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This Week at The Argo

Halfway through the four-year touring cycle for their eighth full-length record Gnosis, Chicago-based instrumental trio Russian Circles hit the two-decade anniversary of their formation. One might expect a band to capitalize on such a major milestone. Instead, guitarist Mike Sullivan, drummer Dave Turncrantz, and bassist/keyboardist Brian Cook spent 2024 unceremoniously touring in support of their most recent album across Australia, South America, Europe, and North America. After all, this is the work ethic that built Russian Circles into one of the biggest heavy instrumental rock bands in the world. This is a band with no hit songs. No fan consensus on their best album. Just a reputation for consistency and quality.

Not that things haven’t changed in the last 22 years. The band is now spread out between Chicago, Los Angeles, and a rural island off the coast of Seattle. While the trio insists their music is a confluence of broad-ranging influences—the formidable Touch & Go artists of the Midwest, the prog giants of late ‘60s and early ‘70s England, the hypnotic motorik and kosmische grooves of West Germany, the international underground’s most caustic strains of metal—it is fair to say Russian Circles’ adventurous diversity has evolved into its own distinct sound. As one of the notoriously press-shy members anonymously mentioned, “the music we make is a collective process of reconciliation, navigation, and reflection upon aging both as individuals and as a creative entity. Life has created very real distances between us, but the band continues to be at the center, and this creative collaboration is a way of charting the passage of time while also giving us a reason to look to the future.” On their latest album, Nine, the band triangulates their relative positions into singular seismic long-form album-oriented soundtracks to the trials and tragedies of life in the modern age.

Doors at 7:00pm. Show at 8:00pm. Full bar service will be available throughout the show, with the kitchen being open 4-close.

All guests under the age of 18 must be accompanied by a parent or legal guardian and supervised at all times while inside the building. Failure to provide proper supervision may result in removal from the premises. We appreciate your cooperation in helping us maintain a safe and enjoyable environment for all guests.

🎟️ Note: $1 from every ticket sold goes to a fund benefiting local artist mental health & wellbeing.

Please note that all ticket purchases are final and nonrefundable.

Russian Circles w/ Pelican

Bluegrass band Big Richard makes music for the 21st century’s twisted cultural unease. Their latest album Pet, is a fierce, provocative, rejoinder to what troubles them and the world right now, which was recorded live to tape in order to capture the fervor of their live shows.
“Big Richard is so much about our energetic delivery, and so I think it's been really important for us as a group to figure out how to do that for a record,” says mandolin and guitar player Bonnie Sims.
“We made the album all on tape and did it all in these single-shot performances,” cellist Joy Adams adds. “The collection of songs, we wanted to take our most hard driving, heavy hitting songs, we wanted to craft a banger set list. Like, if we had a 30-minute set, what would we put on there that says the most, and makes people feel the broadest bunch of feelings? And it was all these songs.”
Adams and Sims both studied music and toured and played extensively before (and outside of) joining Big Richard, as did the other members of the band: Adams has three degrees in cello, toured with Darol Anger and Nathaniel Rateliff, and has recorded for television and film (including the Queen’s Gambit); Sims, who grew up playing music with her family, has a degree in commercial music, with a vocal specialization in yodeling, toured and recorded extensively with her husband, Tayor Sims (including a platinum-certified record); fiddler Eve Panning, who also grew up playing with her family, studied violin performance and music education, taught orchestra, and played in bluegrass bands, including touring widely with classical group Barrage; and bassist Hazel Royer started out playing music with her dad Eric Royer in the Boston, MA folk and rock music scene, and studied at the Berklee College of Music.
Doors at 7:00pm. Show at 8:00pm. Full bar service will be available throughout the show, with the kitchen being open 4-close.
All guests under the age of 18 must be accompanied by a parent or legal guardian and supervised at all times while inside the building. Failure to provide proper supervision may result in removal from the premises. We appreciate your cooperation in helping us maintain a safe and enjoyable environment for all guests.
🎟️ Note: $1 from every ticket sold goes to a fund benefiting local artist mental health & wellbeing.
Please note that all ticket purchases are final and nonrefundable.

Big Richard

Join us from 11AM–7PM for a full day of festive fun, featuring live music,  games, exciting prizes, and delicious food and drink specials.
Grab your friends, break out your best Oktoberfest spirit, and settle in for an afternoon of great music, good food, cold drinks, and plenty of friendly competition. Whether you’re here for the games, the prizes, the specials, or just a good time, there’s something for everyone!
Prost! We’ll see you at The Argo for Oktoberfest!
All guests under the age of 18 must be accompanied by a parent or legal guardian and supervised at all times while inside the building. Failure to provide proper supervision may result in removal from the premises. We appreciate your cooperation in helping us maintain a safe and enjoyable environment for all guests.

Oktoberfest at the Argo

Doors at 6:30pm. Show at 7:30pm. Full bar service will be available throughout the show.
Ripe remembers sweating to hell in a basement underneath a Subway sandwich shop, building their very first songs in a concrete cube that smelled like fresh bread. They remember selling their first tickets by hand outside the coffee shop that their friends worked at, holding court like twenty-something impresarios trying to move like 50 tickets to a bar that was willing to let you keep the ticket sales if they kept the bar.
In a world where we constantly feel the loving pressure to "tell our story", where so many of our friends that have found success as artists have done it alone, Ripe is using their bio to tell you that at the center of everything is collaboration and community, a friendship that has become a bond as strong as family, a constantly spinning object that cannot be properly captured by any single still photograph.
All guests under the age of 18 must be accompanied by a parent or legal guardian and supervised at all times while inside the building. Failure to provide proper supervision may result in removal from the premises. We appreciate your cooperation in helping us maintain a safe and enjoyable environment for all guests.
🎟️ Note: $1 from every ticket sold goes to a fund benefiting local artist mental health & wellbeing.
Please note that all ticket purchases are final and nonrefundable.

Ripe

Join us for an evening of food by Benson’s Catering & Events, drinks, live entertainment, event inspiration, and a chance to explore all four of our unique event spaces.
Industry Preview | 4:30-5:30 PM: Event professionals, planners, vendors, and community partners are invited for an early preview and are welcome to stay throughout the evening.
Open House | 5:30-8:00 PM: Open to all! Whether you’re planning an upcoming event, a neighbor who’s been waiting to stop in, or are simply curious about The Argo, we’d love to have you.
RSVP via Eventbrite. More details to come!

The Argo Open House

Every Wednesday from 7:00pm to 8:30pm. Come early, grab a table, enjoy dinner and drinks, and settle in before the first question. Our restaurant & lounge opens at 4:00pm with food, cocktails, and more.

Grab your crew, come early for dinner and drinks, and put your knowledge to the test with trivia covering music, movies, pop culture, sports, and more.

Trivia starts at 7 PM and is FREE to play!

🍔 Full dinner menu available
🍺 Full bar
🧠 Teams welcome
🏆 Prizes for 1st & 2nd Place
🎟️ Free to play

Make Wednesday your new trivia night. Come for dinner, stay for trivia!

🎟️ Note: RSVP s for this event DO NOT reserve seating. You can reserve a table here. Listing is for promotional purposes only.

Trivia Night (Free)

Doors at 6:00pm. Music at 7:00pm. Join us before the show! Our restaurant & lounge opens at 4:00pm with food, cocktails, and more.
Micro Brew Swing Band is a lively Milwaukee based, 8 Piece Horn Band taking the sounds of the Big Band Era and “Micro-Arranging” for your listening and dancing pleasure. With bold brass, driving rhythms, and a playful spirit, they deliver a sound that’s as tight as it is irresistibly fun!
Swing Jazz Wednesdays are casual, welcoming, and all about the music. Come as you are, grab a seat and listen, or dance the night away. Join us for free swing dance lessons starting at 6:00 PM! Whether you’re a total beginner or just want to brush up your moves, this is the perfect chance to get into the rhythm before the show. Come early, learn something new, and hit the dance floor with confidence!
All guests under the age of 18 must be accompanied by a parent or legal guardian and supervised at all times while inside the building. Failure to provide proper supervision may result in removal from the premises. We appreciate your cooperation in helping us maintain a safe and enjoyable environment for all guests.

Live music from 6:30 to 8:30pm. Grab a seat, order dinner, and enjoy a laid-back evening of supporting talented Milwaukee musicians. Perfect for a casual night out with friends—great food, great drinks, and even better community-driven music. View full dinner menu here.

Tonight: Jake Williams is refining what it means to be a cover musician, with his “off the wall” rearrangements of a vastly diverse catalog of covers centered around a genuine "piano and vocals" performance with an edge.

🎟️ Note: RSVPs for this event DO NOT reserve seating; you can reserve a table here. Listing is for promotional purposes only. No ticket, or RSVP needed.