Summerfest announces grounds stage headliners, packages
MILWAUKEE (WITI) -- Summerfest officials announced Thursday, April 4th several headlining acts that will perform at Summerfest 2013.
Imagine Dragons, Billy Idol, Diplo, LL Cool J, Dropkick Murphys and Alice Cooper are among the added headliners to take the stage at “The World’s Largest Music Festival.”
Today’s announcement includes the addition of the following ground stage headliners:
| Imagine Dragons | Billy Idol | Diplo | Alice Cooper |
| Dispatch | Pretty Lights | Dropkick Murphys | Alex Clare |
| LL Cool J | Empire of the Sun | AWOLNATION | The Mavericks |
| MGMT | Grouplove | Bad Religion | Dr. John |
| Silversun Pickups | Styx | Chevy Metal | Yeah Yeah Yeahs |
| Dark Star Orchestra | Trampled by Turtles | Atlas Genius | Pat Benetar |
| Neon Trees | Switchfoot | Phil Vassar | O.A.R. |
| The Neighbourhood | Social Distortion | Cake | Robert DeLong |
| Femi Kuti | REO Speedwagon | Amadou & Mariam | The Spinners |
| Atmosphere | Craig Morgan | twenty one pilots | Kip Moore |
| Loverboy | Morris Day & The Time | The Airborne Toxic Event | Blues Traveler |
| Jana Kramer | Drowning Pool | Buddy Guy | Foreigner |
| K'NAAN | Timeflies | Willy Porter | Terrance Simien |
| Barenaked Ladies | Skillet | Less Than Jake | Gavin DeGraw |
| Yeasayer | Guster | Youngblood Hawke | Capital Cities |
| The Features | Brandi Carlile | Lewis Black |
Performance dates, times and stage locations as well as additional headliners will be announced in the coming weeks.
Fest-goers can save money with Advanced Sale General Admission tickets and great ticket pass options, most of which can be purchased now at Summerfest.com with no incremental service fees.
Support acts for the Marcus Amphitheater FUN. headlining performance have also been announced and will include Walk The Moon and Family of the Year. Tickets for the Thursday, June 27 show are currently on sale at Ticketmaster.com.
Additionally, The Avett Brothers and Violent Femmes will co-headline the Marcus Amphitheater on Wednesday, June 26 with special guests Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros and Ivan & Alyosha at 7:00 pm.