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A little rain won’t hurt anyone.
On Saturday night, just before headliner Chris Stapleton took the Harley-Davidson Stage at Veterans Park, the Harley-Davidson Homecoming Festival revealed their dates for the 2026 festival.
Next year’s festival will take place for four days once again, from July 9-12, 2026. It will once again include Thursday-Sunday programming, likely with concerts at Veterans Park on the Friday and Saturday nights.
The 2025 festival was, despite the weather, a successful sell, with organizers noting on Friday that both nights of the Veterans Park concerts were sold out. That is, of course, before a tornado watch intervened, cancelling Hank Williams Jr.’s headlining performance on Friday night this year. Organizers announced that Friday tickets purchased through main ticket outlet Front Gate Tickets would be refunded in full, and two-day passes would receive a 50% refund. Those payouts are expected to be returned over the course of the next 30 days.
As for next year’s lineup, you can let the speculation begin. Of course, as of right now, no acts have been revealed for 2026. This year’s headliners were revealed in January, with a second wave of acts added that same month, and then a third wave with even more bands revealed in May. Buckcherry’s concert at the Harley-Davidson Museum was announced in February. So if you’re planning a trip solely around the concerts, you’ll likely have to wait until the top of the year to do so.
For more information about the Harley-Davidson Homecoming festival as it becomes available, stay tuned to OnMilwaukee. To check out even more concerts this summer, don’t forget about our monthly live music guide as well as our free outdoor concert guide.
See you next summer, Harley riders!
