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.''
Look for minstrels, cancan dancers, French lessons, a Mardi Gras parade and a 43-foot replica of the Eiffel Tower in Cathedral Square Park.
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.
The hometown of the Nobel Prize-winning author celebrates with such events as turtle races, bicycle stunts, Friday fireworks, a craft fair, music and a parade Saturday.
In addition to German music, food and beer, this festival at the Brown County Fair Grounds features stein-holding, barrel-rolling and sauerkraut-eating contests, plus a Sunday parade.
This Fox Cities town celebrates its heritage with toilet-paper tosses, lawn games, human foosball, a firefighter tug of war and 35 bands on three stages in Sunset Park.
The country-music festival between Lake Geneva and Kenosha features Cole Swindell, Hardy, Jelly Roll and Dierks Bentley. There's camping onsite.
More than 80 bands perform on five stages at this outdoor festival near Chippewa Falls. Headliners include Rob Zombie, Five Finger Death Punch and Marilyn Manson. There's onsite camping.
Bailey Zimmerman, Cole Swindell and Sam Hunt are among the headliners of this fest. There's camping on-site.
This folk-music festival in Tourist Park also features a juried arts and crafts show and camping on-site.
In this river town south of St. Paul, there will be 25 bands on four stages, plus a carnival, arts & crafts fair and classic-car show.
Thirty acts will perform on two stages at this music festival, on Harriet Island across from downtown St. Paul. Headliners include Green Day, Weezer, Sheryl Crow and Hozier.
Listen to local, regional and national storytellers spin tales at the Pump House. There will also be music and arts and crafts.
The Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa holds one of the largest powwows in North America, with dancing, singing and crafts plus a cooking contest, run/walk and softball tournament.
You can't see this kind of thing just anywhere: cut-throat log rolling, boom running, springboard chopping and speed climbing.
This music festival along the St. Croix River also features lumberjack shows and such attractions as a downhill derby, hammerschlagen, helicopter rides and a parade.
The festival in this lake town on the Heartland State Trail features an inflatable obstacle course, a casting contest, music on three stages, kids' games, an ice cream-eating contest and a parade at 6 p.m. Saturday.
In this lakes town near Sibley State Park, there's a water-ski show, parade, kids' fishing derby and fireworks.
St. Croix Falls and its cross-river neighbor, Taylors Falls, pay tribute to lumberjacks and river pigs with rock and country music, an arts and crafts fair, a Saturday parade and fireworks.
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