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Festive Holiday Marketplace
Milwaukee Art Museum · 10:00 AM
Festivals & markets
Milwaukee Holiday Lights Festival Kickoff Extravaganza
Pere Marquette Park · 6:30 PM
Festivals & markets
City of Milwaukee Christmas Tree Lighting
Milwaukee Holiday Lights Festival (Milwaukee Downtown BID 21) · 5:00 PM
Festivals & markets
Deck the Streets and Village
Milwaukee Public Museum · Through Jan 3
Festivals & markets
3 Rivers Powwow
Milwaukee Public Museum · 12:00 PM
Festivals & markets
Sci-Fi Family Day
Discovery World · 9:00 AM
Festivals & markets
Annual Pfister Tree Lighting Ceremony
Milwaukee Holiday Lights Festival (Milwaukee Downtown BID 21) · 5:00 PM
Festivals & markets
Milwaukee Makers Market
Discovery World · 10:00 AM
Festivals & markets
Holiday Marketplace 2026
Saint Kate - The Arts Hotel · Through Nov 29
Festivals & markets
Storytime with Santa
Discovery World · 11:00 AM
Festivals & markets
Cocoa and Candy Canes with Santa
Milwaukee Public Museum · 12:00 PM
Festivals & markets
Breakfast with Santa
Saint Kate - The Arts Hotel · Through Dec 13
Festivals & markets
Cocoa with the Clauses
Cathedral Square Park · 11:00 AM
Festivals & markets
Holidays on The Hop
Milwaukee Holiday Lights Festival (Milwaukee Downtown BID 21) · 4:00 PM
Festivals & markets
Cool Fool Kite Festival
Veterans Park · 11:00 AM
Close by, in Walker's Point, Riverwest, East Side
Sat, Nov 14 · Walker's Point
ComedySportz Match
ComedySportz MilwaukeeSat, Nov 14 · Walker's Point
Cask Comedy
Great Lakes DistillerySat, Nov 14 · Walker's Point
Laughing Liberally Milwaukee's 10 Year Anniversary Extravaganza
ComedySportz MilwaukeeSat, Nov 14 · Riverwest
Long May You Run – A Neil Young Tribute & Fundraiser for Planned Parenthood Advocates of Wisconsin – with many acts! *
LinnemansSat, Nov 14 · Walker's Point
The Midnite Show
ComedySportz MilwaukeeSun, Nov 15 · East Side
OMB Peezy
Miramar TheatreMon, Nov 16 · East Side
Adam Unsworth Horn Recital
Music BuildingMon, Nov 16 · Riverwest
Featured Reader: Songs of Life * November 16, 2026
LinnemansTue, Nov 17 · East Side
R&B Tuesday
Miramar TheatreTue, Nov 17 · Walker's Point
November $10 Flight Night (Still & Oak)
Great Lakes DistilleryTue, Nov 17 · Walker's Point
Mullet Bingo (Milwaukee)
Great Lakes DistilleryTue, Nov 17 · East Side
Aurore Sibley, author of Some Things Don't Burn: Art, Activism, and Arson at the Bugle American, in conversation with
Boswell Book CompanyPlaces in Downtown Milwaukee
- Pabst Theater Group (Pabst, Riverside, Turner Hall, Vivarium, Miller High Life Theatre)Concert promoter / theaters · 59 coming up
- Milwaukee Art MuseumArt museum · 51 coming up
- UW-Milwaukee Panther ArenaArena · 36 coming up
- Marcus Performing Arts CenterPerforming arts center · 33 coming up
- Milwaukee Public Library Central LibraryPublic library · 30 coming up
- Milwaukee Holiday Lights Festival (Milwaukee Downtown BID 21)Holiday festival · 29 coming up
- Saint Kate - The Arts HotelArts hotel / music bar · 22 coming up
- Betty Brinn Children's MuseumChildren's museum · 19 coming up
- Milwaukee Public MuseumMuseum · 19 coming up
- Fiserv ForumArena · 18 coming up
- Miller High Life TheatreTheater · 14 coming up
- Interchange Theater Co-opImprov theater · 12 coming up
- Milwaukee County Historical SocietyHistory museum · 11 coming up
- Discovery WorldScience museum · 9 coming up
- Milwaukee Repertory TheaterTheater · 9 coming up
- Present MusicMusic ensemble · 8 coming up
- First StageChildren's theater · 7 coming up
- Festival City SymphonyOrchestra · 5 coming up
- Florentine OperaOpera company · 4 coming up
- Grohmann Museum (MSOE)Art museum · 4 coming up
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