Comedy Shows at Kenosha Comedy Club
2025-02-07 20:00 - 21:30, 2025-02-08 20:00 - 21:30, 2025-02-14 20:00 - 21:30, 2025-02-15 20:00 - 21:30, 2025-02-21 20:00 - 21:30, 2025-02-22 20:00 - 21:30 (America/Chicago) | Wyndham Garden Hotel, 5125 6th Ave, Kenosha, WI, United States
Every Friday and Saturday the Kenosha Comedy Club presents a hilarious 90-minute show that includes a feature act plus a national or regional headliner. No drink minimum! Visit the listed website for newly announced acts.
Lineup:

Greg Schwem: March 22 & 23 at 8PM
Kathleen Dunbar: March 29 & 30 at 8PM
Andy Beningo: April 5 & 6 at 8PM
Michele Traina Divorce Diaries: April 11 & 12 at 8PM
Mr. Showtime: April 12 & 13 at 8PM
Rich Guzzi: April 19th & 20th at 8PM
Chris Barnes: April 26th & 27th at 8PM
Fred Rubino: May 3rd & 4th at 8PM
Daryl Felsberg: May 10th & 11th *PM

For the full schedule, check the listed website and Facebook page.
Presented by Happenings Magazine. Located inside the Wyndham Garden – Kenosha Harborside hotel on the lakefront in Downtown Kenosha.

LIVE MUSIC AT UNION PARK TAVERN
2025-02-07 20:00 - 22:00, 2025-02-08 20:00 - 22:00, 2025-02-13 20:00 - 22:00, 2025-02-14 20:00 - 22:00, 2025-02-15 20:00 - 22:00, 2025-02-20 20:00 - 22:00, 2025-02-21 20:00 - 22:00, 2025-02-22 20:00 - 22:00 | Union Park Tavern, 4520 8th Avenue, Kenosha, WI, 53140, United States
Union park Tavern – June
Thursday, June 5 5pm Cocktail Stunde’s (German Pop) is back! followed by OPEN MIC with host Pat Garrett at 8:30pm. All skills welcomed!
Friday, June 6 🚨🚨DOUBLE HEADER ALERT!
6-9pm in the Biergarten YVES Francois et Rocambu Jazz (Nola Street Jazz)
9pm First Friday Open Mic With Sipos & Young! (All Skills & Talents Welcomed)
Saturday, June 7 – 8pm Frank Falduto and his Patio Daddios (Blues)
Thursday, June 12 – Rhythm Dogs Blues Jam 8pm
Friday, June 13 – 9pm Would You Kindly? (Indie Rock)
Saturday, June 14 6-9pm in the Biergarten – Pat Garrett & the Good Ol Boys. Special Guest Makenzie Knight (Outlaw Country)
Thursday, June 19 Rhythm Dogs Blues Jam 8pm
Friday, June 20 🚨🚨DOUBLE HEADER ALERT!
6-9pm in the Biergarten The Westerlees (Western Swing). 9pm The Eric Algie Duo (EcoLimes funk)
Saturday, June 21- 7pm Chicago/Kenosha Metro Irish Folk Jam
Thursday, June 26 Rhythm Dogs Blues Jam 8pm
Friday, June 27 🚨🚨DOUBLE HEADER ALERT!
6-9pm in the Biergarten The Fugitives (Americana). 9pm Solo Artist Mitch Downey (Classic Rock)
Saturday, June 28 – 6-9pm in the Biergarten Peacetree Allstars (Americana)
Thursday, July 3 Rhythm Dogs Blues Jam 8pm
Friday, July 4 – 9pm First Friday Open Mic With Sipos & Young! (All Skills & Talents Welcomed)
Saturday, July 5 – Stolen Moments (Indie) Little Couch Band (Folk Punk)

The Speak Free Experience with Nico Moore At White Lilac
2025-02-09 12:00 - 14:00, 2025-02-09 16:00 - 18:00 | The White Lilac, 5029 6th Ave, Kenosha, WI, 53140, United States
Nico Moore is a poet, spoken word artist, hip hop artist, musician, fashion designer, and educator, Who also goes by the name Speak Free when sharing art. Nico was born in Racine and Raised in Kenosha, Nico is the visionary behind More Love up cycled clothing and art movement.
Nico has become a well established artist in the greater Midwest, Milwaukee, Minneapolis, and Indiana, and most recently has been able to travel to other parts of the county sharing creative expression.
Nico has hosted countless open mics, organized events, and facilitated community conversations, been an performing arts instructor, recruiter and mentor for education youth college tours, is a peace ambassador with peace learning circle of Kenosha, and above all a devoted and loving father and son. And now grateful to be able to serve the community as the Poet Laureate of Kenosha county for the next two years.
2 shows on 2/9/25 noon & 4pm

Bingo at 58 Below
2025-02-09 14:00 - 16:00, 2025-02-16 14:00 - 16:00 | 58 Below, 504 58th Street, Kenosha, WI, 53140, United States
#GETDOWNHERE Bingo is back baby! First card is free. Each additional card is $5. There will also be other games that you will be able to buy into.

Love is in the Air - A Boozy Book Fair
2025-02-10 17:00 - 20:00 | Tavern on 6th, 5712 6th Ave, Kenosha, 53140, United States
All You Need is Love–and books and booze and chocolate! Calling all bookworms and romantics! Join us for a special Boozy Book Fair on Monday, February 10th as part of a week-long celebration of love at Tavern on 6th!Here’s what you can expect: Browse a curated selection of books by Blue House Books, your local downtown Kenosha bookstore, featuring both romantic reads and captivating stories for every taste. We will also have our Blind Date with a Book and a special Deluxe Package option to go with!Treat yourself or sweetie to decadent booze-infused chocolates by Sara’s Infusion Chocolates – the perfect sweet (and boozy!) treat for Valentine’s Day or any day!Whether you’re single, taken, or just love a good book (and chocolate!), this event is for you. Don’t miss out!

Open Mic Night w/ Spirit Shakers at 58 Below
2025-02-10 20:00 - 23:00, 2025-02-17 20:00 - 23:00 | 58 Below, 504 58th Street, Kenosha, WI, 53140, United States
Every Monday night 7-10pm open mic with the Spirit Shakers. Everyone is welcome! Monday night special buy 2 drinks and get the 3rd half off.

LET'S CALL HER BARBIE: Renee Rosen in conversation with Melanie Benjamin
2025-02-12 19:00 - 21:00 | Blue House Books, 5915 6th Avenue A, Kenosha, WI, 53142, United States
She was only eleven-and-a-half inches tall, but she would change the world. Barbie is born in this bold new novel by “USA Today” bestselling author Renée Rosen.
Join Renee Rosen at Blue House Books on Wednesday, February 12th at 7 p.m. to celebrate her newest historical fiction novel, “Let’s Call Her Barbie”! Renee will be discussing her book with fellow Midwest author Melanie Benjamin (“The Children’s Blizzard”), where she will go into detail about her research into American’s feminist icon, answer questions from the audience, and sign books!
This event is free, but registration is required. Get all the details and RSVP here: https://www.blue-house-books.com/events/1603520250212
About “LET’S CALL HER BARBIE”:
When Ruth Handler walks into the boardroom of the toy company she co-founded and pitches her idea for a doll unlike any other, she knows what she’s setting in motion. It might just take the world a moment to catch up.
In 1956, the only dolls on the market for little girls let them pretend to be mothers. Ruth’s vision for a doll shaped like a grown woman and outfitted in an enviable wardrobe will let them dream they can be anything.
As Ruth assembles her team of creative rebels—head engineer Jack Ryan who hides his deepest secrets behind his genius and designers Charlotte Johnson and Stevie Klein, whose hopes and dreams rest on the success of Barbie’s fashion—she knows they’re working against a ticking clock to get this wild idea off the ground.
In the decades to come—through soaring heights and devastating personal lows, public scandals and private tensions— each of them will have to decide how tightly to hold on to their creation. Because Barbie has never been just a doll—she’s a legacy.
About RENEE ROSEN:
Renee Rosen is a “USA Today” bestselling author. Her novels include “Let’s Call Her Barbie”, “Fifth Avenue Glamour Girl”, “The Social Graces” and “Park Avenue Summer” as well as others. Her books have been translated into over a dozen languages. She lives in Chicago and is currently working on a new novel. To learn more, visit her website at www.reneerosen.com
About “THE CHILDREN’S BLIZZARD”:
The morning of January 12, 1888, was unusually mild, following a punishing cold spell. It was warm enough for the homesteaders of the Dakota Territory to venture out again, and for their children to return to school without their heavy coats—leaving them unprepared when disaster struck. At the hour when most prairie schools were letting out for the day, a terrifying, fast-moving blizzard blew in without warning. Schoolteachers as young as sixteen were suddenly faced with life and death decisions: Keep the children inside, to risk freezing to death when fuel ran out, or send them home, praying they wouldn’t get lost in the storm?
Based on actual oral histories of survivors, this gripping novel follows the stories of Raina and Gerda Olsen, two sisters, both schoolteachers—one becomes a hero of the storm and the other finds herself ostracized in the aftermath. It’s also the story of Anette Pedersen, a servant girl whose miraculous survival serves as a turning point in her life and touches the heart of Gavin Woodson, a newspaperman seeking redemption. It was Woodson and others like him who wrote the embellished news stories that lured northern European immigrants across the sea to settle a pitiless land. Boosters needed them to settle territories into states, and they didn’t care what lies they told these families to get them there—or whose land it originally was.
At its heart, this is a story of courage, of children forced to grow up too soon, tied to the land because of their parents’ choices. It is a story of love taking root in the hard prairie ground, and of families being torn asunder by a ferocious storm that is little remembered today—because so many of its victims were immigrants to this country.
About MELANIE BENJAMIN:
Melanie Benjamin is the author of the “New York Times” and “USA Today” bestselling historical novels “The Swans of Fifth Avenue”, about Truman Capote and his society swans, “The Aviator’s Wife”, a novel about Anne Morrow Lindbergh, and “The Children’s Blizzard”, a gripping tale of survival and forgiveness amidst a devastating, real-life blizzard that hit the Great Plains on the afternoon of January 12, 1888. Other historical novels include “The Autobiography of Mrs. Tom Thumb”, “The Girls in the Picture”, “Mistress of the Ritz” and “California Golden”. She lives in Chicago.

Xtreme Bar Bingo at The Boathouse Pub & Eatery
2025-02-12 20:00 - 22:00, 2025-02-19 20:00 - 22:00 | Boathouse Pub & Eatery, 4917 7th Avenue, Kenosha, WI, 53140, United States
The Grandest Bingo Bounty on the seven seas – Xtreme Bar Bingo! Every Wednesday, from 8-10PM, set sail for an evening of salty fun and epic prizes! Nine thrilling games of bingo with chances to plunder the treasure chest with deluxe booty including 50″ TVs. iPads, designer handbags, Visa Gift Cards, and Sporting Event Tickets. The progressive jackpot starts at a cool $3000 and increases every week until it reaches $10,000! Gather your friends and lucky daubers (no parrots allowed!) and set course for merriment, and maybe a touch of liquid courage! Featuring D.E.W. and a Brew for only $10. Choose your favorite 16 oz. brew from the selection of Blue Moon, Modelo, Spotted Cow, or Miller Lite and pair it will a shot of Tullamore D.E.W. Irish Whiskey . An unbeatable combination and perfect way to unwind after a long day!

Xtreme Bar Bingo at Kenosha Tap House
2025-02-13 18:00 - 20:00, 2025-02-20 18:00 - 20:00 | Kenosha Tap House, 125 56th St, Kenosha, WI, 53140, United States
Totally free to play and the chance to win big prizes! Starts at 6pm every Thursday!

Love Songs With Besty Ade, Ben Mulwana and Katie Todd
2025-02-14 20:00 - 22:00, 2025-02-15 18:30 - 20:30 | The White Lilac, 5029 6th Ave, Kenosha, WI, 53140, United States
TWO SHOWS:
February 14th at 8pm
February 15th at 6:30pm
at White Lilac
Ben Mulwana is a Ugandan-born and raised artist residing in Wisconsin. With songs about love, loss and everything in between, Ben’s band project “Ben Mulwana and the Village” is made of a groovy, rock and soulful sound from a group of amazing musicians.
Born and raised in Chicago, IL, Katie Todd started studying classical piano when she was 4 years old. Now she’s shared the stage with such music luminaries as Sarah McLachlan, Patti LaBelle, Steve Winwood, as Margot And The Nuclear So And So’s.
Katie has made 4 full-length original music studio albums and has released her first children’s album called “AMINALs”
Betsy Ade has been the lead singer of Betsy Ade & the Well-Known Strangers (BAWKS) since 2015. Members include, Katie Todd (piano, keyboards, vocals), Joe Adamek (guitars), John Kulas (bass guitar), Scott Fox (percussion) and Ryan Andersen (cello), BAAWKS has released 5 CD’s including a full-length album, several EPs, and is finishing their 2nd full length album “DAWN”.
Betsy was a Top 24 Contestant on NBC’s “The Voice”, where she had the rare opportunity to work with 3 different coaches, including; John Legend, Kelly Clarkson, and Adam Levine.
BAWKS toured Scotland & England including several performances in the Tiree Music Festival. Other venues include Mile of Music in Appleton, WI., The Melissa Etheridge Cruise, and Summerfest.

John Patrick Green in Kenosha!
2025-02-21 18:00 - 20:00 | Carthage College-Niemann Theatre, Alford Park Drive 2001, Kenosha, WI, 53140, United States
John Patrick Green will be stopping in Kenosha on his book tour to talk about his third book in the popular, kid-favorite, InvestiGators spin-off series AGENTS OF S.U.I.T. called Wild Ghost Chase!
Bring your kid(s) to listen to John and his in-conversation partner, fellow middle grade author, Mary Winn Heider, discuss his newest release, answer questions from the audience, and sign books!
This is a ticketed event, so make sure to grab your ticket before they run out!

PRESUMED GUILTY: Scott Turow in Kenosha
2025-02-21 19:00 - 21:00 | Blue House Books, 5915 6th Avenue A, Kenosha, WI, 53142, United States
New from the author of “Presumed Innocent”, the #1 bestseller that redefined the legal thriller and is the basis for Apple TV+’s most-watched drama series ever!
Rusty is a retired judge ready to enjoy a life of relaxation when his stepson is accused of murdering his troubled girlfriend. Now Rusty must return to the courtroom one last time, where he’s forced to question if the system to which he has devoted his life can ever provide true justice for those who are presumed guilty.
Scott Turow and David Ellis (“Look Closer” and “The Best Lies”) will be at Blue House Books on Friday, February 21st to talk about the latest book in Scott’s “Presumed Innocent” series!
Turow, a former prosecutor, and Ellis, a sitting appellate court judge, will be talking about the thrilling side of crime and punishment, and how Turow has used his experience in the courtroom to write several bestselling novels!
There will also be time for questions from the audience and a book signing!
This event is free, but registration is required at the RSVP button below.
ABOUT PRESUMED GUILTY
Rusty is a retired judge attempting a third act in life with a loving soon-to-be wife, Bea, with whom he shares both a restful home on an idyllic lake in the rural Midwest and a plaintive hope that this marriage will be his best, and his last.
But the peace that’s taken Rusty so long to find evaporates when Bea’s young adult son, Aaron, living under their supervision while on probation for drug possession, disappears. If Aaron doesn’t return soon, he will be sent back to jail.
Aaron eventually turns up with a vague story about a camping trip with his troubled girlfriend, Mae, that ended in a fight and a long hitchhike home. Days later, when she still hasn’t returned, suspicion falls on Aaron, and when Mae is subsequently discovered dead, Aaron is arrested and set for trial on charges of first-degree murder.
Faced with few choices and even fewer hopes, Bea begs Rusty to return to court one last time, to defend her son and to save their last best hope for happiness.
ABOUT SCOTT TUROW
Scott Turow, a writer and former practicing lawyer, is the author of thirteen bestselling works of fiction, including “Presumed Innocent”, “Suspect”, and the upcoming “Presumed Guilty”.
Mr. Turow has also published two nonfiction books, including “One L”, about his experience as a law student. His books have been translated into more than forty languages, sold more than thirty million copies worldwide, and have been adapted into movies and television projects.
He has frequently contributed essays and op-ed pieces to publications such as the New York Times, Washington Post, Vanity Fair, the New Yorker, and the Atlantic.
ABOUT THE BEST LIES
Leo Balanoff is a diagnosed pathological liar with unthinkable skeletons in his family’s closet. He’s also a crusading attorney who seeks justice at all costs. When a ruthless drug dealer is found dead and Leo’s fingerprints show up on the murder weapon, no one believes a word he says. But he might be the FBI’s only shot at taking down the dealer’s brutal syndicate.
Risk his life going undercover for the feds or head straight to prison for murder? Leo accepts the FBI’s offer—but it comes with a price, including a collision course with his ex, Andi Piotrowski, a former cop and “the one who got away.”
Forced to walk a tightrope between an ambitious FBI agent and a cruel, calculating crime boss, Leo’s trapped in a corner. But he has more secrets than anyone realizes, and a few more cards left to play …
ABOUT DAVID ELLIS
David Ellis is a judge and an Edgar-award-winning author of ten novels of crime fiction, as well as eight bestselling books co-authored with James Patterson. His novels have been translated into more than ten languages worldwide.
In December 2014, Dave was sworn in as the youngest-serving Justice of the Illinois Appellate Court for the First District. He lives outside Chicago with his wife and three children.
