Published 03/10/2016.
Updated 03/10/2019.
A few days of warm February and March weather and all of a sudden it’s like we’ve been transported to SoCal: bikers and runners everywhere, grills fired up, and even the sound of eager beavers diving in the sand for the volleyball.
Beulah Brinton Park’s volleyball courts, biding their time. All photos by Joe Powell.
It’s all a great reminder that the spring/summer outdoor volleyball leagues in Milwaukee are right around the corner, and most are already filling up their registrations. Our team, the Rob Jobs, got destroyed in the Thursday night summer league at The Historic White House Tavern (RIP) a few summers back, but rebounded to win the fall Tuesday night league.
The Rob Jobs holding our Winner’s Pumpkin at The Historic White House Tavern.
If you’ve got some tall friends who like to get sandy, check out the list of options in the Milwaukee-area below, all of which have Coed 6-person leagues. And make sure to comment with any that I may have missed.
- Price: $360
- Days: Su / M / Tu / W / Th
- Extra: Views of Lake Michigan
- Price: $300
- Days: W / Th
- Extra: Indoor leagues
- Price: $275
- Days: Tu / F
- Extra: Full bar inside
- Price: $325
- Days: Su / M / Tu / W / Th / F
- Extra: Downtown in a bar-heavy area; Men’s 4’s league
Leff’s Lucky Town @ Hart Park
- Price: $200 + $25/person
- Days: Su / M / Tu / W / Th
- Extra: Games at 6 or 7 or 8 only, so you can get home early
- Price: $225
- Days: W / Th
- Extra: Free pizza for 3-0 sweeps
Milwaukee Gay Volleyball Association @ Beuleah Brinton Park
- Price: Not Posted Yet
- Days: Not Posted Yet
- Extra: MGVA hosts annual Pride Tournament each June at PrideFest Milwaukee
- Price: $175 – $275
- Days: Su / M / Tu / W / Th / F
- Extra: Women’s and Men’s 4’s leagues
Root River Center / Swagger’s Bar & Grill
- Price: $125
- Days: Su / M / Tu / W / Th / F
- Extra: Outdoor patio bar with TV
- Price: $150
- Days: Su / M / Tu / W / Th / F
- Extra: Free pitcher for 3-0 sweeps
- Price: $350
- Days: Tu / W / Th / F
- Extra: Bowling and pool inside
- Price: $225
- Days: Tu / W / Th
- Extra: Bowling and pool inside
- Price: $300
- Days: Tu / Th / F
- Extra: Dog-friendly bar for pre- or post-drinks
- Price: $175 – $300
- Days: Su / M / Tu / W / Th / F
- Extra: Bowling inside
- Price: $180
- Days: Tu / W / Th
- Extra: T-shirts included, free pizza/beer party at end of season
West Allis – West Milwaukee Recreation
- Price: $175
- Days: Th
- Extra: Need a local sponsor
- Price: $275
- Days: W
- Extra: TBD if they’ll operate in 2019
- Price: $275
- Days: M/ Tu / W / Th
- Extra: Tons of other bar games
- Price: $350
- Days: Su/ Tu / Th
- Extra: Views of Lake Michigan
- Price: $250
- Days: M / Tu / W
- Extra: Farmer’s Market and band-shell on site
See you on the court!