The Bay View Jazz Fest, which presents a range of jazz performances at seven venues during Bay View Gallery Night is back for its 10th edition, organized as always by Milwaukee Jazz Vision.
“The festival provides an opportunity for Milwaukee’s finest musicians to be showcased in front of the community at large,” says organizer and musician Jamie Breiwick. “BVJF offers the general public the opportunity to experience the best of today’s new live jazz and creative music for free in a club setting.”
The shows, Friday, May 30, take place from 5 until 11 p.m. and a full schedule is below.
“Bay View provides for an ideal festival experience, presenting groups performing all night at multiple venues within close proximity of each other,” says Breiwick. “On this night the BVJF continues to redeem the rich jazz heritage of Milwaukee.
“In line with the mission of BJVF, Milwaukee Jazz Vision continues to invigorate Milwaukee’s jazz scene by promoting and supporting the city’s diverse jazz artists, all the while bringing an increasingly growing audience to the music.”
Here is the 2025 festival lineup:
Twisted Path Distillery, 2018 S. 1st St.
TROUBADOURS OF RHYTHM 5 p.m.
EMMITT JAMES & THE STANKFACE TRIO 7 p.m.
Jazz at The Vine, Humboldt Park Beer Garden
THE PRAIRIE SCHOOL JAZZ COMBO 6 p.m.
KASE 7 p.m.
Revel Bar, 2246 S. Kinnickinnic Ave.
THE BREADMEN 5 p.m.
ALEC BACA'S JAZZ IN VIVO 7 p.m.
JAZZ FLUX 9 p.m.
Rev Pop, 2559 S. Howell Ave.
HANAMI 5 p.m.
RUSS JOHNSON QUARTET 7 p.m.
Magnet Factory, 2424 S. Graham Ave.
TIM IPSEN GROUP 5 p.m.
RIGHTEOUS ROOSTER 7 p.m.
Cache Cider, 2612 S. Greeley St. Suite 123
RYAN MEISEL QUARTET 5 p.m.
NEIL DAVIS / STEVE PEPLIN DUO 7 p.m.
ETHAN KELLER GROUP 9 p.m.
1840 Brewing Co., 342 E. Ward St.
MRS. FUN 5 p.m.
MJI STUDENT GROUPS 7 p.m.
CAMERON SPANN QUARTET 8:30 p.m.
Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., where he lived until he was 17, Bobby received his BA-Mass Communications from UWM in 1989 and has lived in Walker's Point, Bay View, Enderis Park, South Milwaukee and on the East Side.
He has published three non-fiction books in Italy – including one about an event in Milwaukee history, which was published in the U.S. in autumn 2010. Four more books, all about Milwaukee, have been published by The History Press.
With his most recent band, The Yell Leaders, Bobby released four LPs and had a songs featured in episodes of TV's "Party of Five" and "Dawson's Creek," and films in Japan, South America and the U.S. The Yell Leaders were named the best unsigned band in their region by VH-1 as part of its Rock Across America 1998 Tour. Most recently, the band contributed tracks to a UK vinyl/CD tribute to the Redskins and collaborated on a track with Italian novelist Enrico Remmert.
He's produced three installments of the "OMCD" series of local music compilations for OnMilwaukee.com and in 2007 produced a CD of Italian music and poetry.
In 2005, he was awarded the City of Asti's (Italy) Journalism Prize for his work focusing on that area. He has also won awards from the Milwaukee Press Club.
He has be heard on 88Nine Radio Milwaukee talking about his "Urban Spelunking" series of stories, in that station's most popular podcast.
