Brady Street Festival Headlines Weekend of Post-Political Fun
Plus: Armenian Fest, Music on the Beerline, Black Cat Alley music series and more.
2018 Brady Street Festival. Photo by Jack Fennimore.
The RNC is coming to a close, but there is still plenty of excitement coming this weekend. Brady Street Festival will host four stages full of live music, and Gallery Night MKE will transform bars, restaurants and shops around the Historic Third Ward and Downtown into art galleries. Head on down to the St. John the Baptist Armenian Orthodox Church, where you can indulge in some traditional Armenian cuisine and music at the annual Milwaukee Armenian Fest.
July 19: Black Cat Rising Concert Series
Black Cat Alley is putting on its weekly summertime concert series Black Cat Rising, where local bands will set up and perform in front of the vibrant murals of the East Side alley. This week’s free concert will feature performances by The Keystones, Moonglow and Charlieboy and will begin at 7 p.m. Crossroads Collective will be running extended Happy Hour specials at The Pharmacy bar before the show starts and drinks will be available for purchase at the Crossroads Collective outdoor alley bar. For more information, visit the Crossroads Collective website.
July 19-20: Gallery Night MKE
Milwaukee’s original art hop event will transform restaurants, bars and retail shops throughout the city into art galleries and unique boutiques. This free, two-day event will grant attendees the opportunity to purchase art and discover local talent. Participating Gallery Night MKE businesses can be found throughout the Historic Third Ward, East Town, Walker’s Point and Downtown. For an interactive map showing participating businesses and for more information, visit the Gallery Night MKE website.
July 19: Music on the Beerline
Music on the Beerline, a free, monthly music event that takes place on the Beerline Trail, returns this weekend. The event will feature live music, drinks, food and activities. This month’s Music on the Beerline features performances by Smoke N Mirrors and Urban Empress + The Urbanites. Amorphic Beer will provide beer and root beer floats, and Yadeem’s on the Go and Pedro’s South American Food will have food trucks on site. Music on the Beerline will run from 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
July 20: Brady Street Festival
Most of Brady Street will be closed to vehicles Saturday for the annual Brady Street Festival, a street festival that features live music, food, vendors and more. Typically, Brady Street Festival would occur on the last weekend of July. However, due to the volume of events taking place then, the Brady Street BID has decided to move the festival a weekend earlier. Brady Street Festival will feature performances by bands like Wonderful Bluffer, Social Cig and Ladybird across four separate stages. The festival is free to attend and will run from 12 p.m. to 11 p.m.
July 21: Locust Street Bazaar
Locust Street will transform into a bazaar featuring live music, food, activities, vendors and more. Three stages will host both musicians and poets, and a children’s area will consist of a petting zoo, coloring books and games. The event aims to raise funds for Riverwest’s Kinship Community Food Center, and collection boxes will line the streets. Locust Street will be closed from the intersections of Humboldt Boulevard to Holton Street. This event is free to attend and will run from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
July 21: Milwaukee Armenian Fest
An annual tradition that has roots that go as far back as the 1930s, Milwaukee Armenian Fest features traditional Armenian music, dance, food and drinks. The Armenian Fest menu features entrees such as a Luleh Kabob dinner and side orders like the Lahmajoon, an Armenian pizza or tortilla topped with a mixture of meat, onions, tomatoes, peppers and parsley. Check out performances by the Siragen Armenian Dance Company of Chicago and The MidEast beat of Racine. Milwaukee Armenian Fest will run from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. on the grounds of St. John the Baptist Armenian Orthodox Church, 7825 W. Layton Ave.
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Armenian Fest 7825 West Layton Avenue. Not many downtown Milwaukee bars, restaurants and hotels etc. shops will benefit from the festival. Stop the bashing of the RNC not providing not enough economic impact to local businesses.
Why should the bashing of the RNC be stopped? They sold it to Milwaukee as $250MM for immediate, short-term impact, with $.5B and possibly much more for long term. The immediate economic impact sounds to be way less, maybe even a loss (except of course for the Bucks, the Baird Center and a couple dozen businesses and the hotels).
Just another Republican scam / con. I’m still waiting to hear how the groups involved in running this thing are measuring the short term and longer term economic impacts. I don’t recall seeing what the plans were for that, though I did ask some of the groups about it. I never received any responses though.
Mayor Cavalier Johnson begged figuratively on his knees wanting RNC. He rolled out the RED CARPET. MAYOR JOHNSON is going to get alot of exposure to create a path to the White House.
I agree with Counselor of Peace. The Mayor is a typical politician who knows a personal golden opportunity when he sees it. News outlets were singing his praises. Hopefully, when he runs for governor, the warts will finally shine through. By that time, perhaps the loss to the city from hosting the RNC will be known. And I’ll never forget the great inconvenience it caused me and others dependent on MCTS. Sock it to the little guy at the expense of the well-heeled. You’ll not get my vote, Mayor Johnson.
APRIL 02, 2025 First day to fill out recall papers to remove Mr Johnson I am a late riser, so I image several people will be at the Election Commission at city. Is Commission on forth or third floor???