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June 29, 2006

Summerfest Day 1

Summerfest, the world's biggest outdoor music festival is underway along Milwaukee's Lake Michgan shore. What's on tap tonight?

  • Tom Petty and Pearl Jam headline the Marcus Amphitheater in the first of their two-night run.

  • Milwaukee favorites The Love Monkeys play the Miller Lite Oasis at 6:00.

  • Elvis Costello & the Imposters featuring Allen Toussaint will be at the Briggs & Stratton Big Backyard at 8:30 in support of their album The River in Reverse.

  • For classic rock fans REO Speedwagon plays the M&I Bank Classic Rock at 9:00.

  • After the Speedwagon you can go to the Mountain Dew Rock Stage for Blue Oyster Cult at 11:00.

  • Despite what Eugene Kane thinks there is hip-hop at Summerfest. Common plays the Harley-Davidson Roadhouse at 11:00.

  • The Big Bang fireworks display will boom over the festival grounds at 10:30.


If you're hungry and tired of the fried food that's a Summerfest staple Chipolte is selling their big burritos this year. Yum.

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Posted by Sean Hackbarth in Summerfest at 01:41 PM | Comments (0) | Trackbacks (0)