Last month, Summerfest 50 – with the help of "Jimmy Kimmel Live" – dropped almost its entire list of grounds stage headliners. The key word there is "almost," because while it was a massive flood of famous names, there were still a few holes and TBAs left to be filled out.
Good news (unless you're a Brett Eldredge fan): Today, those vacancies are no more, as Summerfest announced the rest of its grounds stage headliners, including Ludacris, Maze featuring Frankie Beverly, The Spinners and Lee Brice – replacing fellow country star Brett Eldredge, who had to bow out of the Big Gig due to a scheduling conflict.
Here is a complete list of the new headliners and nationally recognized supporting acts added this morning:
June 28
- Hook N Sting: 7:30 p.m. at the Miller Lite Oasis
- Touch Sensitive: 8:30 p.m. at the Miller Lite Oasis
June 29
- Pluto: 8:30 p.m. at the Miller Lite Oasis
July 1
- Maze featuring Frankie Beverly: 9:45 p.m. at the BMO Harris Pavilion
- JC Brooks: 8 p.m. at the Uline Warehouse
July 2
- Ludacris: 10:15 p.m. at the Miller Lite Oasis
- Jonny P: 8 p.m. at the Briggs & Stratton Big Backyard
July 4
- Joey Purp: 9 p.m. at the Briggs & Stratton Big Backyard
- oddCouple: 7 p.m. at the Briggs & Stratton Big Backyard
July 5
- Felly: 7 p.m. at the Miller Lite Oasis
- PnB Rock: 8:30 p.m. at the Miller Lite Oasis
- Bad Royale: 8:30 p.m. at the Harley-Davidson Roadhouse
July 7
- Aubrie Sellers: 8 p.m. at the Briggs & Stratton Big Backyard
- Brooke Eden: 8 p.m. at the Uline Warehouse
July 9
- Lee Brice: taking the place of Brett Eldredge at 10 p.m. at the Miller Lite Oasis
- The Spinners: 9:30 p.m. at the Uline Warehouse
- Harvey Scales & The Seven Sounds: 8 p.m. at the Uline Warehouse
- The Social Animals: 7:30 p.m. at the BMO Harris Pavilion
For the rest of the Big Gig headliners, click here. And now that all of the headliners have been announced, you've got no excuse to not start planning and mapping out your Summerfest 50 schedule.
Stay tuned to OnMilwaukee for more Summerfest and summer festival announcements as they come.
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.