Thank you.

We’re humbled by all of the giving, donating, sharing, performing, supporting, and loving that has gone into this Milwaukee Month. 4/14/14 was amazing and inspiring. We can thank these folks by name, but thanks to all who spread the word and celebrated in a way befitting our little holiday. (Photo by Michael Goelzer.)

88Nine Radio Milwaukee
Pabst Blue Ribbon
Yelp! Milwaukee
Classic Slice
Marc Solheim, Cassie Bauman, and everyone at Turner Hall Ballrom
Great Lakes Distillery
Hotel Foster
Decibully
Juniper Tar
Whips
The Summertime Dudes
The Five Card Studs
Mark Waldoch
The Midnite Show
Brew City Bruisers
Andy Gorzalski, Jay Gilkay, and MONDO LUCHA!
Michael Goelzer
Justin Thomas Kay
Alex Hall
David Rudnick
Ted Perry and Fox 6
TMJ4
Milwaukee Record
WMSE
The Office of Mayor Tom Barrett
Historic Milwaukee, Inc.
Jerome Knapp & the King Drive BID
Urban Ecology Center
Joey Zocher & Escuela Verde
NEWaukee
Milwaukee Brewers
Wiskullsin
Less Miltalkee More Milwaukee
Burnhearts
Jason Burczyk
Lodewijk Broekhuizen
Mark Cherek
Rogues Gallery

Happy Milwaukee Day!

The big day is here, and we’ve already been up the City Hall bell tower to ring in Milwaukee Day! We even got this proclamation from Mayor Tom Barrett, so it’s all official. How are you celebrating Milwaukee Day? Like us on Facebook, and follow us on Twitter throughout the day for more fun. 

Once again, our friends at Historic Milwaukee, Inc. are running a series of FREE tours to celebrate Milwaukee Day! To reserve your spot on these special walks, email your name, which tour you’d like to attend, and how many people are in your group to milwaukeeday@gmail.com. Note, space is limited!

SkyWaukee is April 12 at 1 pm

Walker’s Point is April 13 at 1 pm

German Heritage is April 14 at 1 pm

SkyWaukee should meet in front of the John Plankinton statue in the Plankinton Arcade of the Grand Avenue Mall.

Walker’s Point meets at the NW corner of 4th and National.

German Heritage begins at Turner Hall, 1034 N. 4th Street.

#MKEday Instagram Contest Alert!

#MKEday Instagram Contest Alert, y’all!

By now, you all know that the entire month of April is Milwaukee Month, right? It is! Happy Milwaukee Month, Milwaukee!

04/2014 = 4/14 = Milwaukee Month

So we want to see your take on what Milwaukee means to you, ALL MONTH LONG… on Instagram! Silly or serious, beer, cheese, Brewers, architecture, culture, or just you and your friends having fun, we don’t care. We want to see your take on Milwaukee allll April long.

FOR YOUR PHOTO(S) TO BE ELIGIBLE TO WIN:

-Use the hashtag #MKEday
-That’s it! Just hashtag yr photos #MKEday
-Seriously. #MKEday
-One winner will be announced April 30th via social media (Twitter: @Milwaukeeday, on our Milwaukee Day Facebook page, and here on our site as well)
-The winner will receive a pretty rad prize, in addition to snagging serious bragging rights.
-Nothing too crazy/inappropriate, please! (Kthx.)

#MKEday

Win a chance to ring City Hall’s bell on 4/14!

 

Between now and 5PM on Wednesday, April 9, email your name, email address, and phone number to milwaukeeday@gmail.com for your chance to ring the bell at City Hall to kick off 4/14! We’ll pick one lucky winner to join us in the historic bell tower at 8AM and celebrate the beginning of Milwaukee Day!

 

Milwaukee Day™/Month: 4/14 is Almost Here!

Hello Milwaukee.

We all know that April 14 (4/14) is the best day of the year… Milwaukee Day! This year, however, we’ve got a once-in-a-century opportunity to celebrate Milwaukee Month, as April is the fourth month of 2014, the fourteenth year. The universe has spoken, folks… and it favors Milwaukee in a pretty big way this turn around the sun.

So if you love Milwaukee as much as we do, please join us in celebrating and sharing these great Milwaukee Day™ and Milwaukee Month events! More info, links, and events coming soon. Stay tuned!

Milwaukee Day Events:

• 4/5: Meet the Valley Passage w/ Milwaukee Day (10am-4pm)
• 4/11: Maximum Milwaukee at Great Lakes Distillery (8pm-midnight)
• 4/12: Milwaukee Day Party + short film fest w/ Hotel Foster (more info on the way!)
• 4/13: Made on King Drive + Milwaukee Day (2-6pm),
• 4/13: Seven Days of Samsara at the Riverwest Public House
• 4/14: MILWAUKEE DAY CELEBRATION: 7pm at Turner Hall Ballroom (get your tickets here)

Milwaukee Day loves the following events as well! We’re all about the great stuff happening in MKE, so make sure to check out all of this awesomeness, too: 

• 4/5: Escuela Verde‘s Green Tie Gala
• 4/14: NEWaukee YP Week event at Radio Milwaukee
• 4/19: The Brewcity Bruisers’ Semi-Finals bout (7pm at the US Cellular Arena)
• 4/22: Milwaukee’s 3rd Annual Earth Day Celebration (11am-1pm)
• 4/24 S. Carey (9pm at Club Garibaldi’s)
• 4/25: Gallery Night! Check out the amazing work of local artists all over town. (Seriously. Go all over town and check this stuff out, you guys.)
• 4/25: Midnight in Milwaukee w/ the Skylight event
• 4/26: Walnut Way’s Neighborhood Lift-Up (10am-12pm)

Join the celebration of Brew City on social all month long too. Here’s what’s up/where to find us!

#milwaukeeday #milwaukeemonth #MKEday #MKEmonth

Twitter: @milwaukeeday

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/milwaukeeday

And this site, of course! (Watch for rolling updates.)

We love you, Milwaukee. We can’t wait for April, and we can’t wait to celebrate our city with all of you for an entire month. Let’s do this!

Four-one-four the people! -your Milwaukee Day team (L-R: Andy, Brent, Rachel & Timm) 

(Photo credit: Michael Goelzer)

Custard for breakfast

Thanks to Michael Goelzer for the awesome photos of the Milwaukee Day team at Leon’s on a frozen March morning. Total blast. Pictured (L-R): Andy Silverman, Brent Gohde, Rachel Fell, and Timm Gable.

+1 Milwaukee Day

We’re thrilled to have been working with a new friend this year to pull of Milwaukee Day/Month. Rachel Fell probably knows more about this city than Andy, Brent, and Timm put together. You’ll see plenty more by way of events in the coming days, and many of them are just for having Fell in the fold. Doing this!

Milwaukee MONTH

This year, a once in a century occurrence takes place. It’s 2014. Meaning the fourth month of the fourteenth year is 4/14… for THIRTY DAYS. Check the events schedule to find out what’s happening as we celebrate the greatest area code in the world for an entire month – but especially on April 14th.

Thank yous (2013 edition)

Friends,

A huge thanks to everyone who supported Milwaukee Day. If you spread the word, cleaned up a park, and continued to make Milwaukee great daily, thank you! Thanks to the local businesses, bands, venues, organizers, and filmmakers who made it a huge success.

Special thanks to:

– The City of Milwaukee, and the Office of Mayor Tom Barrett

– Milwaukee County, and the Office of County Execute Chris Abele

– Anna and Grace at Historic Milwaukee, Inc.

– Ian and Angela at NEWaukee

– Jason Burczyk & Rollie Flasch from the 4/14 Party

– Weekend Natives

– Andy Gorzalski & Mondo Lucha

– John Henson & the Milwaukee Bucks

– Brandon and Erin at Battlecry Milwaukee

– Milwaukee Home

– Stag Barbershop

– MOCT Milwaukee

– The Hotel Foster

– Stonefly Brewery

– Blackbird Bar

– Lucky Joe’s Tiki Lounge

– Rumor

– Division BMX

– Chris Schulist & Dope Folks Records

– Heather & Tanya at Cramer-Krasselt

– Today’s TMJ4

– CBS58

– WISN TV 12

– Fox6

– The Onion’s AV Club Milwaukee

– Shepherd-Express

– Michael Goelzer

– Lacy Landre

– Paul Jakubovich

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– Toby Silverman

– Justin Thomas Kay

– Adam Loeb

– Sam Macon

– Courtney & Jane

– Paul & Paula Gohde

– All of our friends and families

– Everyone who checked in near and far from the 414.

So many people in the Milwaukee community made this happen and a lot of fun.

Remember, live every day like it’s Milwaukee Day.

Much love. Let’s do this. Again.

Silverman, Gable, and Ghods.