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07-05-2025
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Eric Church is returning to Resch Center, where he has 7 sellouts and counting, for Free the Machine Tour
Eric Church will look to make it eight in a row — Resch Center sellouts, that is — when he returns to Green Bay for his Free the Machine Tour. The country singer, who has the distinction of playing back-to-back nights twice at the arena, will return for one night only on Sept. 25. Guest artist is the Marcus King Band. Support acts for other dates on the tour, which runs Sept. 12 through Nov. 15, are either Elle King or Charles Wesley Godwin. Eric Church will return to the Resch Center in Ashwaubenon on Sept. 25 for his Free the Machine Tour. He's been a quick sellout at the arena ever since his first visit there in 2012. "From front to back, the shows will be different than anything you've ever seen or heard from us before," Church said in an email blast that went out to Church Choir fan club members on April 30. The tour supports Church's eighth studio album, 'Evangeline vs. The Machine." The eight-song project drops on May 2 and features strings, horns and a chorus. It's his first album since 2021's 'Heart & Soul' trilogy. The Resch Center concert is the sixth stop of the tour and comes the night before he plays Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, which has roughly double the capacity of the Resch at around 18,000. Green Bay is among the smallest of the 22 cities to land a visit on the tour. There are two presales ahead of the public on-sale May 9 Tickets go on sale to the public at 10 a.m. May 9 through TicketStar at only. Per request of the tour, there will be no box office or phone sales until the day after the event goes on sale, according to the TicketStar website. Prices start at $87. Aisle pairs are $20 more per ticket in the front and lower bowl and $10 more in the upper rear bowl. There's a six-ticket limit per household. Premium members of the Church Choir will have early access to tickets through the Church Choir presale beginning at 10 a.m. May 5. A registration presale via Seated, available to non-premium Church Choir members and the general public, kicks off at 10 a.m. May 6. To register, visit He's sold out every Resch Center stop since 2012 The Resch Center got Church fans excited when it dropped a tease on its Facebook page on April 29 of a graphic of a badge with 'Chief' (his nickname among fans) emblazoned on the bottom and 'Green Bay, WI' on top. In the middle, a shot of downtown Green Bay along the Fox River. The caption: 'Tomorrow.' More: Titletown announces Josh Turner as headliner for free Summer Fun Days Showcase concert More: Brad Paisley breaks out the hits for the 2025 NFL Draft finale, but his epic selfie moment won the night Church has quickly sold out the Resch Center every time he's played there beginning in 2012. He played back-to-back nights twice: in 2019 for the Double Down Tour on the Green Bay Packers home opener weekend and in 2022 for The Gather Again Tour. He's known for marathon shows that often stretch into three-hour territory and feature wide-ranging setlists that go well beyond big hits like 'Springsteen,' 'Drink in My Hand,' 'Creepin'' and 'Smoke a Little Smoke.' Kendra Meinert is an entertainment and feature writer at the Green Bay Press-Gazette. Contact her at 920-431-8347 or kmeinert@ Follow her on X @KendraMeinert. This article originally appeared on Green Bay Press-Gazette: Eric Church returning to Resch Center for his Free The Machine Tour.
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07-05-2025
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Wolfgang Van Halen, Billy Bob Thornton and 3 other big names playing Green Bay this fall
Monster guitar riffs from Wolfgang Van Halen. "No Scrubs" by TLC. A night with Billy Bob Thornton the musician, not the actor. Summer hasn't even arrived yet, but music fans who want to get in on some of fall's biggest concerts will need to do their ticket planning now. Here's five newly announced shows for Green Bay that have tickets that either just went on sale or go on sale May 9. Billy Bob Thornton & The Boxmasters will make the only Wisconsin stop on the band's fall tour for a concert on Sept. 17 at the Ashwaubenon Performing Arts Center. Billy Bob Thornton & The Boxmasters 7:30 p.m. Sept. 17 at Ashwaubenon Performing Arts Center, Ashwaubenon. The Academy Award-winning actor and star of Paramount+ series "Landman" makes his only Wisconsin stop on a U.S. tour in support of his band's 19th album, "Pepper Tree Hill," out July 11. Thornton and Grammy Award-winning sound engineer J.D. Andrew, who share a love of rock 'n' roll of the 1960s, formed the band in 2006. Fran Moran & The Nervous Wrecks open. $49, $59, $69; on sale now; TicketStar at 800-895-0071 and Eric Church 7:30 p.m. Sept. 25 at Resch Center, Ashwaubenon. The scramble to get tickets for this one is going to be real. Eric Church is always a slam dunk when he plays the Resch (seven sellouts and counting since 2012), but one of country music's biggest risk-takers with one of the genre's most passionate fanbases is only playing 22 cities on his Free the Machine Tour, and Green Bay is among the smallest markets to land a stop. Also fueling the excitement: rave reviews for his new "Evangeline vs. The Machine" album that dropped May 2. Rolling Stone called it "dazzling" and "a masterwork." The Marcus King Band opens. Tickets are $87 and up; on sale at 10 a.m. May 9; only (no phone or box office sales until after May 9). TLC's Rozonda "Chilli" Thomas, pictured, and Tionne "T-Boz" Watkins will perform Sept. 25 at EPIC Event Center in Ashwaubenon. TLC 7:30 p.m. Sept. 25 at EPIC Event Center, Ashwaubeon. Tionne "T-Boz" Watkins and Rozonda "Chilli" Thomas bring powerhouse 1990s hits "No Scrubs," "Waterfalls" and "Creep" to Green Bay for the group's first appearance in the city since I Love the '90s — The Party Continues Tour at the Resch Center in 2017. $59 general admission, $89 standing mezzanine, $119 reserved mezzanine; on sale now; More: Titletown announces Josh Turner as headliner for free Summer Fun Days Showcase concert More: 10 concerts announced for Levitt AMP music series, including two as part of bigger On Broadway events MercyMe 7 p.m. Oct. 17 at Resch Center, Ashwaubenon. Green Bay is the first stop on MercyMe's fall tour with nine-time Grammy nominee Natalie Grant and newcomer Sam Wesley, but it'll be a return visit to the Resch Center for the popular Christian band. The band's new version of "Oh Death" with Walker Hayes drops May 9. An album is due later this year. Tickets start at $39; on sale at 10 a.m. May 9; TicketStar at 800-895-0071 and Rock band Mammoth, fronted by Wolfgang Van Halen, will make its Green Bay debut on Nov. 23 at the EPIC Event Center in Ashwaubenon. Mammoth 7 p.m. Nov. 23 at EPIC Event Center, Ashwaubenon. Wolfgang Van Halen, son of the late Eddie Van Halen, formed Mammoth a decade ago, but this will be the rock band's Green Bay debut as part of a five-week fall headlining tour that launches Oct. 31. Mammoth, which recently dropped the "WVH" from its name, just released a new single, "The End," from the group's forthcoming third album. The accompanying video is a horror movie short starring Danny Trejo, with cameos by Wolfgang's mom, actress Valerie Bertinelli, Slash and Myles Kennedy, who is special guest on the fall tour. $37 general admission, $67 standing mezzanine, $97 reserved mezzanine; on sale at 10 a.m. May 9; Kendra Meinert is an entertainment and feature writer at the Green Bay Press-Gazette. Contact her at 920-431-8347 or kmeinert@ Follow her on X @KendraMeinert. This article originally appeared on Green Bay Press-Gazette: Wolfgang Van Halen, Billy Bob Thornton bringing bands to Green Bay
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20-04-2025
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The people, places, and personalities behind some of the Green Bay area's notable places
Hardly any name in the Green Bay area doesn't come with a story or some mark of the area's long history of immigration, football, or business. Take the area directly surrounding Lambeau Field, named after Packers founder Earl "Curly" Lambeau. Running along the stadium's north is Lombardi Avenue, named after former Packers coach Vince Lombardi. There's the mark of the indigenous Oneida and their move from what's now New York on Lambeau Field's Oneida Nation Gate and Oneida Street that the entrance looks across at. As visitors descend onto the area for the NFL draft ― no doubt some for the first time ― here's an introduction for newcomers and a history lesson for residents on the names of some other places across Green Bay (whose name comes from the French "La Baye Verte" or "La Baye des Puants"), the village of Ashwaubenon (named after Ashwaubomay, son of an Ottawa chief), and Brown County (named after a War of 1812 war hero). Austin Straubel International Airport: Lt. Col. Austin Straubel descended from a prominent German business family that immigrated to Green Bay in the mid-1800s, according to Brown County Library historians and a biographical record of families at the library. The Brown County Board voted in the 1940s to name the airport after the lieutenant colonel, the first airman from the county who died in combat in World War II while fighting Japanese forces over the South Pacific. Leo Frigo Memorial Bridge: Leo Frigo, a prominent local philanthropist and founder of the local nonprofit Paul's Pantry, was delivering food on Feb. 13, 2001, when he got into a car accident and died from his injuries. Following his death, the tallest bridge in Wisconsin ― then called Tower Drive Bridge ― was renamed in Frigo's honor. Donald A. Tilleman Memorial Bridge: The city of Green Bay was shocked on Nov. 27, 1972, when its mayor Donald Tilleman died of a heart attack while on a trip with his wife to New York City. Remembered as a warm, dedicated leader, the Mason Street Bridge across the Fox River was dedicated with Tilleman's name after his death. Resch Center and Resch Expo: Richard Resch was the CEO of local furniture maker KI. Through his donations to the venues, his name appears on the Resch Center and the recently constructed Resch Expo., across from Lambeau Field. In 2018, he sold his 71% ownership of the company to the employees, which would keep KI in Green Bay, Resch said at the time. He also lent his name, and money, to the KI Convention Center in downtown Green Bay, the Resch Aquatic Center on the city's west side, and the Resch Miracle Field. Lois Aubinger Park: The park to the south of Lambeau Field was named after Lois Aubinger, a journalist who founded the Ashwaubenon Press and was the mother of influential Ashwaubenon village president Mike Aubinger, according to Brown County Library historians. Kroll's West: Harry and Caroline Kroll started serving food in 1931 at a family-run hotel in Green Bay, according to the restaurant's website, before opening their first restaurant on the city's east side in 1936. They sold the east-side restaurant to Harry's sister and her husband in 1945. That location is fitting called Kroll's East. Kroll's West opened on South Ridge Road in 1974, but both serve up notoriously good charcoal-grilled butter burgers and Midwest nice. Hagemeister Park: In 1886, Henry and Louis Hagemeister created a brewing company on the city's east side, according to biographical records at Brown County Library, where East High School and City Stadium now sit. Louis later pursued brewing in Detroit, Chicago, and Dallas before returning to the area to manage the Sturgeon Bay Brewing Company, which was a branch of the Green Bay one. Henry was heavily involved in politics, becoming a City Council member, a Brown County Board member, and state representative. Leicht Memorial Park: The Leicht Transfer & Storage Company donated about 2.5 acres to the city in February 1999, according to Press-Gazette articles from the time, to be named Leicht Memorial Park. It's seemingly memorialized for Fred Leicht, the company's old president. Leicht served on the Packers' board of directors for over four decades and helped secure the construction of Lambeau Field. Neville Public Museum: One of the conditions for the creation of the Neville Public Museum, according to its website, was that it must be memorialized for "Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Neville." Arthur Neville is the more well-remembered part of the pair who researched history in his down time, and was a longtime member of the Wisconsin Historical Society and the Brown County Historical Society, according to former Press-Gazette writer Jack Rudolph. His wife, Ella, was a dominant civil figure in her own right, as a champion in 1889 for a public library and honorary founder of the city's Woman's Club. The Weidner Center: Named after the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay's first chancellor Edward Weidner who helped secure the construction of the performing arts center. Tarlton Theatre: First called the West Theatre in the 1940s, the theater and restaurant was reopened by Tarl Knight and Mark Mariucci in 2018 and commonly called "the Tarlton." Meyer Theatre: At the center of the theater's lobby hangs two portraits: one of Betty Meyer, whose donation helped restore the theater in 2002, and her late-husband Robert Meyer for whom the theater is named after. Jesse Lin is a reporter covering the community of Green Bay and its surroundings, as well as politics in northeastern Wisconsin. Contact him at 920-834-4250 or jlin@ This article originally appeared on Green Bay Press-Gazette: Names around Green Bay show rich history and influences
