Vivarium 1 Year Anniversary Party

Can you believe it? Vivarium has been thriving on Milwaukee's East Side for an entire year already! We can't think of a better way to celebrate than with you and some of our favorite local artists! So join us NEXT Saturday, February 22nd for a $10 show featuring Immortal Girlfriend, Caley Conway, & Holy Pinto. Proceeds will benefit Friendship Circle of Wisconsin in memory of Alderman Jonathan Brostoff. We’ll also be giving away tickets and goodies to say THANK YOU! You're going to like what we have in store for year 2.

Friendship Circle creates friendship in the lives of individuals with disabilities and those facing isolation while providing an opportunity to become a contributing member of the community. Through our programming, Friendship Circle aims to promote an inclusive community that values all individuals regardless of the challenges they face.
 

IMMORTAL GIRLFRIEND IS AN ALTERNATIVE-ELECTRONIC / RETROFUTURE BAND & PRODUCTION DUO MADE UP OF BROTHERS KEVIN & WILLIAM BUSH. THE SELF PROCLAIMED "DARK KNIGHTS OF SYNTH" DEFINE THEIR SOUND AS A BLEND OF SYNTHS, CINEMA, NOSTALGIA & LONG CAR RIDES AT NIGHT. AS COMPOSERS AND PRODUCERS THEIR WORKS HAVE BEEN HEARD ON SOME OF THE BIGGEST TV SHOWS & VIDEO GAMES WORLDWIDE, AS A LIVE DUO, THEY'VE PLAYED SOME OF THE BIGGEST STAGES THROUGHOUT THE MIDWEST. THE BUSH BROTHERS BLEND GENRES, FROM ALTERNATIVE ROCK, R & B, AND VARIOUS ELECTRONIC SUB GENRES AND UNITE THEM UNDER SYNTHESIZERS, FOR A SOUND THAT HAS BECOME THEIR OWN. WELCOME TO IMMORTAL GIRLFRIEND.
 

Caley Conway is a Milwaukee-based songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, a trailblazer of the Midwest music community who has toured widely and shared stages with such heavy hitters as Phoebe Bridgers and Julien Baker. In her first full-length release since 2019's 'Surrounded Middle,' Conway brings us 'Partner' (out now on Crutch of Memory Enterprises), a keen examination of love, co-dependence, and the struggle to maintain one's autonomy as half of a pair. 
 

Holy Pinto is the indie-pop group led by songwriter, Aymen Saleh. It originally began in his hometown of Canterbury, England and now based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Beginning in the UK and influenced by a youthful raw, punk sound, they sweetened their sound over time-- creating colourful indie-pop with a genre-defying charm.

“Sweetly jangling, goodnatured Britpop — Dispensed with abundant charm and grace, his songs feel warm and lived-
in.” Stephen Thompson, NPR