The legendary Summerfest has its last weekend of 2026, Thursday-Saturday July 2nd-4th. Here’s the latest on the Summerfest stage lineups by day, plus ways to get discounts on admission, parking and more!
Summerfest 2026 is back on Milwaukee’s lakefront for its 58th edition! We’re talking 9 days across three Thursday – Saturday weekends packed with concerts and fun with well over half a million of your closest friends. Choose from over 600 acts across 12 stages on the 75-acre Maier Festival Park grounds. Upgrades keep happening, and the acts keep getting updated as we get closer to one of the highlights of the year!
Summerfest dates back to 1968 and has since become a major venue for the music industry’s hottest stars, emerging talent and local favorites, creating 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.
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.
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.
So who’s playing all these stages at Summerfest this second weekend? The latest lineup by Date, Stage, and Times is below for Thursday, July 2nd – Saturday, July 4th!
Announced Summerfest 2026 lineups by Date, Stage & Time:
Thursday, July 2nd
American Family Insurance Amphitheater
7:00 p.m. – Muse
BMO Pavilion
5:30pm Absolutely
7:15pm Bren Joy
9:00pm Ella Mai
Miller Lite Oasis
1:15pm Jonny T-Bird & The MPs
2:45pm Superfly
4:30pm Breaking Cadence
6:30pm El Sebas
8:30pm Anees
10:30pm Sean Paul
Generac Power Stage
12:30pm The President Kings
2:00pm Munroe
3:30pm Scorched Waves
5:30pm Living Colour
7:30pm Buckcherry
9:30pm Candlebox
Briggs & Stratton Big Backyard
1:00pm Buffchick
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
12:30pm Palm Ghosts
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
3:15pm Kyle Ray
4:30pm Case Oats
5:45pm Jobi Riccio
7:00pm Matthew Hansen
Friday, July 3rd
American Family Insurance Amphitheater
7:30pm – Alex Warren with special guest Noah Cyrus
BMO Pavilion
5:30pm TBA
7:15pm Stephen Marley
9:00pm Buju Banton with Stephen Marley
Miller Lite Oasis
12:30pm TBA
2:00pm Lost Orange Cat
4:00pm The Big Win Drawing
5:15pm Scout Speer
6:30pm Adam Warner
8:30pm Chase McDaniel
10:30pm Whiskey Myers
Generac Power Stage
12:30pm Social Cig
2:00pm Easy Honey
3:30pm YaYa Biggs
5:30pm Edgehill
7:30pm Ax and the Hatchetmen
9:30pm Spoon
Briggs & Stratton Big Backyard
1:00pm Sarah Fierek
2:30pm V-Funk
4:00pm Stone Jam Band
6:00pm DJ Kool
8:00pm DJ Jazzy Jeff
10:00pm Rev Run
T-Mobile Stage
12:45pm TBA
2:30pm Manny Torres
4:15pm Wave x Nile
6:15pm LowDown Brass Band
8:15pm DJay Mando
10:15pm Flo Rida
Uline Warehouse
12:30pm Bob Mittnacht & The Crowning Gables
2:00pm Juliana Joy
3:30pm Radio Radio
5:30pm Ken Pomeroy
7:30pm St. Paul & the Broken Bones
9:30pm Gene Simmons Band
Aurora Pavilion
12:45pm wht.rbbt.onj
2:00pm Lunde
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
5:30pm Palmer Anthony
7:15pm Preston Cooper
9:00 pm Sam Barber
Miller Lite Oasis
12:15pm US Navy Great Lakes Horizon Band
1:45pm Flatwounds
3:15pm The Maiden Voyage
5:00pm SIIN
6:45pm Drown the Lifeguard
8:30pm Sunami
10:30pm Kerry King
Generac Power Stage
12:30pm Oh Geeez, Not Again
2:00pm Ur Mom
3:30pm Nicole Lawrence
5:30pm Soul Asylum
7:30pm The Jayhawks
9:30pm BoDeans
Briggs & Stratton Big Backyard
1:00pm BERMS.
2:30pm Louie & The Flashbombs
4:00pm Elephonic
6:00pm KT Tunstall
8:00pm John Vincent III
10:00pm Jonah Kagen
T-Mobile Stage
12:45pm TBA
2:30pm Known Moons
4:15pm Carolina Liar
6:15pm Pure Hex
8:15pm Joywave
10:15pm The Temper Trap
Uline Warehouse
12:30pm Victor Jones
2:00pm Porcupine
3:30pm Poi Dog Pondering
5:30pm Jerry Harrison’s TH 50 – “50 Years of Talking Heads”
7:30pm Mindi Abair
9:30pm Straight No Chaser
Aurora Pavilion
12:45 Rockonsin (runner-up)
2:00pm Rockonsin (winner)
3:15pm VALE
4:30pm Gego y Nony
5:45pm Tag Team
7:00pm Baha Men
Summerfest Tickets & Admission
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 $130 and gets you in ALL 9 DAYS of the festival, with the exception of the American Family Insurance Amphitheater shows.
- A US Cellular 3-Day Pass, which for $63 gets you in to 3 of 9 days of Summerfest, you choose which three.
Summerfest Parking
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.
