Upcoming Dates
Saturday, June 22nd, 2013
Xaverian Mission Festival-Community at Xavier Knoll
Xaverian Mission Festival - 3:30-6:30 pm
4500 Xavier Drive Franklin WI 53132 Uni (414) 421-0831Honky Tonkitis will be jamming the Xaverians for the second year in a row at this family festival.
Saturday, June 29th, 2013
Kochanski's Concertina Beer Hall
Kochanski's Polish Pile-Up Car Show - All Day!!!
1920 S. 37th St. (37th and Burnham) Milwaukee WI 53215 Uni 414-83-POLKAThe infamous Polish Pile-Up is back for its second year!!!
Past Dates
Friday, May 10th, 2013
Kochanski's Concertina Beer Hall
Honky Tonkitis back at Kochanski's - 9pm
1920 S. 37th St. (37th and Burnham) Milwaukee WI 53215 Uni 414-83-POLKAHonky Tonkitis is back and ready to make more trouble at their home base!
Friday, April 12th, 2013
Kochanski's Concertina Beer Hall
Honky Tonkitis at Kochanski's - 9 pm - 1am
1920 S. 37th St. (37th and Burnham) Milwaukee WI 53215 Uni 414-83-POLKAHonky Tonkitis has complete run of the bar when we play this show on our own. We'll be debuting more than half a dozen new songs tonight. But as always, we'll be playing the front stage so that we can get our drink orders quickly filled! Will Andy be able to keep up? Or will he devolve into a sobbing mess, thumb in mouth, watching videos on the floor behind the bar? You'll have to be there to find out!
Saturday, February 16th, 2013
Kochanski's Concertina Beer Hall
Dueling Stages: Honky Tonkitis vs. Doghouse Flowers - 9 pm - 1am
1920 S. 37th St. (37th and Burnham) Milwaukee WI 53215 Uni 414-83-POLKAYee-haw! Doghouse Flowers vs. Honky Tonkitis! Honky tonk vs. honky tonk on dueling stages! You know this is gonna be a good one.
Friday, January 25th, 2013
Kochanski's Concertina Beer Hall
Honky Tonkitis Early Bird Show - 8 pm (YES, 8 pm!)
1920 S. 37th St. (37th and Burnham) Milwaukee WI 53215 Uni 414-83-POLKAHonky Tonkitis is doing an early bird show for those of you who'd like to see us perform a little earlier than later! Just think: more time to listen to a band while you drink your beer! This will also be Bruce's first performance with us on electric guitar (discounting when he played guitar at the Polish Pile-Up last year)!
Friday, December 14th, 2012
Kochanski's Concertina Beer Hall
Honky Tonkitis at Kochanski's - 9 pm - 1am
1920 S. 37th St. (37th and Burnham) Milwaukee WI 53215 Uni 414-83-POLKAThis will be Chris Conrad's LAST SHOW with Honky Tonkitis. Come on down and cheer him as he moves on to life of happiness, sunshine, and kittens.
Saturday, September 8th, 2012
Cathedral Square Park
4TH ANNUAL WMSE BACKYARD BBQ - 3pm
Kilbourn Ave & N Jefferson St Milwaukee WI 53202 USOther than the BBQ simply being one of the best times you'll have all year due to tasty food, tastier music and a swarm of like-minded music lovers with whom you can enjoy said tastiness, this year's BBQ also doubles as the 2012 Milwaukee Film FestivalOfficial Program Book Launch. If you follow us on Twitter you know that we're, like, BFFs with @mkefilm, so naturally we are extremely excited to have them as a central part of this year's Backyard BBQ.
Saturday, August 18th, 2012
Kochanski's Concertina Beer Hall
Honky Tonkitis at Kochanski's - 9pm
1920 S. 37th St. (37th and Burnham) Milwaukee WI 53215 Uni 414-83-POLKAHonky Tonkitis will have to be mighty in battle to take on Denver's own The Living Deads! Be here to see who survives, and who eats the bodies of the defeated! Eww...
Saturday, July 21st, 2012
Kochanski's Concertina Beer Hall
Honky Tonkitis at Kochanski's - 9pm
1920 S. 37th St. (37th and Burnham) Milwaukee WI 53215 Uni 414-83-POLKAHonky Tonkitis will be taking on the musical stylings of Andy Kochanski this Saturday night. We're not sure what he plans to dish out, but we're sure we're going to fight fight fight!
Saturday, June 30th, 2012
Kochanski's Concertina Beer Hall
Kochanski's Polish Pile-Up Car Show - All Day (Honky Tonkitis at 4pm)
1920 S. 37th St. (37th and Burnham) Milwaukee WI 53215 Uni 414-83-POLKAHot dog! Andy K. finally went and got himself a car show! This is gonna be a great one. Outside of Kochanski's, the whole street will be blocked off, with cars displayed in the lot across the street and bands playing outside all day.
How could it get better? Well, you've got Honky Tonkitis going on at 4pm, followed by our Chicago brothers-in-arms, Roger and the Wraybands (with special vocal appearance by Johnny Maplewood). This is going to be a great afternoon of drinking, pin-up girls, bands, and cars. You don't want to miss it!
Saturday, June 23rd, 2012
Xavier Knoll Festival
Xavierian Mission Festival - 3:30-6:30 pm
51st St., Just North of Rawson Ave. Franklin WI 53132Honky Tonkitis invades the fest! Be here for the beer! The honky tonk! The Xaverians! You all know they honky tonk the hardest!
Tuesday, June 12th, 2012
Chill On the Hill-Humboldt Park
Chill on the Hill! - 6-9pm
3000 S. Howell Ave. Milwaukee WI 53207Honky Tonkitis joins the Carpetbaggers and Brian Smith from God's Outlaw for a great evening of music in the bandshell at Humboldt Park. Free and open to the family! Bring your blanket, your picnic basket and your beer. Brought to you by the Bay View Neighborhood Association.
Saturday, June 9th, 2012
Rendezvous Tiki Lounge
Roger & the Wraybands at the Rendezvous! - 9pm
1700 52nd St. Kenosha WI 53140 Uni (262) 652-0992Chicago's surf guitar kings, Roger & the Wraybands, are back at the Rendezvous with a new second guitarist! Johnny Maplewood from Honky Tonkitis will be there to add vocals to some of their garage rock material. Not to be missed!
Friday, April 20th, 2012
Kochanski's Concertina Beer Hall
Honky Tonkitis vs. Rumble Seat Riot - 9pm-close
1920 S. 37th St. (37th and Burnham) Milwaukee WI 53215 Uni 414-83-POLKAHonky Tonkitis squares off against Des Moines, IA's own Rumble Seat Riot for a night of rockabilly and honky tonk. Sure to make bar owner Andy Kochanski wet his pants and beg for his mama!
Monday, March 26th, 2012
Root River Bowling Center
Milwaukee Accordion Club w/ Honky Tonkitis - 8-10 pm
7220 W Rawson Ave. Franklin WIRoot River Bowling Center
7220 West Rawson Avenue, Franklin, WI 53132
Friday, March 16th, 2012
Magellans on Main Street
Honky Tonkitis at Magellan's in Waukesha - 8pm-11pm
370 West Main Street Waukesha WI 53186-4611 Uni (262) 542-0420We're going Honky Tonkin' in Waukesha! Come on out to Magellans on Main Street for three hours of Honky Tonkitis, beer and pizza!
Saturday, March 3rd, 2012
Kochanski's Concertina Beer Hall
Honky Tonkitis vs. Michael Hurtt & his Haunted Hearts - 9 pm
1920 S. 37th St. (37th and Burnham) Milwaukee WI 53215 Uni 414-83-POLKAYeehaw! Just got off the phone with Andy Kochanski. Turns out that at the last minute we got paired up for our show there on Saturday, March 3rd with...wait for it...Michael Hurtt and his Haunted Hearts! This is gonna be one helluva show! Plus, this is also the book signing night for the photo book about Kochanski's bar.
Saturday, February 18th, 2012
Lo Cash Live
Honky Tonkitis back at Lo Cash - 9 pm - 1am
124 W. National Ave. Milwaukee WI 53204 Uni 414.988.8368Anyone who saw us play our first show at Lo Cash got to see first-hand what we do to drunk hecklers. It wasn't pretty, but it WAS pretty damn funny! Who ever thought we'd perform Blue Suede Shoes? Here's another chance to see us get down and dirty, this time with Don Turner coming in to show 'em what's what on his accordion! Not to be missed!
Friday, February 3rd, 2012
Kochanski's Concertina Beer Hall
Honky Tonkitis vs. Three Blue Teardrops (from Chicago) - 9 pm
1920 S. 37th St. (37th and Burnham) Milwaukee WI 53215 Uni 414-83-POLKAStop whatever you're doing and go out to YouTube and search on Three Blue Teardrops! Tons of vids by these guys out there so you can check out this great original music Rockabilly band!
Saturday, December 10th, 2011
Kochanski's Concertina Beer Hall
Honky Tonkitis vs. Rivals of the Peacemaker at Kochanski's! - 9pm
1920 S. 37th St. (37th and Burnham) Milwaukee WI 53215 Uni 414-83-POLKAThis Saturday night, Honky Tonkitis has their hands full taking on the latest contender: from Chicago, a six-piece band with a female lead singer, Rivals of the Peacemaker (rivalsofthepeacemaker.com)! Andy Kochanski will be on hand with smoke machine and lighting effects.
Friday, November 18th, 2011
Kochanski's Concertina Beer Hall
Honky Tonkitis at Kochanski's - 9 pm
1920 S. 37th St. (37th and Burnham) Milwaukee WI 53215 Uni 414-83-POLKAHonky Tonkitis is back at Kochanski's, this time with Milwaukee's own Everyday Kings.
Saturday, November 5th, 2011
Lo-Cash Live Bar
Honky Tonkitis at the Lo-Cash - 9 pm
124 W. National Ave. Milwaukee WI 53204 Uni (414) 988-8368Yup! Honky Tonkitis back at the beautiful Lo-Cash Live bar in the Fifth Ward! Come on down and check out this gorgeous bar with the gorgeous waitresses and the gorgeous beers. Oh, those gorgeous beers!
Friday, October 14th, 2011
Kochanski's Concertina Beer Hall
Honky Tonkitis and Cropduster - 9 pm
1920 S. 37th St. (37th and Burnham) Milwaukee WI 53215 Uni 414-83-POLKAChicago's own Cropduster (think Bakersfield honky tonk) will be visiting Milwaukee to help cross-pollinate their honky tonk background with Honky Tonkitis. If it all works out, we should be seeing a new breed of honky tonk youngsters emerging about nine months from now!
Friday, September 30th, 2011
Lo-Cash Live Bar
Honky Tonkitis at Lo-Cash Live! - 9pm - midnight
124 W. National Ave. Milwaukee WI 53204 Uni (414) 988-8368Honky Tonkitis is back at Lo-Cash Live! Come out and see why Lo-Cash is a great place for live music in Milwaukee!
Saturday, August 13th, 2011
Lo-Cash Live Bar
Honky Tonkitis at the Lo-Cash! - 9pm - Midnight
124 W. National Ave. Milwaukee WI 53204 Uni (414) 988-8368Honky Tonkitis has found another bar to try their drinking at, and maybe play a little music!
Lo-Cash Live bar is a Walker's Point joint dedicated to "Music from before country turned pop." Well, that sounds like the perfect place for us to take off our shoes and scratch our feet! Come on down and order from their great food and drink menu.
Here's a great article about the bar:
Saturday, July 30th, 2011
R & R Crossing
Fundraiser featuring Roger & the Wraybands and Honky Tonkitis - 2pm
14827 Russell Road Russell IL 60075 US (847) 395-0595Saturday, July 23rd, 2011
Kochanski's Concertina Beer Hall
Honky Tonkitis at Kochanski's! - 9pm
1920 S. 37th St. (37th and Burnham) Milwaukee WI 53215 Uni 414-83-POLKAHonky Tonkitis is back at their favorite honky tonk in July!
Saturday, June 25th, 2011
Vino 100
Back into the wine! - 7-10 pm
1442 Underwood Ave Wauwatosa WI 53213 Uni 414-456-WINEAnother free outdoor appearance on the patio of Vino 100!
Friday, June 3rd, 2011
Bay View Brew Haus
Honky Tonkitis on a Friday night! - 9 pm
2535 S Kinnickinnic Ave Milwaukee WI 53207 Uni (414) 481-8060This Friday night is another one for the books! Honky Tonkitis teams up again with Chicago’s favorite surf band, Roger and the Wraybands, for a night of honky surf tonk! You’ll be wiping the sand and teardrops outta your beer! And, being at the Bay View Brew Haus, you’ll have a wonderful selection of beers to choose from!
Friday, June 3rd, 9pm to close
Honky Tonkitis (9pm-11pm) w/ Roger & the Wraybands (11pm-close)
Saturday, April 16th, 2011
Kochanski's Concertina Beer Hall
Saturday night bout! - 9 pm
1920 S. 37th St. Milwaukee WI 53215 Uni (414) 837-6552They're back for another battle: Chicago's own Roger and the Wraybands vs. Honky Tonkitis. See the chaos created when surf band fights honky tonk! See the incredible sounds wrought as Chicago grapples Milwaukee! See Andy Kochanski cry!
Saturday, March 19th, 2011
Bay View Brew Haus
A night of Honky Tonkitis - 9:30 pm
2535 S Kinnickinnic Ave Milwaukee WI 53207 Uni (414) 481-8060Honky Tonkitis is back at the Bay View Brew Haus to tonk you again! We'll be playing with the group God's Outlaw, a band that plays a ton 'o Johnny Cash and outlaw country. Go to their website on our Links page.
Saturday, February 26th, 2011
Kochanski's Concertina Beer Hall
Honky Tonkitis and Roger and the Wraybands - 9pm-close
1920 S. 37th St. (37th and Burnham) Milwaukee WI 53215 Uni 414-83-POLKAHonky Tonkitis dukes it out on opposing stages with Chicago's own Roger and the Wraybands for a night of honky tonk and surf music! It doesn't get any better than this!
Saturday, February 12th, 2011
Vino 100
Honky Tonkitis-LITE at Vino 100 - 7-10 pm
1442 Underwood Ave Wauwatosa WI 53213 Uni 414-456-WINEWhat a great way to spend Valentine's weekend evening! A night's worth of drinking wine with your sweetie and listening to some honky tonk! This will be the debut of Honky Tonkitis-LITE, a three-piece version of the band, which can better accomodate the small performance area inside of Vino 100. Come for the wine, stay for the honky tonk!
Friday, December 3rd, 2010
Bay View Brew Haus
Bay View Brew Haus Christmas Party - 8pm
2535 S Kinnickinnic Ave Milwaukee WI 53207 Uni (414) 481-8060Come on down and celebrate Bay View Brew Haus' Christmas Party with Honky Tonkitis!
We'll be joined by the jazz quartet of 18 Strings (11 pm).