Entrance to all 75 Minnesota state parks and recreation areas is free today.
Just west of Madison, this town celebrates with a bean-bag toss, dog show, volleyball, craft-beer tent, Saturday fireworks and Sunday parade.
There are concerts, lilac walking tours, a dog and pony show, a family fun area and, on the last day, a big parade.
In the Old Town neighborhood, there will be more than 200 juried fine artists, a garden walk, live music and children's activities.
In the downtown square, there will be circus-themed performances, walking tours, music, children's activities and a Big Top parade.
This big festival on the lakefront features lots of hearty food, a piano contest, storytelling, vodka-tasting, folk arts and polka dancing.
On the west banks of the Mississippi, 200 artists show their wares. There will also be music, art for kids and a car show.
This breezy town in southwest Minnesota hosts windsurfing races on Lake Okabena and a free music festival. There will also be children's activities, a bike ride and a fun run.
This town just west of Minneapolis, on the Crow River, celebrates with a boat parade, fireworks, human foosball tournament, canoe races, duck races, a car show and parade Sunday.
The main event is the 12:31 p.m. Sunday parade, one of the region's largest. There's also a carnival, craft show, music, power-boat races, a car show and fireworks.
There will be helicopter rides, a water-ski show, a Friday parade and Saturday fireworks. The two towns are linked by the Keweenaw Peninsula's massive Portage Lift Bridge.
The return of this music festival at Festival Hall on Lake Michigan also will feature food and an artisan market.
This street festival in the historically Swedish neighborhood of Chicago features Maypole dancing, music, international food, an artisan market and children's activities.
This pottery town east of Madison celebrates the arts fueled by fire, including clay, glass and metal. It includes fire dancing, music from seven bands, demonstrations and food, including wood-fired pizza. Fest-goers can design their own tiles to be created during a hot-iron pour Saturday.
In Yahara Place Park on Lake Monona, there's music on two stages, children's games and craft-beer and wine tents.
Professional musicians, many of them world-famous, offer free concerts nearly every evening in Millennium Park's beautiful Pritzker Pavilion. This year's schedule includes favorites by Beethoven, Stravinsky, Gershwin and Debussy as well as songs from Rodgers & Hammerstein and two performances of "Carmina Burana.''
In this beach town on Lake Michigan, there will be a wooden boat show, dragon-boat racing, kids' activities, music and a craft fair.
This bluegrass festival is off the Door Peninsula, and tickets include tent camping.
Besides sausage sampling, there will be music, a dachshund derby, a beer-stein holding contest and hotdog games.
With music, dance, food and family activities, this festival in Bethune Park commemorates the ending of American slavery in 1865.
During this afternoon music festival, 19 bands perform for 45 minutes each on porches around town. There will be food vendors, too.
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