This folk-music festival in Tourist Park also features a juried arts and crafts show and camping on-site.
The fair in this Milwaukee suburb features big-name musicians, a sea-lion show, a daily parade and lots of contests, including hog-calling, cookie-stacking and cream puff-eating.
See a diaper derby, outhouse races and mullet contest, among many other contests, and don't miss the butter sculptures.
This big heritage fest on the banks of the Mississippi includes Irish Got Talent and best legs in a kilt contests, hurling demonstrations, dancing and lots of music.
The annual music fest on the Lake Superior harbor showcases national and regional acts on three stages.
This Manitoba prairie town celebrates its heritage with pavilions representing 44 nationalities, offering music, dance and food at many venues.
In this town on the east edge of Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore, there will be music, food and arts and crafts vendors.
This family-friendly festival includes music on five stages and workshops at El Rancho Mañana Campground, 20 miles west of St. Cloud.
The two towns stretch a 680-pound, 2,400-foot rope across the Mississippi River for the ultimate tug of war. There's also a parade, fireworks, children's games, concerts and carnival rides. Score so far: Illinois 25, Iowa 11.
Eat until you're blue in the face during the festival in this Lake Michigan beach town. There's a pie-eating contest, riverfront concerts, an arts fair and a big parade on Saturday.
The festival in this town between Rochelle and La Salle features nearly 50 tons of free buttered corn, live music, a flea market, a carnival and a parade.
This nonprofit festival is in the southwest Wisconsin bluffs, half an hour north of Winona, Minn. Journey, Bret Michaels, Locash and Old Dominion are among the headliners, which include a variety of country and rock stars. Three-day tickets start at $35. In addition to music, there will be an arts fair, children's activities and Saturday fireworks.
This folk festival is on the shores of Lake Superior, east of Thunder Bay near Nipigon. Camping is on-site.
Re-enactors from across the continent gather at Grand Portage National Monument for the annual fur-trade rendezvous; next door, the Grand Portage Band of Lake Superior Chippewa holds a powwow. Reserve lodgings far in advance.
This festival at the Rock Island County Fairgrounds includes balloon glows, launches, tethered rides and a play area for children.
The free, family-friendly festival in this northwoods town includes dance, crafts, children's activities and instruction in Franklin Park.
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