American Lobster Fest coming to city

Add this to the docket of things coming to Milwaukee for the first time, thanks to the plaza at Fiserv Forum.

The Great American Lobster Fest is coming to the city Aug. 16-18. The festival is the Midwest's largest lobster and seafood festival and is organized by Chicago-based Green Curtain Events.

Organizers will be shipping between 4,000 and 5,000 pounds of lobster fresh from the East Coast for Milwaukeeans to enjoy during the festival weekend.

"We think there is something special about bringing seafood into the Midwest," said Green Curtain Events owner Nick Pobutsky. "Milwaukee is good proximity to Chicago and fits our vision for expansion for the next five to six years."

The Great American Lobster Fest will be celebrating its sixth festival in Chicago and second festival in Detroit this year. Milwaukee is the third city to hold the festival. Green Curtain Events hopes to expand it to other Midwestern cities.

The festival will have nearly a dozen vendors selling about 20 types of seafood.

"Something you can expect at every lobster fest is our lobster meal, lobster BLT, lobster mac and cheese, and other seafood ... and then we look around to see what the city has to offer," Pobutsky said.

There also will be live music, drinks, land food, and vegetarian options.

The festival grounds are free to enjoy live music, along with the many different food and shopping vendors.

The festival offers a prepaid Lobster Meal Experience for $29 and VIP Meal Experience for $69. The paid options guarantee a full lobster meal with sides and reserved areas to sit. The VIP experience also includes four drink tickets, additional seating areas and additional bathrooms.

"This will be our first event in Milwaukee and I hope it won't be the last. Our company is hoping to have a Great American Lobster Fest in Milwaukee every year," Pobutsky said. "We've got a lot of events we want to bring to the city."

For more information visit https://www.americanlobsterfest.com/