Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Everything Milwaukee is known for

86 songs mention this city 562 artists from here

Milwaukee, Wisconsin, located on the shores of Lake Michigan, has a rich musical identity, with 562 artists calling it home and 86 songs mentioning the city. The city's music scene has influenced various genres, from jazz and blues to punk and hip-hop. Notable artists from Milwaukee include rock legend Steve Miller and jazz vocalist Al Jarreau. The indie band Violent Femmes, known for their song "Blister in the Sun," also hails from Milwaukee. The city is also recognized for its lively festivals, including Summerfest, which is known as "The World's Largest Music Festival."

Music in Milwaukee

Songs About Milwaukee

Ten Degrees
J.D. Crowe & The New South
100%
"He was raised up in Milwaukee"
Jump Around
House of Pain
100%
gonna drink milwaukee dry
charlie walker
90%
what's made milwaukee famous
charley crockett
90%
Milwaukee, Here I Come
Porter Wagoner
83%
"Milwaukee here I come from Nashville, Tennessee"
Man From Milwaukee
HANSON
82%
"I've been sitting here too long By a Man from Milwaukee"
What’s Made Milwaukee Famous
Charley Crockett
82%
"What's made Milwaukee famous"
Milwaukee
Wyatt Flores
81%
"Somewhere in Milwaukee"
Milwaukee
Maritime
78%
"Milwaukee, you're my one horse town"
Blister in the Sun
Violent Femmes
70%
Add It Up
Violent Femmes
60%
Intro
Coo Coo Cal
55%
"The nigga from Milwaukee County lockin' shit down"
Me And Paul
Doug Sahm
55%
"And at the airport in Milwaukee"
Dedication (feat. Mr. Do It To Death)
Coo Coo Cal
55%
"So you wanna spread a lot of talk about my city Milwaukee"
Pimp Juice
Nelly
55%
"Treat you like you're from Milwaukee, send you Green Bay Packin'"
Superior
Colin Gawel
54%
"Her husband works six hours south outside Milwaukee"
Machine Gun - Live at Fillmore East 1/1/70 [First Show]
Jimi Hendrix
54%
"All the soldiers that are fighting in Chicago and Milwaukee and New York"
10 Degrees & Getting Colder
Gordon Lightfoot
53%
"He was raised up in Milwaukee"
Machine Gun [Band Of Gypsys]
Jimi Hendrix
53%
"All the soldiers that are fightin' in Chicago, Milwaukee and New York"
Honey Bee
Tom Petty
53%
"I'm the king of Milwaukee"

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Artists From Milwaukee

A
Ava Max
pop Pop: 78
S
Steve Miller
rock Pop: 67
S
Steve Miller Band
rock Pop: 66
W
Woody Herman
jazz Pop: 65
T
The Blue Boys
blues Pop: 65
K
K Camp
hip-hop Pop: 61
D
Danny Gokey
gospel Pop: 58
V
Violent Femmes
indie Pop: 57
T
Tank
r-n-b Pop: 57
J
Jake Paul
pop Pop: 56
S
Silmaril
metal Pop: 56
A
Al Jarreau
jazz Pop: 53
T
The Promise Ring
indie Pop: 52
J
Jaill
indie Pop: 51
J
Jungle Rot
metal Pop: 50
E
Eric Benét
r-n-b Pop: 50
B
Beatallica
rock Pop: 47
L
Lakeyah
hip-hop Pop: 46
T
The Invasion
rock Pop: 45
D
Direct Hit!
metal Pop: 44

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History of Milwaukee

Club 219 RoadyGoat

1988

The building at 219 South 2nd Street sat empty for years after Club 219 shut its doors in 2005. For three decades before that, it was the anchor of Milwaukee's gay nightlife, a place of drag revues, friendships, and first nights out. It was also, for several men who would never come home, the last place they were seen alive. Jeffrey Dahmer met a number of his victims here between 1988 and 1991. The neighborhood around Walker's Point has since become a different kind of place, lit up and loud again, but the stretch of sidewalk where the old club stood keeps its own quiet memory of the people who were lost.

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The Ambassador Hotel RoadyGoat

1987

The Ambassador Hotel, a 1927 Art Deco landmark on Wisconsin Avenue, was restored in 2007 into one of Milwaukee's showpiece boutique hotels. It is also the site of Jeffrey Dahmer's second known murder, committed in a rented room in November 1987. The hotel rarely acknowledges it, and there is no reason it should. The lobby still carries its original terrazzo and brass, the ceilings still catch the light. Some of the building's history is displayed proudly at the entrance. Some of it is quieter, tucked somewhere underneath the polish.

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924 North 25th Street RoadyGoat

1990

An empty lot on Milwaukee's near west side is all that remains of the Oxford Apartments, the building where Jeffrey Dahmer lived in Apartment 213 between 1990 and 1991. Most of his victims died within those walls, the crimes ending on a July night in 1991 when a young man escaped and flagged down two police officers a few blocks away. The complex was demolished in November 1992 after no buyer could be found, and the block was left deliberately unlandscaped. No marker, no plaque, no bench. The quiet patch of grass between 25th and 26th Street is, by design, nothing at all.

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Harley-Davidson Museum

1903

Museum celebrating the iconic motorcycle company founded in a Milwaukee shed in 1903 by William Harley and Arthur Davidson.

Henry Maier Festival Park (Summerfest Grounds)

1968

Home of Summerfest since 1970, recognized by Guinness as the world's largest music festival, drawing over 800,000 attendees annually.

Bay View Rolling Mill - 1886 Labor Massacre

1886

On May 5, 1886, state militia fired on unarmed workers marching for an eight-hour workday at the Bay View rolling mill, killing seven.

Milwaukee Art Museum

2001

Santiago Calatrava's Quadracci Pavilion features a massive kinetic brise soleil that opens and closes like wings on the Lake Michigan shore.

Pabst Brewing Complex

1844

Former headquarters of Pabst Brewing Company, once the largest brewery in America, in the heart of Milwaukee's brewing district.

Everything Near Milwaukee

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