Why I Love Milwaukee

On Saturday, Rob and I went with one of our friends, Amanda, to Summerfest. This annual musical festival that has been happening for 45 years is the only of its kind -- as far as I know. According to Wikipedia (I know, I know), the Guinness Book of World Records has verified that it is the largest musical festival in the world. What I find so amazing is that even if you buy a ticket at full price, it's only $16 and you get to see tons of musical acts for that price. Yes, there is also the Marcus Amphitheater, where the ticket prices are more, but you can see so much other talented music for the general admission it's amazing. For example, on Saturday, Lady Antebellum was playing at the Amphitheater. But on the other stages you could see ZZ Top, the Roots, or Three Dog Night. For $16. Where else can you do that?! And that is one of the reasons why I love Milwaukee.

Except for in college when I was living in Oshkosh, I'd say I've gone almost every year since sometime in middle school. I used to always go with one of my friends to see this local band we discovered, Framing Amy. Then in high school I would go see Ben Folds like every year. (He played this year too but on Thursday night ... being a working stiff these days, I couldn't go). It's funny because everyone from Milwaukee has their own memories about Summerfest and what they like to do when they are there. But, I did like this article about common traditions -- most Milwaukeeans will get a kick out of this.

Oh, and one of the bands we saw briefly, Whiskey of the Damned, I found out later seeing a picture in the paper that I used to go to church with the violinist. Crazy.