It must suck to know that Milwaukee has the biggest music festival in the United States.....when you are from somewhere else. Chicago pretends they have a music festival called Taste of Chicago...but when compared to summerfest tastes like week old donut:
Fri
06/27/08
Rush
Fri
06/27/08
Phil Vassar
Sun
06/29/08
Jack's Mannequin
Mon
06/30/08
Rascal Flatts
Mon
06/30/08
Taylor Swift
Tue
07/01/08
Railroad Earth
Thu
07/03/08
Halfway To Hazard
Thu
07/03/08
Jason Aldean
Thu
07/03/08
Tim McGraw
Friday, February 01, 2008
2008 Summerfest line-up update
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Again, I understand why someone who comes on here as anon would not want everyone to know who they were....
Lollapolooza...hummm...that was good in about 1993...how many days in that???
11?
No, no, no...that's summerfest in Milwaukee...
900,000 to 1,000,000 people PAID (not like taste of Chicao) to see the acts...
I don't even have to return the dumbass comment back to you...you did that yourself...ha ha ha
lollapalooza is a joke, it was never good Janes Addiction rocks but the rest suck
lets see worst food and shitty bands, with only one decent band playing everyday over 12 days....now chicago has the greatest food festival and lolla with actual good bands....when you guys get more then 20 restraunts and pearl jam then come talk to me but until then....enjoy tim mcgraw
someone from chicago must take something crappy and pretend it is good for his own mental well being...look at the Bears.
You put up the tast of my anus FREE festival in Chicgo and I'll post the summerfest line-up...it isn't even close
Summerfest is like the taste of Chicago plus lollapalooza. Its a great music fest. But game I have to remind you the Bears beat the Packers both times last year and any good Packer or Bear fan knows that if you don't win the superbowl the best concession is beating your rival twice. Eat it Cheesedick.
lollapalooza- tours to many cities- even milwaukee. summerfest is just a milwaukee thing:-)
summerfest is WAAAAAAAAAAAAAYYYY better than lalapkfjdj;dslkjlpolooozaaa or however you spell it. it is just immitating summerfest. duhhh.
Having been to both, I actually have to say that Lollapalooza is better. Much better and bigger bands pass through there, and, let's be honest, the Ampitheater in Milwaukee sucks.
I do love both, and I'll be spending more time at SF (living in WI and all), but if I had a choice between all 11 days of SF and the 3 days of Lollapalooza, hell, I'd always pick the latter.
first of all the bears suck ass they didnt even make it to the playoffs and the packers went all the way to championship game.
2nd summerfest is the biggest fest and who ever says that sf is gay is just jelious and what the hell is lollapooolppoezkaien any way wat kind of name is that
Lollapalloozaa sucks major dick
they only have gay emo bands
summerfest is the best festival out there. most of the bands are free too. oar, slightly stoopid, matisyahu, 311 all those are gonna be free this year. unlike lollapaloza which is like 150 bucks for three days, thats a fucking rip off.
and the packers are 100 times better then the bears and i live in chicago.
First off, it doesn't even need to be mentioned that the Packers are better than Bears.
Secondly, Summmerfest is 11 days and has a complete assortment of music. The full lineup this year hasn't been announced, but we always have everything from rap and r&b to rock to country. It appeals to anyone who likes music, period. Lollapalooza only caters to those who like contemporary alternative rock.
SF also supports local bands and lets them play, not to mention that it's way more kid-friendly, with all of the exhibits and things set up for people to do for fun.
They're completely different and there's no comparison. Summerfest caters to a Top 40 mainstream crowd while Lollapalooza corners the midwest hipster market. Lollapalooza can only really be placed alongside Coachella, Bonnaroo, etc. The bands they have are truly stellar, but obviously not for everyone (though it should be pointed out, the line-ups have included all musical genres, not merely alt rock. They have a fair amount of rap, techno, classic, folk, and alt. country). Summerfest has more of an open, friendly, state fair vibe (at least, that's how we view it in Illinois).
So the real debate isn't which city has the better festival, it should really be 'which city has the largest population of musically pretentious indie kids'. When you ask that question...Chicago wins. While some may call it a taste issue, I'm impartial and think the state crossover between both festivals proves both are necessary.
But...Chicago does (in addition to Lolla & the Taste) have Pitchfork and the Jazz fest. So...there's that.
OK, lets be real for a second, Summerfest is trash. It's a week and a half of drunken debauchery with the same mediocre bands (with a few good exceptions year to year) that play each consecutive year. Rusted Root has played every year since Clinton's first term in office, and no one really goes to hear their music, but rather, to get wasted.
I've been to Summerfest, and I've been to Lollapalooza, and I gotta say, I'm way more excited to see Radiohead (and I don't think Radiohead would even acknowledge Summerfest as even a potential stop on their tour) than wade through a sea of obnoxious drunk people.
Summerfest is not a music festival, it's a city wide competition to see who can drink the most beer and still make it back to the park and ride in one piece.
^^^I second that.
Summerfest is a fun time, but Lollapalooza has real music. have you even seen the lineup for lolla 08?
Radiohead, Rage Against the Machine, Wilco, Kanye West, Gnarls Barkley, lupe fiasco, does it offend you yeah?, mgmt, yeasayer, bloc party, duffy, mark ronson, the raconteurs.
basically, more than just country and acts that no one but wisconsin-natives have ever heard of.
Born and raised in Milwaukee, and while summerfest is technically the largest music festival, we all basically go to get trashed, because that's what we do here... get trashed. If we want to get stoned and see a show, we go to see DMB every July/August for the 2 night show at Alpine Valley. If we want a music festival, we'll go to Lollapalooza (which has stopped in Milwaukee before) in some other state. We're spoiled each summer.
everyone knows
Bonnaroo does it best.
Dumbass! Radiohead was just there 2 yrs ago sucker. Get your facts correct, maybe not there this year, but they have been stupid. Along with a great variety.. Heart, Widespread, Ziggy Marley, CCR, Velvet Revolver, AFI, Hell Yeah. a great group of comedy syages. Look at the big pic and not just the main stage. There is dozens of bands daily fool!
i live in milwaukee so i love summerfest.
but i have to say warped tour is one of my favorite concerts.
they have 50 bands in 1 day.
having been to both and a native chicagoan i think summerfest definitely has better music than any chicago festival, saw oar there last year. however i think people are comparing apples to oranges, the taste of chicago is only known as a food festival. yeah they have free music but that it because they need something to entertain not just fill you up. i have been to milwaukee tons of times and think it is a awesome city. both chicago and milwaukee have their own great qualities just depends on what your looking for. chicago is definitely a late night town.. milwaukee is great for a quiet night on the town. all in all i understand you guys are just defending your hometown but i think we can all agree that both cities are pretty cool.
Are you guys seriously comparing Summerfest with Lollapolloza? It's not that one is better than the other, or one city is better than the other, it's the fact that they are totally different festivals! You can't compare a three day festival to an 11 day festival, that's like comparing a speed boat and a canoe--both work, for two totally different reasons.
Either way, my opinion is that Summerfest's website really sucks, and it makes it nearly impossible to scroll through and look at the 11 days-worth of performers. Lollapolloza's website, on the other hand, makes it very easy for me to see that there are a lot of acts I want to see there.
And Bonaroo is the biggest joke of a festival. (Went two years ago for Radiohead, among others, and wound up seeing a kid get the shit beat out of him by some 18 year old "safety" guard on a power trip. They search the shit out of you on your way in, cops let their horses shit less than ten feet away from where you sleep, and there's no shade! I suggest to whoever posted that comment saying that Bonnaroo is best, to actually look into real festivals, because then you'll have some real fun.
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