Tagged Summerfest

We'll keep it short and sweet: Garth Brooks will headline a Summerfest "kick-off concert" June 17 at American Family Insurance Amphitheater. That's one day before the official start of Summerfest 2026, which wi...

The annual Big Milwaukee Question—"What was the Summerfest attendance this year?"—has been answered. On Tuesday, Summerfest parent company Milwaukee World Festival, Inc. (MWF) announced that 602,231 folks at...

For Milwaukee Record, much of our Summerfest coverage is stuff we must do in advance of the festival. There's releasing (then organizing and continually updating) the lineup, finding all the local talent playin...

Happy Summerfest, Milwaukee! The 2025 edition of the monster lakefront festival takes place June 19-21, June 26-28, and July 3-5. Which makes today...opening day! So let's celebrate the first day of Summerfe...

Thursday marks the official start of another Summerfest. Now in its 57th year, the “Big Gig” has long been home to deep fried delicacies, prime people watching, and hundreds upon hundreds of musical acts from a...

Longtime Milwaukee Record readers will remember our reviews of Summerfest's Taped / Pre-Recorded Music. From 2014 through 2021, our very own Tyler Maas would go to Summerfest at noon on opening day, head over t...

Summerfest! You know it, you love it, and you want to get in for free! And thanks to the bevy of admission promotions listed below, you can totally do that last part! Summerfest 2025 runs for three consecuti...

It looks like we need to update our easy-to-read Summerfest 2025 lineup article, because the Big Gig just juiced its lineup with a bunch of new names. Leading the pack are Third Eye Blind and The Gufs, who w...