Summerfest Handing Out Free Tickets In Exchange For Vaccination

MILWAUKEE, WI — Summerfest is hosting a drive-thru vaccination clinic in the festival ground's parking lots where each person who gets vaccinated will receive one free Summerfest ticket, according to a press release.

The tickets are valid for any day of the festival, which will begin in September. There is no need to make an appointment, and no need to leave your car. Everyone 12 and up is eligible for the event and both the Pfizer and Johnson & Johnson vaccines will be in stock. The drive-thru site will be open for first doses one weekend — June 5 and 6, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. each day.

“We are all looking forward to a summer full of festivals and live music, and we know the only way to do this safely is through vaccinations,” Health Commissioner Kirsten Johnson said in the press release.

A map of the drive-thru clinic is available. Enter from the south via Erie Street, or north via Lincoln Memorial Drive and follow signage. The parking lot is located at 200 N Harbor Drive in Milwaukee.

Anyone that receives the Pfizer vaccine can return to the same Summerfest location to get their second dose on June 26 and 27 between 10 a.m.-4 p.m. There will also be a drawing for those returning to complete their vaccination — one person will get to take home extra Summerfest merchandise and an upgraded ticket package.