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.''
This festival at Fort William Historical Park includes a fur-trade reenactment with artisan workshops, contests and a grand canoe arrival.
This easy-going, family-friendly festival features more than 70 performers from eight countries, food and hand-made art from around the world plus a fun play area for children. There's camping on-site and at Birds Hill Provincial Park.
This town in Chippewa National Forest, between Walker and Grand Rapids, calls itself the Home of Bigfoot. There will be a Bigfoot Olympics, a Bigfoot-calling contest, Bigfoot storytelling, a scavenger hunt and a petting zoo.
The festival in this Swedish town just north of the Twin Cities features fireworks, a car show, children's activities and a parade.
Look for the four R's in this western Wisconsin town: roping, bull riding, steer wrestling and barrel racing. A parade is on Saturday.
This show and swap meet brings up to 130,000 people to this village east of Stevens Point.
This year, performers at this big fest include Neal McCoy, Nate Smith and Warren Zeiders. There's a band contest, too.
There's a Music Fest, carnival, beach bash, car show and fireworks in Petersen Park the first weekend. The second weekend, there's an art and street fair Saturday and a 1:30 p.m. Sunday parade on Main Street.
This Mississippi River town celebrates summer with a car show, pie-eating contest, Friday fireworks and noon parade on Sunday.
The festival in this western Minnesota town revolves around the autobiographical children's classic "On the Banks of Plum Creek.''
This big festival celebrates its 89th year with a sand-castle contest, water fights, ship-building (in less than 30 minutes), beer tasting, watermelon feed, bike tour and more. On the last day, there's a big parade at 1 p.m.
This family-friendly folk and roots festival on a farm includes reggae, country, zydeco, jazz and Celtic music on three stages and four workshop areas. There's also a juried arts and crafts fair. Rustic camping is available.
This family-friendly festival on the Crow River, west of the Twin Cities, features folk, blues, jazz and other grassroots music on three stages, including one for children. There's onsite camping and food.
Nearly 500 artists from around the nation will be selling on Capitol Square and 140 Wisconsin artists around Monona Terrace, attracting more than 200,000 people.
This juried art show along the Lake Superior harbor includes children's activities, art demonstrations, a pie social and live music.
There's a juried arts and crafts fair, children's activities and music in this bucolic, tucked-away park along the Otter Tail River, next to an 1889 brick and clapboard mill that's open for tours.
Schooners and other masted tall ships will converge on Duluth's new Harbor Plaza to offer day sails, tours, educational programs and entertainment.
The Old Town School of Folk Music presents this Lincoln Square festival, which includes more than 70 acts on four stages plus 30 local and regional craft beers and food from neighborhood restaurants.
The music festival in this Upper Peninsula town on Lake Michigan also features food, dance, kids' games and arts and crafts vendors.
This free folk and roots festival is in Viroqua's Eckhart Park.
This free music festival is at the Jay Pritzker Pavilion in Millennium Park.
This northern town near Grand Rapids offers a powwow Friday, wild-rice lunch, bike rodeo, sawdust scramble, singing competition and fireworks Saturday and a parade Sunday.
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