Plan your own escape from the zoo and head on down to our very famous stage for a night of Ska and Punk!

Venturer is headed to our very famous stage! Don’t miss out!

Cat Ridgeway and the Tourists are headed to our very famous stage! Get your tickets ASAP!

Catbite are headed to our very famous stage! Don’t miss out!

YO this show is not at X-Ray. Head to SABBATIC for a night of metal!

This punk rock show is part of our series of fundraiser events, featuring rad performers who've chosen to do their thing for free — every dollar in ticket sales goes toward our accessible entryway construction project. All you gotta do is show up. 

Ends of Sanity are headed to our very famous stage! Don’t miss out!

This show’s sold out but for those with tickets, there’s a new VIP Memorial Experience upgrade available — check it out!

Queer punk + nu metal + post grunge + dance punk. This is a floor show, so get in the pit or get outta the way. It’s loud, it’s unhinged, and it’s coming straight for your face!

This show isn’t at X-Ray, it’s in Bayview at Cactus Club! Equipment and more!

Toni Romiti is headed to our very famous stage! Get your tickets ASAP!

This night of heavy metal insanity is part of our series of fundraiser events, featuring rad performers who've chosen to do their thing for free — every dollar in ticket sales goes toward our accessible entryway construction project. All you gotta do is show up. 

Murphy’s Law are back with a bong at Club Garibaldi in Bayview! Don’t miss out!

Wilmette are headed to our very famous stage! Get your tickets ASAP!

Vincas are headed to our very famous stage. Don’t miss out!

Origami Summer are headed to our very famous stage! Get your tickets ASAP!

Shut up, Punk! Sheer Terror are headed to our very famous stage.

This night of metallic chaos is part of our series of fundraiser events, featuring rad performers who've chosen to do their thing for free — every dollar in ticket sales goes toward our accessible entryway construction project. All you gotta do is show up. 

High Gallows are headed to our very famous stage for a mid-afternoon rock and roll party! Get your tickets ASAP!

Alborn is headed to our very famous stage! Get your tickets ASAP!

This show isn’t at X-Ray, it’s in Bayview at Cactus Club!

Bird Law are headed to our very famous arcade for a night of chaotic metalcore! Get your tickets ASAP!

Counterpunch are headed to our very famous stage! Get your tickets ASAP!

Inferi is bringing a night of Death Metal destruction to our very famous stage! Don’t miss out!

YO this show is not at X-Ray. Head to SABBATIC for a night of metal!

Pride Metal Fest comes to our very famous stage! Don’t miss out!

Eliza and the Delusionals are headed to Anodyne in Walker’s Point!

Since 2016 Johnny Manchild and the Poor Bastards have taken the internet — and then the real world — by storm with their unique combo of jazz, grunge, alt-rock, world music, and funk. Come see what all the fuss is about!

Sun Junkies are headed to our very famous stage! Get your tickets ASAP!

This isn’t at our very famous arcade, its in Bayview at Sugar Maple!

Diva Bleach is like if your favorite '90s teen movie soundtrack came to life and started a band. They’re bringing the kind of glittery pop-rock that makes you want to dance, cry, and dye your hair pink again (do it, we dare ya).

FFO: The Veronicas · Charly Bliss · The Regrettes ❤️☠️🖤

This one’s gonna hit like a cinder block to the chest. Creeping Death brings the Texas death metal fury + Kruelty all the way from Tokyo!

FFO: Gatecreeper · Sanguisugabogg · Power Trip ❤️☠️🖤

Weeping Wound’s coming through and it’s about to get personal in the pit. It’s heavy, emotional, and kinda feels like therapy if therapy had blast beats.

FFO: Loathe · VCTMS · Moodring ❤️☠️🖤

If you like your shows loud, unhinged, and FAST, Hunt The Dinosaur is 100% your vibe. Wild vocals, massive energy, and zero chill.

FFO: Chelsea Grin · Attila · Emmure ❤️☠️🖤

Chicago’s Empty Heaven is messy in a beautiful way and loud in all the right spots, one of those sets that sneaks up on you and suddenly hits real hard.

This one’s got big “accidentally time-traveled to a 1960s house show in someone’s cool attic” energy. The Smashing Times know how to do lo-fi, heart-on-sleeve kind of stuff that’ll put you in a nostalgic mood for a time you (probably) didn’t get to experience firsthand.

FFO: Teenage Fanclub · Television Personalities · The Clean ❤️☠️🖤

This show is for anyone who’s ever screamed into a pillow or stared at the ceiling at 3AM wondering where it all went sideways (Come on, we’ve ALL been there). It’s catharsis with a side of crowd surfing.

FFO: Capstan · The Story So Far · Real Friends ❤️☠️🖤

This one feels less like a show and more like stepping into a fever dream. Insect Ark builds tension like a horror film in a really poetic and unholy way that’ll have you feel like you’re running in place.

FFO: The Keening · Khanate · Locrian ❤️☠️🖤

You already know what this is. Hardcore rules.

Hope you stretched, because Crown Magnetar isn’t here to warm you up, they’re here to obliterate your spine and question your life choices in under 30 seconds. If your idea of a good time involves breakdowns that register on the Richter scale, you’re in the right place.

FFO: Lorna Shore · Mental Cruelty · Oceano ❤️☠️🖤

The vocals hit like something personal, and the way the songs unfold feels like they’ve been sitting in your chest for years, just waiting to be heard out loud.

FFO: Stars Hollow · Ben Quad · Harrison Gordon ❤️☠️🖤

Milwaukee’s first Shoegaze festival is back and bigger than ever! If your perfect day involves staring at the floor while walls of reverb wash over you, Gaze At Tha Moon is calling.

Weekend Nachos helped shape the modern powerviolence scene, and yeah, they're still absolutely ripping. Heavy, fast, and built to wreck whatever room they’re in. Don’t worry, X-Ray can handle it.

FFO: Nails · Full of Hell · Harm’s Way ❤️☠️🖤

Standards makes math rock that feels like driving with the windows down on a summer night, bright, playful, and full of riffs that somehow sound like fruit? (Does that even make sense? Whatever.) It’s technical, yeah, but mostly it just makes you wanna dance.

FFO: Covet · CHON · Elephant Gym ❤️☠️🖤

oldsoul plays emotional indie rock that’s big on feelings and even bigger on riffs. It’s thoughtful, catchy, and perfect for anyone who’s ever cried in a car and liked it. This show isn’t at our very famous arcade, its in Bayview at Sugar Maple!

FFO: Pool Kids · Harmony Woods · Bug Moment ❤️☠️🖤

Tuff Sudz plays fast, scrappy garage-punk that’s equal parts snarl and sweat. Their songs go hard, end quick, and leave you wanting another round.

FFO: Meat Wave · The Spits · Cloud Nothings 

awakebutstillinbed brings emo that’s loud, cathartic, and easy to lose yourself in. Grab some friends and scream along!

FFO: Empire! Empire! I Was A Lonely Estate · Glocca Morra · Your Arms Are My Cocoon ❤️☠️🖤

40 Watt Sun is slow, sad, and really, really good. The kind of set that’ll quiet a whole room (like, please, actually, stop talking so we can get in our feelings).

FFO: Red House Painters · Low · Songs: Ohia ❤️☠️🖤

VCTMS has been grinding for years, dropping heavy stuff that somehow hits in the chest and the pit. DIY, emotional, loud as hell, it’s cool if you’re into that kind of thing (you are, come to the show.)

FFO: Alpha Wolf · Sworn In · Emmure ❤️☠️🖤

Heart Attack Man writes pop-punk songs that are loud, catchy, and just a little unhinged. Perfect for yelling in your car or fake-fighting your friends in the pit. This show is NOT at our very famous arcade! It’s on the East Side at Vivarium!

FFO: PUP · Carly Cosgrove · Hot Mulligan ❤️☠️🖤

John Garcia is the voice behind Kyuss, the band that basically invented desert rock. He’s still delivering those fuzzed-out riffs that make you want to just keep driving with no GPS (but maybe make a stop at Club Garibaldi for this show).

FFO: Kyuss · Vista Chino · Unida ❤️☠️🖤

Diggy Graves makes horror-themed trap that goes hard and leans all the way into the spooky side. Haunted house energy with 808s and a ski mask. (If you’re on TikTok you’ve probably heard “Circus Psycho” at least a few times.)

FFO: Ghostemane · $uicideboy$ · City Morgue ❤️☠️🖤

Orthodox hits that sweet spot between metalcore and nu-metal, fast, heavy, and full of riffs that go straight for the gut.

FFO: Boundaries · Vein.fm · Foreign Hands ❤️☠️🖤

Year of the Cobra keeps it simple with bass, drums, and doom that hits like a slow-moving train. Heavy, fuzzy, and way loud for a duo.

FFO: Windhand · High Priestess · Acid King ❤️☠️🖤

The Crosses are Milwaukee hardcore veterans who bring raw energy and a nod to the past. Fronted by Daniel Kubinski of Die Kreuzen, they play originals alongside full-album performances of Die Kreuzen's self-titled LP and favorites from October File. Maybe they’ll play some songs about beer and cows. Don’t miss out!

FFO: Die Kreuzen · Big Laugh · Population Control ❤️☠️🖤

Loud, honest, and easy to scream along to. No frills, no filler, just solid tracks that hit where they need to. Catch ‘em at Anodyne!

FFO: Balance and Composure · Citizen · Pentimento ❤️☠️🖤

Oso nice they named it twice. Melodic, moody, and made for people who still overthink that one conversation from 2018 (but in the best way).

FFO: saturdays at your place · Prince Daddy & The Hyena · Microwave ❤️☠️🖤

Big riffs, big hair energy, and the kind of rock that makes you wanna buy a muscle car…we’re thinking a nice red convertible corvette straight outta the ‘70s. You in?

FFO: Dirty Honey · Greta Van Fleet · The Struts ❤️☠️🖤

If you’ve seen 10 Things I Hate About You (if you haven’t, what are you even doing?), then you’re already familiar with this band. Boston’s own Letters to Cleo brought jangly guitars and power-pop hooks to the '90s alt-rock scene, and they’re still more fun than whatever else you’re listening to.

FFO: Veruca Salt · That Dog. · The Lemonheads ❤️☠️🖤

Originally from Green Bay and a key piece of Midwest emo history, Giants Chair helped define that raw, mathy sound back in the ’90s. They’re celebrating 30 years, let’s go!

FFO: Sunny Day Real Estate · Boys Life · Jawbox ❤️☠️🖤

You probably know MC Chris as MC P Pants from Aqua Teen, but he’s also been out here rapping about nerd life since before it was cool. It’s funny, it’s fast, and somehow still hits harder than it has any right to (and it’s comin’ back to the X this July!)

This one’s gonna be FUN. Scowl’s hardcore at its core, but they’re not afraid to mess with the formula. They pull from classic punk energy but push it somewhere new, louder, catchier, and totally their own.

FFO: Lambrini Girls · Militarie Gun · Gouge Away ❤️☠️🖤

Boundaries play heavy, pissed-off metalcore with zero interest in subtlety. They’re rolling through with Stick To Your Guns, so yeah, things are gonna get loud. Sold out!

FFO: Counterparts · Varials · Jesus Piece ❤️☠️🖤

Chicago band making noisy, twitchy post-punk that feels like it was born in a basement and raised on zines. This band’s way too cool to stand still.

FFO: Horsegirl · METZ · Protomartyr ❤️☠️🖤

Zao’s been doing heavy, chaotic metalcore since before half the crowd had WiFi. Loud, fast, emotional, and somehow still getting heavier.

FFO: Converge · Norma Jean · Every Time I Die ❤️☠️🖤

Ever feel like your brain won’t shut up, so you write a perfect indie rock song about it? Mal Blum gets it. Their songs are clever, raw, and catchy in that “laugh so you don’t cry” kind of way.

FFO: AJJ · The Mountain Goats · Sidney Gish ❤️☠️🖤

Kiesza broke big with “hideaway” (look it up, there’s a good chance you know it), and has been keeping dance floors weird ever since. It’s electro-pop with the kind of hooks that stick in your head for days.

FFO: Robyn · Jessie Ware · La Roux ❤️☠️🖤

Oliver Francis makes vibey, emo-adjacent trap that’s perfect for blasting in your car while you overthink everything. He writes, records, and produces it all himself. Catch him on our very famous stage this August!

FFO: Bones · Wicca Phase Springs Eternal · nothing,nowhere. ❤️☠️🖤

Modem sounds like a cold war dance party in a neon bunker. They mix synth-pop, punk attitude, and just enough weird to keep it interesting. Catch ‘em at Club Garibaldi in Bayview!

FFO: Kælan Mikla · Boy Harsher · Tamara Luonto ❤️☠️🖤

Conan plays doom metal that’s slow, loud, and absolutely massive. It’s all crushing riffs, no nonsense, and yes, it will rattle your teeth in the best way.

FFO: Bongripper · Electric Wizard · Monolord ❤️☠️🖤

Frankie and the Witch Fingers deal in blown-out psych-punk with new wave glitches and just enough grease to stain your soul. Wild live show, serious pedalboard chaos, zero chill.

FFO: Ty Segall · Oh Sees · Thee Sacred Souls ❤️☠️🖤

Patrick Wolf makes emotional, genre-fluid art pop that somehow sounds like both a breakup and a renaissance fair. He’s been out of the game for a minute, but the new stuff’s got the same moody magic people got hooked on in the MySpace era.

FFO: Rufus Wainwright · ANOHNI · Owen Pallett ❤️☠️🖤

Weakened Friends is all big riffs, sing-alongs, and the kind of energy that makes you want to start a band with your best friends. Loud, fun, and impossible not to vibe with.

FFO: Mannequin Pussy · Slothrust · illuminati hotties ❤️☠️🖤

After nearly 20 years of pioneering Deathcore, Ingested finally make their way to X-Ray Arcade. If you’re into blast beats, pig squeals, breakdowns, and vocals that sound like a swamp monster throwing a tantrum, don’t miss ‘em!

FFO: Dying Fetus · Aborted · Carnifex ❤️☠️🖤

Teethe makes slowcore that feels like it was recorded in a bedroom at 2AM, soft, hazy, and just the right amount of sad. Perfect for zoning out or staring at the ceiling… or perhaps gazing at your shoes (IYKYK).

FFO: Duster · Horse Jumper of Love · Salvia Plath ❤️☠️🖤