Jazz at Cutler Park

08/26/2025

This Wednesday, August 27, Ellen Winters and her fantastic band finish the season at Jazz at Cutler Park. Come join us and start your Labor Day weekend with some great music. https://www.waukesha-wi.gov/residents/jazz-at-cutler-park.php

07/22/2025

Come chill with us at Cutler Park! Opus will be performing Wednesday, July 23, and Carmen Nickerson will be with us on July 30. We're working on arranging a re-scheduled show by Ellen Winters, please check in to see what develops.

07/16/2025

Due to the forecasted severe weather, Jazz @ Cutler Park is cancelled for tonight, Wednesday, July 16.

Jazz will be back for two more nights this summer on July 23 and July 30.

https://www.waukesha-wi.gov/residents/jazz-at-cutler-park.php

07/07/2025

06/04/2025

There are lots of great places to find live jazz in Milwaukee, but there's only one Cutler Park. Come and join us among the trees and the historic bandshell named for Waukesha native Les Paul, every Wednesday in July. We have a fantastic line-up this year, with the Brian Dale Group, Command Performance Big Band, the Ellen Winters Group, Opus, and Carmen Nickerson! See you on July 2. Check out the schedule at the City of Waukesha web site:

Come early to enjoy concessions in the park, starting at 6:00 p.m. We'll be counting off the tunes from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. with a great line-up of jazz music. Don't miss this amazing series, which is only here in July. It's your chance to enjoy more amazing jazz music with top-notch vocalists an...

07/31/2024

The weather forecast has miraculously cleared, and Jazz at Cutler Park is on for tonight! Carmen Nickerson and her band at 7 o'clock, see you there!

07/30/2024

It's the final show of our mini-season at Cutler Park, and it's a good one. Come on down Wednesday evening, July 31, for Carmen Nickerson and her band, taking us on a tour of some classics and standards, and some of Carmen's own material. We've had two beautiful shows so far, and this is going to be a good one to close out the season. Show starts at 7 pm, Cutler Park, Waukesha, see you then!

07/05/2024

In less than two weeks, on Wednesday July 17, Jack Grassel and Jill Jensen bring their incredible talents to Jazz at Cutler Park. Anyone familiar with the Milwaukee music scene knows about Jack and Jill, and in fact they are well-known regionally and nationally. Jill's vocals will captivate you and Jack's multi-instrumental talents will blow your mind. Add to all that the fact that they will pay tribute to Les Paul and Mary Ford in the Les Paul Performance Center in Les's home town, and it will be a special evening.

The show starts at 7 pm and goes until 9 pm, and there will be food and drink available. See you at Cutler Park in downtown Waukesha!

07/05/2024

Jazz at Cutler Park is back for a three-show summer 2024 season! On Wednesday, July 17, we have Jack Grassel and Jill Jensen doing their spectacular duo. One week later, on July 24, Marcya Daneille and her band will bring their soul-jazz set. Wrapping up on July 31, Carmen Nickerson and her combo will give us some classic standards and some of Carmen's own compositions from her recent WAMI-winning album, Room to Grow.

Cutler Park is a fantastic place to relax in a beautiful park setting and spend a wonderful summer evening with some great music.

We look forward to seeing you there!

08/06/2023

We've now completed our "Return of Jazz at Cutler Park Miniseason." The performances were awesome, the audiences were great, the weather was flawless two-thirds of the scheduled dates and then flawless again on the make-up date, and everyone had a great time. So, big, heart-felt thanks to:

All the performers - James Sodke, Curt Hanrahan, Larry Tresp, Dave Ruetz, Steve Lewandowski, Mark Davis, Sam Belton, Jeff Hamann, Marcya Daneille, Sam Fettig, Sam Steffke, Jim Ryan, Hal Miller, Joe Turano, and Ellen Winters. What a collection of talent. And we're sorry we missed Rick Aaron and Jesse Montijo because of scheduling conflicts. It was a pleasure working with all of you and an honor to present you to the audiences.

Roz, Steve, and Joanna from Waukesha Park, Rec and Forestry.

My family crew - Debbie, Drew, and Charlotte.

MobCraft Brewing and Jax's Wheel Foods.

Chris White and White House of Music for their sponsorship.

And of course, all who attended to listen, cheer, dance, and just enjoy the vibe of great live music in a historic venue in a lovely downtown park - us jazz lovers may not be a huge community, but we love our music and support it!

See you all next year!

-- Brian

08/02/2023

Don't forget - this evening is the last show of the year, and it's going to be a good one! Ellen Winters and her band, rescheduled from the rain-out on July 12, will close out our series in style. See you tonight!