Editing Summerfest (section)

===Attendance===

'''Summerfest attendance since 1995'''

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Summerfest attendance peaked in 2001 (12 days over 2 weeks) at 1,000,563 attendees.<ref>{{cite web|last=Foran |first=Chris |url=https://www.jsonline.com/story/entertainment/festivals/summerfest/2019/07/12/summerfest-posts-6-drop-attendance-lowest-total-more-than-30-years/1720159001/ |title=Summerfest posts a 6% drop in attendance, for the lowest total in more than 30 years |website=Jsonline.com |date=2019-07-12 |access-date=2019-08-21}}</ref> In 2010 Summerfest officials announced a new 11-day schedule for the 2011 festival. Summerfest was closed in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2021 (409,386 attendees), the event was revised to 9 days ( 3 weekends) instead of 11 days (over 2 weeks), and it occurred in September rather than during the summer months.<ref>{{cite web|last=Foran |first=Chris |url=https://www.jsonline.com/story/entertainment/festivals/summerfest/2021/09/22/summerfest-in-milwaukee-attendance-down-sharply-2021-covid-september-weather-factors-officials-say/5822139001/ |title=Milwaukee's Summerfest attendance was down sharply in 2021, as officials blame the COVID-19 pandemic, September dates and rain |website=Jsonline.com |date=2021-09-22 |access-date=2021-11-03}}</ref>Summerfest returned to the June /July summer months in 2022 (445,611 attendees), but continued the 3 weekend format. Citing analyzed available data, patron surveys and the event landscape Milwaukee World Festival ultimately determined the best possible path forward for Summerfest was to transition to a 3 weekend format. 

The festival reported 555,925 fans during Summerfest 2024, despite rain impacting six of the nine festival days (2024 saw the most rain since Summerfest 2000). In fulfillment of Milwaukee World Festival, Inc.'s (MWF) nonprofit mission, 21% of those patrons who attended the festival gained access via one of the 14 free admission promotions.