Shank Hall

1434 N Farwell Avenue
Milwaukee, WI 53202
Tel: (414) 276-7288

Shank Hall Website

Live Music Schedule:

2/8 Ingram Hill, Matt Duke, Mikey Wax
2/10 Pat McCurdy
2/11 Gypsy
2/12 Girlyman, Edie Carey
2/17 Liam Ford Band, Elvis Thao & The Creatives
2/18 Drivin’ N Cryin’, Cream City Gypsys
2/24 Philip Gatewood feat. Ramie Espinoza, Jude Kinnear
2/25 Recitifier, Magic Box

3/1 Dave Alvin & The Guilty Ones, Sam Llanas
3/2 Harmonica Blow Out with Jim Liban, Steve Cohen, Matthew Soller, Benny Rickun
3/3 Jake Paul Band, The Imperial
3/5 Whitehorse
3/8 Roger Clyne (solo)
3/9 Greg Koch Quartet
3/12 Eisley, Marksmen, Christie DuPree
3/15 Ike Reilly Assassination, Brendan O’Shea
3/16 This Must Be The Band (Talking Heads Trib)
3/17 Pat McCurdy
3/22 Blitz The Ambassador
3/23 No Quarter (Led Zeppelin Trib)
3/24 Peter Case, Paul Collins, Chuck Prophet & The Mission Express
3/25 Mike Doughty “The Book of Drugs”
3/29 James McMurtry, Dana Erlandson
3/30 Wook, The Coop

4/3 Allan Holdsworth feat. Jimmy Haslip, Virgil Donati, Marbin
4/6 Pat McCurdy
4/7 The Sandcarvers, The Form
4/19 Big Sandy & His Fly Rite Boys
4/21 Semi Twang
4/25 The Band of Heathens
4/26 Green River Ordinance
4/27 Steez
4/28 JD McPherson

5/4 Leon Redbone
5/5 Southern Tradition
5/6 Wishbone Ash
5/10 Tyrone Wells, Joe Brooks
5/15 Bascom Hill
5/18 Mary Fahl

Description:

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.

Directions:

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.