2016 Summerfest Ground Stage Headliners Announced
While the Marcus Amphitheater shows are still being rolled out, Summerfest has announced their ground stage headliners for 2016. Almost 100 acts are now added to the festival’s roster, and it’s a lot to take in over the course of one giant list. Oh, there’s a video! And… is that Milwaukee’s own GGOOLLDD I hear in the background? Why yes it is. Get hyped:
Here’s that whole lineup in text, too, so you don’t have to keep pausing that video:
311
.38 Special
Andra Day
Bahari
Barenaked Ladies
Ben Folds
Billy Idol
Black Violin
Blue Oyster Cult
Bobby Rush
BoDeans
Brett Young
Brian Fallon & the Crowes
Brooke Eden
Brothers Osborne
Bruce Hornsby & The Noisemakers
Buckwheat Zydeco
Cam
Charlie Aponte
Chase Rice
Cheap Trick
Chris Lane
Coast Modern
Coleman Hell
Commodores
Con Brio
Death Cab for Cutie
The Decemberists
Diane Coffee
Drew Baldridge
Dustin Lynch
Elle King
Femi Kuti & The Positive Force
Fitz and the Tantrums
The Fray
Garbage
Gavin DeGraw
Granger Smith
The Grass Roots
Hippo Campus
Hollywood Vampires
Howard Jones
Hunter Hayes
The Ides of March
Indigo Girls
Jack & Jack
Jana Kramer
Jason Derulo
Joan Jett & The Blackhearts
Joe Jackson
Kane Brown
Kirk Franklin
Kool and The Gang
Kris Kristofferson
Lucie Silvas
Lucky Chops
Martin Garrix
Matisyahu
Michael Franti & Spearhead
Michael Ray
Mike D (DJ set)
Milky Chance
Mindi Abair
Morris Day and the Time
Neil Finn
Nelly
O.A.R.
OMD (Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark)
Otis Taylor
Passion Pit
Peter Bjorn and John
Phil Vassar
Preservation Hall Jazz Band
Rachel Platten
Randy Houser
Ray LaMontagne
Richard Marx
Rise Against
The Roots
Ruthie Collins
Ryan Adams
Sir Mix-A-Lot
Skillet
Son Little
St. Paul & The Broken Bones
Stephen Marley
Styx
Taylor Dayne
Terrance Simien & The Zydeco Experience
Timeflies
Umphrey’s McGee
Violent Femmes
“Weird Al” Yankovic
Welshly Arms
Willie Nelson
The Wombats
Young the Giant