Tribute Island 2025 is in the books! Thank you for joining us. Please check back next year to see the plans for Tribute Island 2026 Happenings Magazine’s smash-hit event is back, offering three days and nights of entertainment on the shores of Lake Michigan. Tribute Island returns for its 9th year! KENOSHA, Wis. – As you begin to make your summer plans, don’t forget to save these dates: August 1-3. That’s when the nation’s largest tribute-band festival will return, better than ever, to Downtown Kenosha!
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Michael Winslow “The Man of 10,000 Sound Effects” comes to the Kenosha Comedy Club with Morgan Preston. Michael’s quest for hilarity began in Boulder, Colorado at a club known as Tulagi’s, famous for its legendary acts such as Tommy Bolin, The Doors, and even Jimi Hendrix himself! This connection with Jimi would continue throughout Mike’s career as he would open for Italian Rock Fusion Band “Nova”, with a rendition of Purple Haze that was nothing short of magic, no one can imitate a guitar with just their voice quite like him. His vocal talent was apparent, but Michael wanted to take it further and start a career as a professional entertainer.
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BILL SERRITELLA: The sounds of Sinatra…the ultimate crooner himself. They say he was an entertainer without equal. The love affair that the world had with Frank can be heard through the recreation that is the hallmark of a Bill Serritella performance.
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DWAYNE KENNEDY is a stand-up comedian, actor and writer. As a producer, he won a 2019 Emmy Award Winner for the CNN original series United Shades of America. Described as a “world-class stand-up” by The Village Voice and “legendary” by the Chicago Tribune, Dwayne is one of the funniest, most thought-provoking and influential comedians of our time. His satirical diversions and piercing perspective on social and world issues showcase a comedic genius heralded by the likes of Chris Rock and Marc Maron. Winner of Best Comedian at the 2002 HBO US Comedy Arts Festival in Aspen, Dwayne has performed on The Late Show with David Letterman, Late Night with Conan O’Brien, Jimmy Kimmel Live, The New Negroes and has both a Comedy Central Presents and Showtime special. A former writer and correspondent for the Chris Rock-produced, critically acclaimed FX original series, Totally Biased with W. Kamau Bell, Dwayne has also...
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Yuk of the Irish: A St. Patrick’s Day Comedy Special! Adam Burke, Kait Carmody & Alex Joyce Originally from the UK (by way of Australia…long story), Adam Burke has been performing comedy in Chicago and throughout the U.S. for almost two decades. He is a fixture headliner on showcases and clubs throughout the Midwest and beyond. He is a regular panelist on NPR’s popular comedy quiz show “Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me,” and was a writer for WGN’s “Man of the People with Pat Tomasulo.” Voted Best Standup by readers of The Chicago Reader in 2014, he was also the winner of Second City’s Up Next Comedy Competition. He appeared at numerous festivals including Bridgetown Comedy Portland OR, Just for Laughs Chicago (four years running), and the local stage of Funny Or Die’s Oddball Comedy Festival. Burke has two debut albums through A Special Thing Records—”Universal Squirrel Theory” (2012) and...
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VH1’s “That Metal Show’s” Jim Florentine and Don Jamieson with special guest WIIL Rock’s Tom Kief will be performing at the Kenosha Comedy Club March 20 & 21. Don’t forget our amazing “Play and Stay” package so you don’t have to drive home after the show. Call 262-658-3281 for details.
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Show starts at 8pm starting with Bella Cain, followed by Too Hype Crew. Both bands play two 1 hour sets each, alternating back and forth.
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Trip Band at the Wyndham!
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A hybrid of Minnesota and Wisconsin (with a severe cheese dependency), comedian Mary Mack is a favorite on radio shows and podcasts around the country including, Marc Maron’s WTF Podcast, The Bob and Tom Show, and The Grand Ole Opry. Mary co-stars as Jesse in the Hulu cartoon Solar Opposites by the creators of Rick and Morty. She’s appeared in Montreal’s Just For Laughs Festival, HBO’s Andy Kaufman Awards, San Francisco’s Sketchfest, and the Dry Bar comedy series.
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Yakov Smirnoff is a Soviet-American comedian, actor and writer. He began his career as a stand-up comedian in the Soviet Union, then immigrated to the United States in 1977 in order to pursue an American show business career, not yet knowing any English. He reached his biggest success in the mid-to-late 1980s, appearing in several films which include Moscow on the Hudson with Robin Williams, The Money Pit with Tom Hanks, Heartburn with Jack Nicholson and Meryl Streep, and Brewster’s Millions with Richard Pryor. He was a star of the television series What a Country! and was a recurring guest star on NBC’s hit television series Night Court playing the part of Yakov Korolenko. His comic persona was of a naive immigrant from the Soviet Union who was perpetually confused and delighted by life in the United States. His humor combined a mockery of life under Communist states and of...
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