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
 YearHeadlinerNotes 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  / 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 None  Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. 2021 Fall Out Boy, Green Day, and Weezer with KennyHoopla    2022 Jason Aldean   

References

Category:Milwaukee
Category:Music festivals in the United States