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 Manitoba prairie town celebrates its heritage with pavilions representing 44 nationalities, offering music, dance and food at many venues.
See a diaper derby, outhouse races and mullet contest, among many other contests, and don't miss the butter sculptures.
In this southeast Wisconsin vacation area, the festival includes a carnival, arts and crafts fair, firefighter water fight and, on Sunday, a water-ski show followed by a lighted boat parade and fireworks.
The nation's largest Irish festival features 100 acts on 16 stages, plus children's activities, red hair and freckle contests and demonstrations by Irish dog breeds. In Henry Maier Festival Park.
The fest in this town just north of St. Paul features a skateboard contest, craft fair, Swedish dancers, a pie-eating contest, fireworks Saturday and a parade at 2 p.m. Sunday.
The antiques show and flea market in this friendly little village just north of Rochester off U.S. 52 includes more than 400 vendors and 1,200 booths. There's also pancakes for breakfast, homemade pie and music.
Enjoy national and local blues musicians in Fern Island Park. There's a beer garden, of course.
This downtown festival features more than 130 juried artists and art demonstrations, plus food and music.
The Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community powwow in this southwest Minneapolis suburb includes a moccasin games tournament, food, crafts, fireworks at 10 p.m. Saturday and, of course, dance. Don't miss the Grand Entries at 7 p.m. Friday, 1 and 7 p.m. Saturday and 1 p.m. Sunday.
On the State Capitol grounds, watch Bollywood dance and a parade of cultures, eat East Indian food, get your hands painted with henna and learn the principles of cricket and yoga.
Outside the Museum of Wisconsin Art, there will be chalk-art workshops for kids, artist demonstrations, balloon art, food, a beer garden, and music all day. Museum admission is free.
Learn about kite-flying from professionals on Lake Michigan's Crescent Beach. There will be giant-kite and stunt shows and crafts and a candy drop for kids.
The humble miner's lunch — meat and rutabagas in a pocket of pie crust — has inspired this Keweenaw Peninsula festival, which includes such events as a PastyWalk, PastyPoetry contest and, of course, a PastyCook-Off.
The annual free show features aerobatics, extreme flying and parachuting off North Avenue Beach, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. both days.
The hometown of the famous children's-book bear celebrates with a block party, bounce houses, parades and fireworks.
The annual celebration of Anishinaabe/Ojibwe culture at Fort William Historical Park features a powwow, entertainment, demonstrations and a community feast.
A Wednesday-night parade kicks off this festival just north of Madison, and there's also a craft fair, car show, tractor pull, music, carnival rides and, on Saturday and Sunday, literally tons of steamed sweet corn.
The festival in this Minnesota River Valley town features a pop-up sculpture garden, art installations, a disc golf tournament, street performance, kids' activities, and live music.
The music fest in this charming town in southwest Wisconsin is held at the Mineral Point Opera House.
This free music festival is in the lakefront Celebration Place.
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