty Acids, Field Report, Lorde Fredd33, Soul Low, Queen Tut, Ruth B8r Ginsburg, Mike Regal, Rhythm Changes, Lex Allen, and Sista Strings are among those playing an in-school performance.
Ticket for the festival range from $9 to $17 single day passes, with $25 full festival passes that include every performance. Tickets available HERE.
Here is the 2016 Arte Para Todos lineup:
Thurs, April 21st - Walkers Point
Anodyne 224 W Bruce St
10:30PM Soul Low
9:30PM Lex Allen
8:30PM Def Harmonic
DJ Annalog
Live Art by Brandon Minga
Var Gallery 643 S 2nd Street
8:00PM Mark Waldoch
7:00PM Ruth B8r Ginsburg
6:00PM Stomata
30x30x30 art show
Brenner Brewing 706 S 5th St
8:30PM Fox Face
7:30PM Marielle Allschwang
6:30PM Chakara Blu
DJ Fuzzy Logic
Transfer Pizzeria 101 W Mitchell St
7:30PM Eric Schoor Trio featuring Manty Ellis
Free Event - a portion of proceeds of cafe sales after 7pm will be donated to the APT mission
Friday, April 22nd - Bay View
Club Garibaldi 2501 S Superior St
1:00AM New Age Narcissism
12:00AM Group of the Altos
11:00PM New Boyz Club
10:00PM Sin Bad
DJ Tarik Moody
Live art by Cassie Genc, Dena Nord and Field Lehmann
Mixed media backdrop by Kristina Rolander
Frank's Power Plant 2800 S Kinnickinnic Ave
11:00PM Sat Nite Duets
10:00PM Scrimshaw
9:00PM Abby Jeanne Rebel Love
8:00PM Table for Four
Cactus Club 2496 S Wentworth Ave
1:30AM Tigernite
12:30PM Faux Fiction
11:30PM Bo Triplex
10:30PM adoptahighway
DJ Free-Dom & TurtleSoup
Highbury 2322 S Kinnickinnic Ave
10:00PM Mike Regal
9:30PM Sean Smart
9:00PM DAD
8:30PM J.J. Jabber
8:00PM Mad Static
Boone & Crockett 2151 S Kinnickinnic Ave
8:30PM Devil Met Contention
7:30PM Blax
7:00PM Pleasure Thief
Tonic Tavern 2335 South Kinnickinnic Ave
10:30PM Rusty Ps
9:30PM Indonesian Junk
8:30PM Pharaoh Mac
7:30PM Fivy
Art exhibition from Scott Jackson
Saturday, April 23rd - Riverwest
Linneman's 1001 E. Locust Street
8:00PM NO/NO
7:00PM Holy Sheboygan!
6:00PM Rhythm Changes
5:30PM Jack Tell
Mad Planet 533 E Center St
1:00AM Wordsworth
12:00AM Surgeons in Heat
11:00PM Klassik
10:00PM Mortgage Freeman
DJ Moses
Club Timbuktu 520 E Center St
12:30AM Lorde Fredd33
11:30PM Midnight Reruns
9:30PM Brat Sounds
10:30PM B Justice
DJ hitmayng & kenny hoopla & Mvleeek
Company Brewing 735 E Center St
1:30AM No No Yeah Okay
12:30AM D'Amato
11:30PM AUTOmatic
10:30PM Painted Caves
DJ Kiings
Bremen Cafe 901 E Clarke St
10:30PM Future Plans
9:30PM Awkward Terrible
8:30PM Bum Ileum
7:30PM MC (mikal)
Riverwest Public House 815 E Locust St
10:00PM Jaill
9:30PM Zed Kenzo
8:45PM Airo Kwil
8:00PM Gallery Night
Live art by John Kowalczyk
High Dive 701 E Center St.
12:00AM Asher Gray (2 hour DJ set)
Jazz Gallery 926 E. Center St.
9:30PM The Pukes
8:30PM Gauss
7:30PM Pizzle
7:00PM Von Alexander
Best Friendz 2722 N Dr MLK Drive
5:00PM The Fatty Acids
4:00PM Queen Tut
3:00PM The Rashita Joneses
Lux Bar 2712 N Dr MLK Drive
4:30PM Christopher Porterfield
3:30PM Cree Myles
2:30PM Sarah Vos
2:00PM Caley Conway
Jazale's Art Studio 2201 N Dr MLK Drive
12pm-2pm Poetry Showcase curated by KJ Prodigy
Sunday, April 24th - East Side
BBC 2022 E North Ave
10:00PM Siren
9:00PM Myles Coyne
8:00PM Grasping at Straws
7:00PM AR Wesley
Live art by David Mark Zimmerman a.k.a. Bigshot Robot
Hotel Foster 2028 E. North Ave
10:30PM Foreign Goods
9:30PM Sugar Ransom
8:30PM Piles
7:30PM Ugly Brothers
Wax Addicts (DJ Set)
Yield 1932 E Kenilworth Place
8:30PM Antler House
7:30PM Vincent Van Great
6:30PM Cherry Ball
5:30PM Seven Costanza
Colectivo Backroom 2211 N Prospect Ave
8:30PM De La Buena
7:30PM School of Rock