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TO THE MUSIC MUSIC MOVES OUTDOORS 10+ SUMMER FESTIVALS Get Out & Do What You Like to do JUNE 2018 Colin Mochre Warming up to Wisconsin weather by default LOVERBOY Reliably rocking Oshkosh Waterfest in August FOX CITIES PAC Music for all this fall UPcomiNG EVENts: PLUS! Fox Cities | Green Bay MARK’S Marshfield | Oshkosh Stevens Point | Waupaca EAST SIDE NO Detail too small Wausau | Wisconsin Rapids FOR success Waterfest Tickets Celebrates on sale now Summer C l i c k h e r e BY ROCKING THE FOX Advance Ticket Availability Also appearing VIP & General Admission Season Passes The Producers Thomas Wynn & Copper Box (On Line, Oshkosh Chamber & Bank First) Single Event VIP Admission Paul Sanchez and The Believers The Legendary (On Line, Oshkosh Chamber, Bank First) The Rolling Road Show Davis Rogan Band Shadows of Knight Single Event General Admission (On Line-only) The Tin Men REMO DRIVE Brett Newski & No Tomorrow Admissions are also available at the gate day of show Questions: Call Oshkosh Chamber (920) 303-2265 Alex McMurray Road Trip The Pocket Kings For Group Discounts, Gazebo & Stage Right admissions The Lao Tizer Quartet Nick Schnebelen And more! Sponsorships: Mike at (920) 279-7574 or John at (920) 303-2265 x18 WATERFEST.ORG FOR MORE INFO Get Out & Do What You Like to Do JUNE 2018 p.12 COLIN MOCHRE PROFESSES HE HAS NO PLANS P. 4 P. 8 P.18 P.28 DEPARTMENTS LOWDOWN LOVERBOY MUSIC FEsts FALL FOX PUBLISHER’S NOTE p. 2 BRASS Still lovin’ every 11 Wisconsin CITIES PAC A little of everything minute of summer festivals Musical variety SUPPER CLUB - musical in Milwaukee working for the on sale now Mark’s East Side weekend in Appleton p.24 EVENts CALENdaR p.34 PUBLISHER’S NOTE Move It Outdoors JuneFa mily2018, Fu Vol.n Edit2, Issueion 6 June is here and it is time to get Supper Club Guy- David Brierely PUBLISHERS NORMA JEAN FOCHS outside and enjoy some warm goes German at Mark’s East Side PATRICK BOYLE weather and sunshine. The longer in Appleton. He shares the details days will turn back the other way of the experience so real you can CONTRIBUTORS DAVID BRIERLEY before you know it so there is no picture every detail. Reading the PETER LINDBLAD time like the present to get out and account is just the first step. Be sure ART enjoy all the season has to offer in to go and taste the fantastic food GRAPHIC DESIGNERS Wisconsin. Patios and decks are and experience for yourself. KELLY ANDERSON NICOLE MACMARTIN now open throughout the area We have ticket info for three to invite us to dine al fresco and musical acts with very different ADVERTISING NORMA JEAN FOCHS enjoy a tidal wave of musical acts styles (folk-rock, a Capella and [email protected] serenading us in the sun. instrumental contemporary jazz) PATRICK BOYLE [email protected] There is no denying music is a coming to the Fox Cities PAC in big part of summer in this state. October. If you are a music-lover ADMINISTRATIVE CONTACT SPECIALIST In this issue, contributor Peter you may just want to secure tickets AUDREY FOCHS Lindblad makes a full sweep of for all three. Out & About Wisconsin is published monthly by Foxx Interactive summer music delivering interviews As always, our Events Calendar Services. All rights reserved. No duplication of any editorial or photography is allowed without written permission from Foxx with acts you can catch in WI this includes over 100 listings of things Interactive Services. Copyright 2018. summer. He talks with Loverboy to do in Wisconsin this month (playing at Waterfest in Oshkosh in with live links so details are just a Printable PDF version of this issue available at: August) guitarist Paul Dean and The click away. https://outandaboutwisconsin.com/digital-magazine/ LowDown Brass Band (playing at We are just at the beginning Summerfest in Milwaukee in July) of a summer of festivals, fairs sousaphone player Lance Loiselle and celebrations so buckle in For those of you who are part and provides a wrap-up of summer and get your “like to do” list of a group that is planning an upcoming event, we want music festivals in this issue’s TO ready, then get out and do what to hear from you. THE MUSIC theme story as well. you like to do! O&A Make sure to send information about that event to editor@ Mr. Lindblad takes care not outandaboutwisconsin.com, and we’ll to limit himself to one form of get it listed on our calendar. Not sure what to include? Check out this month’s entertainment, also contributing an calendar, where we explain exactly what kind of information we need. Just interview with Colin Mochre (who Norma Jean Fochs remember, if your event is in July, will appear in Milwaukee with Brad NORma JEAN FOCHS we need to know about it in the PUBLISHER beginning of June. Sherwood in September). [email protected] 2 www.DoWhatYouLikeToDo.com SOUTH TENT 1:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. MAD SCIENCE sponsored by Country (Science Experiments) Inn and Suites 3:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. JERRY FRASIER (Comic Magician) NORTH TENT 1 p.m. – 4 p.m. BINGO sponsored by (Games) Delta Dental 7 p.m. – 11 p.m. VADA’S ROCKHOUSE (Rock) PFIFFNER BUILDING 1 p.m. – 3 p.m. TRIVIA CONTEST sponsored by PFIFFNER PIONEER PARK Stevens Point, Wisconsin UW - Stevens Point 4:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. RED ROSE June 29 - July 1, 2018 715-346-1531 (Looping/Dub) stevenspoint.com/rr 7:30 p.m. – 10:30 p.m. THEM COULEE BOYS Premium Sponsors: Miller Lite, Point Beer, Skyward, Inc., (Bluegrass) Habush, Habush and Rottier, S.C., Wildcard Corp. Festival partners: Levitt AMP Foundation, Ho Chunk Casino Nekoosa Sunday, July 1 Activities brought to you by Aspirus Stevens Point Clinic Friday, June 29 Activities brought to you by EVENTS Sentry Insurance 9 a.m. – 6 p.m. HORSESHOE ENTERTAINMENT Mead Park TOURNAMENT (Doubles) MAINSTAGE 7:15 p.m. – 8:15 p.m. SCOTTIE MILLER BAND sponsored by Portage 1 p.m. – 3 p.m. EMERGENCY County Fire sponsored by (Blues) Crosby Avenue VEHICLE DISPLAY Investigation Task Force Coca-Cola 9 p.m. – 11 p.m. THE ORIGINAL WAILERS Sponsored by Physical 1 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. KIDS DAY (Reggae) Therapy Associates South Tent (Games and Prizes) NORTH TENT COLD SODA CLUB sponsored by 9:15 p.m. – 9:45 p.m. LIGHTED BOAT 7 p.m. – 11 p.m. Stevens Point Boat Club sponsored by (Rock) Bukolt Park to PARADE Delta Dental Hwy. 10 Bridge Dusk FIREWORKS PFIFFNER BUILDING 7 p.m. – 10:30 p.m. PORKY’S GROOVE Launched from sponsored by MACHNE Mead Park UW - Stevens Point (Funk) ENTERTAINMENT Saturday, June 30 Activities brought to you by MAINSTAGE 1 p.m. – 3 p.m. GOOD FOR THE SOUL BioLife Plasma Services sponsored by (Blues) Coca-Cola 6:15 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. WHEELHOUSE EVENTS (Bluegrass) COPPER BOX sponsored by American CARP CLASSIC 8:15 p.m. – 9:45 p.m. 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. (Roots Rock) Family Insurance; Jim (Fishing Contest) Check Agency Deck SOUTH TENT 3:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. KENNY AHREN 9 a.m. – 6 p.m. HORSESHOE sponsored by (Physical Comic) Mead Park TOURNAMENT Country Inn and Suites (Singles) NORTH TENT 1 p.m. – 4 p.m. BINGO sponsored by (Games) ENTERTAINMENT Delta Dental 7 p.m. – 11 p.m. BACK’N KICKIN MAINSTAGE 1:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. MICHAEL SONIK (Classic Rock) sponsored by (Rock) Coca-Cola 7:15 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. THE SNOWBIRDS (Indie Rock) PFIFFNER BUILDING 1 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. POETRY SLAM sponsored by sponsored by CREATE Portage County 9:30 p.m. – 11 p.m. TONIC UW - Stevens Point (Rock) 5:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. SOUL SYMMETRY (Funk/Jam) Support the festival by purchasing your food and beverage on the grounds!!! LOWDOWN BRASS The LowDown Brass Band BREAKING NEW GROUND BY PETER LINDBLAD infectious drumming, sousaphone artistic expression for the band. Their insanity and its arsenal of trumpets, self-produced fifth album LowDown A wild melting pot of jazz, hip hop trombones and saxophones. Against Breaks mixes in elements from the and world music, as well as about a that colorful backdrop, rapper Billa golden age of hip hop and pushes the hundred other genres, the LowDown Camp spits fiery, poetic rhymes that LowDown Brass Band to boldly explore Brass Band is fast becoming one mesmerize. new territory. of Chicago’s most interesting and Maintaining a rigorous, almost On July 5, the LowDown Brass audacious musical exports. constant touring schedule, the Band will play Summerfest. They are Building off its affinity for the LowDown Brass Band – known for scheduled to take the Johnson Controls boisterous second-line street beat of their fun, exuberant performances – World Stage at 6:45 p.m. Sousaphone New Orleans, the LowDown Brass put on a memorable performance at the player Lance Loiselle lets everyone Band traffics in dynamic, funky 2017 Chicago Jazz Festival. Two years know what they’re in for in this grooves, fearless improvisation and earlier, they released the LP LowDown interview. wondrous vocal harmonies with its Sounds, a big step forward in terms of 4 www.DoWhatYouLikeToDo.com LOWDOWN BRASS O&AW: For those not in the know, what know to play that kind of music July 5, the is a LowDown Brass Band show like? we were playing (conflicting claves LANCE LOISELLE: An LDB show yikes!), there was no audience LowDown Brass is crazy experience – it’s high participation, and only about 20 energy, a myriad of tone colors people in the crowd anyway ..