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Summerfest is a yearly music festival held at Henry Maier Festival Park along the lakefront in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Summerfest is also known as “The Big Gig” which lasts for 11 days. This festival has 11 stages on which over 700 bands perform every year. Thousands of people come to this festival making it “The World’s Largest Music Festival”, a title certified by Guinness World Record.
Summerfest is run by the non-profit organization Milwaukee World Festival, and features both local and nationally known music talent from a variety of music genres. Summerfest, which is typically 11 days long, usually begins in June and ends sometime in early July.
Other Summerfest attractions include comedy acts, shopping vendors, fireworks including “The Big Bang” on opening night, other special attractions, family activities and more. Summerfest has been most famous for its music, ever since the first festival in 1968, when acts such as Ronnie Dove, The New Colony Six, and ‘Up With People’ performed.
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