Unaccompanied Underage Persons at Large Music Festival Events

(2017 Wis. Act 7, amend sec. 125.07(3)(a)3., effective May 26, 2017)

An underage person is a person who has not attained the legal drinking age of 21. Under Wisconsin law, an "unaccompanied underage person", an underage person who is not accompanied by a parent, guardian, or spouse who has attained the legal drinking age, may not enter or ​remain on a premises licensed to sell alcohol beverages, unless certain exceptions apply.

The Act creates an exception to allow unaccompanied underage persons on an alcohol licensed premises of a music festival venue during an event with a projected attendance of at least 2,500 persons.

August 9, 2018