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La Crosse Area Development Corporation names new Executive Director // News 8000 »
La Crosse SOUP hosts La Crosse BEER competition // News 8000 »
Trempealeau County Fair kicks off with live entertainment and agricultural competitions // News 8000 »
County fairgrounds buzz with community spirit at annual La Crosse Interstate Fair // News 8000 »
Onalaska Art Keepers to unveil a new sculpture for the city Monday // WXOW »
Salvation Army hosts food distribution Friday // WXOW »
Deke Slayton Museum celebrates 50th anniversary of Apollo-Soyuz mission // WIZM »



📖 La Crosse Storytelling Festival @ Pump House Regional Arts Center // Friday, 6:30pm // LINK »
🥬 Farmers Market @ Burns Park // Friday, 3:30pm-6:30pm // LINK »
🧠 Trivia on the Terrace @ La Crosse Center // Friday, 6pm-8pm // LINK »
🏝 Aloha Storytime @ La Crescent Library // Friday, 10:30am // LINK »
🦐 Cajun Street Dance & Seafood Boil @ Peter’s Biergarten // Friday, 6pm-9pm // LINK »
🧘♀️ Poses & Pints @ Pearl Street Brewery // Saturday, 11am // LINK »
🪐 In-Person Badger Talk: Universe in the Park for Perrot State Park // Saturday, 8pm // LINK »
🍅 Farmers Market @ Jackson Plaza // Saturday, 8am // LINK »
🎤 Larry Price @ Starlite Lounge // Saturday, 7:30pm // LINK »
🎤 Winnie & Q @ The Red Pines // Saturday, 4pm // LINK »
🎤 Double Take @ Robin’s Nest // Saturday, 8pm // LINK »
🎷 Free Jazz in the Park by La Crosse Jazz Orchestra @ Riverside Park // Sunday, 7pm // LINK »
🎶 Concerts in the Park @ Halfway Creek Park Band Shell, Holmen // Sunday, 5pm // LINK »



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Friday, July 18
5:00pm // Grounded Patio Cafe // Colin Marshall // FREE
5:00pm // The Freighthouse Restaurant // Coulee Region Steel Drum Band // FREE
5:00pm // The Hatchery Riverside // Joel Fisher // FREE
5:30pm // Boot Hill Pub // Remix LITE // FREE
6:30pm // Fox Hollow Golf Course // Allison Sky // FREE
6:30pm // Trempealeau Hotel // Swamp Kings // $5
6:30pm // La Crosse Bierhaus // Pinski Brothers // FREE
7:00pm // The Root Note // Kat and the Hurricane/Toilet Rats/Radium Girls // $8
8:00pm // Alpine Inn // Spunky Bumpkins // FREE
8:00pm // Historic Temple Theatre // Brass Queens // $25
9:00pm // Popcorn Tavern // Bewary, Choke Chain, & Bird Cop // $10
9:30pm // No Name Bar, Winona // Charlieboy, Products Band & Holding Hemlock // $10
Saturday, July 19
10:00am // Burns Park // Music Fest: Amadans // FREE
10:00am // La Crosse Public Library (701 Main St) // Music Fest: Amadans // FREE
1:00pm // 922 Bainbridge St, La Crosse // Aquapoolooza – Hillbilly Rocketship // FREE
2:00pm // The Red Pines // Winnie & Q // FREE
3:00pm // Lawrence Lake Marina, Brownsville // BT Band // FREE
4:00pm // Smith's Bike Shop, La Crosse // Fly Casual // FREE
6:00pm // Peter’s Biergarten, Winona // Mike Munson // FREE
6:00pm // Le Chateau // Douce Ambiance (early set) // FREE
6:00pm // Le Chateau // Douce Ambiance (anniversary set) // FREE
6:00pm // Trempealeau Hotel // Howard & Dave Birthday Bash with Reverend Meantooth // $18
7:00pm // Moxie’s // Outta Hand // FREE
7:00pm // Cat Daddy’s Bar & Grill // The Endorphins // FREE
7:00pm // Angry’s Way Out // Bruce & Virgil // FREE
7:30pm // Starlite Lounge // Larry Price // FREE
8:00pm // Whiskey River Bar and Grill // Something Familiar Band // FREE
9:00pm // Popcorn Tavern // The Homeland Conspiracy & Abaddons End // $5
9:00pm // Robin’s Nest // Double Take // FREE
Sunday, July 20
1:00pm // Alpine Inn // Brian Beard // FREE
1:00pm // Angry’s Way Out // Thomas Carpenter // FREE
1:00pm // Elmaro Vineyard // Under Paris Skies // FREE
2:00pm // Branches Winery – Westby // Abbey Lane // FREE
4:00pm // The Red Pines // Randy Erickson’s Singalong Sideshow // FREE
5:00pm // Halfway Creek Park Band Shell, Holmen // Concerts in the Park // FREE
6:00pm // Trempealeau Hotel // Kris & Lisa Risch // $5
7:00pm // Riverside Park // Free Jazz in the Park – La Crosse Jazz Orchestra // FREE


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