5/23 The Barr Brothers
5/24 Anders Osborne, Clarence Bucaro
5/25 The Steepwater Band
5/26 Anna Fermin
5/27 Orgone Monophonics
5/30 James Lee Stanley, Nora Collins
5/31 Graffiti6, Yuna
6/1 Opus Reunion, Jesse Lee Montijo, Stellar Spaces
6/2 Pat McCurdy
6/6 Jon McLaughlin, Bob Stamper
6/7 Walter Trout & The Radicals
6/9 Happytown, Independent Idols
6/20 Chris Duarte Group
6/21 Roger Clyne & The Peacemakers
7/14 Marcia Ball
7/20 Steely Dane
7/21 Panalure
7/27 Todd Snider & The Burnouts
8/9 Young Dubliners
8/10 Janiva Magness
8/24 Elizabeth Cook, Tim Carroll
8/30 Will Hoge
The name Shank Hall comes from the musicians’ cult film This Is Spinal Tap. In the film, Spinal Tap played in Milwaukee at a then fictitious club named Shank Hall. The club’s owner, Peter Jest, booked the Tap at the UWM Ballroom July 11, 1984. He then promised the band if he ever opened a club in Milwaukee it would be named Shank Hall. Guess what? He did. In 1989. You can read more about the legend of Shank Hall in the Spinal Tap Shrine during your next visit to the club.
94 East to 794 East exit on Jackson/Van Buren. Take Van Buren north to Ogden, turn right, take Ogden to Prospect, turn left, take Prospect to Curtis, turn left on Curtis, 1/2 block to Farwell, turn left on Farwell. You may also choose to take I-43 north instead of 794 and follow the directions above.
A fenced-in parking lot at 1475 N Farwell (right side of the street) is available to Shank Hall patrons during shows only. Please do not park in any other lots in the area. If the lot is full, there is plenty of street parking in the area. Shank Hall is located on the left side of the street, about a half block south of the parking lot.
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