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.^[1][2]

Opening headliners

Year	Headliner	Notes
1968	George Jessel[3]
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 [source?] / 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[4]
2007	Steely Dan
2008	Stevie Wonder
2009	Bon Jovi / Lynyrd Skynyrd[5]
2010	Tim McGraw[6]
2011	Peter Gabriel[7]
2012	Rascal Flatts[8] Lady Antebellum
2013	The Avett Brothers / Violent Femmes
2014	Bruno Mars and Lady Gaga[9]
2015	Florida Georgia Line / The Rolling Stones[10][11]
2016	Selena Gomez[12]
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