Milwaukee, get ready to party. Again.
To celebrate the Brewers’ first World Series championship, the city is celebrating The Crew’s homecoming on Friday, Oct. 30, with a parade through Downtown and a rally at the Summerfest grounds. Admission to Henry Meier Festival Park will be free and unticketed until capacity is reached.
You will need tickets to see the speeches on the stage in the American Family Insurance Amphitheater, though they will be broadcasted live on video boards throughout the grounds. Tickets to the amphitheater began this morning for season ticket-holders; the sale to the general public begins at 2 p.m. today.
Milwaukee Public Schools have announced that all MPS schools and district offices will be closed Oct. 30, due to the parade and celebration taking over the city.
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The Parade
The parade will begin at 10 a.m. at the intersection of Vel R. Phillips Avenue/Fourth Street and Wisconsin Avenue. The route goes east on Wisconsin, jogs north for a block and follows Jackson Street south through the Third Ward, before turning to the Summerfest Grounds. Road closures for the parade begin at 7 a.m.
With the generational nature of the victory, expect this parade to be well attended; some have estimated that some 400,000 fans may head Downtown for the parade. Some 100,000 people attended a parade in 1982 for the Brewers team that lost the World Series.
What to Expect
Once (and even before) the victory parade arrives at the Summerfest grounds, there will be plenty of ways to cheer. Stages will host live music, screenings of Brewers films and live feeds of the parade, fans will have the opportunity to toast with the Famous Racing Sausages. World Series championship merch including rally-specific gear will be available, including a rally towel that will be free for the first 50,000 fans who enter the grounds.
The grounds will open to the general public at 8 a.m., with the festivities as a whole ending at 3 p.m.
This is the time to show the world our love for each other, for our team and for our city.
