Well, this is it. After 18 years of hosting the original reader-voted Best of Milwaukee, Shepherd Express readers voted in record numbers for the best bands, musicians, venues, performances and personalities. Here are the top three nominees in each category.
Voting has ended in the 18th Annual Shepherd Express Best of Milwaukee and reader votes have been tallied.
Where there are exact numerical ties we have listed those businesses.
Best of Milwaukee Arts & Entertainment Category Finalists (in no particular order) Are:
Arts and Entertainment
Acoustic Musician
- Ryan McIntire
- Roxie Beane
- Pat McCurdy
Art Gallery
- Art Bar
- Children's Hospital Skywalk
- Milwaukee Art Museum
Best Local Artist
- Four guyz in dinner jackets
- Ryan McIntire
- Willy Porter
Best New Band
- The Now
- Fever Marlene
- The Jenny Thiel Group
Blues Band
- Hounds Tooth
- Booze Brothers
- The Katz Sass Blues Band
Club DJ
- Bounce the DJ
- King James
- DJ Rock Dee
Country Band
- Crossfire
- Chasin Mason
- Southbound
Cover/Tribute Band
- The Toys
- Mt. Olive
- The Lovemonkeys
Dance Company
- Danceworks
- Milwaukee Ballet
- Ko Thi
Jazz Artist
- Swing Nouveau
- Ellen Winters
- Jenny Thiel
Local Filmmaker
- Jason Williams
- Steven Binko
- Cheeseburger Sam
TV Personality
- Ted Perry
- Toya Washington
- Mike Gousha
Movie Theater
- Marcus Majestic
- The Oriental
- Rosebud
Museum
- Milwaukee Art Museum
- Harley Davidson Museum
- Milwaukee Public Museum
R&B/Funk Group
- Boogiemen
- Eddie Butts Band
- Paul Cebar
Radio Personality
- Kramp and Adler
- Bob and Brian
- Dave and Carol
Radio Station
- 103.7 KissFM
- FM102.1
- RadioMilwaukee
Rap/Hip-Hop
- Rusty Ps
- Black Elephant
- Melissa Czarnik
Rock Band
- The Toys
- Mt. Olive
- Oil Can Harry
Female Vocalist
- Jenny from The Crisis
- Roxie Beane
- Dani Daly - Oil Can Harry
Male Vocalist
- Mark Hansen
- Tommy Lueck
- Zach Wade
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