The East Side Association announced the music lineup for the eighth annual Summer Soulstice Music Festival, Saturday, June 21, 2008 noon to midnight on East North Avenue on Milwaukee's East Side.
There are 10 bands on three stages and a line-up that includes two national and eight local artists. Northern Room, Local H, De La Buena and Quitedrive are four of the highlights.
Full schedule:
East Stage
• Jayk -- 5 p.m.
• Northern Room -- 7 p.m.
• Quietdrive -- 9 p.m.
West Stage
• Revolush -- 5 p.m.
• The Salt Shakers -- 7 p.m.
• Local H -- 9 p.m.
Murray Avenue Stage
• The Urbanites -- 3 p.m.
• De La Buena -- 5 p.m.
• Element 13 -- 7 p.m.
• The Love Monkeys -- 9 p.m.
The Summer Soulstice Music Festival, located just outside the OnMilwaukee.com headquarters, is a free all-day event with not only music but family-friendly activities including performances by Division BMX Stunt Team, "Rage-in-the-Cage" Dodgeball Tournament, burrito eating contest and more.
The Summer Sousltice Music Festival takes place on North Avenue between Oakland and Prospect Avenues, and on Murray Avenue. Streets are blocked off starting at noon.
OnMilwaukee.com is a sponsor of the event.
A life-long and passionate community leader and Milwaukeean, Jeff Sherman is a co-founder of OnMilwaukee.
He grew up in Wauwatosa and graduated from Marquette University, as a Warrior. He holds an MBA from Cardinal Stritch University, and is the founding president of Young Professionals of Milwaukee (YPM)/Fuel Milwaukee.
Early in his career, Sherman was one of youngest members of the Greater Milwaukee Committee, and currently is involved in numerous civic and community groups - including board positions at The Wisconsin Center District, Wisconsin Club and Marcus Center for the Performing Arts. He's honored to have been named to The Business Journal's "30 under 30" and Milwaukee Magazine's "35 under 35" lists.
He owns a condo in Downtown and lives in greater Milwaukee with his wife Stephanie, his son, Jake, and daughter Pierce. He's a political, music, sports and news junkie and thinks, for what it's worth, that all new movies should be released in theaters, on demand, online and on DVD simultaneously.
He also thinks you should read OnMilwaukee each and every day.
