With festival season in full swing, the Brady Street Festival returns with a strong 2018 musical lineup. Rocking Saturday, July 28, from 11 a.m. to midnight on four stages will be a variety of live entertainment complete with our favorite local bands.
As one of Milwaukee’s most popular business districts, the Brady Street BID throws the annual festival on Brady Street from Van Buren to Farwell Avenue to showcase its ethnically diverse community.
Get the first glimpse of the lineup below.
East: the Absolute Stage presented by 88Nine Radio Milwaukee
- 1 p.m. Boxkar
- 2:30 p.m. Elle Casazza
- 4 p.m. Fox Face
- 5:30 p.m. Bo and Ario
- 7 p.m. Luke Winslow-King
- 8:30 p.m. Dead Fortune
- 9:30 p.m. Plaid Hawaii
Astor Street: Glorioso's Entertainment Stage sponsored by the Wisconsin Dairy Farmers
- 12 p.m. Paladino
- 1:30 p.m. Dr. Magic
- 3:30 p.m. Moon Rats
- 5:30 p.m. Calliope
- 7:30 p.m. Nile
- 9 p.m. Wild Skies
Center: Humboldt Street Locals Stage sponsored by Gruber Law Offices
- 1 p.m. Conservatory of Music
- 2:30 p.m. Spill Tippin
- 4 p.m. Wire and Nail
- 5:30 p.m. Slimabean
- 7 p.m. Queen Tut
- 8:30 p.m. The November Criminals
- 10 p.m. Nwa Na Agbe
West: the Jameson Main Stage
- 1 p.m. Ballet Folklorico nacional de Milwaukee
- 2:30 p.m. Faux Fiction
- 4 p.m. Carinne
- 5:30 p.m. Queen Hilma
- 7:30 p.m. DJ Shawna
- 9:30 p.m. Cream City Queens Drag Show
In addition to plenty of music, the all-out block party will feature morning yoga and zumba, a cheese curd eating contest and an abundance of food from local vendors -- all locally grown, cooked, designed, sewn, painted, printed and poured.