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Summerfest (also known as “The Big Gig”) is a yearly music festival held at the 75-acre Henry Maier Festival Park in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in the United States. The festival lasts for 11 days, is made up of 11 stages with performances from over 700 bands, and since the mid-1970s has run from late June through early July. Summerfest attracts between 800,000 and 1,000,000 people each year, promoting itself as “The World's Largest Music Festival”, a title certified by the Guinness World Records since 1999. Live comedy acts are also a regular attraction since 1975, with noted humourists performing at the festival.