Summerfest: Cooler by the Lake: 40 Years of Music and Memories

Over the past 40 years, Summerfest's 11-day festival has grown to become the centerpiece of summer in Milwaukee—a place to party, play, shop, eat, drink, dance, people-watch and soak up the sun. But what has always defined Summerfest is the music. Some of the biggest acts in popular music have played on those stages, for a fraction of the cost to see them elsewhere. No other major festival cuts a wider swath through the American songbook. Summerfest's stages have been a gathering place for ...