Lakefront Brewery is Back Celebrating Local Music with Extravabandza III
Lakefront employee bands take the stage at the Cactus Club.
MILWAUKEE (May 17th) – After a two-year hiatus our employee-lead mini-music festival is back for its third installment on Wednesday, May 25. This year, the brewery is bringing seven bands to the stage at the iconic Cactus Club in the Bay View neighborhood of Milwaukee. As in past years, each band features employees of Lakefront Brewery.
The lineup for the event spans multiple alternative subgenres, and consists of: alt-country outfit Ladybird, “doom country” band The Resurrectionists, rock-and-rollers Mortgage Freeman, punk legends Chinese Telephones, pop-punk group Gold Steps, and hardcore favorites Snag and Garden Home.
When asked about Cactus Club, Beer Hall Manager Sam Szymborski of the band Snag, says “Cactus Club is an incredibly welcoming, safe, fun, enjoyable bar that is an artist-run, queer-owned establishment. I have known the owner of the club since I was in high school and have always taken value in their opinion and work ethic.”
“Mortgage Freeman has performed at Cactus Club more times than we can count. It’s a wonderful establishment and we’ve made some incredible memories there… Overall, I love that this is a fundraiser for Cactus Club, they deserve all of it and more! Hope we can continue performing there for years to come,” said Mike Walker; On-Site Development at the Brewery.
As an added bonus, the brewery will be featuring a Maker’s Market consisting of art and goods created by brewery staff. They have also invited their regular collaborator Drag Queen Ester Flonaze to host the event.
The Maker’s Market begins at 4 p.m. with music starting promptly at 6 p.m. Tickets will be sold at the door for $5.00 with all proceeds going to support Cactus Club.
Lakefront Brewery, Inc. distributes its products to over 30 states, Ukraine, South Korea, and Canada. Lakefront Brewery is the first brewery in Wisconsin and 22nd brewery in the world to be certified as a B Corporation. Lakefront Brewery also produced the first beer in the United States made from 100% in-state-grown ingredients, including a first-of-its-kind, indigenous Wisconsin yeast strain (Wisconsinite Summer Weiss), the first certified organic brewery and the first gluten-free beer granted approval by the U.S. Government (New Grist). For more information, visit http://www.lakefrontbrewery.com or call (414) 372-8800.
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