Summerfest is a yearly music festival held at the 75-acre Henry Maier Festival Park along the lakefront in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in the United States. 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, usually including the 4th of July holiday. Summerfest attracts between 800,000 and 1,000,000 people each year, promoting itself as “The World’s Largest Music Festival”, a title certified by the Guinness World Records since 1999.
Performing and Recording Artists make personal appearances on 11 sponsor-themed stages throughout the grounds from noon to midnight, including the 23,000-capacity Marcus Amphitheater. All shows are free with an admission ticket, with the exception of headlining acts at the Marcus Amphitheater.
Headliners
Festival lineup
- Toad the Wet Sprocket
- "Weird Al" Yankovic
- A Day to Remember
- AWOLNATION
- Aloe Blacc
- Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness
- Atlas Genius
- Bastille
- Billy Currington
- Blackberry Smoke
- Brand New
- Buddy Guy
- Charles Braldey and His Extraordinaires
- Coheed and Cambria
- Dark Star Orchestra
- Delta Spirit
- Dirty Dozen Brass Band
- Ed Sheeran
- Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros
- Field Report
- Flogging Molly
- Florida Georgia Line
- Foghat
- Gary Clark Jr.
- Gogol Bordello
- J. Roddy Walston & The Business
- Jane's Addiction
- Kansas
- Kaskade
- Keith Urban
- Keller Williams
- Kendrick Lamar
- Kenny Wayne Shepherd
- Kings of Leon
- Kip Moore
- Leftover Salmon
- Lindsey Stirling
- Linkin Park
- Lupe FIasco
- Magic!
- Manchester Orchestra
- Martina McBride
- Mat Kearney
- Mates of State
- Mavis Staples
- Meg Myers
- MisterWives
- Mother Mother
- Neil Young and Promise of the Real
- New Politics
- PHOX
- Pat Benatar and Neil Giraldo
- Pepper
- Phil Vassar
- Phillip Phillips
- Public Enemy
- Punch Brothers
- Saint Motel
- Sammy Hagar and The Circle
- Santigold
- ScHoolboy Q
- Seun Kuti & Egypt 80
- Shakey Graves
- Sheila E.
- Sheryl Crow
- Sloan
- Smash Mouth
- Stevie Wonder
- Sublime with Rome
- Sylvan Esso
- The Blind Boys of Alabama
- The Doobie Brothers
- The Faint
- The Flaming Lips
- The Infamous Stringdusters
- The Isley Brothers
- The Kooks
- The Mowgli's
- The New Pornographers
- The Rolling Stones
- Third Eye Blind
- Tommy Castro
- Trampled by Turtles
- Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue
- Vance Joy
- Walk the Moon
- Zac Brown Band
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