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Jeff Wheatley-Heckman suits up for ComedySportz’s Summerfest lineup

June 30, 2015

In 2010, Jeff Wheatley-Heckman moved from Maryland to Milwaukee with the intent of helping inner city youth. After the comedy fan's noble work experience concluded, he decided to stay in town and help himself t...

Hating Summerfest, loving Summerfest

Matt Wild

June 29, 2015

Sometimes you hate Summerfest. Sometimes you get to the grounds on a late Sunday afternoon and note that there are more people waiting to see Paris Hilton in four hours than there were to see Public Enemy all o...

Milwaukee Record’s requisite Paris Hilton at Summerfest review

Phillip Martinez

June 29, 2015

Interest was piqued Sunday night at Summerfest’s Harley-Davidson Roadhouse as crowds gathered and packed the bleachers and any available square foot of concrete awaiting the arrival of the EDM community’s black...

Public Enemy brings the noise (with help from Rusty P’s) on day two of Summerfest

Matt Wild

June 26, 2015

Early in the Rusty P’s warm-up set for Public Enemy Thursday night at Summerfest, DJ “Madhatter” Lee announced the group would be digging deep into their old albums for the next few songs. “And when you’ve been...

Review: Taped Music at JoJo’s Martini Lounge (Summerfest)

Tyler Maas

June 25, 2015

Summerfest plays host to more than 800 acts each year. By the time the colossal 11-day Midwestern musical mainstay concludes, thousands of musicians will take the stage to perform energetic live sets for an est...

Celebrate the first day of Summerfest with 6 videos of people screwing around on the Sky Glider

Matt Wild

June 24, 2015

If there was a website called “Is it Summerfest yet?” today it would read “Yes.” The 48th annual Big Gig kicks off today at noon, and brings with it all the sights, sounds, smells, and jorts Milwaukee has come ...

Milwaukee Record’s field guide to Summerfest cover bands

Matt Wild

June 24, 2015

Summerfest bills itself as the “World’s Largest Music Festival,” That’s technically true: few music fests are even in the same ballpark when it comes to the Big Gig’s 11-day lineup of 800-plus acts. The rub, of...

The SummerRest: 15 non-Summerfest recommendations

Tyler Maas

June 23, 2015

With tonight’s Rolling Stones show, Summerfest has (unofficially) arrived. The Big Gig gets into full swing come Wednesday, bringing more than 800 acts to 11 stages—not even counting those weird side stages nea...

Hey! Let’s talk about Summerfest!

Milwaukee Record Staff

June 18, 2015

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 ...

Shank Hall owner Peter Jest talks concert promotion, Summerfest, more

Milwaukee Record Staff

June 12, 2015

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 ...

Now there’s a petition to book Paris Hilton at Summerfest every year until the end of time

Matt Wild

March 26, 2015

By now you’ve probably read about the outraged EDM fans who created a Change.org petition to have DJ Paris Hilton—a.k.a. Paris Hilton—removed from the 2015 Summerfest lineup. As originally reported by Evan Rytl...

Here are the top 10 most wonderful/ridiculous Summerfest 2015 headliners

Matt Wild

March 24, 2015

Do you like summer? Do you like music? Do you like bands that are both wonderful and ridiculous? Good, because then you’ll be over the moon with the just-announced list of grounds stage headliners for Summerfes...

There’s a suspicious Summerfest-sized hole in “Weird Al” Yankovic’s 2015 tour schedule

Matt Wild

February 3, 2015

According to Summerfest’s ever-ticking countdown clock (think of it like those “death clocks,” but with less death and more picnic-table dancing), there are four months, 20 days, 23 hours, 48 minutes, and 26......

An entirely local day at Summerfest

Tyler Maas

July 3, 2014

Wednesday’s Summerfest lineup scared up a wealth of immensely popular and internationally known talent (and DJ Pauly D) that included the likes of Dave Matthews Band, Ludacris, Bonnie Raitt, Joan Jett, the Wail...

Ed Kowalczyk Lives on at Miller Lite Oasis

Tyler Maas

July 2, 2014

You missed it the first time you thumbed through the Summerfest schedule. It’s okay. Virtually everybody missed it. Eventually, people either stopped dismissing the the oddly arranged smattering of consonant...

Cash grab or unfinished business? Examining Outkast’s (temporary?) return

Andrew Winistorfer

July 1, 2014

“If you don’t know us by now,” Andre 3000 yells, from underneath his alien sunglasses and silver wig as his horn section vamps behind him, “You probably never will.” In that moment, the crowd comes unglued. ...

Tracklist: 14 weird moments from Summerfest 2014 (so far)

Milwaukee Record Staff

June 30, 2014

And on the sixth day, Summerfest rested. Yes, today is Summerfest’s day off, a day for relaxation, contemplation, and probably a good delousing. Nearly half of the Big Gig ’14 is behind us, with only six more ...

Review: Pre-Recorded Music at JoJo’s Martini Lounge (Summerfest)

Tyler Maas

June 26, 2014

Without fail, it’s on the schedule every year. No, not I’m not referring to “Joan Jett & The Blackhearts” or “Wayne & Wingnut - Red Hot Chili Puppets”—though they are, too. Along with more than 700 band...

Milwaukee Record’s Summerfest guide…guide

Tyler Maas

June 25, 2014

It’s here. After 50-plus weeks away from the lakefront, Summerfest has returned. By now, you’ve already figured out the performers you’re absolutely going to see, and committed those stages and set times to mem...

The evolution of Summerfest drunk dancing

Matt Wild

June 25, 2014

In case you were wondering, that low, dull roar emanating from Milwaukee’s lakefront is not Godzilla, king of the monsters. It’s Summerfest, which kicks off its 47th installment today at noon. And what better w...

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