Summerfest is back. Although I'm writing this column from my desk in Madison, I can feel the excitement and anticipation in my beloved city of Milwaukee for the greatest North American music festival. So, because my first love is sports and coming in a close second is music, I've decided to give you Milwaukeeans a list of things to do at the fest.
Thursday 6/30
Chevelle
Morris Day and the Time
John Mellencamp and John Fogerty
Big Bang Fireworks
Chevelle and Morris Day go on stage at the same time, so pick your preference.
Friday 7/1
The Chadwicks
Rusted Root
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers with the Black Crows
Petty is always great to see, but now you have the Crows reuniting to serve as the opener. Go see this show.
Saturday 7/2
Los Lobos
Talib Kweli
David Lee Roth
Kenny Chesney
It's Diamond Dave baby, you can't pass that up. I'm not a big country fan, but I've seen Chesney at the fest before and he puts on a great set.
Sunday 7/3
Santana with Los Lonely Boys
Kind of a weak day, Shinedown is there as are Moby and Gavin DeGraw, but they don't do much for me. Los Lonely Boys put out one of my favorite albums last year and are currently colaborating with Santana so it should be a good show.
Monday 7/4
Ben Folds
Brett Michaels of Poison
Lewis Black
Another weak day. Black is absolutely hilarious, go see him.
Tuesday 7/5
Seether
The Allman brothers band is the headliner and they have opening acts like Gov't Mule, who are great, but not worth it unless you're a huge fan. Also on those fronts are: The Gin Blossoms, Styx and Kool & the Gang. I saw Seether two years ago and they were awesome, even did a nice job covering some Nirvana material.
Wednesday 7/6
String Cheese Incident
Umphreys McGee
Eddie Money
Violent Femmes
Local H
SCI and The Umphrey's McGee are two of the best jam bands to see, you gotta see the Femmes whenever they're in Wisconsin, Eddy Money is always great in dive bars and Local H are good if you're into alt rock.
Thursday 7/7
Dilated Peoples
Kenny Wayne Shepherd
Weezer with the Pixies
Weezer is one of my favorite acts going, as is Kenny Wayne. If you do see Weezer don't expect to hear a lof of their new stuff, they like to play a lot of songs from their Blue and Pinkerton albums. If you're into coverbands, go see The Bobby Friss band.
Friday 7/8
The Donnas
The Bogeymen
Bo Deans with the Wallflowers
The BoDeans are always one of the best acts at the Fest, the Wallflowers are great and really underappreciated. The Donnas are a great quartet of all female rock. If you're from the LaCrosse area, check out Three Beers til Dubuqe, you'll remember them from things like RibFest.
Saturday 7/9
O.A.R.
Tim McGraw
Collective Soul
Beatallica
That's all I'm gonna say. Go see O.A.R. They're one of the best live bands out there now, and a personal favorite of Todd and myself, I'm sure you'll run into us there.
Sunday 7/10
Pete Yorn
Living Colour
Better than Ezra
The fest kind of ends on a down, but these acts are great.
There it is, go see one of these acts and don't say there wasn't anyone there you like, go explore. You'll find some good stuff. And by the way, stay away from Pat McCrudy, if you've seen one show, you've seen them all.
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4/4 on the weekend for this guy at the Fest. Have seen Rusted Root, David Lee Roth, Howie Day and Ben Folds. I'm not taking a much needed break until probably OAR Fest on Saturday.....everyone should be present at the HWY 41 and Watertown Plank Park and Ride.
Grill is lit at 11am.
I don't know what I'm looking forward to more, the actual O.A.R. Show itself, or the pre-game festivities at the ole' park 'n ride. Fabos, let me know if you need a ticket to the fest, I have a few to spare.
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