Summer Set fest's groovy 2017 lineup includes Griz, Zedd, Run the Jewels

Zed's Dead, Die Antwoord, RL Grime and Zomboy will also head to Somerset for the sixth annual fest Aug. 11-13.

April 13, 2017 at 9:15PM
(The Minnesota Star Tribune)
Dudes got down to Marshmello at Summer Set 2016. / Jeff Wheeler, Star Tribune
Dudes got down to Marshmello at Summer Set 2016. / Jeff Wheeler, Star Tribune (The Minnesota Star Tribune)

After recruiting the two biggest names in electronic dance music over the past two summers, the Summer Set Music & Camping Festival will return Aug. 11-13 with three headliners from the EDM world that are more cultishly adored, including two with oddly similar names: Zedd and Zeds Dead (no relation), along with burgeoning Michigan funk wiz Griz.

The sixth annual groove fest and bakeathon -- happening, as always, at Somerset Amphitheater in western Wisconsin -- will also feature two hot underground hip-hop acts, Run the Jewels and Post Malone, plus many more adventurous beatmakers such as Zomboy, RL Grime, Datsik, Seven Lions and Die Antwoord, the latter making up for a 2015 appearance cut short by storm warnings.

Camping and music combo passes are on sale now for $190-$495 via SummerSetFestival.com. Other passes, including single-day tickets, will be announced later. The daily schedules haven't been revealed, but the headliners each day will be Zeds Dead on Friday, Zedd on Saturday and Griz on Sunday.

See the full list of acts below, along with a highlight reel from last year's fest, which drew about 18,000 fans with Skrillex for its big name (Deadmau5 had an even bigger crowd in 2015). Read our coverage of Summer Set 2016 here.

SUMMER SET 2017 LINEUP:

Audien
Bakermat
Big Wild
Bleep Bloop
Blu J
Datsik
Destructo
Die Antwoord
Ghastly
GRiZ
Herobust
Kasbo
Keys N Krates
Malaa
Ookay
Petit Biscuit
Playboi Carti
Porn and Chicken
Post Malone
RL Grime
Run The Jewels
Russ Liquid
Seven Lions
Slushii
Snails
Space Jesus
Ugly God
Vanic
Whethan
Wolfgang Gartner
Zedd
Zeds Dead
Zomboy

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Chris Riemenschneider

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Chris Riemenschneider has been covering the Twin Cities music scene since 2001, long enough for Prince to shout him out during "Play That Funky Music (White Boy)." The St. Paul native authored the book "First Avenue: Minnesota's Mainroom" and previously worked as a music critic at the Austin American-Statesman in Texas.

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