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Summerfest 2023: Over 100 Headliners Announced for “World’s Largest Music Festival”

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Summerfest announced the headliners for its 2023 festival earlier this morning, featuring more than 100 headlining artists. The lineup includes some of the biggest names in the music industry, such as Eric Church, Dave Matthews Band, ODESZA, Zach Bryan, Imagine Dragons, Earth, Wind & Fire, Noah Kahan, Ava Max, The Pretty Reckless, Sean Paul, Coi Leray, Three 6 Mafia, Buddy Guy, Smokey Robinson, Fleet Foxes, and many more.

The President of Milwaukee World Festival, Sarah Pancheri, stated that convincing these renowned artists to come to Milwaukee was not a difficult task, thanks to Summer Fest’s 55-year history and reputation, as well as its impressive 75-acre festival site located on the shores of Lake Michigan. The site’s beauty and range of amenities make it an attractive destination for both the artists and the fans.

Despite already having a star-studded lineup, two headlining acts for July 1 and July 6 have yet to be announced, so fans still have much to look forward to.

Summerfest 2023 is scheduled to take place over three weekends from June 22-24, June 29-July 1, and July 6-8, with music lovers from all over the country flocking to Henry Maier Festival Park in downtown Milwaukee.

The festival, which is known as the “world’s largest music festival,” has been a highlight of Milwaukee’s summer since 1968. Summerfest has established itself as a premier music event, attracting world-renowned artists from various genres, such as rock, pop, hip-hop, and country.

The festival has a rich history of providing a platform for both up-and-coming and established artists, making it a significant contributor to the music industry. The event’s expansive grounds offer festival-goers ample space to enjoy the music, food, and entertainment, making it a popular destination for music lovers of all ages.

Check out the official festival’s lineup poster below!

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Photos: Thomas Rhett Headlines the Final Night of Summerfest 2022

Country superstar Thomas Rhett performed for a packed crowd on Saturday night to bring Milwaukee’s Summerfest to a close.

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Summerfest 2022 is officially over and while fans are already counting down the days until next year’s festivities, we can definitely reminisce with some great photos. So what better performance to look back on than Thomas Rhett’s headlining performance on the closing night of the lakefront festival?

Check out our best photos from Thomas Rhett’s Summerfest performance below.

Photos: The Village People Bring Their Disco Hits to Milwaukee

The “YMCA” and “Macho Man” disco stars brought their entertaining performance to Milwaukee’s lakefront on Saturday night.

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Photo by Dan Garcia

With mega hits from the ’70s and ’80s, like “Macho Man”, “In The Navy” and “YMCA”, it’s no surprise that fans came out to enjoy The Village People’s Summerfest performance this past weekend.

Led by founding member and lead singer, Victor Willis, the Village People got off to a late start but partied all night long with their Wisconsin fans at the BMO Harris Pavilion. If you weren’t in attendance, than you definitely missed out!

Check out our best photos from the Village People’s Milwaukee performance below.

Machine Gun Kelly Brings His Mainstream Sellout Tour to Milwaukee

With support from Avril Lavigne and Iann Dior, MGK brought his huge headlining tour to the American Family Insurance Amphitheater.

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Machine Gun Kelly is on an entirely different level since his last performance at Summerfest. Going from a crowd of 4,000 to 20,000 in just a couple years, fans came out in huge numbers to catch the “Mainstreet Sellout Tour” at the American Family Insurance Amphitheater.

MGK was joined by opening act Iann Dior and the pop punk icon, Avril Lavigne, for his huge Milwaukee performance, which was also the largest selling show of Summerfest. If you weren’t in attendance last night, you definitely missed out!

Check out our favorite photos from last night’s performance below.

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Summerfest Photo Series: Disturbed & Lamb of God

Rockers Disturbed and Lamb of God brought a dose of metal to Summerfest for their headlining sets at Summerfest on June 30th.

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Things got hot at Summerfest last night as a number of the biggest names in metal, Disturbed and Lamb of God, performed at the lakefront festival’s American Family Insurance Amphitheater. We were in the pit to capture the best moments from the whole night.

Check out our favorite photos from Disturbed and Lamb of God’s Summerfest performances below.

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Photos: Lil Wayne Returns to Milwaukee’s Summerfest

Rap superstar and Green Bay Packers superfan, Lil Wayne, made a stop in Wisconsin for another Summerfest performance.

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Lil Wayne has always found a second home in Wisconsin, so it was no surprised that he was embraced by his fellow Packer fans at Summerfest on Saturday night.

Before making his Super Bowl prediction and closing the night with his Wiz Khalifa-remake “Green and Yellow”, Weezy performed a catalog of his biggest hits and features for the packed crowd and we were there to capture it all.

Check out our best photos from Lil Wayne’s headlining set at the American Family Insurance Amphitheater below.

Summerfest Photo Series: Wu Tang Clan

The legendary Wu Tang Clan performed at Summerfest on Saturday night.

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Warming things up for Lil Wayne and Wiz Khalifa, the legendary Wu Tang Clan kicked things off on Saturday night for Summerfest’s rap triple header at the American Family Insurance Amphitheater. So it was only right that we were there to capture some great moments from the performance.

Check out our favorite photos from the Wu Tang Clan’s Saturday night performance below.

Our Favorite Moments from Weekend 3 of Summerfest 2021

Wiz Khalifa, Dave Matthews Band, Polo G and more dominated crowds at the last weekend of Milwaukee’s Summerfest 2021.

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Dave Matthews Band delivered another memorable Summerfest performance this past weekend (Photo by Dan Garcia).

Last weekend marked the third act of Summerfest 2021. While the late summer/early fall segmented format was certainly an adjustment for fans, the lakefront festival (as always) welcomed some of the biggest names in music.

And what a great finale this past weekend was as a number of major performers stopped by to deliver the return of live music to Milwaukee, including names like the Dave Matthews Band, Wiz Khalifa, Run The Jewels, Polo G and many more!

Check out some of our top moments from the third and final weekend of Milwaukee’s Summerfest 2021 below.

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Our Favorite Moments from Weekend 2 of Summerfest 2021

Sheryl Crow, G-Eazy, Brett Eldredge and more topped the lineup for the second of three weekends at Milwaukee’s Summerfest.

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G-Eazy performs at the General Power Stage at Summerfest on Friday, September 10, 2021 (Photo by Dan Garcia).

After huge names in music like Chance The Rapper and Luke Bryan kicked off the first weekend of Summerfest 2021, as well as the return of live music in the city of Milwaukee, the party continued where it left off this past weekend with a number of equally amazing performances.

Always delivering something for everyone, the Big Gig brought a number of major recording artists across all genres to Milwaukee’s lakeside this past weekend, including sets from Sherly Crow, the Zac Brown Band, G-Eazy, DJ Jazz Jeff and Alexander 23 to name a few.

Check out some of our top moments from the second weekend of Milwaukee’s Summerfest 2021 below.

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Our Favorite Moments from Weekend 1 of Summerfest 2021

Chance The Rapper and Luke Bryan topped the list of performers for the first weekend of Milwaukee’s Summerfest in 2021.

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Luke Bryan headlines the American Family Insurance Amphitheater at Summerfest 2021 (Photo by Dan Garcia).

Live music is back in the city of Milwaukee, as the “World’s Largest Music Festival”, Summerfest, returned to Milwaukee’s lakefront this past weekend. And what a weekend it was, as a number of major recording artists across all different genres traveled to the Dairy State to kick things off, including headlining names like Chance The Rapper, Luke Bryan, twenty one Pilots and many more.

Summerfest will return to Milwaukee’s lakefront this Wednesday with a special headlining set from the Jonas Brothers, but in the meantime you can relive this past weekend with some of our favorite moments from the first weekend of Summerfest 2021.

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