Youll have to just put your hobbies on hold for a week or two. The name of it was the Summer Jam at Watkins Glen. Summerfest is an annual music festival held in downtown Milwaukee, Wisconsin.First held in 1968, Summerfest is located at Henry Maier Festival Park, adjacent to Lake Michigan and Milwaukee's central business district. Since then, musical acts from Bob Dylan, The Jonas Brothers, Tina Turner, and James Taylor to Christina Aguilera, Kanye West, Kid Cudi, Mary J. Blige, Wiz Khalifa, and Nine Inch Nails have graced the Summerfest stages. 2023 Billboard Media, LLC. The band has come a long way since its early beginnings in Orlando, Florida. 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Others on tap to play are 311, Run the Jewels, Brett Eldredge, G-Eazy, Wilco, Diplo, Charlie Wilson, Pixies, ZZ Top, Rise Against, Fitz and the Tantrums, Dirty Heads, Jake Owen, Bleachers, Black Puma, Flo Rida, Lindsey Stirling, Goo Goo Dolls, T-Pain, Ludacris, Joan Jett and the Blackhearts, The Struts, Nelly, Cam, Blanco Brown, Sugarhill Gang, Psychedelic Furs, Maddie & Tae, Liz Phair, Claud and many more. The pop-punk extraordinaire garnered a following for her rebellious and edgy aesthetic. 5:30 p.m. Gaelic Storm 8 p.m. Eddie Butts Band, 4:30 p.m. Milwaukee Admirals Hockey 8:15 p.m. Xposed 4Heads 5:30 p.m. Djay Mando 1:30 p.m. Julie Sobanski: Princess of Magic VIDEO PODCAST: Growing Up a Nielsen: Q&A + Stories from Rockford-based Musician Miles Nielsen of The Rusted Hearts, VIDEO PODCAST: On with the Ride: Q&A with Eclectic Alt-Rocker Dusty Bo as his National Tour Hits its Stride, VIDEO PODCAST: Inspired by Family to Make Music: Q & A with Holland Zander & Dana Buck of The Sensations, VIDEO PODCAST: This Band has No Past. 2:50 p.m. SACRAMENT All performers, dates and times are subject to change. 7 p.m. DJ Kenny Perez Live comedy acts have also been a part of Summerfest's history, even before a regular "Comedy Showcase" was first established in 1975. Summerfest has had 213 concerts. The concerts have been mostly civil events, with two notable exceptions. He released his 13th studio album, Funeral, on January 31, 2020. In 1969, Rod released his first studio album, An Old Raincoat Won't Ever Let You Down. Summerfest Music Festival is back! 1:30 p.m. Marlavous Marla Disturbed and Lamb of God are filling Summerfest's last slot for 2022. 9:30 p.m. Death Cab for Cutie, Noon School of Rock WI/IL 9:09. 2 p.m. Golden Idols When he's not writing about the latest blockbuster or talking much too glowingly about "Piranha 3D," Matt can probably be found watching literally any sport (minus cricket) or working at - get this - a local movie theater. For the first time since 2019, Summerfest, the largest music . Still going strong with all five original members, BSB released their ninth album, DNA, on January 23, 2019. Whether it was bringing in the latest movie reviews for his first grade show-and-tell or writing film reviews for the St. Norbert College Times as a high school student, Matt is way too obsessed with movies for his own good. Max Ink, LLC. googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1597166322662-mid-article-2'); }); Noon Kush Back in 1968, when Summerfest first opened, attendees were treated to not just music, but the Miss Milwaukee Pageant and Native American lore exhibits, films, and dances. 5:30 p.m. Lilith Czar For 9 days, starting June 23rd, 2022, Henry Maier Festival Park is the place to be for all music fans. Summerfest has traditionally run from late June to early July over an 11-day stretch, but this year organizers have pushed it back to the fall as the nationwide COVID-19 vaccine roll-out continues and the nation attempts to reach herd immunity. Milwaukee's Massive Summerfest Is Being Rescheduled. Summerfest followed its big 1968 debut with an even larger though still diffuse schedule in '69. Day n Night Festival 2017. MILWAUKEE Summerfest officially released its 2022 lineup on March 29. 6:30 p.m. - Wayne & Wingnut - Red Hot Chilli Puppets. 12:45 p.m. Caricatures & Comedy By Bill Begos Summerfest is already looking ahead to the new year, revealing James Taylor and Sheryl Crow will join forces to headline the music festival in 2023. 6 p.m. Brew City Wrestling This speed bump, however, led to a major step in creating the festival that we know and love today. Sep 08, 2017 -. 2019. Your 2022 Summerfest lineup just dropped. Summerfest followed its big 1968 debut with an even larger - though still diffuse - schedule in '69. What many people do not know, however, is that there was another festival held a few years after the famous event but that has now been forgotten, even though it was bigger than Woodstock. Check out the full lineup in the official Summerfest poster below. 9:30 p.m. DJ Bizzon, Noon Andii All rights reserved. Find Instagram, Twitter, Facebook and TikTok profiles, images and more on IDCrawl. 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. 6:45 p.m. CARR 3:30 p.m. Trapper Schoepp A handful of big-name artists have already been unveiled for Summerfest 2023, with Zach Bryan, Zac Brown Band, Eric Church and Imagine Dragons all confirmed as performing.. ", "If the festival was to be a permanent attraction, it needed a permanent site. Summerfest truly became permanent in 1970.". Soto help make the most out of the rest of your 2022 Summerfest, here's the complete scheduleof grounds stage headliners and performers coming to the Big Gig these final three days. Crowd estimates ranged from the high tens of thousands to as high as 150,000. 3:30 p.m. Bob Mould Thursday, July 28th; Friday, July 29th; Saturday, July 30th; Sunday, July 31st. Set on the shores of Lake Michigan in downtown Milwaukee, WI with incredible views of the city skyline, the American Family Insurance Amphitheater provides an unparalleled live music experience. Lewis Black has become a frequent performer at Summerfest, making near-annual performances since his first appearance in 1991. During the 2000s, Avril Lavigne was on an unstoppable hit parade. Find Summerfest tour schedule, concert details, reviews and photos. When TMJ4 anchor and reporter Tom Durian was born, Teddy Pendergrass, Kenny Loggins, Jackson Browne, The Bar-Kays, and John Prine were headlining the festival. 10 p.m. ABC, Noon John Kocher Like any Summerfest worth the name, it didn't always go smoothly. Been mostly civil events, with two notable exceptions 1969 even bigger [ 9 ] the. The cornerstone of Summerfest! Tickets can be purchased here. 10 p.m. Russell Dickerson, Noon Yum Yum Cult 6:30 p.m. Wayne & Wingnut - Red Hot Chilli Puppets 5:30 p.m. The WhiskeyBelles Summerfest General Admission / Multiday Passes allow access to the Summerfest grounds and festival stages during operating hours (Noon-Midnight). Summerfest 2023 runs June 22-24, June 29-July 1, and July 6-8. Acts with Milwaukee and Wisconsin connections have had a prominent history at Summerfest, most notably the BoDeans, The Gufs, Danny Gokey, and Violent Femmes. 6:30 p.m. Caricatures & Comedy By Bill Begos 5:30 p.m. Green Day, Weezer and Fall Out Boy, ( Read all our picks for Summerfest Thursday, Sept. 2), 4 p.m. MISSIO 6 p.m. Phantoms DJ set 8 p.m. Jai Wolf DJ set 10 p.m. Big Wild, 4 p.m. Riley's L.A. 5:30 p.m. Harmonious Wail, 1 p.m. Alyssia Dominguez 3:30 p.m. Cache Milwaukee Presented by @amfam. For decades, Summerfest has been Milwaukee's Big Gig. It's on the lakefront, perfect for sunny days, etc.". Each day, the concert series opens its gates at 12pm CT and concludes at 10pm CT. Summerfest's box office window and will call service will be available to the general public each day at 10am CT. This page was last edited on 6 February 2021, at 22:25. Bohlken Park In 1979, under the leadership of board president John Schmitt, Summerfest made $423,034, bringing its cash balance to $1,101,385.". 4 p.m. Accompany of Kids While early plans included special programming aimed at African-Americans, young people and families, Summerfest 68 was framed, from the first, as a cultural event. We developed a couple leaks but we never foundered or got beached.". 5:30 p.m. Doug Demming and the Jewel Tones, 12:30 p.m. Golden Idols First Cut is the Deepest, Do Ya Think I'm Sexy?, and Tonight's the Night (Gonna Be Alright) are just a few of his hits. Backstreet is back on tour and Summerfest 2022 is one of their many nationwide stops. For this to be a centerpiece, and on the lakefront and all that, they had to make the change to it being a little more conservative, a little more family-friendly and a safer feel." 5:30 p.m. Wade Fernandez, 1 p.m. Mission Accomplished "Rolling Stone" called it one of the U.S.'s "must-see musical festivals." With hundreds of acts playing on 12 stages, you'll find alternative, rock, country, R&B, pop, reggae, and more, from national headliners to indie bands. Sandra Bernhard did TV and radio promos for its 1986 season when she was a performer there. Up With People's six shows during Summerfest included performances at County Stadium and in Washington Park. Officially billed in the Guinness Book of World Records as The World's Largest Music Festival, this lakeside festival lasts for a staggering three-weekend stretch and entertains nearly a million fans. A number of events pulled under the Summerfest umbrella in 1968 actually were previously plannedcultural and entertainment doings held at the same time, like the popular Music Under the Stars free outdoor concert series held mainly at the bandshell in Washington Park. This year's Summerfest in Milwaukee (Sept. 2-18) will feature sets from Miley Cyrus, the Jonas Brothers, Dave Matthews Band, Luke Bryan, Chance the Rapper and more. Want to know who was headlining when you were born? ALSO:VIEW SUMMERFEST ARTISTS FROM THE '80s. Because it was April, most of the acts were already booked for that year. Summerfest 2022 will run for three Thursday-Saturdayweekends during its usual midseason time slot: June 23-25, June 30-July 2 and July 7-9. 2:30 p.m. The Astronomers 9:30 p.m. Charli XCX, 12:45 p.m. Xeno and Joe Henry W. Maier Festival Park, Milwaukee, WI, USA In order to appeal to their audiences, the SummerFest stage is home to multiple genres of music such as rap, country, pop, and dance. But dramatic changes began in 1970 and continued throughout the decade as the Big Gig became bigger and bigger. Officially billed in the Guinness Book of World Records as The World's Largest Music Festival, this lakeside festival takes place over 11 days each year on the shores of Lake Michigan in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. "I had been a stage manager at the Schlitz Country Stage the year before, and was working for a local promoting firm called the Edgewood Agency. In its 51st year, Summerfest loves to tout its diversity: hip-hop, EDM, classic rock, pop, R&B, country. June 24: James Taylor and Sheryl Crow. 2:30 p.m. GrooveLine 5:30 p.m. Main Street Song and Dance Troupe 6 p.m. Bella Beauties Dance Company Air Age '68, an annual air show sponsored by the Jaycees and added underthe formal Summerfest banner, packed them in at Mitchell International Airport. VARIOUS singers, bands, and musical groups were announced for the Summerfest 2022 lineup. We sit in restaurants and concert halls and look about at the hundreds of our own kind and shudder.Willa Cather (18731947), When we of the so-called better classes are scared as men were never scared in history at material ugliness and hardship; when we put off marriage until our house can be artistic, and quake at the thought of having a child without a bank-account and doomed to manual labor, it is time for thinking men to protest against so unmanly and irreligious a state of opinion.William James (18421910). The first Atlanta International Pop Festival was a rock festival held at the Atlanta International Raceway in Hampton, Georgia, twenty miles south of Atlanta, on the July Fourth (Friday) weekend, 1969, more than a month before Woodstock. Between its one-off September run and its new three-weekend format, Summerfest will look quite a bit different than usual this year. He has published three non-fiction books in Italy including one about an event in Milwaukee history, which was published in the U.S. in autumn 2010. A storm battered the festival on July 21, bringing down a huge tent at the Youthfest site and injuring 60 people. 4:15 p.m. Josh Fudge Date Thursday, June 24, 1982 - Monday, July 5, 1982 Venue. 7:30 p.m. Gego y Nony Over 9,000 performances. Live music, and celebrating life together, was healing. Festicket estimates that the value of the music festival market will be $3 billion (2.28 billion) in 2016. From that point, he became one of the most popular headliners in country music. It was April, and I got a call from the entertainment director of Summerfestm named Joel Gast, who said that the staff was leaving to start Chicagofest, and was I interested in his job. They're two of more than 40 new headliners revealed for the Milwaukee music festival Monday along with the full festival lineup. 8 p.m. Remi Wolf 8 p.m. Guster Meanwhile, the festival's first director, Willard M. Masterson, left Summerfest in March after buying a controlling interest in an amusement park at Muskego Beach. The next day I said yes, and was there two weeks later. Here's what we found out: During TMJ4 News Director Tim Vetscher's birth year, Kris Kristofferson, Waylon Jennings, The Ohio Players, The Band, and John Sebastian were playing Summerfest. googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1597166322662-mid-article-3'); }); Noon School of Rock WI/IL Popular Netflix show cancelled after just one series - leaving fans gutted, Im 92 but still rock minidresses - I've got a 2 secret to looking young, Baby among 6 festival-goers sliced to death by glass-encrusted kite strings, Thousands of British Gas customers to get 250 help with energy bills, News Group Newspapers Limited in England No. 3 p.m. Honey Hounds With decades of hits under his belt, Rod Stewart has plenty of tracks from his catalog to choose from for the SummerFest audience. 4:45 p.m. First Stage Other musical acts set to bring their discography to fans live are: For a complete list of the musicians who are performing at Summerfest 2022, visit their official website. a 15-acre former Nike missile site and airport on the lakefront, Country star Eric Church will headline Summerfest 2023's opening day, Summerfest adds James Taylor, Sheryl Crow to 2023 headliner lineup, Country star Zach Bryan returns to the Big Gig as 2023 Amp headliner, Imagine Dragons returns to Summerfest with AJR. Henry W. Maier Festival Park, Milwaukee, WI, USA; Leinie Lodge, Milwaukee, WI, USA; Old Style Heartland . 1 hit with the psychedelic pop tune "Green Tambourine.". . in the cities there are thousands of rolling stones like me. "From the crowds we had and the enthusiastic response we received, there can't be any question that Summerfest 68 not only met but exceeded our most optimistic expectations," Ball said. Summerfest will take place over three consecutive weekends (Thursday-Saturday) from Noon to midnight, June 22-24, June 29-July 1, and July 6-8, 2023. 9:30 p.m. Skillet. 9:30 p.m. French Montana. 8 p.m. The Happy Fits 5:45 p.m. Salsabrositas 4:15 p.m. The Appalachians Sep 10, 2017. A separate American Family Insurance Amphitheater ticket is required for Amphitheater, including Jason Aldean, Justin Bieber, Machine Gun Kelly, Halsey, Rod Stewart, Thomas Rhett and their supporting acts. 4:15 p.m. Little Hurt 5:30 p.m. The Expendables . Yeah, he's probably watching a movie. A post shared by Summerfest (@summerfest), Get weekly rundowns straight to your inbox, A daily briefing on what matters in the music industry. 9:30 p.m. DJ Shawna, Noon Neil Davis Quartet 4:30 p.m. Milwaukee Admirals Hockey When TMJ4 anchor and reporter Tom . You can now save your favorite artists on the lineup page and simply head over to The Summerfest Store to get tickets, parking pass, merchandise, and much more. 12:45 p.m. Marc the Zani If you click on a link in this story we may earn affiliate revenue. 7:30 p.m. David Seebach's Wonders of Magic. In the next decade, festival organizers would have to find ways to accommodate and build on that growth. In 2005, he was awarded the City of Asti's (Italy) Journalism Prize for his work focusing on that area. 8:15 p.m. Black Rebel Motorcycle Club 7:30 p.m. Bad Boy Check out our full list of country festivals happening over the USA, Canada and the UK this year here. Date Thursday, June 24, 1993 - Sunday, July 4, 1993 Venues. He handed me a one-year contract and said that I had until the next day to make a decision. Hope was also one of the headliners at the second Summerfest, which was held at 60 locations in 1969. Bob Hope was the headliner at the Milwaukee County Stadium. The festival also tried to avoid repeating artists who have performed there many times. I shouldn't need to have a CD out to be paid $700 at Summerfest. In addition to fine arts, Summerfest 68 lined up theater performances, including the Marquette University Players doing Thornton Wilder's "Our Town" in Humboldt Park; no less than three women's conferences; an international film festival held at the Palace Theater, then at North5th Streetand Wisconsin Avenue; American Indian exhibits at the new Milwaukee Public Museum; a full circus; a street carnival with rides and games; a German beer garden (complete with polka band) in what is now Zeidler Union Square; and more. But dramatic changes began in 1970 and continued throughout the decade as the Big Gig became . Organizers are now hoping to hold the 11-day festival, including headliners Guns N' Roses, Dave Matthews Band, and Khalid, in September. 4 p.m. Beach Bums Day passes can be found on the Summerfest official website and Ticketmaster. The Summer Jam at Watkins Glen was a July 1973 rock festival outside Watkins Glen, New York, that featured the Allman Brothers Band, Grateful Dead and the Band.The July 28, 1973 event long held the Guinness Book of World Records entry for "largest audience at a pop festival," with an estimated 600,000 fans in attendance at the Watkins Glen Grand Prix Raceway. However, 1977 was also the year Summerfest hired a figure who would become a defining part of the festival, a major player in its ongoing success, when it tapped Sheboygan native Bob Babisch as its new entertainment director. In 1972, The Doors performed the Summerfest main stage and comedian George Carlin was arrested by Milwaukee police after shouting seven obscene words which were forbidden on television. 6:15 p.m. Niko Moon Since 1975, comedy acts ranging from David Brenner and Henny Youngman to Jay Leno and Jon Stewart have performed at the event. The hard-rock bands will play the 23,000-person-capacity American Family Insurance Amphitheater June 30, with Chevelle opening. 10 p.m. The Cult, Noon School of Rock WI/IL 5:30 p.m. Amy Lowe and King Katz The Woodstock Festival, which took place in 1969 close to Woodstock, New York, is the biggest festival in history. "One change that happened that was thought out was in the mid-70s, they made the very conscientious effort to transition from it being a rock n roll show to being more family-friendly," says Ben Barbera, who curated the "Summerfest 50 Exhibition" at Milwaukee County Historical Society. This site is protected by reCAPTCHA Enterprise and the Google. For more than 30 years, the Amphitheater has featured music's biggest acts, drawing fans from across the country to one . View past festival line-ups here: 2022. 3:30 p.m. Ryann Lyn Band We know thats probably not why youre here though, so joining them will be Holler regulars like Thomas Rhett, Jason Aldean, Gabby Barrett, Russell Dickerson, Jason Isbell, Dustin Lynch, Son Volt, Niko Moon, Priscilla Block, Rhett Atkins, Ryan Hurd, and Erin Kinsey. 9:30 p.m. Halestorm, Noon Shaun Johnson Big Band Experience Well, we asked Summerfest and they went through their records and compiled a list of the top five headliners from each year. The real nerves hit when I was responsible for the entire lineup the next year." One central location allowed more real estate to bring in bigger artists and all the fans that came along with them. Schlitz Brewing Co. announced April 19 that it had canceled the annual downtown circus parade because of "the moodof the country" (the circus' visit itself, then known as Old Milwaukee Days, was still on). The part of Summerfest 68 that most closely resembled Summerfest 2018, however, was Youthfest, staged on the land between Lake Michigan and the War Memorial Center. 2:15 p.m. Accompany of Kids 4 p.m. Pink Umbrella 3:30 p.m. Foghat 5:30 p.m. The Marshall Tucker Band 1:45 p.m. Cache Milwaukee 1 p.m. Golden Idols 9:30 p.m. DJ Doc B. Klement's Sausage & Beer Garden 2:15 p.m. Main Street Song and Dance Troupe "I think the new grounds took some getting used to, although I think what they liked was the location. After canceling for the first time in its 53-year history, organizers announced the star-studded roster of acts slated to perform over three weekends: Sept. 2-4, 9-11 and 16-18. 10:15 p.m. Portugal. 6:45 p.m. Deep Sea Diver 7:30 p.m. David Seebach's Wonders of Magic, 12:45 p.m. Barbara Stephan Band A few years later, the festival had iconic headliners like Jackson 5, The Doobie Brothers, and Johnny Cash. 6 p.m. The Cuz There was lots of music, too. The next day's main headliner is yet to be announced, but whoever it is will pass the torch off to Machine Gun Kelly July 1. Summerfest 2022 will run for three Thursday-Saturday weekends during its usual midseason . This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. But the money didnt follow and the festival ended deep in the red. 1 p.m. Downtown Harrison Admission was $1.25, or 50 cents and three Seven-Up bottle caps. In 1999, the Guinness Book of World Records named Summerfest the Worlds Biggest Music Festival, and it has held the title ever since. The festival happened on July 28th, 1973, at the Watkins Glen Grand Prix . 4:45 p.m. Danceworks Although the festival had already been in existence for two years, 1970 was whenSummerfest landed in the lakefront location it still inhabits today. More than a million people walked through the gates at Summerfest 1970, leading to a profit of more than $160,000, which meant there would indeed be a Summerfest 1971. 4 p.m. Ecuador Manta From advertising, exhibits, products and promotions, we are looking back at the tremendous history of the event and looking forward to a bright future all at the same time, Don Smiley, President and Chief Executive Officer of Milwaukee World Festival, Inc. said in a press release. SUMMERFEST 2023 LINEUP. Summerfest 2022 is set to take place June 23-25, June 30-July 2, and July 7-9. . Summerfest 2023. VIDEO PODCAST: The Jimmys Winter Tour. For further details of our complaints policy and to make a complaint please click this link: thesun.co.uk/editorial-complaints/, The Backstreet Boys are one of the headlining acts scheduled for SummerFest 2022, In addition to BSB, Lil Wayne is also one of the festival's headlining acts, Machine Gun Kelly's relationship with Megan Fox, Independent Press Standards Organisation (IPSO), Here's a closer look at Rod Stewart's 2022 Tour and. Lollipop, A Milli, Prom Queen, Drop the World, and Uproar are some of his biggest hits. 6 p.m. Clave y Afinque "I went there the next day, and had a two-minute interview with the new executive director, whose name was Jim Butler. The Mayor of Milwaukee from 1960 to 1988 was inspired to create such a festival after visiting Oktberfest, in Munich, Germany. 9 days. Their choice for a new name: Summerfest '68. Headliners include Justin Bieber, Halsey, Machine Gun Kelly, Lil Wayne, Wiz Khalifa, Wu-Tang Clan, Backstreet Boys, Willow, The Black Crowes, Rod Stewart, Charli XCX, Steve Miller Band and Violent Femmes. Don't miss all of our great coverage on local festivals and happenings. Miley Cyrus performs a Tribute to Frontline Heroes during the 2021 NCAA Final Four at Lucas Oil Stadium on April 3, 2021 in Indianapolis, Indiana. George Carlin (opening for Arlo Guthrie) performed his "Seven Words You Can't Say on Television" routine at the 1972 event (and was subsequently arrested for violating obscenity laws). 9 p.m. Division BMX Stunt Team, Noon Kohl's Wild Theater He was just 42. Summerfest 1972. The Moody Blues - Days of Future Passed (1) The ahead-of-its-time LP has long been considered the band's masterpiece. 4:15 p.m. Priscilla Block From first-timers, including Chance the Rapper, Miley Cyrus, and Run the Jewels, to Fest favorites including Dave Matthews Band, T-Pain, Styxand Chris Stapleton, our lineup continues to be one of the most diverse and unique in the industry.. 10 p.m. Gilberto Santa Rosa, 12:30 p.m. Kitty Soft Paw Henry W. Maier Festival Park, Milwaukee, WI, USA; Marcus Amphitheater, Milwaukee, WI, USA; Old Style . USCellular Connection Stage 5:30 p.m. JoJo Looking for Richard Glazier online? Or watching a movie. June 27, 2018 ~ Joe Accardi. Stingl: They survived a tent collapse at Milwaukee's first Summerfest, Your California Privacy Rights / Privacy Policy. 1 weather alerts 1 closings/delays Watch Now 1. 2021. 4:45 p.m. Dancers in Motion Around 800 acts will descend on Milwaukee's lakefront for the 54-year-old festival including Lil Wayne, Jason Aldean, Machine Gun Kelly, Rod Stewart, Thomas Rhett . The Sun website is regulated by the Independent Press Standards Organisation (IPSO), Our journalists strive for accuracy but on occasion we make mistakes. Get tickets for festival shows now: https://t.co/WuQZx2Kyqe pic.twitter.com/ae4lnNrKJT 1:45 p.m. Los 3 Amigos However, President of the Summerfest Board of Directors John Kelly and other businessmen were able to get Midland National Bank to provide Summerfest with a $200,000 unsecured loan and saved the festival. 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