Nomad celebrates 10th year with 26 bands & block party

NOMAD World Pub at 1401 E. Brady St. celebrates its 10th anniversary this month with 26 live performances, a two-day block party, a toga party, live recording sessions and other special events.

Highlighting the celebration will be the 10-Year Anniversary Block party March 16 & 17, featuring free food on the 16th, an outdoor Guinness Beer Garden and a heated tent with an entertainment stage. Paul Cebar and the Milwaukeeans, with special guest Willy Porter, perform on the 16th at 7 p.m.

The block party continues on St. Patrick's Day, opening at 10 a.m. with Irish acoustic acts, Irish brogue and red hair contests, Reilly, bagpipers, Eidir, The Trinity Irish Dancers and McTavish. U2Zoo, a U2 cover band, caps the block party with an 8 p.m. performance. Available throughout the day and evening will be food, the Guinness Beer Garden, drink specials and a raffle for U2 tickets.

Prior to the block party, on the Ides of March (the 15th), a Death to Caesar toga party begins at 9 p.m., music provided by local rising stars, New Sense. According to Nomad owner Mike Eitel, partygoers will be treated to a Web simulcast of an identical toga party held at the new Minneapolis Nomad, marking its grand opening.

Live recording sessions featuring the best of local music will occur on selected weeknights during the entire month, beginning on the March 2 and ending on March 30. The result will be a CD, "Live at the Nomad, Vol. 3", with proceeds donated to charity.

Bands scheduled to play for the month-long commemoration include De La Buena, Uptown Savages, Mighty Lumberhorn, 5 Card Studs, On a Sun, Freshwater Collins, Codebreaker, The Probers, Mississippi Cactus, Kiss Me I’m Sick and the 357 String Band.

For information on specific bands, dates, cover charges and other events, log on to www.nomadworldpub.com or call the Nomad World Pub at 414-224-8111.