Herman Astros photo by Erik Ljung
In the next week or so, Music Notes will be transformed into a vessel of news, previews, reviews, photos and all else Summerfest. And while we’d prefer to lay in the weeds and rest up for the busy week and a half that awaits us, Music Notes would be falling readers short if we didn’t make mention of the tremendous lineup of local bands taking part in the weekend’s Summer Solstice Festival.
Though the 13-band, 12-hour, two-stage event taking place on North Avenue (between Prospect and Oakland Avenues beginning Saturday at noon) falls nowhere near the magnitude of its 700-band, 11-day, 11-stage neighbor on Milwaukee’s jam-packed festival calendar, it does compete in terms of quality of entertainment by volume. Just take a look at some at the bands slated to play Saturday’s Summer Solstice Festival.
East Stage
1:00 p.m. – Shoot Down the Moon
2:30 p.m. – Vic and Gag
4:00 p.m. – Undercover Organism (The Hollowz/Rusty Ps/MC)
5:15 p.m. – One Self
6:45 p.m. – Trapper Schoepp and the Shades
8:00 p.m. – Hugh Bob and the Hustle
9:30 p.m. – Herman Astro
West Stage
2:45 p.m. – Jeanna Salzer Trio
4:15 p.m. – Boy Blue
5:45 p.m. – John the Savage
7:15 p.m. – Celebrated Workingman
8:45 p.m. – I’m Not a Pilot
10:00 p.m. – Maritime
If the audio accoutrements aren’t enough to get you there, attendees are also able to meet behemoth former Green Bay Packers DT Gilbert Brown and take part in a burrito eating contest. For the sake of contestants, we just hope those things don’t happen at the same time.
Consult TheEastSide.org for more information on the festival.
