The 55th year of Summerfest ended on a high note.”You’ve got to have a good time down here. You’re by the lake, the weather is beautiful, the music is great. It’s always a good time down here,” said Mike Wahlig, a longtime Summerfest attendee. While everyone agrees that the summer festival is a good time no matter what, some reflect on the summers when the festival ran for 11 days.” I think I used to like the whole week because then we could pick and choose during the of the week, which days we would come. Weekends tend to be a little busier,” Andrea Morgenroth, another fan of Summerfest. Summerfest switched to three consecutive weekends in 2021. After talking to festival-goers this year, people are split on which format they prefer — 9-to-5 workers say it gives them a chance to get out and enjoy themselves more music.” You either had to take time off work or come at night to see the bands, so it’s nice that people can come to more weekends now,” Wahlig said. “I think I probably like it a little more now . It’s a little more spread out,” Priscilla Green-Burt said. Others say Summerfest feels less like a vacation this way. “This is good, but I liked the 11-day format better. Sometimes things don’t need to change,” added her husband Rio Burt. Weekdays or weekends, the Summerfest site was still packed in 2023 – with more than 600 artists taking the stage.
The 55th year of Summerfest ended on a high note.
“You’ve got to have a good time down here. You’re on the lakefront, the weather is beautiful, the music is great. It’s always a good time down here,” said Mike Wahlig, a longtime summer party attendee.
While everyone agrees that Summerfest is a good time no matter what, some reflect on the summers when the festival ran for 11 days.
“I think I used to like the whole week because then we could pick and choose during the week which days we wanted to come. Weekends tend to be a little busier,” Andrea Morgenroth, another fan of Summerfest.
Summerfest switched to three consecutive weekends in 2021. After talking to festival-goers this year, people are split on which format they like best — 9-to-5 workers say it gives them a chance to get out and enjoy more music.
“You either had to take off work or come at night to see bands, so it’s kind of nice that people can come to more weekends now,” Wahlig said.
“I think I like it probably a little more now. It’s a little more spread out,” Priscilla Green-Burt said.
Others say Summerfest feels less like a vacation this way.
“This is good, but I liked the 11-day format better. Sometimes things don’t need to change,” added her husband Rio Burt.
Weekday or weekend, the Summerfest site was still packed in 2023 – with more than 600 artists on stage.