If you’ve been playing Summerfest 2025 Headliner Announcement Bingo, you’ve already marked off “Modern Country Act” (Lainey Wilson), “Random ’90s Band” (Cake), and “The Avett Brothers” (The Avett Brothers).

Now it’s time to mark off “Boomer Bread And Butter,” because James Taylor And His All-Star Band are set to headline the American Family Insurance Amphitheater on Saturday, July 21, during Summerfest 2025. We’ve seen fire, we’ve seen rain, etc.

Tickets go on sale Friday, December 6 at 10 a.m. Get them at Summerfest.com or Ticketmaster.com, or in person at the American Family Insurance Amphitheater Box Office. Jason Mraz and Boston band Tiny Habits will open the show.

Summerfest 2025 will take place June 19-21, June 26-28, and July 3-5. The festival drew 555,925 attendees in 2024, down from 624,407 in 2023. In 2022, Summerfest drew 445,611 fans. In 2021—a late-summer installment and the first year of the nine-day, three-weekend format—409,386 folks showed up. Summerfest 2020 was canceled due to COVID. Summerfest 2019 drew 718,144 attendees. At the time, the 2019 attendance was Summerfest’s lowest in more than 30 years.

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