This Aug 27 and 28, Milwaukee will host its inaugural Fringe Festival. Taking place throughout downtown Milwaukee, the festival will showcase a diverse collection of Milwaukee artists from actors to painter to playwrights to musicians.
Milwaukee Fringe Festival has secured a partnership with The Marcus Center for the Performing arts, which will allow the festival to host top-notch production shows in various venues. Venues will include Pere Marquette Park, Milwaukee RiverWalk, Todd Wehr Theater, and others.
The Fringe Festival has announced the lineup for their music and performing arts program. All the music shows will be held at Gazebo Music Stage in Pere Marquette Park and will be free and open to the public.
Check out the lineup below.
Music Lineup
Saturday, Aug. 27
1 p.m. – Rocket Paloma
2 p.m. – Luxi
3 p.m. – Zhivago
4 p.m. – Mark Waldoch
5 p.m. – The Demix
6 p.m. – Oh My Love (from Madison)
7 p.m. – Zed Kenzo
8 p.m. – Foreign Goods featuring Abby Jeanne (Rebel Love)
9 p.m. – Tigernite
Sunday, Aug. 28
1 p.m. – Seasaw (from Madison)
2 p.m. – Ruth B8r Ginsburg
3 p.m. – Lady Cannon
4 p.m. – Estates
5 p.m. – Piles
6 p.m. – Ugly Brothers
7 p.m. – Platinum Boys
8 p.m. – Light Music
9 p.m. – Milo
Performing Arts Lineup
Todd Wehr- Saturday, August 27
12pm- Wisconsin Hybrid Theatre //// 12:45pm Chad Matuszak-Piechocki- Saint Valentine II: An Etymology of Love
2pm- Distance Dance- Cosmos + Sparkles //// 2:45pm Warped Dance Company
4pm- The Lucchesi Group -Two Rivers: A Family Drama
5:30pm- Bronzeville Arts Ensemble
7:00pm- C.S. Dance Collective- Unspoken//// Maria Gillespie-Oni Dance, The Delicate Scrutiny of Invisible Narratives
8:30pm- Quasimondo Physical Theatre- The Nautical Tragedy of Dick III
Todd Wehr- Sunday, August 28
12pm- KACM Theatrical Productions- The Darfstellar
1:30pm- Kelsey Lee- Fruits of Paradox//// Dawn Springer Dance Projects//// SueMo: A Dance Experience- Exist
3:30pm- Thom Cauley//// Kathryn Cesarz- Emily
6pm- Cadance Collective//// Hyperlocal
7:30pm- Theatre Gigante- Then and Now and Then
9pm- Angry Young Men- Full Frontal Puppetry
Vogel Hall – Saturday, August 27
12pm- Moved to Be////Draves Dance Collective- Finding the Light //// Parallel and Fusion Dance Collective
2pm- Language Liberation Front Players- The Last Remake of King Kong /// Red Light Collaborative- Medea
4pm- BOINK! Dance and Film- Overflow //// TWIN TALK| Gina Laurenzi Dance Project
6:30pm- Cooperative Performance Milwaukee- ITopia
8pm- Tontine Ensemble ///// Nineteen Thirteen
Vogel Hall – Sunday, August 28
12pm- Imaginez- Take Flight: An Adventure in Cirque
2pm- Renaissance Theatre- Lucky Numbers//// Project Non-Violence
4pm- Catey Ott Dance Collective- Celestial Wisdom on Earth
5:45pm-All In Productions- Wild Party //// Janus Theatre- Here Lies a Manic Pixie Dream Girl
8pm- LakeArts Project- Imagery and Words //// Radermacher Dance Company- Nan
Peck Pavilion – Sunday Only
Feast of Crispian
Lights! Camera! Soul!
Summit Players Theatre
dieforArt Productions
Thoroughbred
Roving Artists
Peter J Woods
KJ Prodigy
Alice Wilson
Anja Sieger
Salsabrossa
Panadanza
Circle Arts
Learn more about the Milwaukee Fringe Festival here.