Festivals, Guitars & a Surprising Summerfest Guest

About this episode

Sandy Maxx previews major summer festivals and discusses the Guitar Town Music Festival with guests.

On this episode of What's On Tap with Sandy Maxx, Sandy previews one of the biggest festival weekends of the summer, including Polish Fest, Tosa Greek Fest, the Appleton Flag Day Parade, Turtle Fest, and the Lakefront Festival of Art, and the first-ever Guitar Town Music Festival honoring Les Paul in Waukesha. Plus, hear Sandy's conversation with Brad Smith and Ian Ash about the first ever Guitar Town Music Festival, get a preview of Summerfest 2026 just one week before opening day, including the surprising Summerfest guest from The Simpsons, Hank Azaria.

People in this episode

Host: Sandy Maxx

Guests: Brad Smith, Ian Ash

Topics covered

• festivals
• music
• cultural events
• interviews
• Summerfest
• guitar

Keywords

• Summerfest
• Guitar Town Music Festival
• festivals
• Hank Azaria
• Polish Fest
• Tosa Greek Fest
• music

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Summerfest, Guitar Town Music Festival

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