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Pauline Redmond Coggs Foundation's 50th Debutante Cotillion
2024-11-30
The Pauline Redmond Coggs Foundation’s 50th Debutante Cotillion celebrates young women committed to education and community service. The cotillion fosters service, culture, sisterhood, leadership, and fund management. This year’s debutantes are engaged in volunteerism, leadership, team building, collaborative workshops, and fundraising.

The All Black Xperience
2024-11-29 18:00 - 2024-11-30 00:00 (America/Chicago)
On November 29, 2024, Johnny L. Jones, Myron “M-Town” Smith and Tim Ricketts proudly present the All Black Xperience—an elegant, high-profile event bringing together Milwaukee’s finest professionals, entrepreneurs, and community leaders. Hosted at the prestigious Baird Center in Milwaukee, WI, this exclusive affair will serve as a glamorous celebration of black excellence, culture, and community.
From 6 PM to midnight, guests will immerse themselves in an evening of sophistication, all while dressed in formal black attire—men in sleek black suits or tuxedos, and ladies in elegant black dresses. The event will feature a lineup of Milwaukee’s most celebrated DJs, along with a special performance by a renowned national artist, creating an unforgettable experience of music, networking, and entertainment.

Trainfest 2024
2024-11-23 - 2024-11-24
Immerse yourself in the fascinating world of miniature railroading at the Trainfest! The train show is designed for children of all ages; for modelers, collectors and enthusiasts; for families in search of good old-fashioned fun; and for the simply curious. The show features hundreds of booths of train manufacturers, train retailers, as well as huge operating exhibits, activities for kids, free seminars and educational opportunities, and much more.

2024 National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE) Region IV Fall Regional Conference (FRC)
2024-11-22 - 2024-11-24
A beacon of excellence, the National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE) stands as one of the largest student-governed organizations based in the U.S. Founded in 1975, NSBE champions the dreams and ambitions of collegiate and pre-collegiate students, as well as technical professionals, in engineering and technology fields. Boasting more than 700 chapters and a membership exceeding 24,000 around the globe, NSBE advances a critical mission: “to increase the number of culturally responsible Black Engineers who excel academically, succeed professionally, and positively impact the community.”

Coalition for Children, Youth and Families Gala 2024
2024-11-14 17:30 - 21:00 | Baird Center
Support the coalition’s mission to inspire, inform, and support families to build strength, confidence, and resilience. Learn more and reserve your table here.

Veolia Milwaukee Open | Pickleball Tournament
2024-11-14 - 2024-11-17 | Baird Center
Amateur matches will be played alongside Humana Championship Court where the top professionals in the world compete for the biggest payouts in the sport of pickleball. Learn more and register here.

Streaming Links:
https://pickleballtv.com/
https://www.ppatour.com/tournament/milwaukee-wi/

Agricultural Bankers Conference 2024
2024-11-12 - 2024-11-15 | Baird Center
Examine the many factors and opportunities affecting your ag portfolio – from monetary policy and evolving competition to mentorship and leadership programs for emerging leaders. Learn more and register here.

Milwaukee Stars Merengue 2024
2024-11-09
Much like Cristo Rey Jesuit, Milwaukee Stars Merengue is fast-paced and exciting. The event features hometown stars who partner with dance professionals to choreograph and perform live original routines for those in attendance.
Cristo Rey Jesuit students are Trailblazers! As they prepare to celebrate their 10th school year, CRJ students have continued to fearlessly blazed a trail for future generations to follow. Your involvement with Milwaukee Stars Merengue will help CRJ students make it to and through college, allowing them to become productive and faith-filled members of society with advanced educational degrees, real-world experience, and a strong desire to use their gifts to build our community.
​Your investment TODAY will allow Cristo Rey Jesuit to sustain and continue to grow these critical elements. Join Cristo Rey Jesuit for this exciting and energetic event!

TEMPO Milwaukee 19th Annual Leadership Event
2024-11-07 11:00 - 14:00
2024 marks 19 years of TEMPO’s signature event – The Leadership Event. The Leadership Event highlights women and men in leadership, including their empowering and significant success stories. This event provides an opportunity for attendees to receive inspiration and guidance from women and men in leadership roles as they have navigated the sometimes rocky and uphill battles and offer the perspective from someone who has “been there, done that.”
The annual event provides leaders in our community the opportunity to gather around topics that propel leadership skills to the next level.

Greater Milwaukee Urban League's 39th Annual Black and White Ball
2024-11-02 18:00 - 23:00 | Baird Center
Please enter at 405 W. Kilbourn St.
Celebrating 105 years of legacy and impact! Enjoy an electrifying night packed with live entertainment, auctions, and unforgettable experiences.
6 p.m. Registration | Reception | Pre-Entertainment
7 p.m. Program and Dinner
9 p.m. Live Performances by National Recording Artist Chanté Moore and the Eddie Butts Band

CANCELED - Wisconsin Comic Convention 2024
2024-11-01 - 2024-11-03 | Baird Center
WCC Comic Convention is a world-class pop culture phenomenon that brings the best entertainment to Milwaukee. There is something for everyone, with Celebrity Guest Panels, Autograph signings, Photo ops, gaming competitions, Cosplay Contests, and Special Events.
WCC Comic Convention gives fans up-close and personal interaction with their favorite actors, authors, artists, and stars. With guests from TV shows and films such as Star Wars, Star Trek, Doctor Who, Harry Potter, Firefly, The Walking Dead, and more. WCC Comic Convention is the ultimate fan celebration!

2024 Great Lakes Adult and Teen Challenge Gala & Auction
2024-10-31 16:00 - 21:00
Great Lakes Adult & Teen Challenge is a one-year, live-in Christian discipleship program for adults struggling with life controlling problems such as drugs and alcohol. Their goal is to help students become established in society through holistic recovery and Christ-based mentoring, education, and job training.
Doors Open | 4 p.m.
Dinner & Program | 6:30 p.m.

Building Momentum Supplier Conference 2024
2024-10-29
Join the Johnson Controls team for a unique JCI ecosystem event bringing together customers, suppliers, and JCI executives as they drive toward smarter, more sustainable tomorrows. Connect with industry peers and thought leaders on the latest sustainability research and innovations impacting each of us and the world. Let’s build momentum!

2024 CSforALL Summit
2024-10-23 - 2024-10-25
CSforALL will be hosting the national Computer Science for ALL conference in Milwaukee, Wisconsin at the Baird Center with our local partners Marquette University and the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction. Attend on October 23–25, 2024 to share, learn, and celebrate the #CSforALL movement.
This year’s Summit theme, “Leading Action to Impact,” is focused on the essence of moving beyond solely learning or talking about computer science education, and instead taking concrete steps that create positive change for all students. Our goal for this Summit is for individuals and organizations to go beyond theory and make a real difference in computer science education. It’s about empowering future generations to become creators, innovators, and problem-solvers who can shape the world with technology.

2024 Investment Casting Institute (ICI) Technical Conference and Expo
2024-10-20 - 2024-10-23 | Baird Center
Registration will open at 3 pm on Sunday October 20.
Technical Conference: 8 am to 2 pm Monday and Tuesday, October 21st and 22nd 8 am to 12 pm Wednesday, October 23, 2024.
Exposition: 2:30 – 6 pm Monday, October 21 2:30 – 5 pm Tuesday, October 22

Cancelled: All-Around Women's Expo 2024
2024-10-19 - 2024-10-20 | Baird Center
Join the All-Around Women’s Expo as they empower and inspire women, inside and out.
The event will bring women together to engage in seminars, grow from one another, flourish with opportunities in their communities and from one another, and feel empowered to change the world. There will be prizes, fashion, finance, mental health, health/wellness, seminars, speakers, shopping, and much more.

Wisconsin Whiskey Fest 2024
2024-10-18 17:30 - 21:30 | Baird Center
Guests can expect over 150 whiskies to sample from 35+ local and national distillers.
This year’s Charity Partner: Bristlecone Charity
In addition to the sampling, you can expect great food throughout the night. Guests brought a ravenous appetite last year, so we are cranking up the food volume!! Wow can you guys eat!
There will also be educational sessions throughout the event and those are FREE and first come first serve.

NAACP Milwaukee 100th Anniversary Freedom Fund Dinner
2024-10-18 17:00 - 21:00
5:00 p.m. Reception – 6:30 p.m. Dinner
Enter North Entrance @ 405 W. Kilbourn Ave

Hunting Moon Pow Wow 2024
2024-10-18 - 2024-10-21
Celebrating 20 years of the Hunting Moon Pow Wow. Learn more here.

Hope Street Family Reunion
2024-10-17 | Baird Center
In 2024, Hope Street will celebrate 25 years of walking alongside men, women and children in our community. This year’s event is two fold! Daytime Experience and Evening Gala. A beautiful part about attending the Evening Gala is that the Daytime Interactive Greenhouse walkthrough experience is included in your event ticket price!

Interactive Greenhouse Experience: 9am-4pm | Learn more here.

Family Reunion 25th Anniversary Evening Gala: 5:30pm-8:30pm | Learn more here.

HBS Innovate Summit 2024
2024-10-14 - 2024-10-16 | Baird Center
At Innovate.HBS, you’ll join a dynamic community of IT enthusiasts, leaders, and visionaries from all over the Midwest. The conference is designed to spark your imagination, enrich your knowledge, and inspire collaboration in the field of information technology and cybersecurity.
You’ll discover the latest developments, technologies, and strategies that are transforming the IT landscape. The conference offers a variety of sessions, including keynote talks, panel debates, and interactive workshops, all led by distinguished experts in the field.
Whether you’re an IT pro or a newbie, Innovate.HBS has something for everyone. Be part of the conversations shaping the future of technology.

World of Oddities Expo 2024
2024-10-12 12:00 - 20:00
A monumental oddities extravaganza- explore the land of W.O.E. with a show floor full of treasures, live entertainment, workshops, and more!

Halloween Village
2024-10-12 - 2024-10-31
Experience the brand-new Halloween Village at Baird Community Commons (400 W. Wisconsin Avenue), featuring a walkthrough Great Pumpkin, interactive lighting pieces including a ghost, Frankenstein, scarecrow, and witches, plus more fall photo ops!
Halloween Village is free, family-friendly and open to the public. Take a stroll through the village for festive photos and Halloween lighting.

Beglan Academy Feis 2024
2024-10-12 - 2024-10-13 | Baird Center
Beglan Academy of Irish Dance was founded in 2007 by former Riverdance lead dancer, Sean Beglan, TCRG, and his wife, former Riverdance troupe member, Jillian (Winke) Beglan. Both world medalists who chose to set up their school in the Milwaukee where Jillian grew up. Beglan Academy has gained a reputation for being a tight knit school with a family-like atmosphere, all while still achieving regional and international success in the competitive world.
Beglan Academy is about more than just Irish dance. They hope to provide a place where every student can thrive and reach their highest potential. Beglan Academy challenges, encourages and nurtures each individual student. Being a part of their dance family means they teach each student to work hard and cheer on their friends and competitors.
.Register here.

Axiom Dance Convention
2024-10-12
Axiom is proud to be the newest one-day dance convention on the scene. Every event will take place in the fall and be packed full of excellent classes taught by the industries leading educators and choreographers!

2nd Annual Emergency Gun Violence Summit
2024-10-10
Come to the largest gun violence prevention event in state history and hear from survivors, national experts, faith-based leaders, elected officials, and advocates to learn what you can do to reduce gun violence in our homes, in our places of work and worship, and in our schools!
The Summit is free except for the luncheon. Grants are available for high school juniors and seniors who wish to attend the luncheon with a high school faculty member or administrator. Contact Forward Latino at (833)528-4661 for more information.

Building Component Manufacturers Conference (BCMC) 2024
2024-10-07 - 2024-10-11
The trusted tradeshow for structural building component manufacturers and framers to learn about the latest ideas, products and trends throughout the entire supply chain.

Horizon's 40th Anniversary Party
2024-10-05 19:00 - 23:00 | Baird Center
Celebrate Horizon Develop Build Manage’s 40th Anniversary!

42nd Annual Milwaukee Lakefront Marathon
2024-10-05 - 2024-10-06
Saturday, October 5 | 9 a.m. – 6 p.m.

Expo & packet pick-up: This will be your opportunity to pick up your race packet, attend course talks, pose for photos using our backdrops, visit vendors and shop our extensive merchandise area.

Sunday, October 6 | 6:30 a.m. – 7:15 a.m.

Race day: Can’t or don’t want to get your packet at the Expo? Take advantage of our race day pick-up. For a convenience fee of $30, your packet will be waiting for you at the start line. This fee only applies to runners who are interested in picking up their materials on Sunday morning instead of the Expo.

Race day packet pick-up will be available from 6:30 am to 7:15 am.

Bitchcraft Fair 2024
2024-10-05
Bitchcraft is a Halloween experience like no other. Shop local creatives, peer into the future by consulting a mystic, bring your witchlings or wizard apprentices 10 & under free to trick-or-treat, sip witches brew while sitting in on a class, strike a pose at our professional costume photobooth & more!
