Summerfest

Lakefront summer gathering

Summerfest is an annual music festival held in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, billed as the world's largest.

Running for multiple days each summer along Lake Michigan, it features hundreds of acts across numerous stages: We're driving up to Summerfest to catch the headliners.

The name also applies generically to various summer festivals and community celebrations elsewhere.

music

concerts

Live musical performances

performers · acts · setlists · encores · amplifiers · speakers · soundcheck · genres · rock · country

festival

fairgrounds

Exhibition and amusement venue

  • carnivalTraveling amusement attraction
  • paradeCeremonial public procession
  • galaFestive formal occasion

fiesta · jamboree · extravaganza · spectacle · fete · celebration · revelry · amusement · entertainment · rides

annual

yearly

Once per annum

anniversary · solstice · July · August · weekend · kickoff · opening · closing · schedule · lineup

crowd

throng

Dense pressing crowd

attendees · masses · audience · participants · patrons · festivalgoers · revelers · visitors · concertgoers · families

Categories
Opposites
seasonality

SummerfestWinterfest

Cold-season community celebration

winter festival · winter carnival · snow festival · Christmas market · holiday market

event scale and format

Summerfestsolo concert

Performance by single musician

house concert · one-man show · solo recital · unplugged session · recital

venue type

Summerfestarena show

Performance in large venue

studio session

Family

summer, fest, Oktoberfest

Familiarity
Top 1,000,000
Profile
Mostly American · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G