4 things you probably should be doing in Milwaukee this weekend

1. Midwest Gaming Traditional 

The Midwest Gaming Traditional, the weekend-long celebration of all issues within the gaming universe, returns to the Wisconsin Middle April 29 to Could 1. About 100 sport creators, champion sport gamers, artists, performers, filmmakers, voice actors and extra might be readily available. After which there’s the game-playing — all the things from air hockey and pinball to board video games and role-playing card video games. There is a preview night time from 6 p.m. to midnight April 29, with the occasion going full throttle 10 a.m. to eight p.m. April 30 and 10 a.m. to five p.m. Could 1. Tickets are $45 for the preview night time, $50 for April 30 admission, $25 for Could 1, $60 for the 2 full days (April 30-Could 1) and $100 for the complete weekend. Youngsters 9 and youthful get in free April 30-Could 1. Data: midwestgamingclassic.com. 

2. Ice Storm Drone Racing at Pettit Middle 

Billed as Wisconsin’s first indoor professional drone races, the Ice Storm Drone Racing Competitors motors into the Pettit Nationwide Ice Middle in West Allis April 29 to Could 1. The races, hosted by Milwaukee Montessori College and drone-racing league MultiGP, will characteristic greater than 50 drone pilots from across the nation and as distant as South Korea. The drones are anticipated to fly across the Pettit oval at 90 to 120 mph. The races are from 6 to 10 p.m. April 29 and eight a.m. to 10 p.m. April 30, with the finals from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Could 1. Tickets are $10 a day or $25 for the entire weekend; youngsters 5 and youthful get in free. Data: wisconsindroneracing.com.  

3. Milwaukee Zine Fest 

Milwaukee Zine Fest returns after two years of virtual-ness as an in-person shindig on the Milwaukee Public Library’s Central Library, 814 W. Wisconsin Ave., from 10:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. April 30. The fest, placed on by The Bindery in partnership with the library, is a celebration of small-press and indie publications, with how-to workshops, publications to discover and greater than 70 distributors readily available. Admission is free; masks are required. Data: binderymke.com/milwaukeezinefest. 

4. Paved Paradise  

It is half music taking place, half pop-up store. Paved Paradise, a touring document store and block social gathering, camps outdoors 88Nine Radio Milwaukee, 220 E. Pittsburgh Ave., from midday to six p.m. Could 1. There will be two tents of vinyl, CDs, cassettes and different objects from 5 indie document labels Secretly Canadian, Useless Oceans, Ghostly Worldwide, Numero Group and Jagjaguwar — the latter the house of Badger State fave Bon Iver and its satellite tv for pc outfits. Admission is free. Data: pavedparadise.secretlygroup.com. 

Contact Chris Foran at chris.foran@jrn.com. Comply with him on Twitter at @cforan12. 

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