Summerfest in Milwaukee reports 40% attendance increase, announces dates for 2024

Summerfest saw a major leap in attendance for its 55th anniversary celebration this year, with 624,407 people walking through the turnstiles — a 40% increase from 2022. That was despite air quality warnings from the Canadian wildfires that were still in effect for one of Summerfest's days this year, and the cancellation of two ticketed American Family Insurance Amphitheater shows for July 6 — Jimmy Buffett and his planned replacement, AJR. University of Wisconsin-Madison graduate Yung Gravy played a show on the stage that night, his second at this year's...