CHICAGO — Milwaukee’s Summerfest has announced its lineup for this coming summer. Headliners include Garth Brooks (playing two nights), Ed Sheeran, Post Malone, Megan Moroney, Don Toliver, Jelly Roll, Carín León, Muse, Cody Johnson and Alex Warren

Summerfest 2026 will take place on Milwaukee’s downtown lakefront at Henry Maier Festival Park over three consecutive Thursday-to-Saturday weekends: June 18-20, June 25-27 and July 2-4.

Other music guests include Megadeth, Louis Tomlinson, Subtronics, Tucker Wetmore, Ella Mai, Sean Paul, Amyl and the Sniffers, Passion Pit, Hot Mulligan, Tash Sultana, Halestorm, Spoon, All Time Low, Echo & the Bunnymen, Styx, Charlie Wilson, Father John Misty, Audrey Nuna, Flo Rida, Sam Barber, Marcus King Band, the Revivalists, Whiskey Myers, Grouplove, Elderbrook, the Roots, Buju Banton, KALEO, Jeremih, Nate Smith, flipturn, Third Eye Blind, the Temper Trap, Russell Dickerson, Wolfmother, David Lee Roth, Gene Simmons Band, The Academy Is…, Pepper, Christopher Cross, Candlebox, Goldfinger, Cameron Whitcomb, the Beths, Holly Humberstone, BØRNS, Jonah Kagen, Rev Run of Run DMC, the Mountain Goats, Mariachi Sol De Mexico, the Family Stone and others.

Chicago’s own Lollapalooza lakefront festival has not yet announced its 2026 lineup; expect that news in mid-to-late March.

Summerfest, an independent music festival first held in 1968, has music in the American Family Insurance Amphitheater and a half-dozen other stages, plus in lounges and pavilions around the 75-acre festival grounds. Tickets (general admission and multiday passes) are on sale now. Early Bird general admission is $25 through Feb 28; then $28 from March 1 to April 30; $30 from May 1 to June 18, and $33 June 19 to July 4. A T-Mobile 9-Day Power Pass is available for $58 through Feb. 25; www.summerfest.com.

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