Don Smiley

Contribution to José G. Pérez of $150

Contribution to Ashanti Hamilton of $200

Milwaukee World Festival, Inc. Receives Donation of Generator from Briggs & Stratton

Update on North End Construction Projects

Milwaukee World Festival, Inc. Announces Renewal of PepsiCo Sponsorship

PepsiCo will continue to sponsor the Summerfest App

Milwaukee World Festival, Inc. Selects Architectural Firm

Eppstein Uhen Architects to Design new American Family Insurance Amphitheater

Summerfest Celebrates Labor Day Weekend with Bikes, Blockbuster Music, & Big Gig BBQ

Lady Antebellum and Darius Rucker Co-Headlining SUMMER PLAYS ON TOUR at American Family Insurance Amphitheater September 1st

Summerfest Rock ‘n Sole Run Discontinued

Milwaukee World Festival to Focus on Alternative Charitable Efforts

Summerfest Named Festival of the Year At 2017 IEBA Conference

IEBA is a not-for-profit trade organization for live entertainment industry professionals.

Contribution to Ashanti Hamilton of $250

Milwaukee World Festival Inc. to Construct New North Entry Gate and Plaza

Project links Maier Festival Park to downtown Milwaukee, sponsored by American Family Insurance

Summerfest Releases 2017 Results

831,769 people attended Summerfest in 2017.

Contribution to Tom Barrett of $500

Summerfest Announces New “Level Up” Concert Viewing Deck at Miller Lite Oasis

Reserved tickets for Level Up will be available for each day of Summerfest, beginning on Monday, May 22, 2017.

The Bogus Studies of Miller Park

How we've been misled -- repeatedly -- about Brewers “economic impact.”

Summerfest Celebrates its 50th Edition with Throwback Thursday on June 29th

Presented by Pick ‘n Save

BMO Harris Bank and Milwaukee World Festival, Inc. Renew Long-term Partnership

Multi-Year Agreement Includes Additions to Festival Experience for BMO Customers

New Summerfest Name, New Amphitheater

American Family gets naming rights to Summerfest, helps pay for amphitheater.

American Family Insurance and Milwaukee World Festival, Inc Begin New 10-Year Partnership

Components include a Presenting Sponsorship of Summerfest, Construction of a new 23,000-seat Amphitheater, new North Gate and Plaza and Community Programming and Outreach

New Stage for Summerfest Coming

U.S. Cellular inks 10-year deal; will spend millions to replace its music facility by 2018.

U.S. Cellular and Milwaukee World Festival, Inc. Sign New 10-Year Deal that Includes Building a Redesigned U.S. Cellular Connection Stage in 2018

New stage area, with largest video screen yet, and new guest amenities

Summerfest’s V.P. of Entertainment, Bob Babisch, wins Festival Buyer of the Year Award at the 2016 IEBA Conference in Nashville, TN

IEBA is the leading not-for-profit trade organization for live entertainment industry professionals who buy, book and sell talent.

Announcing New Miller Lite Oasis Stage Area for Summerfest’s 50th Edition

Improvements will be completed for 2017 Festival Season and 50th Edition of Summerfest

Summerfest Foundation, Inc. Announces Music Education Grants Recipients for 2016

Twelve Area Schools and Non-profit Organizations Will Receive Grants Totalling $25,000 for Music Education

Summerfest Releases 2016 Festival Results

In addition to this year’s party, a special effort was made to raise excitement for the huge celebration in 2017 – the 50th Summerfest.

Summerfest Announces “50,000 for Summerfest 50” Free Ticket Giveaway

Festival Kicks off Year of Celebration Offering FREE Tickets to 2017 Event

Summerfest Launches Into Opening Day by Giving Away $325,000 in Tickets to Attendees at 5:00 pm on June 29, 2016

As Part of Opening Ceremonies, Summerfest Hosts a Ticket Giveaway for Patrons

MCTS and Summerfest Team Up to Offer a New Way to Get to the Big Gig

Cash may be king, but the all-new MCTS Pre>Fare is a rock star at getting you to Summerfest!

Milwaukee World Festival, Inc. Announces East Summerfest Place

From now on, the home of the company that produces “The World’s Largest Music Festival” can be found by its name at 639 E. Summerfest Place.

County Executive Chris Abele Announces That Summerfest Will Join Milwaukee County’s Purple Heart Pass Program

Purple Heart Recipients to Receive Eight Free Admissions to Summerfest

Summerfest Announces 2016 Grounds Stage Headliners

Summerfest officials are excited to announce over 90 headlining acts that will perform at the 2016 festival.

Contribution to Tom Barrett of $250

Milwaukee World Festival, Inc. Announces the Big Gig BBQ Presented by Meijer

The Inaugural BBQ Event will Debut on Sunday, September 4

Fromm Petfest to Cap Off Summer Festival Season with Third Annual Event

Free Pet-Themed Festival Returns to Henry Maier Festival Park in 2016

The Design Competition That Wasn’t

Lakefront Gateway competition picked a team, not a design. So what will that mean for the lakefront?

Lakefront Gateway Plaza National Design Competition Culminates with the Selection of the Graef Team

Water, Year-Round Activity Featured Among Ideas

Contribution to Ashanti Hamilton of $200

New Penthouse for Old Third Ward Building

Eppstein Uhen short of space in Headquarters; Bauman rips Summerfest traffic woes; and his challenger kicks off campaign

Summerfest Releases Attendance and 2015 Festival Results

External factors during the event impacted attendance at this year’s music festival.

Contribution to Robert Bauman of $250

Milwaukee’s Biggest Building Breaks Ground

"A beautiful day in Milwaukee" and for assembled power brokers as Northwestern Mutual's new skyscraper gets underway.

The Return of Flying Car

What will be featured at next month’s third annual showcase of technology and innovation.

The House of Hank the Dog

The Brewer's canine mascot has a nine-room Whitefish Bay home and 10,000 square foot lot to roam in, all worth $570,000.

Don Smiley’s Ever-Higher Salary

His salary rose by $114,000, to more than $886,000, and the explanations keep getting thinner.

The Arrogance of Summerfest

Mayor Barrett met with Summerfest board members, who agreed to share more information about its finances and director’s compensation.

County Board Violates Its Own Law

Lobbyists have worked without board approval, which could be a cause for “discharge” of board chair Dimitrivjevic.

Pabst Leader’s Salary Far Below Smiley’s

Pabst boss Gary Witt makes less than a third of what Smiley makes. Ald. Bauman questions this.

The Arrogance of Summerfest

Why the tax-exempt, city-supported non-profit should be transparent about its director’s salary.

Don Smiley’s Cool Condo

It cost him $646,000, but heck, that's less than a year's salary for the Summerfest CEO.

Common Council Expands BID Board

To begin the proceedings Don Smiley the CEO of Summerfest gave a presentation regarding this year’s Summerfest during which he pointed out two items of interest. First, they have demolished the Harley Davidson Roadhouse and constructed a new stage that will open on June 26th. They’ve opened up that stage to the lakeside and created a 3,000 square foot deck so the general public at large can enjoy the lake front while enjoying the music. Secondly, Smiley made it clear that part of Summerfest’s marketing would be to tie the marketing to the City of Milwaukee. These improvements should be applauded and hopefully Summerfest will continue to improve the grounds and connection with the City of Milwaukee. The first items taken up at the Common Council meeting were to complete unfinished business from the previous cycle. Although all five appointments had been held at the encouragement of Alderman Nik Kovac specifically included in this was the appointments of Boris Gokhman and Joel Lee to BID #41. The delay provided time to expand the board from five to seven members and with the history between New Land Enterprises and Alderman Kovac it at least gives the appearance that this board expansion was done to dilute the influence that New Land Enterprises may have on BID #41. The Common Council also approved resolution 080121 which would accept funding from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Solar America Cities 2008 grant. The City of Milwaukee is one of twelve cities selected for this grant which will be used to provide training for solar panel installation and funds for educational materials to help promote solar technologies. Alderman Tony Zielinski sponsored and encouraged these efforts and it is clear this is just the beggining of his attempts to “green” the City of Milwaukee.