Summerfest

Summerfest is an annual music festival held in downtown Milwaukee, Wisconsin. It was first held in 1968. Summerfest is located at Henry Maier Festival Park. Summerfest has about 800,000 people come each year. It calls itself "The World's Largest Music Festival". The title was verified by the Guinness World Records in 1999.

Opening headliners

Year Headliner Notes
1968 George Jessel
1969 Dolly Parton
1970 Sly and the Family Stone
1971 Mountain
1972 The Doors(sans Morrison who died in 1971)
1973 Steve Miller Band
1974 Johnny Cash
1975 The Beach Boys
1976 The Band
1977 Willie Nelson
1978 Grateful Dead(rained out—they never played nor traveled to the fest)
1979 Charles Aznavour / Jane Olivor
1980 Kenny Loggins / Jim Messina
1981 George Thorogood and The Destroyers
1982 Santana
1983 Eric Clapton
1984 Huey Lewis and the News
1985 Bryan Adams
1986 The Go-Go's [source?] / INXS
1987 Paul Simon
1988 Sting
1989 Richard Belzer
1989 Rod Stewart
1990 Cher
1991 Whitney Houston
1992 Metallica
1993 Bon Jovi
1994 Janet Jackson
1995 Pearl Jam
1996 Alanis Morissette
1997 Dave Matthews Band
1998 Shania Twain
1999 Paul Simon / Bob Dylan
2000 Britney Spears
2001 Destiny's Child
2002 Nine Inch Nails
2003 Kenny Chesney / Keith Urban
2004 Prince
2005 John Mellencamp
2006 Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers / Pearl Jam
2007 Steely Dan
2008 Stevie Wonder
2009 Bon Jovi / Lynyrd Skynyrd
2010 Tim McGraw
2011 Peter Gabriel
2012 Rascal Flatts Lady Antebellum
2013 The Avett Brothers / Violent Femmes
2014 Bruno Mars and Lady Gaga
2015 Florida Georgia Line / The Rolling Stones
2016 Selena Gomez
2017 Red Hot Chili Peppers
2018 Imagine Dragons
2019 Jennifer Lopez
2020 NoneCancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
2021 Fall Out Boy, Green Day, and Weezer with KennyHoopla
2022 Jason Aldean

References

  1. ↑ "OnMilwaukee.com :". OnMilwaukee.com.
  2. ↑ Archived June 29, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
  3. ↑ "Summerfest Schedule, 1968". The Milwaukee Journal. Children in Urban America Project, Marquette University. July 14, 1968.
  4. ↑ "Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers to Headline Marcus Amphitheater During Summerfest '08". Summerfest.com. Archived from the original on 2011-09-26. Retrieved 2011-06-03.
  5. ↑ "Bon Jovi to Headline Marcus Amphitheater During Summerfest 2009". Summerfest.com. Archived from the original on 2011-09-26. Retrieved 2011-06-10.
  6. ↑ "Tim McGraw to Headline Marcus Amphitheater During Summerfest 2010". Summerfest.com. Archived from the original on 2011-09-26. Retrieved 2011-06-03.
  7. ↑ "Peter Gabriel to Headline Marcus Amphitheater During Summerfest 2011". Summerfest.com. Archived from the original on 2011-09-26. Retrieved 2011-06-03.
  8. ↑ "Marcus Amphitheater Headliners". Summerfest.com. Milwaukee, WI. 2012-06-27. Retrieved 2012-07-06.[permanent dead link]
  9. ↑ "Summerfest announces 2014 lineup". USA Today. Milwaukee, WI. 2014-06-25. Retrieved 2013-03-26.
  10. ↑ "Home - Summerfest, The World's Largest Music Festival". Summerfest - The World's Largest Music Festival.
  11. ↑ Levy, Piet. "Summerfest 2015 - Florida Georgia Line playing Summerfest's opening night June 24". jsonline.com.
  12. ↑ "Home | Summerfest, The World's Largest Music Festival". Summerfest.com. Retrieved 2015-12-12.