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The SummerRest: 40 non-Summerfest shows

June 25, 2018

Summerfest begins Wednesday, and will bring more than 800 acts to 13 stages—not even counting those weird side stages near the lake—and close to a million people through the gates for 11 days of music, activity...

Let’s talk about all the stuff we’re looking forward to at Summerfest 2018

Milwaukee Record Staff

June 21, 2018

Every Wednesday at noon, Ryan Schleicher, Evan Rytlewski, and Matt Wild take to the WMSE airwaves to discuss all things Milwaukee. This half-hour fun-fest is called The Disclaimer, so named because none of the ...

So what do we think of this year’s Summerfest lineup?

Milwaukee Record Staff

June 20, 2018

In A-side/B-side, two Milwaukee Record writers tackle various city issues in an informal, crosstalk style. Insults are hurled, feelings are hurt, and everyone learns something in the end. Maybe. Matt Wild: W...

Diplo will play a free show at the new U.S. Cellular Connection Stage June 22

Matt Wild

May 22, 2018

EDM superstar Diplo will play a free show at the new U.S. Cellular Connection Stage—located on the Summerfest grounds—Friday, June 22, U.S. Cellular announced Tuesday. "We are thrilled to host Diplo as the f...

Summerfest adds OutKast’s Big Boi, other stuff

Matt Wild

May 11, 2018

We're roughly a month and a half away from Summerfest 2018, but the excitement is already humming in the kinda-summer air. The music! The food! Our inevitable and increasingly confounding review of Taped Music ...

Here’s the day-by-day, stage-by-stage headliner schedule for Summerfest 2018

Matt Wild

April 24, 2018

Summerfest 2018. Coming to Henry Maier Festival Park June 28-July 1, and July 3-8. Tons of music. Tons of food. Tons of people. Tons of stages. Here the day-by-day headliner schedule for those stages (minus JoJ...

Hey! Here are the 8,000 headliners for Summerfest 2018

Milwaukee Record Staff

April 4, 2018

Well, it's that time of year again: In advance of Summerfest 2018 (June 27-July 1, July 3-8), the Big Gig has unleashed its massive list of headliners. Approximately 8,000 grounds stage headliners now join the ...

Summerfest announces Klement’s partnership, new Klement’s-sponsored local stage

Matt Wild

March 20, 2018

It's been a few years since the demise of Summerfest's "local stage." Though the Big Gig is pretty good about including Milwaukee acts in its annual lineups, the last truly "local" stage, the KNE New Music Stag...

Arcade Fire will play the final night of Summerfest. Watch them play Mad Planet in 2004

Matt Wild

February 27, 2018

Critically acclaimed, occasionally adored, and Very Serious Indie Band Arcade Fire will play the final night of Summerfest 2018, the Big Gig announced today. The band will headline the American Family Insurance...

Watch IshDARR dominate Summerfest 2017 in video for “Sanity”

Matt Wild

August 14, 2017

This past Fourth of July, Milwaukee rapper IshDARR became the first local hip-hop artist to nab a headlining slot at Summerfest. He didn't disappoint: The show was absolutely packed, the energy was insane, and ...

831,769 people went to Summerfest this year, despite the best laid plans of Red Lobster

Matt Wild

July 14, 2017

Every Friday, Off The Record looks to other Milwaukee publications (and beyond) for bits of news we missed throughout the week. • Summerfest 2017 is over and the numbers are in: 831,769 people enjoyed the Bi...

The Shins brought Summerfest 50 to a close and it was kind of perfect

Matt Wild

July 10, 2017

There's something bittersweet about the final day of Summerfest. Vendors are packing away mountains of fresh roasted nuts, patrons are desperately stumbling around like its closing time, and the final serviceab...

Nelson, Dylan, Crow, more bring wild-and-wooly Outlaw Music Festival to Summerfest

Cal Roach

July 10, 2017

With Summerfest trying to brand itself a "national" music festival, allow us to point out a few differences that separate the Big Gig from all of its ostensible counterparts: relatively clean, plentiful re...

Huey Lewis And The News enchant Summerfest fans with timeless talent and charisma

Lauren Keene

July 8, 2017

For its 50th edition, Summerfest treated music history nerds to a mini museum located inside the festival grounds. The Summerfest 50 historical exhibit is jam-packed with fun facts about the festival's longtime...

Standout moments from Milwaukee Record’s entirely local day at Summerfest

Tyler Maas

July 7, 2017

Though Summerfest books bands from all corners of the country and brings in a fair amount of international talent, the Big Gig has recently gone about narrowing the disparaging gap between its hometown talent a...

183 consecutive Friday night fish fries and counting: Venice Club (Summerfest)

Caleb Westphal

July 7, 2017

Caleb Westphal hasn't missed a Friday night fish fry since 2013. Follow along with his record-in-the-making here. When one thinks of things that are quintessentially Milwaukee, both Summerfest and fish fries...

10 non-music, non-food/drink Summerfest attractions, ranked

Matt Wild

July 6, 2017

There's only a weekend and some change left of Summerfest 2017, but there's still plenty to see. Huey Lewis & The News! The Shins! Atmosphere! REO Speedwagon! Tom Petty (again)! Step off the main Henry Maie...

T-Pain’s Summerfest set was some killer, some filler, but still a good time

Lauren Keene

July 6, 2017

"Every generation is afraid of the music that comes from the next," says Lindsay Weir in the second episode of Freaks And Geeks. She's discussing the Sex Pistols with her parents, who are appalled by the idea o...

Killing time at the Renegade Stage, Summerfest’s one-stop shop for the eccentric and eclectic

Lauren Keene

July 5, 2017

Eating and drinking all day at Summerfest can take a toll on your wallet, and walking around checking out the vendors really doesn't take that long. Plus, let's get real: it's the same stuff every year. Fortuna...

Death From Above 1979 is rowdy, rusty in Summerfest debut

Tyler Maas

July 5, 2017

Each and every year, there's a select few Summerfest bookings that are capable of coaxing even the most jaded among us to shed their "Bummerfest" shirt and their long-held sentiments for enough time to begrudgi...

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