Calendar of Events

Summerfest 2026 brings the “World’s Largest Music Festival” back to Milwaukee’s lakefront in the middle of summer! We’re talking 9 days across three long weekends packed with concerts and fun with over half a million of your closest friends. Choose from over 600 acts across 12 stages on the 75-acre Maier Festival Park grounds. The dates this year, all Thursdays – Saturdays, are June 18-20, June 25-27, and July 2-4, 2026. 

Summerfest dates back to 1968 and has since become a key venue for the music industry’s hottest stars, emerging talent and local favorites to create unforgettable live music experiences in a world-class festival setting. Running along Milwaukee’s lakefront nestled within downtown, the Historic Third Ward, Discovery World, I-794, and Lake Michigan, Summerfest offers not only music but over 45 food and beverage vendors, four marketplaces offering crafts and wares from all over the world, interactive exhibits, and just cool general fun.  Northwestern Mutual Community Park includes a Children’s Stage and play area that offers a fun experience for the kids. Regular shows involving magic, singalongs, and other activities are complemented with plenty of equipment kids can run, swing, climb, and play on. During the day, Summerfest is designed to be very family-friendly. Many of the food and beverage vendors are classic and popular restaurants and bars from around the Milwaukee area, and selections range widely from ethnic food options to a wide variety of craft and classic beers. Several stands also have a full bar with wine and spirits. Check out the latest music and stage lineups below! 

Announced Summerfest 2026 lineups by Date, Stage & Time:

Tuesday, June 16th

American Family Insurance Amphitheater
7:30pm – Garth Brooks

Wednesday, June 17th

American Family Insurance Amphitheater
7:30pm – Garth Brooks

Thursday, June 18th

American Family Insurance Amphitheater
7:00pm – Megan Moroney

BMO Pavilion
7:15pm Dannyboy
9:00pm Charlie Wilson

Miller Lite Oasis
1:15pm From Ashes To Embers
2:45pm Current Comfort
4:30pm Vial
6:30pm Nicholas Tremulis & The Prodigals
10:30pm Tash Sultana

Generac Power Stage
5:30pm The Dream Syndicate
7:30pm Modern English
9:30pm Echo & The Bunnymen

Briggs & Stratton Big Backyard
6:00pm Morgan St. Jean
8:00pm Dora Jar
10:00pm Holly Humberstone

T-Mobile Stage
6:15pm Venus & the Flytraps
8:15pm Marlon Funaki
10:15pm Passion Pit

Uline Warehouse
3:30pm Post Sex Nachos
5:30pm Taylor Acorn
7:30pm The Bends
9:30pm Third Eye Blind

Aurora Pavilion
7:00pm Alejandro Escovedo

Friday, June 19th

American Family Insurance Amphitheater
7:30pm – Don Toliver with special guests Shababii & Che

BMO Pavilion
5:30pm The Love Monkeys
7:15pm Aldo Nova
9:00pm STYX

Miller Lite Oasis
1:15pm From Ashes To Embers
2:45pm Current Comfort
4:30pm Vial
6:30pm Panic Shack
8:30pm Enter Shikari
10:30pm Amyl and the Sniffers

Generac Power Stage
5:30pm Deer Tick
7:30pm Evan Honer
9:30pm Father John Misty

Briggs & Stratton Big Backyard
4:00pm Todd Cameron
6:00pm Steph Strings
8:00pm Adrian Nunez

T-Mobile Stage
6:15pm Emmitt James
10:15pm Jeremiah

Uline Warehouse
12:30pm Koyo
2:00pm Field Hockey
3:30pm Tiny Voices
5:30pm Red Jumpsuit Apparatus
7:30pm State Champs
9:30pm Hot Mulligan

Aurora Pavilion
5:45pm Chris Crain
7:00pm The Family Stone

Saturday, June 20th

American Family Insurance Amphitheater
7:00pm – Carin Leon

BMO Pavilion
5:30pm Substitute: Tales from The Who
9:00pm David Lee Roth

Miller Lite Oasis
6:30pm The Juliana Theory
8:30pm Braid
10:30pm The Academy Is…

Generac Power Stage
12:30pm The Band Solstice
2:00pm Tobacco Road
3:30pm Old Mervs
5:30pm Winyah
7:30pm Penelope Road
9:30pm Flipturn

Briggs & Stratton Big Backyard
8:00pm Weston Estate
10:00pm Connor Price

T-Mobile Stage
12:45pm Lauren Gottshall
2:30pm Will Terry
4:15pm Rhys Rutherford
6:15pm Scott Wolverton
8:15pm McCoy Moore
10:15pm Nate Smith

Uline Warehouse
2:00pm Kenneth Brian Band
3:30pm A.J. Croce
5:30pm Trapper Schoepp
7:30pm Don Felder
9:30pm Christopher Cross

Aurora Pavilion
3:15pm Cigarettes @ Sunset
4:30pm Altered By Mom
5:45pm Red Leather
7:00pm Dexter and the Moonrocks

 

Sunday, June 21st

American Family Insurance Amphitheater
7:00pm – The Pussycat Dolls with special guests Lil Kim & Mya

Thursday, June 25th

American Family Insurance Amphitheater
7:30pm – Ed Sheeran with special guest Myles Smith and Aaron Rowe

BMO Pavilion
7:15pm Gabriel Jacoby
9:00pm The Roots

Miller Lite Oasis
4:30pm Vertical Horizon
6:30pm Porch Light
8:30pm Hazlett
10:30pm Kaleo

Generac Power Stage
7:30pm Grabbitz
9:30pm Subtronics

Briggs & Stratton Big Backyard
4:00pm Robert Randolph & The Family Band
10:00pm Kim Gordon

T-Mobile Stage
5:30pm Old 97’s
6:15pm Elijah Scott
8:15pm Lanie Gardner
10:15pm Tucker Wetmore

Uline Warehouse
4:15pm 10,000 Maniacs
5:45pm Lisa Loeb
7:30pm Walk Off the Earth
9:30pm Halestorm

Aurora Pavilion
4:30pm Abby Moeller
5:45pm Boy Golden
7:00pm The Mountain Goats

Friday, June 26th

American Family Insurance Amphitheather
7:30 pm – Cody Johnson with special guest Jesse Murph

BMO Pavilion
7:15pm The Aces
9:00pm Louis Tomlinson

Miller Lite Oasis
2:45pm Harrison Gordon
4:30pm Lake Drive
6:30pm Showoff
8:30pm Lucky Boys Confusion
10:30pm Goldfinger

Generac Power Stage
3:30pm 7th Heaven
7:30pm Big Wild
9:30pm Elderbrook

Briggs & Stratton Big Backyard
6:00pm Henrik
10:00pm Petey USA

T-Mobile Stage
2:30pm Gold Steps
6:15pm Greg Koch & The Koch Marshall Trio
8:15pm Tha Band Loula
10:15pm Marcus King Band

Uline Warehouse
3:30pm Sons of the Silent Age
5:30pm Grouplove
7:30pm Two Feet
9:30pm The Revivalists

Aurora Pavilion
4:30pm Siobahn Bodrug
5:45pm Harper O’Neill
7:00pm Sudan Archives

Saturday, June 27th

American Family Insurance Amphitheater
7:30 p.m. – Post Malone with special guest Carter Faith

BMO Pavilion
7:15pm Dylan Schneider
9:00pm Russell Dickerson

Miller Lite Oasis
2:45pm King Solomon
4:30pm Left On Sunset
6:30pm The Expendables
8:30pm The Movement
10:30pm Pepper

Generac Power Stage
5:30pm Jean Dawson
9:30pm Wolfmother

Briggs & Stratton Big Backyard
2:30pm Fuzzysurf
4:00pm Modern Alibi
6:00pm Taz
8:00pm Paw Paw Rod
10:00pm BØRNS

T-Mobile Stage
6:15pm Maris
10:15pm Audrey Nuna

Uline Warehouse
3:30pm Tracy Bonham
5:30pm Hank Azaria and the EZ Street Band
7:30pm Freddy Jones Band
9:30pm Little Feat 

Aurora Pavilion
7:00pm Mariachi Sol De Mexico

Thursday, July 2nd

American Family Insurance Amphitheater
7:00 p.m. – Muse

BMO Pavilion
7:15pm Absolutely
9:00pm Ella Mai

Miller Lite Oasis
8:30pm Anees
10:30pm Sean Paul

Generac Power Stage
2:00pm Munroe
5:30pm Living Colour
7:30pm Buckcherry
9:30pm Candlebox

Briggs & Stratton Big Backyard
2:30pm Hell On Heels
4:00pm Hotel Fiction
6:00pm Sunflower Bean
8:00pm Blondshell
10:00pm The Beths

T-Mobile Stage
12:45pm Pretty Pity
2:30pm Gold Steps
4:15pm Fluorescents
6:15pm Girlfriends
8:15pm Kennyhoopla
10:15pm All-Time Low

Uline Warehouse
2:00pm Outranaut
3:30pm The Ocean Blue
5:30pm Sister Hazel
7:30pm Spin Doctors
9:30pm Gin Blossoms

Aurora Pavilion
12:45pm Florentine Opera Company
2:00pm Florentine Opera Company
4:30pm Case Oas
5:45pm Jobi Riccio
7:00pm Matthew Hansen

Friday, July 3rd

American Family Insurance Amphitheater
7:30pm – Alex Warren

BMO Pavilion
7:15pm Stephen Marley
9:00pm Buju Banton with Stephen Marley

Miller Lite Oasis
4:30pm Scout Speer
6:30pm Adam Warner
8:30pm Chase McDaniel
10:30pm Whiskey Myers

Generac Power Stage
3:30pm Yaya Biggs
5:30pm Edgehill
7:30pm Ax and the Hatchetmen
9:30pm Spoon

Briggs & Stratton Big Backyard
8:00pm DJ Jazzy Jeff
10:00pm Rev Run

T-Mobile Stage
10:15pm Flo Rida

Uline Warehouse
5:30pm Ken Pomeroy
7:30pm St. Paul & the Broken Bones
9:30pm Gene Simmons Band

Aurora Pavilion
3:15pm Ask Carol
4:30pm Six Foot Blonde
5:45pm The Heavy Heavy
7:00pm Neal Francis

Saturday, July 4th

American Family Insurance Amphitheater
7:30 pm – Jelly Roll with special guest Tyler Hubbard

BMO Pavilion
7:15pm Preston Cooper
9:00 pm Sam Barber

Miller Lite Oasis
4:30pm The Maiden Voyage
6:30pm Siin
10:30pm Megadeth

Generac Power Stage
3:30pm Nicole Lawrence
5:30pm Soul Asylum
7:30pm The Jayhawks
9:30pm The BoDeans

Briggs & Stratton Big Backyard
8:00pm John Vincent III
10:00pm Jonah Kagen

T-Mobile Stage
4:15pm Carolina Liar
6:15pm Pure Hex
8:15pm Joywave
10:15pm The Temper Trap

Uline Warehouse
5:30pm Jerry Harrison’s TH 50 – “50 Years of Talking Heads”
7:30pm Mindi Abair
9:30pm Straight No Chaser

Aurora Pavilion
5:45pm Tag Team
7:00pm Baha Men

Gruber Law Offices Sportzone and Northwestern Mutual Community Park will have a variety of shows and performers too, to be announced soon.

Watch for new announcements, see Summerfest.com/lineup for more lineups the timeliest way possible!

Summerfest Tickets

Single Day General Admission Tickets run $30 per day, you can print them at home or put them on your mobile. These tickets are good for the entire grounds and any show with the exception of the American Family Insurance Amphitheater shows. Seniors 62 and over and Children 3-10 can get discount tickets at the gate. Children 2 and under are admitted free. Multi-Day Ticket options include:

• A US Cellular Power Pass, which runs $125 and gets you in ALL 9 DAYS of the festival, with the exception of the American Family Insurance Amphitheater shows.
• A 6-Day Pass, which gets you in for 6 of 9 days of Summerfest – you choose your 6 days. It runs $105.
• A US Cellular 3-Day Pass, which for $60 gets you in to 3 of 9 days of Summerfest, you choose which three.

Parking lots are available just to the west of the grounds and throughout downtown Milwaukee and the Historic Third Ward. The Milwaukee County Transit System also offers “freeway flyer” express buses to and from the grounds from numerous Park & Ride lots in the metro area. The Summerfest Grounds can be accessed directly via I-794, U.S. 18, and Highway 32. I-43/94 and Highways 38, 59, and 145 also bring you within a mile of it – which is how far away some people park! Either way, it’s one of the greatest music festivals on the planet and a definite State Trunk Tour recommendation.

Summerfest 2026 Address:

Henry Maier Festival Park
200 N. Harbor Drive
Milwaukee, WI 53202
(414) 273-2680
Website

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