Alessia Cara,the Shins, the Moody Blues and 137 other grounds stage headliners are slated for Summerfest 50.
The headliner lineup for the landmark edition of “The World’s Largest Music Festival” was revealed late Tuesday night on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” Custom to tradition, the 11-day Milwaukee mega fest features the most wide-reaching roster of any U.S. festival. This year that includes influential electronic artist Flume; Joe Jonas’ pop band DNCE; melodic hard rock act A Day to Remember; critic’s darling Car Seat Headrest; country-pop trio the Band Perry; ’80s hitmakers Huey Lewis & the News; and Auto-Tune embracing singer and rapper T-Pain.
There are several seasoned Summerfest regulars — including Phil Vassar, Dennis DeYoung, REO Speedwagon and AWOLNATION.
But for the first time, Summerfest’s talent buying team has created a day where the headliners almost exclusively target millennials.
Independence Day this year features alternative pop act Miike Snow, rising Chicago rapper Saba, R&B singer Jamila Woods and country duo High Valley. The oldest band on the bill July 4 is Third Eye Blind.
Several Wisconsin artists are also headliners, including Milwaukee native and Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Steve Miller with his band; former “American Idol” finalist Danny Gokey; and locally-based acts GGOOLLDD, IshDARR,Horseshoes & Hand Grenades, Dead Horses,Vinyl Theatre and Willy Porter.
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Summerfest officials also announced that “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” will launch a new online music content initiative from the Big Gig called “Jimmy Kimmel Live Music.” Select Summerfest sets to be announced will be streamed at JimmyKimmelLiveMusic.com.
The full Summerfest schedule is expected by late May. All but one show has been announced for the Big Gig’s biggest stage, the American Family Insurance Amphitheater, formerly the Marcus Amphitheater.
Summerfest 50 runs June 28 to July 2 and July 4 to 9.
The Summerfest 50 Daily Headliner Lineup
Set times and stage locations for most headliners, and additional acts, will be announced later this spring.
JUNE 28
- Red Hot Chili Peppers with Deerhoof (American Family Insurance Amphitheater)
- Flume
- The Moody Blues
- Frankie Ballard
- Misterwives
- Spin Doctors
- Black Joe Lewis & the Honeybears
- Lee Fields & the Expressions
- The Marcus King Band
- Shaed
JUNE 29
- Luke Bryan with Brothers Osborne (American Family Insurance)
- Steve Aoki
- Brian Setzer’s Rockabilly Riot
- Toto
- Hanson
- Peter Wolf
- Guster
- Allen Stone
- The Church
- Soul Asylum
- Berlin featuring Terri Nunn
- Fishbone
- Pokey LaFarge
- Hippo Campus
- Tommy Tutone
- Slaughter
- The Suburbs
- GGOOLLDD
- Willy Porter Band
- Terry Hanck Band
- The Regrettes
JUNE 30
- Amphitheater show to be announced
- The Revivalists
- Dispatch
- Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue
- Jon Bellion
- Joss Stone
- House of Pain
- JohnnySwim
- Jerrod Niemann
- Barns Courtney
- Parade of Lights
- Miles Nielsen and the Rusted Hearts
JULY 1
- Zac Brown Band (American Family Insurance)
- Shinedown
- Bleachers
- Collective Soul
- The Naked & Famous
- Blues Traveler
- Bebe Rexha
- Tonic
- John Waite
- Hey Violet
- Horseshoes & Hand Grenades
- Dead Horses
- Flint Eastwood
- The Last Bandoleros
- Muna
JULY 2
JULY 4
- The Chainsmokers with Vice and Captain Cuts (American Family Insurance)
- Alessia Cara
- Miike Snow
- Third Eye Blind
- Death from Above 1979
- PVRIS
- Lost Kings
- Elephante
- Grandtheft
- Shaun Frank
- High Valley
- Dallask
- CVBZ
- Justin Caruso
- Cade
- Lanco
- IshDARR
- Speaker of the House
- Loosid
- Jamila Woods
- Saba
- Klangstof
JULY 5
- Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers with Chris Stapleton (American Family Insurance)
- Phillip Phillips
- NeedtoBreathe
- Girl Talk
- T-Pain
- Kyle
- JJ Grey & Mofro
- James Arthur
- Gnash
- Welshly Arms
JULY 6
- Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers with Chris Stapleton (American Family Insurance)
- A Day to Remember
- Slightly Stoopid
- AWOLNATION
- Tegan and Sara
- REO Speedwagon
- BJ the Chicago Kid
- Tucker Beathard
- J Boog
- William Michael Morgan
- Irontom
JULY 7
- Dierks Bentley with Cole Swindell and Jon Pardi (American Family Insurance)
- Atmosphere
- Walk the Moon
- Huey Lewis & the News
- Dan + Shay
- Ben Rector
- Aesop Rock with Rob Sonic
- Michelle Branch
- Phil Vassar
- Brother Ali
- Grieves
- Los Lonely Boys
- Vinyl Theatre
JULY 8
- Future, Big Sean and Migos (American Family Insurance)
- DNCE
- The Band Perry
- Chevelle
- Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness
- LoCash
- Dennis DeYoung: The Music of Styx
- Highly Suspect
- San Fermin
- Whitney
JULY 9
- Outlaw Music Festival with Willie Nelson & Family, Bob Dylan & His Band, Sheryl Crow, Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit, Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats, Margo Price, and Lukas Nelson and the Promise of the Real(American Family Insurance)
- The Shins
- Brett Eldredge
- Walk Off The Earth
- Gilberto Santa Rosa
- Blackberry Smoke
- Lauv
- Chicano Batman
- Domenic Marte
- Mondo Cozmo
- Mindi Abair and the Boneshakers
TICKET INFORMATION
- Weekday general admission is $13 until 4 p.m. or $20 for weeknights and weekends. Three-day passes are $48; 11-day passes are $90. They’re available now at summerfest.com.
- General admission tickets do not include concerts at the American Family Insurance Amphitheater. Amphitheater ticketholders will have access to the grounds stages on the date of an applicable show.
- Amphitheater tickets are on sale at 10 a.m. Thursday for Dierks Bentley July 7; 10 a.m. April 21 for the Outlaw Music Festival July 9; and noon April 21 for Future, Big Sean and Migos on July 8. Tickets are on sale for all other announced amphitheater shows. They’re available at the Summerfest box office (200 N. Harbor Drive); Ticketmaster retail outlets; Wal-Mart stores in southeastern Wisconsin; at ticketmaster.com; or by calling (800) 745-3000, (866) 448-7849 or (414) 273-2600.
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