Summerfest 2018 Line Up

[Bluewine]

Summerfest, Milwaukee WI.. The world's largest music festival. Located on the beautiful Lake Michigan lake front.

As a Senior my day pass is $7.00. A huge bargain

https://summerfest.com/2018-lineup/

If interested take a look at the line up. Most bands are too young for me to know much about.

I do see that Greta Van Fleet will be there, Manchester Orchestra?

Comment on any artist or band if you know anything about them.

Edited April 24, 2018 by Bluewine

[Cato]

Flaming Lips are an absolutely awesome live band.

They do a modern take on psychedelic rock and always put on a fantastic show which quite often involves getting fans on stage to participate.

 

This is what they look like live.

On something completely unrelated, the other week my pub quiz team were asked the question 'Which American Great Lakes city is known as The City of Festivals'?

Your posts are the only reason we got that one right.

Cheers mate.

Edited April 24, 2018 by Cato

[skidder652003]

incredible line up!

[Bluewine]

6 minutes ago, skidder652003 said:

incredible line up!

Yup, and Steven Tyler is on a "free" stage.

BTW, all stages are free except The Amphitheatre.

My band doesn't have a date yet. Last year we played before Frampton.

Blue

[Cato]

If I was there (which I definitely won't be) I'd also be going to see The Wombats, a trio of cheeky Liverpudlians who have enthusiastically joined the UK 80s Indie/New Romantic revival.

 

Edited April 24, 2018 by Cato

[steantval]

Four for me -

Maze

Wishbone Ash

Boz Scaggs

Walter Trout

 

[casapete]

Wow, where to start? 

Bonnie Raitt, James Taylor, Boz Scaggs, James Hunter , Buddy Guy, Maze,

Jon Batiste and the Dap Kings and the great Nick Lowe. 

That’s an amazing lineup Blue.

 

[Bluewine]

18 hours ago, Cato said:

If I was there (which I definitely won't be) I'd also be going to see The Wombats, a trio of cheeky Liverpudlians who have enthusiastically joined the UK 80s Indie/New Romantic revival.

 

If they're from Liverpool I'm going to check them out.

Blue

Edited April 25, 2018 by Bluewine

[Bluewine]

1 hour ago, casapete said:

Wow, where to start? 

Bonnie Raitt, James Taylor, Boz Scaggs, James Hunter , Buddy Guy, Maze,

Jon Batiste and the Dap Kings and the great Nick Lowe. 

That’s an amazing lineup Blue.

 

Yes indeed, Nick has ties with some of my friends in Milwaukee that go way back.

He's the  "real deal" and a nice guy.

Blue

[Bluewine]

3 hours ago, steantval said:

Four for me -

Maze

Wishbone Ash

Boz Scaggs

Walter Trout

 

Me too!

However I've heard rumor that Frankie Beverly doesn't sing much anymore.😢

Blue

Edited April 25, 2018 by Bluewine

[Bluewine]

4 hours ago, skidder652003 said:

incredible line up!

Yeah, and the thing is, again it's only a $7.00 investment. Plus there's always a ton of free tickets that seem to come my way.

I hope my band gets an evening time slot again. For those of you that play large scale festivals know that day time slots can be not so much fun.

Blue

Edited April 25, 2018 by Bluewine

[Bluewine]

I get the feeling your Glastonbury is a totally different type of festival

 And if I remember correctly it's very expensive.

Blue

 

[Bluewine]

Nice overhead evening pic of Summerfest.

If you struggle with crowds Summfest is not for you.

Also, a bottle of Miller Light beer is at least $7.00. I don't drink, is that expensive?

It's like a city of music.

Blue

 

Edited April 25, 2018 by Bluewine

[dannybuoy]

I had no idea Def Leppard, Jethro Tull and Cheap Trick we’re still going! Good on ‘em.

[The59Sound]

Cans of WD40 at the ready... that's not the stage creaking!

[steantval]

There is a similar one every year in early May in West Palm Beach, Florida called Sunfest.

There have been some amazing line ups in the past and the entrance prices are not extortionate like UK festivals.

www.sunfest.com

 

 

[Geek99]

11 hours ago, Bluewine said:

Summerfest, Milwaukee WI.. The world's largest music festival. Located on the beautiful Lake Michigan lake front.

As a Senior my day pass is $7.00. A huge bargain

https://summerfest.com/2018-lineup/

If interested take a look at the line up. Most bands are too young for me to know much about.

I do see that Greta Van Fleet will be there, Manchester Orchestra?

Comment on any artist or band if you know anything about them.

Who TF is "Buddy Guy"? - arriviste no-name loser ... he probably knows three chords if we are lucky 

[Geek99]

6 hours ago, Bluewine said:

If they from Liverpool I'm going to check them out.

Blue

they are, but if I recall correctly their bass player is norwegian

[Bluewine]

10 hours ago, dannybuoy said:

I had no idea Def Leppard, Jethro Tull and Cheap Trick we’re still going! Good on ‘em.

Cheap Trick used to play at my college dances back in 1972 before they broke big. They've never stopped. 

Blue

[ricksterphil]

Wow, that is the motherload of line ups!

Apart from the obvious ones like Zethro Tull etc, I've just got into The Dave Mathews Band, who are big over the pond but virtually unknown over here

 

[Bluewine]

9 minutes ago, ricksterphil said:

Wow, that is the motherload of line ups!

Apart from the obvious ones like Zethro Tull etc, I've just got into The Dave Mathews Band, who are big over the pond but virtually unknown over here

 

Yeah, they have a greatful dead type following. Great for the jam band fan.

Blue

Edited April 25, 2018 by Bluewine

[Bluewine]

8 hours ago, steantval said:

There is a similar one every year in early May in West Palm Beach, Florida called Sunfest.

There have been some amazing line ups in the past and the entrance prices are not extortionate like UK festivals.

www.sunfest.com

 

 

Sunfest is a 3 day festival. Summerfest is 2 weeks.

Blue

[Maude]

17 hours ago, Bluewine said:

I get the feeling your Glastonbury is a totally different type of festival

 And if I remember correctly it's very expensive.

Blue

 

 

16 hours ago, Bluewine said:

Nice overhead evening pic of Summerfest.

If you struggle with crowds Summfest is not for you.

Also, a bottle of Miller Light beer is at least $7.00. I don't drink, is that expensive?

It's like a city of music.

Blue

 

These are a couple of ariel shots of Glastonbury Blue, definitely not good if you don't like crowds. 

The main 'Pyramid' stage. 

And yes, mega expensive compared to your Summerfest. Your ticket price wouldn't cover the booking fee for Glasto, last years was around the £240 mark (about 335 USD) 

[Bluewine]

2 hours ago, Maude said:

 

These are a couple of ariel shots of Glastonbury Blue, definitely not good if you don't like crowds. 

The main 'Pyramid' stage. 

And yes, mega expensive compared to your Summerfest. Your ticket price wouldn't cover the booking fee for Glasto, last years was around the £240 mark (about 335 USD) 

Nice pics of Glastonbury!

Here's a little Summerfest History.

Back in the late 60s, Mayor Meyers wanted a place where the working class guy that couldn't afford to take his family to Disney World could have an affordable place to take his family during the Summer. Hence Summerfest was born.

I think the first Summerfest was in 1969.

 

Blue

[Geek99]

Summer of 69 ? Hmm