
Peter Gabriel will headline the Marcus Amphitheater on the opening day of Summerfest 2011. What other acts are slated to appear at the “World’s Largest Music Festival?”

Milwaukee’s Summerfest — billed as “the world’s largest music festival” — begins this week, and I must say I’m excited. Plenty of progressive bands — or at least bands with progressive tendencies — can be found on the Summerfest bill this year. (OK, less than a couple dozen in a field of 800 is not “plenty,” but it’s still more than I recall in past years.)