On February 19, the 2026 Summerfest lineup was announced. Summerfest is the annual, nine-day music festival held in downtown Milwaukee, Wisconsin. It will be held June 18-20, June 25-27 and July 2-4.
Summerfest is located at Henry Maier Festival Park, next to Lake Michigan and Milwaukee’s Third Ward business district. 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 on 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 16-17, Garth Brooks will perform at the American Family Insurance Amphitheater.
On June 18, Megan Moroney will headline the American Family Insurance Amphitheater. The festival stage headliners are Charlie Wilson, Passion Pit, Third Eye Blind, Tash Sultana, Holly Humberstone, Echo & the Bunnymen, Alejandro Escovedo, Dora Jar, Marlon Funaki, Modern English, Nicholas Tremulis & the Prodigals, Taylor Acorn, The Bends, The Dream Syndicate, Morgan St. Jean, Post Sex Nachos and Venus & the Flytraps.
On June 19, Don Toliver, SahBabii, Che, Sofaygo, sosocamo, Chase B, and Lelo will headline the American Family Insurance Amphitheater. The festival stage performers are Hot Mulligan, Father John Misty, Styx, Amyl and the Sniffers, Jeremih, Cameron Whitcomb, The Family Stone, Adrien Nunez, Aldo Nova, Deer Tick, Enter Shikari, Evan Honer, The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus, State Champs, Steph Strings, Koyo, Panic Shack, Todd Cameron, FieldHockey, The Lovemonkeys, Tiny Voices, VIAL, From Ashes to Embers and Current Comfort.
On June 20, Carín León will headline the American Family Insurance Amphitheater. The festival stage performers are David Lee Roth, The Academy Is…, Connor Price, Flipturn, Nate Smith, Christopher Cross, Dexter and the Moonrocks, A.J. Croce, Braid, Don Felder, McCoy Moore, Penelope Road, Red Leather, Rhys Rutherford, Scott Wolverton, The Juliana Theory, Weston Estate, Winyah, The Band Solstice, Cigarettes @ Sunset, Old Mervs, Tobacco Road, Trapper Schoepp, Will Terry, Substitute: Tales from the Who, Altered by Mom, The Kenneth Brian Band and Lauren Gottshall.
On June 25, Ed Sheeran, Myles Smith, and Aaron Rowe will headline the American Family Insurance Amphitheater. The festival stage performers are The Roots, Subtronics, Tucker Wetmore, Kaleo, Kim Gordon, Halestorm, The Mountain Goats, Robert Randolph & the Family Band, Vertical Horizon, Old 97’s, 10,000 Maniacs, Boy Golden, Gabriel Jacoby, Hazlett, Lanie Gardner, Lisa Loeb, Walk off the Earth, Bobby Friss, Porch Light, Grabbitz and Abby Moeller.
On June 26, Cody Johnson and Jessie Murph will headline the American Family Insurance Amphitheater. The festival stage performers are Louis Tomlinson, The Revivalists, Marcus King Band, Elderbrook, Big Wild, Grouplove, Petey USA, Goldfinger, Sudan Archives, Harper O’Neill, Henrik, Lucky Boys Confusion, Sons of the Silent Age, The Aces, The Band Loula, Two Feet, Greg Koch and the Koch Marshall Trio, Showoff, Siobhan Bodrug, 7th Heaven and Lake Drive.
On June 27, Post Malone and Carter Faith will headline the American Family Insurance Amphitheater. The festival stage performers are Russell Dickerson, Audrey Nuna, Wolfmother, Pepper, Little Feat, Børns, Mariachi Sol de Mexico, Dylan Schneider, Freddy Jones Band, Hank Azaria and The Ez Street Band, Jean Dawson, MARIS, PawPaw Rod, The Expendables, The Movement, TAZ, Tracy Bonham, Modern Alibi, Fuzzysurf, King Solomon and Left on Sunset.
On July 2, Muse will headline the American Family Insurance Amphitheater. The festival stage performers are Ella Mai, Sean Paul, All Time Low, Candlebox, Gin Blossoms, Matt Hansen, The Beths, Absolutely, Anees, Blondshell, Buckcherry, KennyHoopla, Living Colour, Sister Hazel, Spin Doctors, Sunflower Bean, The Ocean Blue, girlfriends, Fluorescents, Hotel Fiction, Pretty Pity, Gold Steps, Hell On Heels, OUTRONAUT, The Florentine Opera Company and Munroe.
On July 3, Alex Warren will headline the American Family Insurance Amphitheater. The festival stage performers are Buju Banton with Stephen Marley, Whiskey Myers, Spoon, Gene Simmons Band, Flo Rida, Stephen Marley, Rev Run, Neal Francis, Ax and the Hatchetmen, Chase McDaniel, DJ Jazzy Jeff, Edgehill, Ken Pomeroy, The Heavy Heavy, Adam Warner, Scout Speer, Six Foot Blonde, Ask Carol and Yaya Biggs.
On July 4, Jelly Roll and Tyler Hubbard will headline the American Family Insurance Amphitheater. The festival stage performers are Sam Barber, Megadeth, The Temper Trap, Jonah Kagen, BoDeans, Baha Men, Straight No Chaser, John Vincent III, The Jayhawks, Joywave, Mindi Abair, Preston Cooper, Soul Asylum, Tag Team, Carolina Liar, Nicole Lawrence, SIIN and The Maiden Voyage.
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.
