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There's music all over Milwaukee – with even more to come thanks to all the new potential venues coming in the near future. It's music to our ears – but it can be murder to one's mind to try and keep track of who's playing when where, only to find out that you just missed your new favorite band two nights ago.
To make sure live show FOMO doesn't happen to you, here's a guide to concerts coming to Milwaukee this month – from the city's biggest venues to its smaller gems, from huge stadium acts to intimate sets, from famous faces to unknowns on the way there, from ear-rattling rock shows to mind-massaging classical performances. In September's case, in between the return of the Green Bay Packers, there'll be music icons like Ringo Starr, Americana favorites like Old Dominion and Jason Isbell, a whole cluster of famous comedians (including Craig Robinson, Jon Lovitz and John Oliver), and much more.
Sound good? Well, that's just the opening act: Here's the full setlist of concerts coming to Brew City stages in September. (For more on specific show times, tickets and additional info, visit the venues' respective websites linked in each listing.)
Monday, Sept. 18
- Violent J, at The Rave
- Califone and The Setting, at Shank Hall
- Poets Monday featuring Carol Hale, at Linneman's Riverwest Inn
Tuesday, Sept. 19
- Durand Bernarr, at The Rave
- Deshun Jetson, JJ Rocket, Ra'miae, Tracey Lynn and ZuesSOS, at Cactus Club
- Mest, Authority Zero and Showoff, at X-Ray Arcade
Wednesday, Sept. 20
- Malinda, at The Back Room at Colectivo
- Motionless in White, at The Rave
- The Front Bottoms, at The Rave
- Peelander-Z and Dog Party, at Shank Hall
- Clem Snide, at Anodyne
- Queer Karaoke, at Cactus Club
- Acoustic Open Stage featuring John Gorman, at Linneman's Riverwest Inn
Thursday, Sept. 21
- Jake Miller, at The Back Room at Colectivo
- KFC Radio, at Turner Hall Ballroom
- Helmet, at The Rave
- Zepparella, at Shank Hall
- Cynthia Starich featuring Chris Hanson & The Gang, at Anodyne
- Just Nesh, at Improv Milwaukee
- Berens Bros. Comedy Hour, at The Laughing Tap
- Madison McFerrin and Clayton, at Cactus Club
- Maple Stave with Body Futures and Vile Bees, at Linneman's Riverwest Inn
- Speedy Ortiz, Poolblood and Scam Likely, at X-Ray Arcade
- Daisychain with Tigera and Atheists & Airplanes, at The Cooperage
Friday, Sept. 22
- Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats, at the BMO Pavilion
- The Disco Biscuits, at The Pabst Theater
- Gus Dapperton, at Turner Hall Ballroom
- Kuinka, at The Back Room at Colectivo
- Atreyu and Memphis May Fire, at The Rave
- Orbit Culture, at The Rave
- Erin Viancourt, at Shank Hall
- Beethoven 5, at the Bradley Symphony Center
- Reverend Raven & The Chain Smokin' Altar Boys featuring Westside Andy, at Anodyne
- Craig Robinson, at Improv Milwaukee
- Andrew Youngblood, at The Laughing Tap
- Unlawful Assembly Vol. 3 Day One, at Cactus Club
- 5 PM to Nowhere with Lobi and Emmett Mulrooney, at Linneman's Riverwest Inn
- Quarters of Change, Never Ending Fall and The Keystones, at X-Ray Arcade
Saturday, Sept. 23
- Leonid & Friends, at The Pabst Theater
- Dance Gavin Dance, at The Rave
- The Glorious Sons, at The Rave
- The Steepwater Band, at Shank Hall
- Beethoven 5, at the Bradley Symphony Center
- Craig Robinson, at Improv Milwaukee
- Andrew Youngblood, at The Laughing Tap
- Unlawful Assembly Vol. 3 Day Two, at Cactus Club
- The Nile Club with North Warren, Friendly Spectres and Oh Well OK, at Linneman's Riverwest Inn
- Take On Me: The Ultimate '80s Dance Party, at X-Ray Arcade
- Garrison Keillor, at the Sharon Lynne Wilson Center for the Arts
Sunday, Sept. 24
- $uicideboy$, at Fiserv Forum
- Brian Culbertson, at The Pabst Theater
- Dethklok and BABYMETAL, at The Rave
- Beethoven 5, at the Bradley Symphony Center
- Fox & Branch, at Anodyne
- Craig Robinson, at Improv Milwaukee
- Milwaukee Record Halftime Series featuring Green Day Packers, at Cactus Club
- Candy Apple, Raw Breed and Gangstalker, at Cactus Club
Monday, Sept. 25
- Alice Longyu Gao and E_DEATH, at Cactus Club
- Poets Monday featuring Jeanie Dean, at Linneman's Riverwest Inn
- Granular Breath, Dead Hawk and Nicholas Elert, at X-Ray Arcade
Tuesday, Sept. 26
- Moe., at Turner Hall Ballroom
- Bad Omens, at The Rave
- Uncle Lucius, at Shank Hall
- Poetry OVER Prose with LaRoyce Hawkins, at Improv Milwaukee
- Booze & Glory, Avem and The DUIs, at X-Ray Arcade
Wednesday, Sept. 27
- Nick Cave, at the Riverside
- Baba Commandant, at Turner Hall Ballroom
- Irene Tu, at Improv Milwaukee
- Acoustic Open Stage featuring Mike Fredrickson, at Linneman's Riverwest Inn
- Kassa Overall, at The Cooperage
Thursday, Sept. 28
- Depths of Wikipedia, at Turner Hall Ballroom
- Tae & The Neighborly, at The Back Room at Colectivo
- Jake Owen, at The Rave
- Agent Orange and Spice Pistols, at Shank Hall
- Rare Element, at Anodyne
- Jon Lovitz, at Improv Milwaukee
- Milwaukee Record Halftime Series featuring Ghost Cuts, at Cactus Club
- Cynthia Starich featuring Chris Hanson & The Gang, at Linneman's Riverwest Inn
- Phix featuring Bronxx and Superset with Taiyamo Denku, at X-Ray Arcade
- WI Philharmonic presents "No Strings Attached," at the Sharon Lynne Wilson Center for the Arts
Friday, Sept. 29
- John Oliver, at the Miller High Life Theatre
- Mapache, at The Back Room at Colectivo
- Asking Alexandria and The HU, at The Rave
- Year 3000: A Jonas Brothers Dance Party, at The Rave
- Coco Montoya, at Shank Hall
- Ray LaMontagne, at the Marcus Center
- Brahms, Stravinsky and Prayer for Ukraine, at the Bradley Symphony Center
- Jon Lovitz, at Improv Milwaukee
- Caitlin Peluffo, at The Laughing Tap
- The Red Pears, Mexican Slum Rats and 60 Juno, at Cactus Club
- Man Random with Buena Cara, Los Rotundos and Courtesy, at Linneman's Riverwest Inn
- Venom Inc., Satan, Ringworm, 72 Legions and Tubal Cain, at X-Ray Arcade
Saturday, Sept. 30
- Ringo Starr, at the Miller High Life Theatre
- St. Paul & The Broken Bones, at The Pabst Theater
- Jesse Jo Stark, at The Back Room at Colectivo
- Macklemore, at The Rave
- In the Flesh (Pink Floyd Tribute), at Shank Hall
- Brahms, Stravinsky and Prayer for Ukraine, at the Bradley Symphony Center
- Jon Lovitz, at Improv Milwaukee
- Caitlin Peluffo, at The Laughing Tap
- Son Rompe Pera, at Cactus Club
- Bruce Humphries & The Rockabilly Rebels with The Rock-A-Dials, at Linneman's Riverwest Inn
- Broadway Rave, at X-Ray Arcade
- School of Rock Summer Season Finale, at The Cooperage
As much as it is a gigantic cliché to say that one has always had a passion for film, Matt Mueller has always had a passion for film. Whether it was bringing in the latest movie reviews for his first grade show-and-tell or writing film reviews for the St. Norbert College Times as a high school student, Matt is way too obsessed with movies for his own good.
When he's not writing about the latest blockbuster or talking much too glowingly about "Piranha 3D," Matt can probably be found watching literally any sport (minus cricket) or working at - get this - a local movie theater. Or watching a movie. Yeah, he's probably watching a movie.