• Summerfest is the largest music festival in the world, an 11-day, 11-stage event featuring more than 800 bands. Held from late June to early July in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on the grounds of Henry Maier Festival Park, Summerfest is an annual event first celebrated in 1968. With as many as one million people in attendance, hotels near Summerfest are in high demand.
  
  

Comfort Inn & Suites Downtown-Lake Shore

• The five-floor, 159-guestroom Comfort Inn & Suites is in the city center near the Milwaukee Art Museum. Hotel amenities include complimentary breakfast, fitness facilities and business services. A restaurant and bar are on site; room service is available during limited hours. Guestrooms feature one king or two queen beds; suites also have a sofa bed. Rooms include a refrigerator, microwave, coffee and tea maker, wireless Internet access, cable television and hair dryer. The hotel is within one mile of the art district and one mile north of Summerfest.
  
  Comfort Inn & Suites Downtown-Lake Shore
  
  916 E. State St.
  
  Milwaukee, WI 53202
  
  877-424-6423
  
  comfortinn.com
  
  

Ambassador Hotel Milwaukee

• The Ambassador Hotel Milwaukee is a boutique art deco hotel in downtown Milwaukee, three miles from Summerfest. This eight-story, 133-guestroom hotel offers concierge services, business services, coffee in lobby, fitness facility, spa services, conference rooms, ballroom and banquet facilities. Guestrooms feature one queen or king or two queen beds, coffee/tea maker, work desk, bathrobes, slippers, hair dryer, flat-panel satellite television, alarm clock radio and in-room safe. The hotel offers free shuttle service throughout downtown Milwaukee and to special events in the area.
  
  Ambassador Hotel-Milwaukee
  
  2308 W. Wisconsin Ave.
  
  Milwaukee, WI 53233
  
  888-322-3326
  
  ambassadormilwaukee.com
  
  

The Astor Hotel

• The Astor Hotel, built in 1920, features a French Classical design and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. This hotel is one mile north of Summerfest near the Milwaukee Art Museum. The hotel features on-site parking, meeting rooms, rooftop deck, fitness room, valet service, shuttle service and a grand ballroom. Guestrooms include studio, parlor and grand suites offering a combined living room/bedroom and full kitchen with microwave and queen or king-size beds. Internet service, satellite service with flat-panel television, iPod docking station, Aveda bath products and bottled water are included with your stay. Local attractions include Riverwalk Plaza, Bradley Center and the Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist.
  
  Astor Hotel
  
  924 E. Juneau Ave.
  
  Milwaukee, WI 53202
  
  800-558-0200
  
  theastorhotel.com