Summerfest is a yearly music festival held at the 75-acre Henry Maier Festival Park along the lakefront in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The festival lasts for 11 days, is made up of 11 stages with performances from over 700 bands, and since the mid-1970s has run from late June through early July, always including the 4th of July holiday.
Ticket Price: $12 (General Admission)
Headliners
Festival lineup
- 311
- AWOLNATION
- Alejandro Escovedo
- Alex Winston
- Alkaline Trio
- America
- Amos Lee
- Anberlin
- Ben Harper
- Better Than Ezra
- Blackberry Smoke
- Blue Oyster Cult
- Britney Spears
- Buckcherry
- Buddy Guy
- Cage The Elephant
- Chamberlin
- Chris Young
- Cinderella
- Civil Twilight
- Cowboy Mouth
- Crash Kings
- Dan Felder
- Danny Gokey
- De La Soul
- Def Leppard
- Dropkick Murphys
- Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros
- Eric Church
- Ezra Furman and the Harpoons
- Finger Eleven
- Florence and the Machine
- Fuel
- Funeral Party
- G. Love & Special Sauce
- Gabby Young and Other Animals
- Gaelic Storm
- George Clinton and Parliament Funkadelic
- Girl Talk
- Goo Goo Dolls
- Grupo Niche
- Guster
- Hall & Oates
- Heart
- Here Come The Mummies
- Hinder
- Hollywood Undead
- Hunter Valentine
- Ike Reilly
- Indigenous
- Jack's Mannequin
- Jack's Mannequin
- Jackyl
- Jason Aldean
- Jason Mraz
- Kansas
- Kanye West
- Katy Perry
- Kid Cudi
- Kid Rock
- Knockout Kid
- Lady Danville
- Leon Russell
- Leroy Powell and The Messengers
- Loretta Lynn
- Los Lobos
- Los Lonely Boys
- Makeshift Prodigy
- Maroon 5
- Matisyahu
- Max Weinberg
- Max Weinberg Experience
- Meat Loaf
- Meat Puppets
- Michael Franti & Spearhead
- Michelle Branch
- Middle Class Rut
- Morris Day and the Time
- My Darkest Days
- Neon Trees
- Nicki Minaj
- Nicole Atkins
- O.A.R.
- Old 97's
- Panic! at the Disco
- Parachute
- Pat McCurdy
- Paul Rodgers
- Peter Frampton
- Peter Gabriel
- Pezzettino
- Phil Vassar
- Pop Evil
- REO Speedwagon
- Raphael Saadiq
- Red Jumpsuit Apparatus
- Rise Against
- Sara Bareilles
- Saving Abel
- Sevendust
- Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings
- Sheryl Crow
- Sick Puppies
- Sleeper Agent
- Stephen Marley
- Styx
- Sugarland
- Switchfoot
- Taj Mahal
- Taking Back Sunday
- Ten Years
- The Airborne Toxic Event
- The Black Keys
- The BoDeans
- The Bravery
- The Flaming Lips
- The Jayhawks
- The Spinners
- The Wailers
- The Wildbirds
- Third Eye Blind
- Thompson Square
- Toby Keith
- Todd Rundgren
- Tonic
- Toots and the Maytals
- Ume
- Urge Overkill
- Vanity Theft
- Walk the Moon
- Wanda Jackson
- Willy Porter
- Wiz Khalifa
- Yonder Mountain String Band
- Young the Giant
Festival News and Rumors
Insane Clown Posse Announce Otherworldly 2023 Edition of Gathering of the Juggalos
The festival promises such such attractions as "ICP's Alien Probe Adventure"
Bryan Kress May 22, 2023
Hopscotch 2023: Pavement, Denzel Curry, Japanese Breakfast Top Lineup
Alvvays, Digable Planets, Soccer Mommy, and more will also hit the Raleigh fest this September.
Abby Jones May 19, 2023
Live Nation Offering $99 All-In Festival Tickets During Festival Weekend
Governors Ball Roots Picnic, Sound on Sound, and more are participating in the discount.
Carys Anderson May 17, 2023
The National's Homecoming 2023 Lineup Led by Patti Smith, Pavement, & The Walkmen
Weyes Blood, Snail Mail, and Bartees Strange will also play the Cincinnati festival.
Eddie Fu May 17, 2023
Riot Fest's Killer 2023 Lineup Led by Foo Fighters, The Cure & The Postal Service
Carys Anderson May 16, 2023
Guns N' Roses, Billie Eilish, and P!NK to Headline Music Midtown's 2023 Lineup
P!NK, The 1975, Flume, Incubus, and Tove Lo are also set to play the Atlanta festival.
Scoop Harrison May 16, 2023