Milwaukee Events: Theatre, Concerts & Comedy

Milwaukee is one of the few cities in our data where theatre outnumbers concerts — 549 theatre listings against 496 — driven almost entirely by one venue's packed year-round schedule.

The Milwaukee Repertory Theater's Stackner Cabaret alone accounts for more listings than any other venue in the city by a wide margin, running an intimate, dinner-theatre-style season nearly every week of the year. The Marcus Performing Arts Center's two main stages, Uihlein Hall and the Todd Wehr Theater, cover touring Broadway and mid-size productions, while Bradley Symphony Center, home to the Milwaukee Symphony, anchors classical programming in its restored Art Deco building. Pabst Theater and Shank Hall round out the city's historic and club-scale live-music venues.

A single cabaret theatre outdrawing every concert venue in the city is a genuine outlier in our data — Milwaukee's calendar is built around theatre in a way few other cities are.

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