Olivia Rodrigo at Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee: What you need to know about 'Guts' concert
Olivia Rodrigo fans in Milwaukee will come out at night Saturday for the superstar's show at Fiserv Forum.
The ones lucky enough to get a ticket, that is. If you didn't score a ticket for one of the year's hottest concerts, you still can — but it's going to cost you.
Here's everything you need to know about the 14th stop of Rodrigo's 77-show blockbuster "Guts World Tour."
When is Olivia Rodrigo performing in Milwaukee?
Rodrigo's Milwaukee show starts at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, March 16, at Fiserv Forum, 1111 N. Phillips Ave.
Are tickets still available for Rodrigo's Milwaukee concert?
First-hand tickets, no. This is Rodrigo's first arena tour, but in the wake of hit albums "Sour" in 2021 and "Guts" last year, and pop-culture-seizing chart-toppers like "Driver's License" and "Vampire," demand was huge. In an attempt to rein in scalping, interested ticket buyers had to register in advance to potentially access tickets, with random registrants issued access codes required to make a purchase. Not everyone who registered received a code, but enough people did that the show sold out.
Tickets are still available through resale sites like StubHub, Seat Geek and Vivid Seats — although they're typically steeper than standard first-hand tickets, which were being sold for $20 to $200. Currently at StubHub, the cheapest ticket is an obstructed-view seat for $158, with floor seats in the center section behind the pit as high as $8,021 each. The lowest ticket price at SeatGeek is $232 for an obstructed-view seat, with pit access starting at $791. At Vivid Seats, the cheapest ticket is an obstructed-view seat for $201, with pit access starting at $781. All of these prices do not include fees.
Should I get there early?
Short answer: yes.
Longer answer: For those with VIP-GA Pit Experience tickets, they must use the BMO East entrance, located near the Ticketmaster Box Office. Check-in is from 4 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. and at 5:30 p.m. fans will be allowed into the building. Fans can start lining up at 10 a.m. and spots in line are on a first-come, first-served basis.
For those with Floor-Reserved tickets, they must enter through the floor entrance located on Juneau Avenue. Once inside and tickets are validated, these fans will receive a wristband and have access to the floor throughout the event. Fans can also start lining up at 10 a.m.
For other ticketholders, the fastest way to get through security and into the build is to arrive early, have the mobile tickets pulled up on your phone.
What parking options are available for Olivia Rodrigo's Fiserv Forum concert?
Fiserv Forum's Fifth Street and Highland parking garages are already sold out. Other parking options can be paid for and secured in advance through spothero.com, with options right now ranging from $10 to $65.
Where is the drop-off location for Olivia Rodrigo's Milwaukee concert?
Juneau Avenue is the drop-off spot, including for ride-shares. If it's closed, the alternative drop-off is at Phillips and Highland avenues.
Is there bicycle parking for Olivia Rodrigo's Milwaukee concert?
Free bike parking is available on the first floor of the Fifth Street Parking Structure and in front of the Bucks Pro Shop on the southeast corner of the arena.
What public transportation options are there for Olivia Rodrigo at Fiserv Forum?
Routes 19, 33 and 80 of the Milwaukee County Transit System all make stops near Fiserv Forum. Visit ridemcts.com for the full bus schedule or to download the app.
What dining options are there at and near Fiserv Forum?
Fiserv Forum has a variety of food vendors, including Chick-fil-A, Smoke Shack Barbecue, Johnsonville sausages, Canal Street Pizzeria, Laughing Taco, Canal Street Pizzeria and more. You also can order food directly from your phone during the show with the Milwaukee Bucks and Fiserv Forum app.
The Deer District plaza, where Fiserv Forum is located, also includes several restaurants and bars, including CRAFT, Drink Wisconsibly, Fat Tuesday, Good City Brewing, Il Cervo, Solomon's, the Beer Garden, the MECCA Sports Bar & Grill and the New Fashioned. You can access the restaurants’ menus and find their locations at the Deer District's website.
Specialty drinks, what?!
For those 21 and older, they can order a specialty cocktail with Absolute Vodka, lime juice, blue curacao, grenadine, Sprite and edible glitter.
There's also a mocktail for people who don't want alcohol which includes Sprite, lime juice, non-alcoholic blue curacao, grenadine, and edible glitter.
Chappell Roan is opening for Olivia Rodrigo at Fiserv Forum
Rising pop artist Chappell Roan (Missouri native Kayleigh Rose Amstutz) has earned lots of praise for her debut album "The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess," for which she co-wrote all of the songs with Rodrigo's go-to collaborator Dan Nigro (he also produced the album). It'll be her second show in town following a headlining concert at the Rave last fall.
Olivia Rodrigo has performed in Milwaukee before — in front of Wisconsin relatives
Rodrigo's 10th headlining concert ever was in Milwaukee, at a sold-out Eagles Ballroom at the Rave in front of about 3,500 people on April 19, 2022. Included in that crowd were some Wisconsin relatives (her mother, Jennifer, is a native of the state); Rodrigo told the audience she spent several summers in the state growing up.
Fans began lining up at 8 p.m. the night before the show. Rodrigo, with just one album to her name at that time, only played an hour. But even with little concert experience, the show was a smash.
What is Olivia Rodrigo performing on the 'Guts' tour?
Twenty-two songs, including every song on "Guts," were performed on the tour's opening night. She kicked it off with "Bad Idea Right" and ended with "Get Him Back," and both "Vampire" and "Driver's License" appeared early in what's been called a 95-minute set. "Can't Catch Me Now," her contribution for "The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes," also showed up at a Miami concert.
What are critics saying about the Olivia Rodrigo 'Guts' tour?
"Olivia Rodrigo is the rare kind of pop artist who can get teary during a ballad one moment then kick over a standing mic like a true rocker the next," Niki Kottman wrote of the tour's opening night for the Palm Springs Desert Sun, saying the star "created a space to vent that doesn't have an age limit."
Longtime Arizona Republic music critic Ed Masley called the tour's second night from Phoenix "sensational," highlighting a spare but effective use of dancers and a suspended crescent moon set piece.
"Few artists in the history of rock ‘n’ roll have positioned themselves with room to grow old gracefully as brilliantly as Rodrigo has managed in her first two decades as a human being," he wrote in his review.
And the praise continued from Deborah Sengupta Stith of the tour stop in Austin, Texas. "It was triumphant, giddy and fun," she wrote in her review for the Austin American-Statesman. "It was also a collective exorcism of hurt, insecurity and the … creeper (creepers?) who did a girl wrong."
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This article originally appeared on Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Olivia Rodrigo at Milwaukee's Fiserv Forum: Everything you should know
