New Features at Summerfest Include Lasso Lounge, Pickleball

New features at Summerfest include Lasso Lounge, pickleball

Thursday marked the first day of Milwaukee’s annual Summerfest, and this year people can enjoy many new features including the Lasso Lounge and pickleball.

LIVE BLOG: Scenes from Opening Day at Summerfest 2025

MILWAUKEE — The world’s largest music festival opened the gates on a sunny Thursday afternoon in June along Milwaukee’s lakefront, and the WTMJ news team was there for all the fun of the first day of Summerfest. Summerfest Mid Gate 2025 Reporter Neil Doyle captured the lines at the gate right before it opened: The gates are officially open at @Summerfest! Tune into @620wtmj for coverage today! pic.twitter.com/APv0qcP3GX— 620 WTMJ (@620wtmj) June…

See photos from the opening day of Summerfest

Milwaukee World Festival’s 57th annual Summerfest music festival kicked off Thursday afternoon at Henry Maier Festival Park along the downtown Milwaukee lakefront. Although early in the festival’s calendar, crowds gathered at the festival grounds on day one for School of Rock daytime concerts, new food and beverage options, a unique art display on the north end of […]