Happy World Typing Day; the perfect day to announce Qwertyfest MKE details! Also, OnMilwaukee is a proud sponsor of Qwertyfest.The typewriter was invented in Milwaukee 150+ years ago, and Qwertyfest MKE returns for the third year to celebrate the keyboard that changed the world (and still exists on our phones and computers today!)
Qwertyfest is a three-day festival featuring music, art, history, food, drink, workshops, type-ins and more! The third annual event will take place Friday, Oct. 3 through Sunday, Oct. 5 at numerous locations throughout Milwaukee.
A full schedule of Qwertyfest MKE '25 will be released later this year, but for now, you can count on:
- Opening night "Typewriter Ball" at Turner Hall
- Writers' soiree at Newsroom Pub
- Typewriter brunch and bowling at Falcon Bowl
- Literary cemetery tours at Forest Home Cemetery (featuring the gravesite of typewriter inventor Christopher Latham Sholes)
- Live music, workshops, art-making, vending and more!
To stay in the loop, follow Qwertyfest on Instagram and Facebook.
Qwertyfest MKE is currently looking for participants, sponsors and more. Contact organizers Tea Krulos or Molly Snyder (hey, that's me!) at qwertyfest@gmail.com.
Molly Snyder started writing and publishing her work at the age 10, when her community newspaper printed her poem, "The Unicorn.” Since then, she's expanded beyond the subject of mythical creatures and written in many different mediums but, nearest and dearest to her heart, thousands of articles for OnMilwaukee.
Molly is a regular contributor to FOX6 News and numerous radio stations as well as the co-host of "Dandelions: A Podcast For Women.” She's received five Milwaukee Press Club Awards, served as the Pfister Narrator and is the Wisconsin State Fair’s Celebrity Cream Puff Eating Champion of 2019.
