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In Summerfest Guide Briefs
BoDeans among Big Gig's Briggs stage headliners
The BoDeans play the Briggs & Stratton Big Backyard June 28 at Summerfest.  
By OnMilwaukee.com Staff Writers

Published May 12, 2008 at 12:00 a.m.
Tags: summerfest, briggs & stratton, big backyard, bodeans, gnarls barkley, phil lesh, o.a.r., gavin degraw, phil vassar

Milwaukee's own BoDeans, Gnarls Barkley, Phil Lesh and Friends and country star Phil Vassar highlight a diverse lineup of headliners at the Briggs & Stratton Big Backyard during Summerfest 2008.

The BoDeans, touring behind the CD "Still," play June 28.

Here is the complete lineup, which was announced today:

June 26 -- Eric Burdon and the Animals, 6 p.m.; Gnarls Barkley, 11 p.m.

June 27 -- Phil Vassar, 10 p.m.

June 28 -- BoDeans, 10 p.m.

June 29 -- Bryan Lee, 2:30 p.m.; Trombone Shorty and Orleans Ave., 5 p.m.; Bonerama, 7:30 p.m.; Galactic featuring Boots Riley of The Coup, 10 p.m.

June 30 -- Sean Kingston, 9 p.m.

July 1 -- Railroad Earth, 7:30 p.m.; Yonder Mountain String Band, 10 p.m.

July 2 -- O.A.R., 10 p.m.

July 3 -- Gavin DeGraw, 10 p.m.

July 4 -- Phil Lesh and Friends, 8 p.m.

July 5 -- Rodrigo y Gabriela, 10 p.m.

July 6 -- Lady Antebellum, 10 p.m.

Summerfest 2008 runs from June 26 to July 6 at Maier Festival Park. The festival runs from noon until midnight daily.



More Information ...
Henry Maier Festival Park
200 N. Harbor Drive
Milwaukee, WI 53202
(414) 273-3378
http://www.summerfest.com

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