Milwaukee, WI

Colectivo Coffee Lakefront

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Colectivo Coffee Lakefront in Milwaukee has an outdoor performance area used for seasonal concert programming, including live Latin groups. For musicians, the lakefront setting offers a public all-ages audience and an open-air community atmosphere. Bands should be comfortable with outdoor production and enough stage presence to engage listeners spread around the coffeehouse grounds. Latin and other accessible local styles fit naturally. Colectivo Lakefront is best suited to polished local and regional performers that can deliver energetic but approachable sets. It offers musicians a distinctive Milwaukee stage where coffeehouse culture and summer outdoor music come together.

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414-223-4551

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Age policy
21+
Genres
Latin, World
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Address
1701 N Lincoln Memorial Dr, Milwaukee, WI 53202, United States
Venue phone
414-223-4551
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