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April 28, 2015

STAY & PLAY! GCA Summer Tour Attendees Can Extend the Fun with The Rolling Stones, 800+ Music Artists at the World’s Largest Music Festival

MILWAUKEE, WI – On top of all the fun and networking you’ll enjoy at GCA Summer Tour Milwaukee this summer, get ready to extend the fun as The Rolling Stones kick off Summerfest, the world’s largest music festival, with a special concert June 23 at the Marcus Amphitheater as one of 800-plus musical acts and 1,000 performances featured at the event. The Marcus Amphitheater and 10 other stages will feature live performances from acts ranging from alternative, rock, country, R&B, pop, reggae and classic rock. Summerfest officially begins June 24, the final day of the GCA Summer Tour, and extends to July 5 for 11 days of the music industry’s hottest stars, emerging talents and local favorites.

Enjoy the GCA Summer Tour, then extend the fun in Milwaukee with a music festival experience like no other. Listed below is a sampling of the current lineup for this year’s Summerfest. More musical acts continue to be added to the bill; visit www.summerfest.com for the most current list of performers and schedules.

To register for GCA Summer Tour Milwaukee, visit www.GardenCentersofAmerica.com. Register by May 31 and save $50 on each registration - no quantity limits! Attendance on the GCA Summer Tour is not restricted to GCA members and is open to all IGC retailers.

• The Rolling Stones • Gogol Bordello • The Romantics • Stevie Wonder • Andrew McMahon in The • Dark Star Orchestra • Neil Young and Promise of Wilderness • Kenny Wayne Shepherd the Real • Brand New Band • Florida Georgia Line • Magic! • Foghat • Kings of Leon • Public Enemy • Kristian Bush of Sugarland • Keith Urban • Phil Vassar • Meg Myers • Zac Brown Band • Delta Spirit • Leftover Salmon • LINKIN PARK • Trampled by Turtles • Keller Williams • Kendrick Lamar • Gary Clark, Jr. • Pepper • Ed Sheeran • Kip Moore • Tommy Castro • Thomas Rhett • Pat Benatar and Neil • Otis Clay • Frankie Ballard Giraldo • Smash Mouth • Kongos • The Faint • The Infamous • Phillip Phillips • Lupe Fiasco Stringdusters • Dan + Shay • Chase Rice • Esperanza Spalding • A Day to Remember • Trombone Shorty & Presents: Emily’s • Schoolboy Q Orleans Avenue D+Evolution • Rixton • Paris Hilton • J. Roddy Walston & The • Kaskade • Vance Joy Business • Bastille • Martina McBride • Dirty Dozen Brass Band • The Flaming Lips • The New Pornographers • Sloan • Sheryl Crow • Gaelic Storm • Cowboy Mouth • Edward Sharpe and the • Whitesnake • The Mowgli’s Magnetic Zeros • Blind Boys of Alabama • Mother Mother • LeCrae • Punch Brothers • Sam Llanas • Jane’s Addiction • Mat Kearney • Seun Kuti & Egypt 80 • Santigold • PHOX • Tonic • Aloe Blacc • Blackberry Smoke • Big Smo • Buddy Guy • Sheila E. • Field Report • The Doobie Brothers • Matt Nathanson • Local H • Sammy Hagar and The • Third Eye Blind • Taylor Dayne Circle • Andy Montañez • Elvin Bishop • Halestorm • “Weird Al” Yankovic • MisterWives • The Kooks • New Politics • Willy Porter • Lindsey Stirling • Robert DeLong • Saint Motel • Timeflies • Brett Eldredge • Big Data • Flogging Molly • Atlas Genius • Vinyl Theatre • AWOLNATION • Shakey Graves • The Wind + The Wave • Sublime with Rome • Kansas • Angaleena Presley • Coheed and Cambria • Charles Bradley • Ximena Sariñana • Motion City Soundtrack • OK Go • Amanda Shires • Walk the Moon • Kellie Pickler • Kaleo • The Isley Brothers • Sylvan Esso • Clare Dunn • Dirty Heads • Manchester Orchestra • Failure • Mavis Staples • Toad the Wet Sprocket • Logan Mize • Billy Currington • Mates of State

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