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What's better than Summerfest? How about MORE Summerfest?
As first reported by Milwaukee Record, that's what the new Hacienda Beer Co. and FM 102/1 are brewing up with their new Summer Camp series, bringing several significant Big Gig grounds stage headliners to its North Avenue brewery for special intimate concerts, Q&A sessions and meet-and-greets throughout the world's biggest music festival.
Here's the current lineup coming to Hacienda Beer Co.:
Wednesday, June 26 at 2 p.m. – Walk the Moon, Judah and the Lion, Weathers
Thursday, June 27 at 6 p.m. – Neon Trees
Friday, June 28 – lovelytheband, SHAED, flora cash
Saturday, June 29 – Ra Ra Riot
Sunday, June 30 – The National (Q&A session) and Catfish and the Bottlemen
Tuesday, July 2 – Young the Giant
Wednesday, July 3 – Taking Back Sunday (Q&A session)
Friday, July 5 – The Head and the Heart
The schedule will be updated daily – but that's not the most important question. That would be: How do you get in on these private shows? Sign up at either FM 102/1's website or RSVP on one of the concert's individual Facebook pages. (As of writing, the pages for Walk the Moon and Judah & the Lion, as well as Neon Trees, are available online.) Then FM 102/1 will randomly select the lucky winners getting a bonus dose of Summerfest.
The Summer Camp concert series kicks off Wednesday. Oh, and speaking of things that kick off Wednesday: Summerfest! So stay tuned to OnMilwaukee for all things Big Gig in the coming two weeks.
As much as it is a gigantic cliché to say that one has always had a passion for film, Matt Mueller has always had a passion for film. Whether it was bringing in the latest movie reviews for his first grade show-and-tell or writing film reviews for the St. Norbert College Times as a high school student, Matt is way too obsessed with movies for his own good.
When he's not writing about the latest blockbuster or talking much too glowingly about "Piranha 3D," Matt can probably be found watching literally any sport (minus cricket) or working at - get this - a local movie theater. Or watching a movie. Yeah, he's probably watching a movie.