Jun
7
6:00 PM18:00
World of Fear / Yabai / Krooked / Reality Control
World of Fear are unleashing their new EP at our very famous arcade!
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Jun
8
6:00 PM18:00
Eyelet / Locktender / Viscacha / Barynya
Eye’ll let you catch this band on our Very Famous floor!
Jun
8
6:00 PM18:00
@ ANODYNE: Public Opinion / Squint / Frantic Repair / Teenage Ice Age
Public Opinion is headed to Anodyne on Bruce. Our opinion? This show will rock!
FFO: Militarie Gun · Angel Du$t · Restraining Order ❤️☠️🖤
Jun
9
6:00 PM18:00
Execution Day / A Sense of Purpose / Age of the Fallen / Moral Grey
Pittsburgh metalcore + Cleveland metalcore + Wisco Alt Metal. Let’s. throw. down.
Jun
10
6:30 PM18:30
Season To Risk / Faketwin / Thyone
First-wave post hardcore in Cudahy? It’s a season to rock at X-Ray Arcade!
Jun
11
6:30 PM18:30
The Avengers / Jinksie / Geoff Palmer
Punk rock royalty from ground zero.
FFO: Dead Kennedys · X · The Dils ❤️☠️🖤
Jun
12
7:00 PM19:00
Worm / Pigs Blood / Dusk
Necromantic Black Doom is slithering into the arcade from a little place down south we like to call Florida.
Jun
13
6:00 PM18:00
Midwife / Amulets / Friend Less / Apollo Vermouth
She calls it Heaven Metal. If you’re at least a little bit curious what that means, come to the show and find out.
FFO: Grouper · Ethel Cain · King Woman ❤️☠️🖤
Jun
14
7:00 PM19:00
An Evening With: Souled American
Souled American is headed to our very famous arcade for a very special evening! Don’t miss out!
Jun
15
5:30 PM17:30
Vindictive Punishment / Grotesque Abdication / Once Purified / Backstabber / Pure Hatred
Something heavy is headed to our very famous arcade!
Jun
16
7:00 PM19:00
Himalayas / Fakeout / Blind Hill
Himalayas are cramming arena-sized rock energy into the arcade!
Jun
17
6:30 PM18:30
The Phantom A.D. / Devils Teeth / Dr. Ew and Associates
Prepare for a FULL-TILT Ghoulish Rock N’ Roll séance!
FFO: The Cramps · The Ghastly Ones · The Meteors ❤️☠️🖤
Jun
18
6:00 PM18:00
Leisure Hour / Dear Maryanne / Thoughts on Bowling / Arcadia Grey
Another killer 4 band lineup you gotta be at if you enjoy emotional tunes.
FFO: Kerosene Heights · The Casper Fight Scene · Harrison Gordon ❤️☠️🖤
Jun
19
to Jun 20
Wax Trax! - Video Dance Party
Bring your dancing shoes and celebrate the legacy of Wax Trax Records with DJ Synthia, DJ Paul H and Dance Commandr!
Jun
20
10:30 AM10:30
Ste Martaen Vegan Brunch Pop-Up
The dream team of Ste Martaen and X-Ray Arcade has once again coordinated schedules and you once again get to reap the benefits. Pre-orders are recommended but not required.
Jun
20
5:00 PM17:00
Holder / Azhara / xSeraphx / Awaiting Eschiel / Clear the Gap
Metalcore madness headed directly to our very famous arcade!
Jun
21
6:00 PM18:00
SOLD OUT! I Set My Friends on Fire / Scro / Current Comfort / I H8 It Here
Please don’t set our arcade on fire (with anything other than sick dance moves).
Jun
22
6:30 PM18:30
Mazu / Exitstatements / Dead Buddhas
Bark at the Mazu-oon for instrumental post metal from Iowa City.
Jun
23
to Jun 24
Roxy Toxin Presents: Sickening: Cult Classics - An Ode to Queer Media
The classics never go out of style. Another sickening drag show presented by Roxy Toxin!
Jun
24
5:30 PM17:30
A Charity Show for Autism United: Arizona the State / Crucial Moves / The Jesse Garwood Club / Mulva / We Should've Been DJs
Tons of great local bands are throwing a charity show for Autism United!
Jun
25
5:30 PM17:30
Fly Over States / Ogbert the Nerd / Excuse Me, Who are You? / Endswell / Orange Colored Sky
Minneapolis Screamo/Post Hardcore’ll have you flying, alright.
Jun
25
6:00 PM18:00
@ MKE ULTRA: Jagalchi / Oyarsa / Gnatiform / Plowshares
Jagalchi are headed to MKE Ultra. Don’t miss out!
Jun
26
6:30 PM18:30
Nite / Panic Priest / Blood
All Darkwave killer, no filler!
FFO: Molchat Doma · Boy Harsher · The Cure ❤️☠️🖤
Jun
27
2:00 PM14:00
Milwaukee Hardcore Presents: 10 4 $10: World I Hate / Home Invasion / Zipbomb / Chiron / Another Enemy / Love Lost / Adrenochrome / In My Way / Human Cost / Backstabber
10 bands for $10. Hardcore music performed live.
Jun
28
1:30 PM13:30
MILWAUKEE PRIDE METAL FEST
Pride Metal Fest is all about bringing peace, love, and positivity to the metal scene. And shredding. Lots of shredding!
Jun
29
6:30 PM18:30
Jun
30
6:00 PM18:00
Nehemiah / Harvest / At the Bottom of the Great Lakes / Motion Light
Nehemiah and Harvest are headed to our very famous legion hall… I mean arcade!
Jul
1
6:00 PM18:00
Rakuyo / Fallingwithscissors / Bird Law / Siniu / Letter to Myself
Twin Cities Deathcore + Floor Show = ❤️☠️🖤
Jul
2
6:00 PM18:00
Graveripper / Reflection of Flesh / Sorrows Grasp
If you like graves & ripping shows…well, you know where this is going.
FFO: Vicious Blade · Wraith · Morbikon ❤️☠️🖤
Jul
3
7:00 PM19:00
Sexual Purity / System Sect / Spectra
Chicago Electronic/Darkwave returns!
FFO: Boy Harsher · Buzz Kill · Linea Aspera ❤️☠️🖤
Jul
4
to Jul 5
Pride Hangover
The Brew City Bombshells are bringing you this 4th of July show to help cure your post-pride blues!
Jul
5
6:00 PM18:00
Parasite / Sacrament / Lich / Black Cathedral
Have you ever seen that movie Slither? This isn’t that, but there will be a lot of thrashing.
Jul
7
6:30 PM18:30
Wic Whitney / Zach LLoyd
Adding a little Southern rap & songwriting to your concert cal with this one. We all need a little variety, yanno?
Jul
8
6:00 PM18:00
Body Futures / Resurrectionists / Vile Bees / The Flavor that Kills
Body Futures are headed back to our very famous stage. Don’t miss out!
Jul
10
6:00 PM18:00
Jul
10
6:30 PM18:30
Felicity / Minnesota Fatts / Hot Mess
These guys have opened for Fall Out Boy, Story Of The Year, & The Used so you’re probably gonna like ‘em if you’re into those bands.
Jul
11
6:00 PM18:00
I Promised the World / Rosasharin / Guilt / Siniu
I Promised the World that this show would rock.
Jul
11
7:00 PM19:00
@ GARIBALDI: Kontusion / To The Dogs / Chemosh / Relic
When they spell Contusion with a “K” you know you’re gonna get annihilated in that pit.
FFO: Disembodiment · Ossuary · Blood Monolith ❤️☠️🖤
Jul
14
6:30 PM18:30
Conan / Ruin Dweller / Asatta
This show was insane when they came through last year. Don’t believe us? Ask a friend.
FFO: Bongripper · Weedeater · Belzebong ❤️☠️🖤
Jul
15
6:30 PM18:30
Jul
16
5:30 PM17:30
Fox Lake / Face Yourself / Vapid Soul / Errors of Humanity / World of Fear
You can’t bury what was born in the dirt, did you hear?
FFO: VCTMS · Varials · Boundaries ❤️☠️🖤
Jul
17
6:00 PM18:00
Adjust the Sails / Sunday Cruise / Worlds Greatest Dad / Cinema Stare
Remember the 2010’s when everyone was getting nautical tattoos? That has nothing to do with this show, just wondering.
FFO: Mom Jeans · Modern Baseball · The Front Bottoms ❤️☠️🖤
Jul
18
11:00 AM11:00
Fangtastic Flea - A Dark & Gothic Market Place
Fangtastic Flea is headed to our very famous arcade!
Jul
18
6:30 PM18:30
Niveous / Keys to the Astral Gates and Mystic Doors / Withering Soul / Tubal Cain
Niveous are headed to our very famous stage to celebrate the release of their new album!
Jul
19
6:00 PM18:00
Dillinger Four / The Slow Death / Constant Insult / Hellcat
Order a doublewhiskycokenoice and tell inquiring minds to read a book. D4 are headed back to our very famous stage!
Jul
20
6:30 PM18:30
Josh Spinner / Gypsum Sunflower / Blind Hill
If you like to think about music in terms of melody, narratives, and the space between notes, this show should do ya right.
Jul
22
6:30 PM18:30
@ ANODYNE: Flagman / Popstar / Nasty Boys
Is this Cartman? NO. This is FLAGMAN. (Please tell me you get the reference)
FFO: Microwave · Remo Drive · Free Throw ❤️☠️🖤
Jul
22
7:00 PM19:00
LSD And The Search for God / Total Wife
This is a different kind of LSD experience, one with a more shoegazey vibe, if you catch our drift.
FFO: Slowdive · Panchiko · my bloody valentine ❤️☠️🖤
Jul
23
5:30 PM17:30
Stereosity / Melancholy Club / Oogwe / Ten Year Setback
Twinkly emo/math rock is sprouting up (if you don’t get the reference, better go check ‘em out).
FFO: Ben Quad · Sweet Pill · Origami Angel ❤️☠️🖤
Jul
24
7:00 PM19:00
Blu & Exile / Sirplus / Blax / Randal B
MC Blu and DJ/producer Exile will heal everything with conscious hip-hop this summer!
FFO: Big K.R.I.T · Lupe Fiasco · Mos Def ❤️☠️🖤
Jul
25
6:30 PM18:30
Jul
25
7:00 PM19:00
Kill Bill: The Rapper / Ashtin Larold
“I rapped. And I rampaged. And I got bloody satisfaction.” That’s how the quote goes, right?
FFO: Rav · Cemetery Drive · R.A.P. Ferreira ❤️☠️🖤
Jul
26
12:00 PM12:00
When the Sun Sets / Exit 122 / Gold Steps
When the Sun Sets hits our very famous stage long before the sun sets… Don’t miss this pop-punk matinee!
Jul
26
7:00 PM19:00
Good Boy Daisy / Summerdrive
This one’s gonna feel like one of those epic summer nights driving around the city (IYKYK), and you can do exactly that after this show.
FFO: Dexter and the Moonrocks · PVRIS · Palaye Royale ❤️☠️🖤
Jul
30
6:30 PM18:30
Jul
31
7:00 PM19:00
Hole Dweller / Redhorn Gate / Count Mortlach
Dissociate from our sad little world for awhile and let’s get freakin’ whimsical with it! This is a whole genre we need to do a deeper dive on.
FFO: Lord of the Rings · Magic The Gathering · Medevil Lo-Fi ❤️☠️🖤
Aug
2
6:00 PM18:00
Moral Law / Withpaperwings / Clear the Gap / All Life Gone / Once Purified
Something heavy is headed to our very famous arcade!
Aug
2
6:00 PM18:00
@ SUGAR MAPLE: Swiss Army Wife / Barely Civil / Breakup Tour / Arizona The State
Swiss Army Wife is headed to Sugar Maple!
Aug
3
6:30 PM18:30
Aug
5
6:30 PM18:30
Triptides / Wisconsin Space Program / Shadeseeker
What’s the first thing you picture when you think of the name Triptides? This is probably that.
FFO: Ducktails · Real Estate · Beach Fossils ❤️☠️🖤
Aug
6
6:00 PM18:00
Of Virtue / Savage Hands / Kingdom Collapse / Sorry X
Of Virtue is headed to our very famous stage!
Aug
7
5:30 PM17:30
Stars Hollow / Excuse Me, Who Are You? / In Angles / Sunny Mondays / Susanbarelybreathing
Iowa Emo legends return to Milwaukee for the last time.
Aug
8
to Aug 9
Hack the Planet - Cyberpunk Rave Dance Party
Get ready for this Cyberpunk rave brought to you by none other than Subspace!
Aug
14
7:00 PM19:00
GLOW BIG OR GLOW HOME - 90's & 00's NEON NIGHT WITH STAR 67
Get ready to party with Star 67!
Aug
15
7:00 PM19:00
The Championship / Lessons
MKE's The Championship reunite w/ Lessons (ft. ex. The Promise Ring, Maritime, Decibully)
Aug
16
2:00 PM14:00
Thrashnetic 2
One HUGE darkwave, EBM, industrial, thrash metal, electro, and noise rock bill with proceeds going towards a great cause.
Aug
17
6:00 PM18:00
Johnny Manchild & the Poor Bastards / Friend of a Friend / Karma & the Kill Joys
There’s a cuter word for it, I know…Johnny Manchild! (Or whatever Sabrina Carpenter said).
FFO: The Happy Fits · I DON'T KNOW HOW BUT THEY FOUND ME · Jukebox The Ghost ❤️☠️🖤
Aug
20
6:00 PM18:00
Kill Lincoln / Jer / Bad Operation / The Best of the Worst
Get ready for a Skapocalypse at our very famous arcade!
FFO: The Suicide Machines · We Are The Union · The Specials ❤️☠️🖤
Aug
21
6:30 PM18:30
Primer 55 / Lines of Loyalty / Apex Aura / Mazoku
Primer 55 are headed to our very famous arcade!
Aug
21
6:30 PM18:30
@ ANODYNE: Vacation Manor / Nolen Durham
We could all use a little Vacation (Manor) amirite? Check ‘em out at Anodyne on Bruce Street!
Aug
28
6:00 PM18:00
The Copyrights / The Brokedowns / Avenues / M545
The Copyrights return to our very famous arcade for a friday night punk rock extravaganza!
Sep
7
6:00 PM18:00
The Well / Moon Destroys / Earth Tongue
Get ready for a mind-melting evening of psych rock at our very famous arcade!
Sep
11
6:30 PM18:30
Sep
16
6:00 PM18:00
Bear Ghost / Sarah and the Safe Word / Spaceman Bob
Bear Ghost are headed to our very famous arcade!
Sep
23
6:30 PM18:30
Sep
26
6:30 PM18:30
Oct
12
7:00 PM19:00
Armand Hammer
Billy Woods and Elucid combine as Armand Hammer-a hip-hop project as skillful as it is experimental.
FFO: The Alchemist · Moor Mother · clipping. ❤️☠️🖤
Oct
13
6:00 PM18:00
@ ANODYNE: Acid Mothers Temple / Magick Potion
Up for some psych rock? Let's go on a trip to Anodyne on Bruce!
FFO: Goat · Skullflower · Oneida ❤️☠️🖤
Oct
14
7:00 PM19:00
Oct
16
7:00 PM19:00
Oct
22
7:00 PM19:00
@ FALCON HALL: Ian Sweet
Her name isn’t Ian…and don’t call her Sweet!
FFO: LaLa LaLa · Jay Som · Palehound ❤️☠️🖤
Nov
5
7:00 PM19:00
Nov
19
6:30 PM18:30
Jun
6
6:30 PM18:30
The Unlikely Candidates / Naked Brunch
The Unlikely Candidates? Headed to our very famous arcade? It’s more likely than you think!
Jun
5
7:00 PM19:00
Leanna Firestone / Abby Cates
Yes the sad-girl anthem machine is fully operational. Grab a Diet Coke and snag your tickets.
FFO: Olivia Rodrigo · Maisie Peters · Gracie Abrams ❤️☠️🖤
Jun
4
6:30 PM18:30
@ ANODYNE: The Alice Bag Band / Clickbait
Alice needs no introduction, you already know this show is gonna rule.
Jun
4
6:00 PM18:00
Christian Death / Gene Loves Jezebel / Descartes A Kant / Black Season Witch
A totally casual night of darkwave royalty & glam melodrama comin' right up.
Jun
3
6:00 PM18:00
Moon Walker / Pretoria / Super Cassette
Get lost in the rock wasteland with Harry Springer's next project!
FFO: Bear Ghost · That Handsome Devil · grandson ❤️☠️🖤
Jun
2
6:00 PM18:00
Oxygen Destroyer / Drawn & Quartered / Scroll / Detritus
This show’s crawling out of radioactive sludge with Kaiju conjuring Death Metal!
FFO: Morbid Angel · Immolation · Bolt Thrower ❤️☠️🖤
Jun
1
7:00 PM19:00
'68 / Nate Bergman
Whether terrified or unafraid, '68 is coming through one last time. What more can we say?
May
31
6:00 PM18:00
@ MKE ULTRA: Star Funeral / My Melody / Shrinestone / Hypersleep
With band names like this, you gotta have a crazy vibey night.
FFO: Bug Moment · Cinema Stare · OldSoul ❤️☠️🖤
May
31
5:30 PM17:30
Mood Medication / Candy Cigarette / Say What You Mean / Floryence
Put down the Zoloft and come get your serotonin fix at this show! Doctor approved. (Don’t actually stop taking your medication <3)
May
30
to May 31
Sad Boy Saturday #98
Are you sad? Do you like emo music? Is it Saturday? We’ve got some news for you!
May
30
6:00 PM18:00
May
29
7:00 PM19:00
Stygian Bough / 40 Watt Sun (Solo)
Bell Witch + Aerial Ruin collab? Sign us up.
FFO: Pallbearer · Primitive Man · Faetooth ❤️☠️🖤
May
28
7:00 PM19:00
An Evening With: Broasis
Rock and Roll Stars Broasis are Definitely Maybe coming to our very famous arcade. You can enjoy some Cigarettes & Alcohol on our very famous patio, if you’re feeling Supersonic we’ll give you gin and tonic… Anyways, here’s Wonderwall.
May
27
6:00 PM18:00
May
26
5:30 PM17:30
Ste Martaen Vegan Surf & Turf Pop-Up
Ste Martaen is back with a vegan menu inspired by the classic pairing!
May
25
6:30 PM18:30
Videovomit Presents: Tremors
Grab your bologna and beans, Videovomit has a real tasty VHS treat lined up for ya!
May
24
6:00 PM18:00
Spinner / Braince / Forest Animal / Night Again
A MKE CHI RACINE post hardcore/punk rock mashup you should probably be here for.
May
23
5:00 PM17:00
A Hardcore Show in Honor of Jake Medrow: Solidarity / Once For All / Doomhammer / Exitstatements / Another Enemy / The Boot / Ethic
This show honors the memory of Jake Medrow and raises awareness for suicide prevention and mental health.
May
22
to May 23
The Brew City Bombshells Present: Love Your Body
Wisconsin's longest running burlesque troupe is back in action for their annual "Love Your Body" show.
May
21
6:00 PM18:00
Third Goodbye / No Thanks to You / Bowvee / The Precipitators
Two goodbyes isn’t enough, ya know?
May
20
7:00 PM19:00
Portrayal of Guilt / Street Sects / Taraneh
They started in the ‘90s screamo lane and then immediately swerved into something way darker. Gotta see it to believe it.
May
19
6:00 PM18:00
Bob's Burgers Trivia
Oh my god. Oh my god. Oh my god. Come on out and show Shenanigans Trivia Co. what you know about Seymour’s Bay’s best burger joint. What's The Worcestershire That Could Happen?
May
18
6:00 PM18:00
Kings by Day / Would You Kindly? / Pinellas Park / Letters to the King
Kings By Day are ready to take over the night, too. Would you…kindly join us? ;)
May
17
6:30 PM18:30
Cause and Control / Alley Eyes / Varsity Mac
Cause and Control are headed to our very famous arcade!
May
17
10:30 AM10:30
Namaste at the X-Ray
Headbanging takes its toll. Healium Hot Yoga is here to keep your neck in check (and the rest of your body too) — this is METAL YOGA!
May
16
6:30 PM18:30
SOLD OUT! Jiluka / Vctms / TSS
This is gonna be a wild one! Electro-goth meets Japanese Visual Kei Modern Metal.
FFO: Madmans Esprit · DADAROMA · gulu gulu ❤️☠️🖤
May
16
6:00 PM18:00
@ SUGAR MAPLE: Ritual / Honor Choir / In Shining Armour / Lana Leone / 12th House Sun
Shoegaze is flying in all the way from Texas for a real…dare we say, ritual
May
15
6:00 PM18:00
@ SUGAR MAPLE: Box Elder / Meadowers / Phasing / Jawline
SLC real-deal emo at The Sugar Maple! Oh yeah, we’ve got the good stuff!
FFO: American Football · The Hotelier · Snowing ❤️☠️🖤
May
15
6:00 PM18:00
Ossuary / Dead Void / Diabolic Oath / Cryptual
Madison’s most abhorrent death metal unit head to our very famous stage. Don’t miss Ossuary!
May
14
7:00 PM19:00
Robber Robber / Golomb
Tension heavy post-punk. So nice they named it twice!
FFO: Bodega · Snapped Ankles · Preoccupations ❤️☠️🖤
