Summerfest

Officials have begun announcing the return of various music festivals across the Chicago area this summer after major shutdowns last year due to the COVID pandemic.

From concerts to farmers markets, Chicagoans will likely be able to feel a taste of normalcy in coming months as businesses and events reopen citywide. Here’s a look at festivals and other fun things to do across the area this summer.

Summerfest, the popular Milwaukee music festival, has released its lineup for the 2021 event, which will take place over three weekends in September this year and is bringing some big names to Wisconsin.

Country Thunder’s popular Wisconsin music festival has a new headliner after country star Morgan Wallen, who was billed among the top acts for music festival, canceled his summer tour dates in wake of video showing him using a racial slur.

Country Thunder’s popular Wisconsin music festival will go on this summer, bringing headliners like Blake Shelton, Dustin Lynch, Kane Brown and Morgan Wallen, even as other state music festivals postpone or cancel due to the coronavirus pandemic.

The popular Milwaukee music festival Summerfest has been pushed back to September to allow more time for COVID-19 vaccine distribution, organizers announced Tuesday.

Riot Fest has joined a growing list of Chicago-area music festivals canceling their 2020 events during the coronavirus pandemic.

Major Chicago events, including Lollapalooza and the Taste of Chicago, have been canceled in the city amid concerns over large gatherings due to coronavirus, officials announced Tuesday.

Chicago City Markets will go on this summer despite the cancellation of many major seasonal events like Lollapalooza and the Taste of Chicago, city officials said Tuesday.

With Milwaukee’s popular Summerfest and Chicago’s Pitchfork both canceled due to coronavirus, many are still questioning if Lollapalooza will go on. Organizers and city officials have been teasing a decision for weeks, even saying an announcement was expected last week. “I expect that we’ll be making a decision sometime next week,” Lightfoot said during a news briefing on May...

The popular Milwaukee music festival Summerfest has been canceled due to coronavirus, organizers announced Thursday. The event, which typically takes place in July, had already been postponed to September due to concerns over the virus. “After careful, diligent, and thoughtful consideration and out of an abundance of caution for the health and safety of our community – including artists, fans,…

Sam Hunt and Guns ‘N Roses are the most recent additions to Summerfest’s 2020 lineup featuring artists from multiple genres. The Milwaukee-based music festival announced Wednesday that Hunt will headline the American Family Insurance Amphitheater on June 26 with guest Kip Moore, and Guns ‘N Roses will headline the amphitheater on July 4. Summerfest opens June 24 and runs through…

Singer-rapper Lizzo says a security guard tackled two members of her staff to the ground and used hurtful language just moments after her performance at Milwaukee’s Summerfest. Lizzo late Thursday tweeted the guard “slapped and manhandled” her hair stylist and stylist and that she was “out for blood” after he dragged them off the grounds. She called him a “racist...

The Grand Canyon is celebrating its 100th anniversary of being named a national park this year, and to mark the occasion, it will continue to provide extraordinary experiences in nature as it always has.

The Grand Canyon is celebrating its 100th anniversary of being named a national park this year, and to mark the occasion, it will continue to provide extraordinary experiences in nature as it always has.

Multiple headliners have already been announced for Summerfest’s big 2018 event.

Get your calendars ready– Milwaukee’s Summerfest headliners have been revealed.

Lollapalooza made a list of the top family-friendly music festivals in the country compiled by the travel company Orbitz. The Chicago fest landed the No. 2 spot behind Summerfest in Milwaukee.

Summerfest announced its 2015 lineup Tuesday with more than 100 headlining acts, including Florida Georgia Line, Kings of Leon, Kendrick Lamar and Ed Sheeran.