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MKE Mass Steel Band

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April 16, 2027 | 7:30 pm 9:00 pm

An expansive shot featuring steel drums and percussion instruments with the large stained glass windows of UWM Bader Hall in the background.

Date & Time
Friday, April 16, 2027 (7:30–9 p.m.)

Steel pan ensembles and individual performers from around Wisconsin and Illinois will come together to form the 2027 MKE Mass Steel Band, hosted by the UWM Steel PANthers Steel Band. Involving over seventy performers, the event will fill the stage with steel pans and feature a lively combination of traditional music and pop transcriptions.

If you are a pan player who owns your own instrument and would like to participate, please contact percussion@uwm.edu

This concert is the opening night of the MKE Percussion Festival, which will continue Saturday, April 17 in the Zelazo Center for the Performing Arts.

Tickets are not required for this FREE event.
2419 E. Kenwood Blvd.
Milwaukee, WI 53211