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SUMMARY:Dancing Queen - An ABBA Salute Nov 20
DESCRIPTION:Dancing Queen: ABBA Salute – November 20th\nSponsored by Forte Bank\nDancing Queen: An ABBA Salute is the ultimate tribute to the music of ABBA – sure to capture the hearts of fans and audiences of all ages! This live show is full of musical precision\, fabulous flair and fashion\, and promises a mesmerizing ABBA experience for every Chiquitita\, Super Trouper\, Fernando\, and Dancing Queen around! \nFronted by a dynamic Agnetha and Frida duo\, the music of the greatest pop band in history comes to life in a joyful celebration of these timeless tunes. Dancing Queen: An ABBA Salute is the Midwest’s long-standing resident ABBA tribute\, with a repertoire of over 40 all-time favorite hits. From Waterloo to Mamma Mia\, S.O.S. to Knowing Me\, Knowing You\, Honey\, Honey to Voulez-Vous\, audiences won’t be able to help singing and dancing along with their high-energy homage to everything ABBA! \nDancing Queen: An ABBA Salute was named the winner of the Best Pop Artist award in the Chicago Reader’s Best of Chicago 2025! \nPlease note all ticket sales are final.\nPlease have your tickets ready upon arrival.
URL:https://thebendwi.org/event/dancing-queen-an-abba-salute-nov-20/
CATEGORIES:Live Events
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SUMMARY:Dancing Queen - An ABBA Salute Nov 21
DESCRIPTION:Dancing Queen: ABBA Salute – November 21st\nSponsored by Forte Bank\nDancing Queen: An ABBA Salute is the ultimate tribute to the music of ABBA – sure to capture the hearts of fans and audiences of all ages! This live show is full of musical precision\, fabulous flair and fashion\, and promises a mesmerizing ABBA experience for every Chiquitita\, Super Trouper\, Fernando\, and Dancing Queen around! \nFronted by a dynamic Agnetha and Frida duo\, the music of the greatest pop band in history comes to life in a joyful celebration of these timeless tunes. Dancing Queen: An ABBA Salute is the Midwest’s long-standing resident ABBA tribute\, with a repertoire of over 40 all-time favorite hits. From Waterloo to Mamma Mia\, S.O.S. to Knowing Me\, Knowing You\, Honey\, Honey to Voulez-Vous\, audiences won’t be able to help singing and dancing along with their high-energy homage to everything ABBA! \nDancing Queen: An ABBA Salute was named the winner of the Best Pop Artist award in the Chicago Reader’s Best of Chicago 2025! \nPlease note all ticket sales are final.\nPlease have your tickets ready upon arrival.
URL:https://thebendwi.org/event/dancing-queen-an-abba-salute-nov-21/
CATEGORIES:Live Events
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SUMMARY:Social Cig 3rd Annual Hometown Harvest
DESCRIPTION:HOMETOWN HARVEST featuring Social Cig\, Micah Emrich\, Duwayne\, & Syncline\n \n$28 Advance Tickets\n$33 Day of Show \nSocial Cig: Born & brewed in West Bend\, Wisconsin\, Social Cig is the ‘Indie-Skate-Rock’ music project of Parker Schultz. Consisting of contagious authenticity\, cheery live shows\, and cultivating an original story with an attitude of gratitude\, Social Cig is creating full-circle moments. While leafing through US music scenes with an ambitious DIY approach and writing songs that capture a genuine outlook from a modern-day Midwest cowboy\, Social Cig has become a well-rounded grassroots venture. \nEmerging from Milwaukee music scene open mics\, house shows\, concert venues\, festivals\, and historical theaters\, Social Cig was sparked in 2018. Schultz released his debut album “Prettier in Person” in 2020 and his sophomore album “Nothing Is Ever For Sure And Everything Is Always Changing” in 2021. The latter project was awarded the “Best Disc We Missed” 88.9 Radio Milwaukee Music Award. Social Cig’s third album “CHEESEHEAD” was released in August 2022 with the stand-out single “From Afar” listed as a “Top 10 Favorite Song of 2022” in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Cruising & maturing into 2023 with a new EP\, “In The Pocket”\, Social Cig was named “Best Indie Rock Band” by Shepherd Express and voted “Best Band\, Best Live Show\, and Biggest Scene Impact” in the Midwest on Mic1park. \nWhile growing a national fan base and touring the US\, Social Cig continues to expand its landscape by sharing the stage with acts such as Wet Leg\, Lime Cordiale\, Noah Kahan\, Motherfolk\, PREP\, M.A.G.S.\, Kainalu\, Ax and the Hatchetmen\, Miloe\, Dizzy\, The Crowe Boys\, Landon Conrath\, Motel Breakfast\, Windser\, Michael Cera Palin\, and Lowertown. \nFurthermore\, Schultz is the host of the Social Cig Podcast\, which highlights guests in long-form easy-going conversations. He has spoken with numerous artists in Milwaukee’s music scene including John Sparrow of Violent Femmes\, Wave Chapelle\, M.A.G.S.\, NEWSKI\, and more. \nMicah Emrich: Continuing his string of releases since 2020\, West Bend native Micah Emrich embraces his sound best described as “Alternative Everything.” After the success of his first release\, “Closure\,” Micah was inspired to continue his musical journey. As a versatile singer-songwriter/producer\, Emrich is motivated by personal experiences and candid thoughts\, crafting catchy hooks and leaving lasting impressions. \nDuwayne: West Bend alumni musician and songwriter\, Duwayne\, combines moving melodies with intricate rhythmic syncopation to create his freeform songs. Using a philosophy he coins “Eccentric Esotericism”\, Duwayne supplements his instrumental grooves with lyrics that are both ideal for the easy listener and the deep diver. The multi-instrumentalist has also performed as a drummer for other Midwest acts such as “Land Locked Surf Rock” band\, Fellow Kinsman \nSyncline: Originating from West Bend\, Wisconsin\, Syncline is an indie rock band based in Minneapolis\, Minnesota \nPlease note all ticket sales are final.\nPlease have your tickets ready upon arrival.
URL:https://thebendwi.org/event/social-cig-3rd-annual-hometown-harvest/
CATEGORIES:Live Events
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SUMMARY:Panorama - An Evening of The Cars Hits
DESCRIPTION:Panorama: An Evening of The Cars Hits\nThe Cars were the prototypical American new wave band. Known for their refreshing and clever songwriting in an era of bombastic art rock and mindless disco\, The Cars were a unique blend of analog synthesizers\, muted power chords\, catchy choruses and muscular guitar heroics. \nScoring a string of hit singles between 1978 and 1987\, The Cars sold over 24 million albums around the globe and had 13 singles that reached the Top 40.After regularly selling out their staple tribute show of The Cars’ debut album\, Milwaukee music stalwarts Mike Benign\, Don Moore\, Jack Rodee\, Jack Rice and Nick Verban now fully recreate one of the best live performances of The Cars you’ll find anywhere\, each song given the energy and attitude they deserve. \nFrom the massive hits that poured out of teenagers’ radios such as “Just What I Needed”\, “You Might Think” and “Shake It Up” to the album track gems like “Night Spots”\, “Gimme Some Slack” and “I’m in Touch with Your World”\, Panorama brings every album to the stage. \nSongs that are so timeless they are still used in film\, television and advertising more than 40 years after their release. \nPlease note that all ticket sales are final.\nPlease have your tickets ready upon arrival.
URL:https://thebendwi.org/event/panorama-an-evening-of-the-cars-hits/
CATEGORIES:Live Events
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SUMMARY:Foo Foo Dolls
DESCRIPTION:The Foo Foo Dolls features five lead singers in an ever-changing high energy all 90’s rock stage show presented in a way that you’ve never seen or heard before. You’ll experience grungy guitar-playing and 5 lead vocalists with national recording histories. Foo Foo Dolls provides a performance with both the expected and some unexpected ’90s tunes featuring their own rearrangements!  We encourage you to get out of your seats and on the dance floor for this unforgettable\, nostalgic concert experience. \nMeet the Band: Paul Schluter (Lead Guitar/Vocals) Ray Hubbard (Guitar/Vocals) Todd Winger (Bass Guitar/Vocals) Taylor Schereck (Guitar/Vocals) Eric “Von” Osterholz (Drum/Vocals) \nDoors\, bar & concessions open at 6:30pm Show begins at 7:30pm. \nPlease note that all ticket sales are final.\nPlease have tickets ready upon arrival.
URL:https://thebendwi.org/event/foo-foo-dolls-nov-28/
CATEGORIES:Live Events
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SUMMARY:Chick Singer Night Christmas
DESCRIPTION:Join Milwaukee’s top musicians and vocalists for the musical event of the season! On Tuesday\, December 1st\, A Chick Singer Night Christmas takes the stage\, featuring a spectacular lineup of multiple award-winning artists and singer-songwriters. Audiences will experience a breathtaking mix of songs from the WAMI award-winning A Chick Singer Night Christmas album\, alongside show-stopping favorites from past showcases. \nThis year’s powerhouse vocal lineup features Carmen Nickerson\, Lynda Lee\, Noelle Braun\, B.D. Greer\, Windy Hope\, Jamie Kellicut\, Sara Gould\, Jenny Thiel\, Hannah Esch\, chicklette Isabelle Ellsworth\, and your host\, Alaria Taylor. Backed by an elite band of musicians—Alan Arber\, Eric Hervey\, Lou Cucunato\, and Dan Johnston—this high-energy concert is the ultimate way to kick off your holiday season.  \nPlease note all ticket sales are final.\nPlease have tickets ready upon arrival.
URL:https://thebendwi.org/event/chick-singer-night-christmas/
CATEGORIES:Live Events
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SUMMARY:Ken Block & Drew Copeland of Sister Hazel
DESCRIPTION:Ken Block and Drew Copeland\, best known as two of the five members of the platinum-selling southern rock band Sister Hazel\, will bring their wildly successful tunes to select cities for intimate\, “miss it and miss out” acoustic shows\, reminiscent of their earlier performance days when they canvassed the club and coffee shop circuit as a duo from Gainesville\, Florida. \nWhile performing over 100 shows each year with the band\, Block has long been praised by both media and fans alike for his powerful and emotion-evicting voice which is both unique and instantly recognizable thanks to a string of radio hits including “All For You\,” “Change Your Mind\,” “Happy\,” “Champagne High\,” and others. Over the last 15 years\, he and the band have been prolific in the studio and at live shows.  \nSimilarly\, Copeland is also a celebrated songwriter and vocalist\, in 2004 he released a solo album\, “No Regrets.”  An avid sports and music lover\, Copeland has been honing his songwriting skills in Nashville\, Tennessee over the last decade with some of country music’s finest tunesmiths.  \nSister Hazel is known for their personal approachability and fan-friendly events including being Co-Founders of THE ROCK BOAT\, founders of the annual Hazelnut Hang\, and for starting their own “Lyrics for Life” charity and raising nearly 1 million dollars for childhood cancer research and family support programs. As University of Florida alumni\, Copeland and Block also returned to their alma mater to be the first-ever celebrity hosts of the world’s largest student run pep rally\, Gator Growl.   \nSister Hazel songs have appeared in many motion picture soundtracks over the last decade including 10 Things I Hate About You\, Major League: Back to the Minors\, The Wedding Planner\, Clay Pigeons\, American Wedding\, and Bedazzled.  \nAs two of our generations’ most engaging and prolific songwriters\, “The Ken and Drew Show” will take fans through intimate acoustic performances of Sister Hazel favorites\, a few “B sides” and deep cuts\, and new material that writers have called “some of the freshest new music to come out of Music City”. No evening with Ken and Drew would be complete with out lots of laughs and some crafty storytelling\, all delivered using with their well-known wit.  These shows are truly “miss it and miss out”. \nPlease note all ticket sales are final.\nPlease have tickets ready upon arrival.
URL:https://thebendwi.org/event/ken-block-drew-copeland-of-sister-hazel/
CATEGORIES:Live Events
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SUMMARY:Christmas Wizards - A Night of TSO - December 4
DESCRIPTION:LAUNCHING THIS FRIDAY!\nChristmas Wizards – A Night of Trans-Siberian Orchestra and more!\nSponsored by Forte Bank \nChristmas Wizards pays homage to the legendary Trans-Siberian Orchestra and more with a spectacular tribute show that will leave you in awe. Experience the power of their iconic music as talented musicians take the stage\, bringing to life the enchanting melodies and electrifying energy that made the Trans-Siberian Orchestra famous. Be prepared to be transported to a world of wonder\, filled with dazzling lights\, lasers\, snow machines\, breathtaking pyrotechnics\, and heart-stirring performances. Whether you’re a die-hard fan or new to the magic of the Trans-Siberian Orchestra\, classic rock\, and holiday favorites\, this event is perfect for all ages. So gather your loved ones\, put on your favorite holiday sweater\, and join us for an evening that will ignite your holiday spirit\, and create memories that will last a lifetime. \nPlease note all ticket sales are final.\nPlease have tickets ready upon request.
URL:https://thebendwi.org/event/christmas-wizards-a-night-of-tso-december-4/
CATEGORIES:Live Events
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SUMMARY:Christmas Wizards - A Night of TSO - December 5
DESCRIPTION:LAUNCHING THIS FRIDAY!\nChristmas Wizards – A Night of Trans-Siberian Orchestra and more!\nSponsored by Forte Bank \nChristmas Wizards pays homage to the legendary Trans-Siberian Orchestra and more with a spectacular tribute show that will leave you in awe. Experience the power of their iconic music as talented musicians take the stage\, bringing to life the enchanting melodies and electrifying energy that made the Trans-Siberian Orchestra famous. Be prepared to be transported to a world of wonder\, filled with dazzling lights\, lasers\, snow machines\, breathtaking pyrotechnics\, and heart-stirring performances. Whether you’re a die-hard fan or new to the magic of the Trans-Siberian Orchestra\, classic rock\, and holiday favorites\, this event is perfect for all ages. So gather your loved ones\, put on your favorite holiday sweater\, and join us for an evening that will ignite your holiday spirit\, and create memories that will last a lifetime. \nPlease note all ticket sales are final.\nPlease have tickets ready upon request.
URL:https://thebendwi.org/event/christmas-wizards-a-night-of-tso-december-5/
CATEGORIES:Live Events
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SUMMARY:Michael Longfellow January 29
DESCRIPTION:Sponsored by Shooting Star Travels \nMichael Longfellow is a comedian and stepson from Phoenix\, now based in Los Angeles. He was a cast member on Saturday Night Live for three seasons. Michael was just one of eight comedians chosen for the inaugural ‘Netflix Introducing…’ next stars of comedy showcase at the Netflix is a Joke Festival. He was also selected as one of TBS’s ‘Comics To Watch’ at the New York Comedy Festival\, and went on to make his late night debut on “CONAN.” He was a favorite on NBC’s comedy talent series “Bring The Funny.” Michael performs all around LA\, as well as festivals and clubs around the country. \nPlease note all ticket sales are final.\nPlease have tickets ready upon arrival.
URL:https://thebendwi.org/event/michael-longfellow-january-29/
CATEGORIES:Live Events,Stand Up Comedy
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SUMMARY:Michael Longfellow January 30
DESCRIPTION:Sponsored by Shooting Star Travels \nMichael Longfellow is a comedian and stepson from Phoenix\, now based in Los Angeles. He was a cast member on Saturday Night Live for three seasons. Michael was just one of eight comedians chosen for the inaugural ‘Netflix Introducing…’ next stars of comedy showcase at the Netflix is a Joke Festival. He was also selected as one of TBS’s ‘Comics To Watch’ at the New York Comedy Festival\, and went on to make his late night debut on “CONAN.” He was a favorite on NBC’s comedy talent series “Bring The Funny.” Michael performs all around LA\, as well as festivals and clubs around the country. \nPlease note all ticket sales are final.\nPlease have tickets ready upon arrival.
URL:https://thebendwi.org/event/michael-longfellow-january-30/
CATEGORIES:Live Events,Stand Up Comedy
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