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23rd Annual WMSE Rockabilly Chili Fundraiser
WMSE is putting some spice in your spring and turning up the heat with its 23rd annual Rockabilly Chili Fundraiser. Wisconsin’s Largest Restaurant Chili cookoff event is presented by Lakefront Brewery, Gruber Law Offices, LLC and Lifetime Door. WMSE’s Rockabilly Chili Fundraiser will take place Sunday, March 23rd at 11 a.m. – 3 p.m. at the MSOE Kern Center, 1245 N. Broadway. Join thousands of chili lovers as they taste 50 different chilis from restaurants, cafes, and caterers from all over Milwaukee.
WMSE’s Rockabilly Chili Fundraiser promises fun for the whole family. Chicken Shack DJ Jonny Z and Saturday Morning Car Tunes DJ Dietrich will spin, kids are invited to color and do puzzles on placemats, and Tom Crawford will MC!
2025 Participating Restaurants: Aperitivo, Bakehouse 23, Beans & Barley, BelAir Cantina, Belle Starr BBQ, Blue’s Egg + Bakery, Braise Restaurant & Culinary School, Buckatabon Tavern & Supper Club, Cafe Corazon, Camino, Caulfield’s, Colonel Hart’s, Comet Café, Crafty Cow, Dairyland Old-Fashioned Frozen Custard & Hamburgers, Experts Only MKE, Foxtown Heritage Meats, Freshchef Meal Prep, Glorioso’s Italian Market, Grassroots Salad Company, Hometown Grub and Pub, Honeypie Café, Hue Asian Kitchen, Kettle Range Meat Company, Lakefront Brewery, Layman Brewing, LuLu Café & Bar, Maxie’s, MOTOR Bar & Restaurant, MPS School to Work Program, Nessun Dorma, Plant Joy, Red Maple, Riverwest Co-op, Ruta’s Fresh Indian Fare, SALA, Semolina, Story Hill BKC, Tavern at Park / Hilton Garden Inn, The Old German Beer Hall, The Social American Tavern, Twisted Plants, Uncle Wolfie’s Breakfast Tavern Downtown, Von Trier Tavern, X-Ray Arcade
As always, donate two or more non-perishable food items to Hunger Task Force and you’ll receive two additional sample tickets. Healthy non-perishable foods like Peanut butter, low-sodium canned vegetables, or whole-grain breakfast cereals are critically needed at this time.