Saturday, August 23, 2025

  1. Minnesota State Fair

    St. Paul, MN2025-08-23

    Try flights at the Craft Beer Hall, eat food on a stick, visit the Miracle of Birth barn, listen to free concerts and watch the 2 p.m. daily parade.

  2. Lake Superior Dragon Boat Festival

    Superior, WI2025-08-23

    The festival on Barker's Island begins Friday with a parade of teams, fireworks and a concert and continues Saturday with races in the harbor and family entertainment.

  3. World Food & Music Festival

    Des Moines, IA2025-08-23

    In downtown's East Village, eat at more than 50 cultural cafes for $5 or less (or taste for $1), shop at the world marketplace or listen to musicians strolling the streets or on stage.

  4. Porcupine Mountains Music Festival

    Silver City, MI2025-08-23

    Few settings are more beautiful than Porcupine Mountains Wilderness State Park on Lake Superior; 25 national and regional blues, folk and bluegrass acts perform.

  5. Lakes Bluegrass Festival

    Pine River, MN2025-08-23

    This family-friendly festival, just off the Paul Bunyan State Trail, features more than 40 bluegrass shows and free workshops.

  6. HarborFest

    Marquette, MI2025-08-23

    This Lake Superior town celebrates with rock and blues music, a classic car and motorcycle show, a luge run and inflatables for kids.

  7. Great River Folk Festival

    La Crosse, WI2025-08-23

    This festival in Riverside Park includes children's activities, a traditional arts and crafts fair and music performances and workshops.

  8. Potato Days

    Barnesville, MN2025-08-23

    This goofy central-Minnesota festival features mashed-potato wrestling, a golden potato hunt, potato car races, peeling and eating contests and a Saturday parade.

  9. Crossroads Blues Festival

    Rockford, IL2025-08-23

    Enjoy a day of blues in Lyran Park, with food from local restaurants.

  10. Wilhelm Tell Festival

    New Glarus, WI2025-08-23

    This Swiss town near Madison has been putting on an outdoor William Tell pageant since 1938. Festivities include a children's lantern parade, yodeling, an arts show and ethnic fashions.

  11. Chicago Gaelic Park Irish Fest

    Oak Forest, IL2025-08-23

    In this south Chicago suburb, there's music on five stages, plus a petting zoo, hurling, theater, Irish dog and pony exhibits and red hair, freckle and bonnie baby contests.

  12. Mexican Fiesta

    Milwaukee, WI2025-08-23

    Enjoy the best of Mexican culture at the Henry Maier Festival Park: mariachi, arts and crafts, spicy foods and contests: dance, costume, jalapeno-eating and el grito, or shouting.

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