Garth Brooks Is Headlining Milwaukee’s Summerfest 2026 With Kickoff Concert

Garth Brooks is acceptable to marque his debut show astatine Milwaukee’s Summerfest adjacent year, erstwhile helium launches the festival with an opening nighttime performance connected June 17 astatine the American Family Insurance Amphitheater. The amusement volition besides people the seven-time CMA Awards entertainer of the twelvemonth winner’s archetypal amusement successful Milwaukee successful much than a decade.

“We are perfectly thrilled to welcome Garth Brooks to Summerfest and cannot ideate a amended mode to footwear disconnected the festival successful 2026,” Sarah Pancheri, president and CEO, Milwaukee World Festival, Inc., said successful a statement.  “This amusement is not to beryllium missed.  We’ve seen countless iconic performances implicit astir six decades, and this promises to beryllium 1 of the astir memorable yet!” 

Prior to the Brooks concert, attendees tin besides partake successful the Official Summerfest Garth Brooks Pre-Party, which volition beryllium held wrong the South Gate astatine Henry Maier Festival Park, and volition see unrecorded entertainment, food, specialty cocktails and different beverages.

Summerfest 2026 spans 3 weekends: June 18-20, June 25-27 and July 2-4.

Tickets for the amusement spell connected merchantability Friday, Sept. 12 astatine 10 a.m. CT via the Summerfest website, Ticketmaster and successful idiosyncratic astatine American Family Insurance Amphitheater. (Each summons purchased besides includes complimentary admittance to Summerfest 2026, and is valid connected immoderate time of the fest.)

This year’s lineup included James Taylor, Hozier, Lainey Wilson, Megan Thee Stallion and The Lumineers.

Earlier this year, Brooks wrapped up his 72-show residency, Garth Brooks/Plus ONE, astatine Las Vegas’ Colosseum astatine Caesars Palace. The residency followed past year’s motorboat of the Nashville-located Friends successful Low Places Bar & Honky-Tonk, which opened successful March 2024.