Daily Agenda: July 9

The biggest band playing Milwaukee tonight is undoubtedly Jonas Brothers, which you might be surprised to learn really is a band—they play instruments and everything—that even has a history of record label problems. The teen pop act was dropped by Columbia in 2007—a classic case of a label underestimating an act. In any case, the new batch of record executives at Hollywood Records weren’t going to make the same mistake. They repackaged the clean-scrubbed brothers, got them opening for acts like Avril Lavigne and Miley Cyrus, and a year later the boys made the cover of Rolling Stone. Not a grassroots story, exactly, but in the pre-fab world of teen pop it qualifies. They appear here in support of their fourth full-length, Lines, Vines And Trying Times.

If teen pop isn't your thing, you might want to check out Milwaukee's annual French tradition Bastille Days. The event is best known for très European street performers and roaming minstrels, though there are also music stages for you ugly Americans as well. (Look out for Milwaukee music scene mascot Paul Cebar playing throughout the festival.) Other events include the fest’s annual run/walk, a running-waiter contest, food, and (of course) wine. Additionally, attendees have an opportunity to walk around downtown’s oft-deserted streets at night—but beware of Bastille Days’ frighteningly large marionettes.