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SUMMARY:Chicken Wire Empire
DESCRIPTION:Live at The Bend · West Bend\, Wisconsin \nChicken Wire Empire \nGrowing Pains Tour \n\nWisconsin Bluegrass\nNew Album: Growing Pains\nTwo 65-Minute Sets\nSeated Theater Show\n\nMilwaukee’s own Chicken Wire Empire bring their road-tested\, genre-crossing bluegrass — fresh off a new album featuring Jerry Douglas and Kyle Tuttle — to the Bend stage for one night only. \n\n\n\nOne Night Only \nSaturday \nDecember 26\, 2026 \n6:30 PMDoors\n7:30 PMShow\nOn Sale Now \n\n\n\n\n\n“A variety which transcends genre and rewards careful listening.” \nAmericana UK \n\n\n\nHear It First \nOld-school picking\, new-school energy\nTwo sides of CWE — an in-house cover video and a festival stage sit-in with a bluegrass legend. \nChicken Wire Empire — “Disarm” (The Smashing Pumpkins cover) \nFilmed in-house at Amorphic Brewing in Milwaukee. \n\nJerry Douglas with Chicken Wire Empire — “The Ballad of Dan Toe” (Grey Fox 2023) \nLive collaboration with dobro great Jerry Douglas at the 2023 Grey Fox Bluegrass Festival. \n\n\n\nThe Band \nFrom Milwaukee clubs to festival main stages\nChicken Wire Empire started out as a traditional four-piece bluegrass band in Milwaukee before growing into today’s quintet\, folding in players with roots in the city’s jamband scene along the way. That mix of old-school picking and high-energy improvisation has carried the group from neighborhood clubs to festival main stages across the country and overseas. \nTheir sixth studio album\, Growing Pains\, arrived this summer and features guest turns from dobro great Jerry Douglas and banjo player Kyle Tuttle — the latest names on a list of collaborators that includes Sam Bush\, Peter Rowan\, Vince Herman\, and Keller Williams. \nThey bring that same live-wire chemistry to the intimate confines of The Bend Theater for one night only — a two-set show built for a room where every fiddle run and harmony carries. \n\n\nThe Hit List \nA decade of road-tested bluegrass\nA few stops along the way. \n\nGrowing Pains Sixth studio album\, featuring Jerry Douglas and Kyle Tuttle 2026\nFresh Pickles Collaborative album with Chris Castino of The Big Wu\, featuring Peter Rowan and Sam Bush 2022\nGrey Fox Bluegrass Festival Festival set alongside dobro player Jerry Douglas 2023\nEuropean Tour Dates across Germany\, Austria\, and Switzerland with the Bluegrass Jamboree 2019\n“All It Takes”Band documentary\, premiered at the Oriental Theatre\, Milwaukee 2016\nThe Bend Theater – One night only\, West Bend\, WI Dec 26\, 2026\n\nMore at chickenwireempire.com. \n\n\nTickets & Seating \nTwo ways in\nGeneral admission seating for the room’s full 344–350 capacity. \n\n$23AdvanceOnline\n$28Day of ShowAt the Door\n\nTotal capacity 344–350. All ticket sales are final — no refunds or exchanges. Please have tickets ready on arrival. \n\n\n\nFollow Chicken Wire Empire\nStream Growing Pains and catch the rest of the tour before the show. \n\nWebsite\nInstagram\n\nTag @thebendwi when you post from the show. \n\n\n\nPlan Your Visit \nBefore you go\n\nDoors\n6:30 PM\nShow\n7:30 PM · two 65-minute sets\, no opening act\nVenue\nThe Bend Theater\, 125 N. Main Street\, West Bend\, WI 53095\nTickets\nOn sale soon — preview the ticket page or email tickets@thebendwi.org for an on-sale alert. All sales final.\nRoom size\n344–350 seats. There is no bad one.\nParking\nHundreds of free spaces within a short walk of the marquee.\nQuestions\ntickets@thebendwi.org · (262) 346-7156\nGood to know\nAll ticket sales are final. Please have tickets ready on arrival.\n\n\n\nSaturday\, December 26 \nOne night only at The Bend\n\nOn Sale Soon \nSaturday\, December 26\, 2026 · 7:30 PM \nThe Bend Theater\, 125 N. Main Street\, West Bend. Doors at 6:30 PM. All sales are final. Questions? tickets@thebendwi.org or (262) 346-7156. \nOn Sale Soon \n\n\nThe Bend Theater · 125 N. Main Street\, West Bend\, WI 53095 · (262) 346-7156Bio and video details via chickenwireempire.com. Press quote via Americana UK.
URL:https://thebendwi.org/event/chicken-wire-empire-growing-pains-tour/
LOCATION:The Bend Theater\, 125 N. Main Street\, West Bend\, WI\, 53095\, United States
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