We've started everyday so far this week with a new Summerfest grounds stage headliner lineup, but here's something different: a new Summerfest grounds stage headliner lineup AND a new headliner switched into the Big Gig schedule.
Let's start with the performer swap: Rapper T.I. will replace fellow hip-hop icon Ludacris as a Summerfest headliner, taking the U.S. Cellular Connection Stage at 10 p.m. on Friday, July 5.
And speaking of the U.S. Cellular Connection Stage, here are the rest of the Big Gig headliners headed there this summer:
June 26
10 p.m. – Hanson
June 27
4 p.m. – X
9:45 p.m. – LANCO
June 28
10 p.m. – Styx
June 29
10 p.m. – TBA
June 30
4 p.m. – Riley Green
8 p.m. – Jimmie Allen
10 p.m. – Brothers Osborne
July 2
8 p.m. – Trap Manny
10 p.m. – A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie
July 3
4 p.m. – Nora Collins
6 p.m. – Brandy Clark
8 p.m. – Lindsay Ell
10 p.m. – Lauren Alaina
July 4
9:45 p.m. – Chris Janson
July 5
4 p.m. – Leonid & Friends
10 p.m. – T.I.
July 6
10 p.m. – Semisonic
July 7
10 p.m. – Dylan Scott
In addition to sponsoring this grounds stage, U.S. Cellular also wants to reward you with the ultimate Summerfest experience with, uh, the Ultimate Summerfest Experience contest, with one winner and a guest scoring two days and two nights booked in Milwaukee, two tickets for the American Family Insurance Amphitheater headliner act of their choice, a backstage tour of the U.S. Cellular Connection Stage, a hospitality passes for the Captain's Deck, a Big Gig merch package, cash for travel expenses and a food-and-beverage gift card for Summerfest. Fans can enter to win by dropping by a U.S. Cellular store or texting SFEST19 to 89635 from April 25 to May 5.
For those who don't win free tickets, admission – from $23 general admission tickets to $15 weekday tickets, from $57 three-day passes to $120 11-day passes – is available at the Summerfest website.
As for more Big Gig announcements, stay tuned to OnMilwaukee.
As much as it is a gigantic cliché to say that one has always had a passion for film, Matt Mueller has always had a passion for film. 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.
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. Or watching a movie. Yeah, he's probably watching a movie.