The Rave ★ 4.3
The Rave on West Wisconsin Avenue is a six-floor music venue in the 1927 Eagles Club ballroom, with concerts, dance nights and the smaller Eagles Hall side.
Dance clubs, live music, rooftop bars, speakeasies, LGBTQ+ nightlife, listening bars and late-night dives across Milwaukee, with where to go and what is worth the late night.
Dance Clubs in Milwaukee
Live Music in Milwaukee
The Jazz Estate ★ 4.5
The Jazz Estate on North Murray Avenue on the East Side has hosted nightly live jazz since 1977, with a tin-ceilinged room, a long cocktail list and table.
Shank Hall ★ 4.3
Shank Hall on North Farwell Avenue on the East Side is a 300-cap concert venue named for the Spinal Tap club, with national and local rock and folk acts.
Company Brewing ★ 4.4
Company Brewing on East Center Street in Riverwest is a craft brewery, music venue and kitchen with Wisconsin sours, IPAs and a deep weekend brunch and live.
Rooftop Bars in Milwaukee
The Outsider ★ 4.4
The Outsider rooftop bar atop the Kimpton Journeyman Hotel on East Chicago Street in the Third Ward runs craft cocktails, small plates and Milwaukee skyline.
Speakeasies in Milwaukee
Bryant's Cocktail Lounge ★ 4.8
Bryant's Cocktail Lounge on South 9th Street in Lincoln Village has poured no-menu cocktails since 1938 with dealer's-choice service in a speakeasy-style.
Safe House ★ 4.3
Safe House on North Front Street downtown is a spy-themed bar since 1966 with password entry, hidden doors and a long cocktail list aimed at out-of-town.
Lgbtq in Milwaukee
This Is It ★ 4.4
This Is It on East Wells Street downtown has been an LGBTQ neighborhood bar since 1968, the oldest gay bar in Wisconsin, with brandy Old Fashioneds.
Listening Bars in Milwaukee
Boone and Crockett ★ 4.6
Boone and Crockett on South Water Street in Walker's Point is a craft cocktail bar with a deep brandy Old Fashioned program, vegan snacks and a small natural.
Late Night Dives in Milwaukee
Wolski's Tavern ★ 4.5
Wolski's Tavern on North Pulaski Street has been a Lower East Side corner tavern since 1908, with the city's most famous I Closed Wolski's bumper sticker.
Holler House ★ 4.5
Holler House on West Lincoln Avenue is the oldest sanctioned bowling alley in America since 1908, with two basement lanes and a corner-bar shot-and-beer.