Last updated: July 1 2020 at 11:18 a.m.
The Shepherd Express is Milwaukee’s source for events and arts & entertainment news. We will provide our readers with up to date information on cancellations, closings and postponements due to the coronavirus with regular updates as the situation develops. We are also following restaurant and bar closures and modified schedules here.
Acacia Theatre remaining shows cancelled
Alfons Gallery suspending operations
All in Productions/Milwaukee Opera Theatre
• The New Galileos, June 18-20, postponed
Alliance Française de Milwaukee events postponed or cancelled
American Legion Post #449 live music suspended until further notice
Ampersand Theater shows cancelled until further notice
Anodyne Coffee Roasting Co.
- The Moth StorySlam: Challenge postponed
Armenian Fest postponed to 2021
Arts @ Large all community center events postponed
Back Room at Colectivo
- Rev Payton's Big Damn Band postponed
- Peter Mulvey postponed
- Pert Near Sandstone postponed
- Lauren Ruth Ward postponed
- Jens Lekman cancelled
Bavarian Bierhaus Lager & Friends Beer Festival postponed
Bay View Tragedy Observation May 3, cancelled
Bel Canto Chorus
• Auction & Gale, rescheduled for Aug. 29
Betty Brinn Children’s Museum closed until further notice
Black Arts MKE
- Love and Southern D!scomfort, cancelled
- Black Arts Fest MKE, Aug. 1, postponed to 2021
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Blu (Pfister) closed until further notice
Boswell Books no events until further notice
Brady Street Festival postponed to 2021
Cactus Club all shows postponed.
Captain Pabst Pilot House (formerly Pabst Milwaukee Brewery & Taproom)
Cardinal Stritch University all events cancelled
Catey Ott Dance Collective events cancelled
Cathedral Square Market postponed
Cedarburg Cultural Center closed until further notice
Cedarburg Strawberry Festival virtual only
Charles Allis Art Museum closed until further notice
Chill on the Hill postponed to 2021
Club Garibaldi
- Nick Mullen postponed
- Smash Your Enemies, WHUT?, ZOR, Killer of Sheep and The Gavel postponed
ComedySportz events postponed
Concord Chamber Orchestra concerts cancelled
Cooperative Performance
- SmörgåsBoard postponed
DanceCircus
- Turbulence, postponed until May
Danceworks closed until further notice
Door Kinetic Arts Festival June event postponed.
Early Music Now concerts cancelled
Earth Poets & Musicians Annual Earth Day Performance
Postponed until 2021
Falls Memorial Fest May 23, Cancelled
Festa Italiana postponed to 2021
Fine Arts Quartet
• Concert Festival, June 22-29, cancelled
FiservForum
- Blake Shelton, postponed
- Gospelfest, postponed
- Dan + Shay, postponed until Aug. 28
- Michael Bublé, rescheduled for Feb. 24, 2021
- Milwaukee Bucks home games, postponed
- Tame Impala, postponed
- Elton John, postponed
- Roger Waters, postponed
Fireside Theater closed until further notice
First Stage remaining shows cancelled
Florentine Opera Rigoletto postponed to 2021
Forge Theater remaining performances cancelled
Frankly Music remaining performances cancelled
Fringe Fest, postponed to 2021
German Fest July 24-26, postponed to 2021
GreekFest June 19-21, postponed to 2021
Grohmann Museum closed until further notice
Haggerty Museum of Art closed until further notice
Harley-Davidson Museum closed until further notice
iHeartMedia Milwaukee
- V100.7 Family Affair Expo at the Products Pavilion at State Fair Park, rescheduled for Nov. 21.
- 95.7 BIG FM's Beatle Bash at Waukesha County Expo Center, rescheduled for Oct. 9
Holocaust Education and Resource Center, Nathan & Esther Pelz
All events cancelled or postponed
Irish Cultural and Heritage Center
Closed until further notice
Irish Fest Aug. 13-16 postponed to 2021
Italian Community Center all events cancelled or postponed
Jazz in the Park postponed
Jewish Community Center, Harry & Rose Samson Family
Closed until further notice
Jewish Museum Milwaukee closed until further notice
Juneteenth Day postponed to 2021
Kohler Arts Center
• Midsummer Festival of the Arts, July 18-19 cancelled
Levitt AMP Sheboygan Music Series cancelled
Lakefront Festival of the Arts postponed to 2021
Lakefront Fireworks July 3 postponed to 2021
Landmarks Gallery reopened
Laughing Tap
- Entre Nos, rescheduled for Aug. 15
Linneman’s Riverwest Inn all shows postponed
LUNAFEST Women's Film Festival postponed
Lynden Sculpture Garden online activities only
Marcus Performing Arts Center
- National Geographic Live, postponed to Sept. 24
- Hiplet Ballerinas, postponed to Sept. 30
- The Comedy of Hamlet, postponed
- Main Street Song and Dance, postponed
- Leo Kottke, postponed
Miller High Life Theatre
- 9th Annual Blues Festival, postponed
- Alice Cooper, postponed
Miller Park
- Kenny Chesney, postponed
- Milwaukee Brewers home games, postponed
Milwaukee Admirals season suspended
Milwaukee Art Museum closed until further notice
Milwaukee Ballet
Milwaukee Comedy
- Dave Waite, postponed to July 10-11
Milwaukee Public Library all branches closed but some curbside service available
Milwaukee County Park System all facilities closed until further notice.
Milwaukee County Zoo partial reopen on June 13
Milwaukee Highland Games/Scottish Fest, June 6 cancelled
Milwaukee Irish Arts no events schedules
Milwaukee Marathon
- Milwaukee Marathon, Half Marathon and 5K runs cancelled.
Milwaukee Public Museum closed until further notice
Milwaukee Repertory Theater closed except for streamed events
Milwaukee Short Film Festival, Sept. 11-12, postponed to 2021
Milwaukee Wave season cancelled
MobCraft Beer Sour Fest rescheduled for June 13
Monument Square Art Festival cancelled
Morning Star Productions
• Double Cross, postponed to late June /early July
NEWaukee events cancelled
Next Act Theatre events cancelled
Northern Lights Theater
- Australian Bee Gees rescheduled to Aug. 31-Sept. 4, 2020
- Gin Blossoms rescheduled to Oct. 18, 2020
- Ides of March with Mindy Abair rescheduled to Oct. 1, 2020
- The Manhattans rescheduled to Sept. 24, 2020
- Home Free rescheduled to Aug. 21, 2020
- Nazareth postponed
- Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes postponed
- All Bonkerz comedy shows suspended
Northern Sky Theater outdoor season cancelled
Old Falls Village Days May 29-31 cancelled
Optimist Theatre Shakespeare in the Park postponed to 2021
Otto Wenz Café Hollander Downer Classic postponed to Aug. 8
Pabst Mansion closed until further notice
Pabst Theater
- Kathleen Madigan postponed
- The Haunting of Night Vale postponed
- Dweezil Zappa; Hot Rats Live + Other Hot Stuff 1969 postponed
- Colin Hay postponed
- TUSK postponed
- LETTERKENNY LIVE! postponed
Paint Cedarburg June 6-13 cancelled
Peck School of the Arts all events cancelled
Peninsula Players all summer shows cancelled
Philomusica season suspended
Polish Fest postponed
Portrait Society Gallery exhibit available online
Potawatomi Hotel & Casino operations suspended
Present Music
• Powerhouse Pianist Series postponed
• Spaghetti Western, May 22, postponed
Pride Fest postponed to 2021
Quasimondo Physical Theatre
- Dr. Faustus postponed
Racine Symphony Orchestra all concerts cancelled or postponed
Racine Theatre Guild
• Bye Bye Birdie, July 17-26, cancelled
Racine Zoo
- Closed until further notice
- Concert Series postponed to 2021
Radio Milwaukee
- 414 Live, Thursdays, will be broadcast without a live audience for the foreseeable future
The Rave
- Mama Tried postponed
- Silversun Pickups postponed
- Lil Mosey postponed
- Sepultura postponed
- We Came As Romans with The Devil Wears Prada, Gideon, Dayseeker, postponed
- In This Moment w/ Black Veil Brides postponed
- Bad Religion w/ Alkaline Trio postponed
Riverside Theater
- Shin Lim rescheduled for Sept. 27
- Brit Floyd rescheduled for Aug. 27
- Go Live! Comedy Show postponed
- Bert Kreischer's Berty Boy World Tour postponed
- Celtic Thunder, rescheduled for Nov. 25
River Rhythms postponed to 2021
Rock the Green Annual Earth Day Celebration postponed to 2021
Shank Hall
- Ward Davis rescheduled for June 7
- Nielsen Trust postponed
- Jeffrey Gaines rescheduled for July 19
- No Quarter rescheduled for Sept. 25
- Joe Louis Walker postponed
- Brand X rescheduled for Sept. 20
- Talisk postponed until September
- Tinsley Ellis rescheduled for Sept. 30
- Jagged Little Pill rescheduled for Oct. 30
- Cold w/ University Drive postponed until October
- Altered Five Blues Band rescheduled for Oct. 9
- Jazz is Phsh rescheduled for June 9
- Frank Marino rescheduled for Sept. 28
- New Wave Fest, rescheduled for June 12
- Cold, rescheduled for Oct. 31
Shorewood Criterium Cycling Classic postponed to Aug. 6
Skylight Music Theatre
• Evita postponed
• Candide, postponed
South Milwaukee Performing Arts Center
- Mutts Gone Nuts postponed to April 29, 2021
- Steven Wright postponed to Oct. 2
15th Anniversary Variety Show, cancelled
Summerfest postponed to 2021
SummerStage of Delafield performances cancelled
Summer Soulstice Music Festival postponed to 2021
Sunset Playhouse performances cancelled
Third Avenue Playhouse (Door County)
- A Life in the Theatre, postponed to Oct. 29-Nov. 29
- Tiny Beautiful Things cancelled
Driving Miss Daisy, cancelled
Anyone Can Whistle, cancelled
Tory Folliard Gallery
Open by appointment only
Tour of America’s Dairyland Cycling Series postponed to late July/early August
Turner Hall
- Young Dolph and Key Glock postponed
- Chippendales 2020 Get Naughty Tour postponed
- Rock en tu Idioma postponed
- Dumb People Town postponed
- Tiki Takedown postponed
- Hippie Sabotage rescheduled for Aug. 17
Two Crow Theatre
- The Aliens postponed
UW-Milwaukee Panther Arena
- AEW Dynamite Show rescheduled for Oct. 28
UW-Milwaukee Union all events cancelled
Washington Park Wednesday Summer Concert Series postponed to 2021
Villa Terrace Art Museum closed until further notice
Wilde Subaro Family Kite Festival postponed to Sept. 12-13
Walkers Point Center for the Arts gallery hours suspended
Waukesha County Fair postponed to 2021
Wisconsin Conservatory of Music classes, ensembles and recitals suspended
Wisconsin Museum of Fiber Arts closed until further notice
Wisconsin State Fair postponed to 2021
WMSE
- Rock-N-Roll Bowl, postponed to Aug. 2
- Art & Music, postponed to July 10
Woodland Pattern Book Center live events cancelled
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Zoo a la Carte postponed to 2021
