Pop Fest News Today

Get outside and enjoy the exciting events going on in The Glass City this weekend! Here’s a look at some of the events ahead in this week's Weekend Rundown.

Monroe Pop Fest draws thousands of fans each year, and the Sept. 16-17 event is expected to be the biggest yet.

Making memories for the fans and seeing growth in every show are organizers Terry Guido Gerin and Gary Pillette’s goals.

Wisconsin Global Fest. $15. Note: moved to 2/18.

Monroe Pop Fest will celebrate the two-year anniversary of its local pro wrestling events with Insane Wrestling Revolutions Insane Holiday Hell.

The incendiary end to Jimi Hendrixs iconic show at 1967s Monterey Pop Fest will be memorialized in bobblehead form with the Jimi Hendrix Live at Monterey bobblehead. The official collectible is soon to arrive from toymaker Kollectico and the licensing arm of Hendrixs estate, Experience Hendrix. At Monterey Pop, The Jimi Hendrix Experience wowed festivalgoers with a jaw-dropping gig that ended when the rock showman doused his Fender Stratocaster in lighter fluid before setting the gui...

BACK IN ACTION / Monroe Pop Fest organizer excited for shows return After more than a year apart, pop culture fans in and around Monroe County will be able to BIF!, BAM! and POW! together in person again this fall.  Monroe Pop Fest is set to return from a pandemic-forced intermission in 2020 for a first-of-its-kind, two-day show beginning September 17 at the First Merchants Bank Expo Center, located on the Monroe County Fairgrounds. Typically a one-day event, the Pop Fest is being spread over ...