Skyline Music Series 2024
Each year Skyline Music Series brings Milwaukee families and Milwaukee’s top bands to the Selig-Joseph-Folz Amphitheater, located in COA’s Kilbourn-Kadish Park, to enjoy an evening of great music, family activities, and Milwaukee’s skyline. Join us this summer in the park for Milwaukee’s finest family-friendly concert series!
2024 Concert Schedule
July 9 – De La Buena
Growing from a trio into a powerful ten-piece over the last thirteen years, De La Buena has been electrifying audiences with their own brand of Afro-Cuban and Latin Jazz. Employing jazz harmonic sensibility and a deep-seated love of diverse cultures, De La Buena explores the textures and rhythms of Latin musics of the Americas with roots planted firmly in African Diasporic traditions…. a sophisticated Latin dance band with a touch of the psychedelic if you will.
Featured vendors: Chillwaukee, Pedro’s South American Food, Twisted Plants, Fully Loaded, Black Husky Brewing, Gathering Place Brewing Company, Betty Brinn Mobile Museum
July 16 – Donna Woodall
Sponsored by: Hintz Giuffre CPAs
Donna artfully blends the musical styles of artists such as Carole King, Cassandra Wilson, Bonnie Raitt, Norah Jones, Sting, Marvin Gaye, and Tracy Chapman with elements of traditional jazz and blues. The result? A fresh, new twist on familiar pop songs. Audiences are delighted by her eclectic song selections, cool originals, creative renditions of classic hits and jazz standards, and her bold moves into different music genres- all the while staying grounded in her jazz roots.
Featured vendors: Chillwaukee, Pedro’s South American Food, Roll MKE, Twisted Plants, Black Husky Brewing, Gathering Place Brewing Company, UWM Planetarium, Riverwest Grown
July 23 – Betsy Ade and the Well-Known Strangers
w/ Opening Act Michael Grabner
Betsy Ade and the Well-Known Strangers has been entertaining Midwest audiences with a cello infused, alternative pop/rock, with a tinge-of-country-band sound. Betsy Ade was recently a contestant on NBC’s The Voice.
Featured vendors: Chillwaukee, Pedro’s South American Food, Fully Loaded, Black Husky Brewing, Gathering Place Brewing Company, Good Land Church, Urban Ecology Center, Habitat for Humanity
July 30 – The Screamin’ Cucumbers
Sponsored by: Robert W. Baird and Co. Inc.
The Screamin’ Cucumbers (Cukes) are a diverse Milwaukee area cover band formed in 2004 and have played just about every Milwaukee venue including Summerfest and State Fair. The Cukes have even taken their show on the road internationally and performed outside the US. The setlist consists primarily of great danceable pop, rock and country tunes with a bit of an emphasis on the 80’s. If it’s upbeat, danceable and fun it’s probably on the setlist.
Featured vendors: Chillwaukee, Pedro’s South American Food, Roll MKE, Fully Loaded, Black Husky Brewing, Gathering Place Brewing Company
August 6 – The Kal Bergendahl Project
Kal Jon Bergendahl is an accomplished bassist, composer, arranger and educator based directly between Chicago and Milwaukee in Kenosha, Wisconsin. His soulful and energetic playing has gained him attention as a top-notch bassist. Kal has both an Associate Degree and a Bachelor Degree in Music. While at college in Milwaukee (MATC) and Kenosha (U.W. Parkside), he studied with many well-known Midwest jazz musicians including Jack Grassel, Harold Miller, Tim Bell, Tom McGirr, and Berkeley Fudge. Some of his wide-ranging musical influences include Marcus Miller, Stevie Wonder, Snarky Puppy, Jamie Cullum, Fred Hammond, and Claude Debussy.
Featured vendors: Chillwaukee, Pedro’s South American Food, Roll MKE, Twisted Plants, Black Husky Brewing, Gathering Place Brewing Company, Good Land Church, Riverwest Grown, Habitat for Humanity
August 13 – The Jimmys
“The Jimmys is an award-winning festival favorite that has brought people together from coast to coast, Canada, Europe, and the Caribbean for over fifteen years. The Jimmys feature band leader Jimmy Voegeli–phenomenal Hammond B-3 keyboardist, singer and songwriter; an experienced killer rhythm section steeped in blues with Perry Weber on guitar, Chris Sandoval on drums, and John Wartenwieler on bass. The icing on the cake is the best horn section in the Midwest—Pete Ross on saxophone, Chad Whittinghill on trumpet, and Joe Goltz on trombone. It doesn’t get any better than this–The Jimmys will deliver!” – The Reif Center for the Arts
Featured vendors: Chillwaukee, Pedro’s South American Food, Twisted Plants, Fully Loaded, Black Husky Brewing, Gathering Place Brewing Company, Betty Brinn Mobile Museum, UWM Planetarium, Good Land Church, Riverwest Grown
August 20 – Urban Empress & the UrbanItes
Hailing from Milwaukee, Urban Empress & The UrbanItes emanate positive vibes through the spirit of reggae music. The UrbanItes aim to motivate, heal, and empower through their original music and classic covers with a rootsy vibe infused with splashes of neo-soul, dub, hip hop, ska, and of corse island reggae.
Featured vendors: Chillwaukee, Pedro’s South American Food, Roll MKE, Twisted Plants, Black Husky Brewing, Gathering Place Brewing Company, Good Land Church
Special thank you to our Skyline Music Series sponsors:
