On February 12th, the 2025 Summerfest Lineup was announced for the upcoming event. Summerfest is an annual, nine-day music festival held in downtown Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and this year it will be held June 19-21, June 26-28, and July 3-5.
Summerfest is located at Henry Maier Festival Park, next to Lake Michigan and Milwaukee’s Third Ward business district, and it is known as the “World’s Largest Music Festival” which Guinness World Records certified in 1999.
This year, over 600 artists will be hosting live music between the 12 stages. A separate ticket is needed to see concerts in the American Family Insurance Amphitheater, but the Amphitheater ticket also includes admission to Summerfest on the day of the show.
On June 19th, Def Leopard and Tesla are headlining the American Family Insurance Amphitheater. The festival stage headliners are Gary Clark Jr., Jack’s Mannequin, the Isley Brothers, Natasha Bedingfield, the Allman Betts Band, Fabolous, Aly & AJ, Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, Eric Benét, Ginuwine, Hiss Golden Messenger, Joy Oladokun, the Record Company, Adam Jensen, Augustana, Ava Maybee, Mike Jones, Zinadelphia, the Shonn Hinton Experience, Buffalo Nichols, Troy Tyler, and Nilexnile.
On June 20th, Hozier and Gigi Perez are headlining the American Family Insurance Amphitheater. The festival stage headliners are the Head and the Heart, Rick Springfield, Dispatch, Muscadine Bloodline, George Thorogood & the Destroyers, Austin Snell, Betty Who, Foghat, Grand Funk Railroad, John Butler, Yoke Lore, Arts Fishing Club, Bombargo, Eggy, Illiterate Light, Paul Young, Snow Wife, Wang Chung, Todd Cameron, Bad Boy, and Substitute: Tales From the Who.
On June 20th, James Taylor, Jason Mraz, and Tiny Habits are headlining the American Family Insurance Amphitheater. The festival stage headliners are Whiskey Myers, Lindsey Stirling, Billy Currington, Japanese Breakfast, Artemas, Matt Maltese, Ben Rector, Eric Bellinger, Iann Dior, Cooper Ramsey, Jack Wharff & the Tobacco Flatts, Jason Scott & the High Heat, Kashus Culpepper, Luke Borchelt, Odie Leigh, Shaylen, the Army the Navy, Justin Nozuka, and Good Neighbours.
On June 26th, Lainey Wilson, Lukas Nelson, and Shane Smith & the Saints are headlining the American Family Insurance Amphitheater. The festival stage headliners are the Avett Brothers, Devo, Gavin Adcock, Nessa Barrett, Mayday Parade, the Maine, the Psychedelic Furs, Lecade, the English Beat, the Mission U.K., the Summer Set, Bandits on the Run, Freddy Jones Band, Lille Venn, the Producers, Willy Porter, Olive Vox, and Allison Russell.
On June 27th, the Killers is headlining the American Family Insurance Amphitheater. The festival stage headliners are Cake, Offset, Billy Corgan and the Machines of God, Motion City Soundtrack, Jo Dee Mesina, Phil Vassar, Julien Baker/Torres, Plain White T’s, 1900Rugrat, Adam Warner, Chaparelle, Showoff, Skrilla, Hotel California/A Salute to the Eagles, and Steve Max – Master of Simon Sez.
On June 28th, Megan Thee Stallion and Flo Milli are headlining the American Family Insurance Amphitheater. The festival stage headliners are Riley Green, Young the Giant, the Fray, BossMan Dlow, Dumpstaphunk, Groupo Mania, Here Come the Mummies, Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway, the Cat Empire, YTB Fatt, Zach Seabaugh, Amble, Cassandra Lewis, Chuckyy, Dogpark, Haffway, Nicotine Dolls, Preston Cooper, Richie Allen, Smallpools, Spyro Gyra, Paul Cebar Tomorrow Sound, and Sugo.
On July 3rd, Benson Boone is headlining the American Family Insurance Amphitheater. The festival stage headliners are Loud Luxury, Ayra Starr, Lovejoy, MJ Lendermen, Sebastian Bach, Hey Nothing, I Don’t Know How But They Found Me, Nettspend, Twinsick, Vixen, Friko, Phantom Planet, Phoneboy, Rocket Mafia featuring Rikki Rocket, Timmy Skelly, and Gashi,
On July 4th, the artist headlining the American Family Insurance Amphitheater is yet to be announced. The festival stage headliners are Chicago, Porter Robinson, Social Distortion, Richard Marx, Alex Warren, Maxx McNown, Fountains of Wayne, Bully, Everclear, Frost Children, Tripping Daisy, Darren Kiely, Gary Lewis & the Playboys, Little Texas, and the Ike Reilly Assassination.
On July 5th, the Lumineers and Hippo Campus are headlining the American Family Insurance Amphitheater. The festival stage headliners are Babymetal, Dirty Heads, Nate Smith, Tee Grizzley, Jinjer, Josh Ross, Real Boston Richey, Rome, Snow Tha Product, Aidan Canfield, Archers, Bloodywood, Lauren Watkins, Rivals, Saxsquatch, and the Warning.
No matter what genre of music someone prefers, there is some of everything to listen to, enjoy, and discover at Summerfest between the three weekends.
