Tyler Childers is first headliner booked for Summerfest 2024 in Milwaukee, part of new tour
We have 275 days until the start of Summerfest — but the first headliner has already been revealed.
Tyler Childers will headline the Milwaukee festival's largest venue, the American Family Insurance Amphitheater, on June 28, officials revealed Tuesday.
The show is a new date on the Americana artist's previously announced "Mule Pull '24 Tour." Kicking off in February in the United Kingdom, the tour follows last month's release of the album "Rustin' in the Rain," and last year's triple album "Can I Take My Hounds to Heaven?"
It'll be Childers' first Milwaukee show since playing the Riverside Theater in late 2019; he's since moved up to headlining arenas and amphitheaters.
It's the first of an expected nine headliners to be revealed for the amphitheater for the 2024 festival, which is scheduled to run June 20 to 22, June 27 to 29 and July 4 to 6.
Tickets for Childers will be available beginning at 10 a.m. Friday at the Summerfest box office (200 N. Harbor Drive) and at summerfest.com, with presales beginning at 10 a.m. Thursday through Childers' website (tylerchildersmusic.com). Prices have yet to be revealed, but tickets will include Summerfest general admission June 28.
With sold-out amphitheater shows with Zach Bryan, Imagine Dragons and Zac Brown Band leading the 2023 lineup, this year Summerfest had its biggest year since the pandemic began. Attendance was up 40% from 2022.
Final financial accounting is due later this year, but at a board meeting for the festival's nonprofit parent company Milwaukee World Festival Inc. this month, officials projected the festival would top budget projections for overall sales, sponsorship revenue, exhibitor revenue, private party revenue and corporate tickets.
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This article originally appeared on Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Tyler Childers first headliner booked for Summerfest 2024 in Milwaukee
