There will be eating contests, pig crafts, an amateur bacon cook-off and many bacon dishes, including ice cream.
This Douglass Park music festival also features a circus sideshow revue and carnival.
This street fair on Williamson Street on the isthmus features food, vendors, music on three stages and a parade at 11 a.m. Sunday.
The festival in this town next to big Horicon Marsh features bed races, a car show, craft fair, bag tournament and music.
In Appleton's Jones Park, there's music all day, plus dancing, cultural programs and, for the children, fairy stories and magic.
The harbor-side North House Folk School celebrates with storytelling, traditional workshops, an artisan marketplace and concerts by songwriter/musicians.
There will be music, dancing, children's games and lock and dam tours in this antebellum town on the Mississippi River.
In this town southwest of Des Moines, there are balloon races and night glows, a parade with marching-band contest, an arts and crafts fair and a flea market.
On the shore of Lake Minnetonka, there's a history tour, apple pie-eating contest, music and a street dance.
Expect entertainment on four stages, kids' activities, keg-rolling, sauerkraut-eating and stein-holding contests and a parade at 3 p.m. Saturday.
There's a pumpkin regatta — yes, people paddling hollowed-out pumpkins across Cedar Creek — at the fest in this historic mill town just north of Milwaukee. There's also a scarecrow contest, grape stomp, hay rides, juried arts fair and lots of food.
This bluff town, across the Mississippi River from La Crosse, celebrates fall with apple-orchard tours, a 5K run, children's activities, music, kickball and cornhole tournaments, a noon Saturday kiddie parade and a grand parade at 1 p.m. Sunday.
This street festival in the Bay View neighborhood includes music on four stages, a children's area, cooking demonstrations and a strong man competition.
The parade begins in Hancock and ends in Houghton at Dee Stadium, where there's a festival with music, dancing and food from around the world.
There's an arts and crafts fair, children's games, contests and live music downtown.
Sample wine from more than 25 wineries and listen to music at this festival near Starved Rock State Park.
Racine's biggest street festival features stages of entertainment and a car show, art walk, carnival rides and zones for kids and sports.
This street party includes a classic car show, stein- and root beer-holding contests, music and artisans and winds up with the auction of 25 artist-created bass.
The benefit concert celebrates its 40th anniversary with music and festivities at Huntington Bank Stadium. Headliners are Willie Nelson, John Mellencamp, Neil Young, Dave Matthews and Margo Price.
This festival in central Iowa, just west of Ames, is named for a steam engine and features a spike-driving contest, mud volleyball and rides on the Boone and Scenic Valley Railroad. A parade is Saturday.
This traditional powwow in Land of Memories Park commemorates the 38 Dakota who were hanged after the 1862 U.S.-Dakota war.
The Iowa City Brewfest is part of this festival, which includes keg bowling, beer sliding and nail-striking as well as traditional Oktoberfest music in an outdoor beer hall.
The University of Wisconsin-Green Bay hosts this free outdoor festival that celebrates the crafts, food and traditions of medieval Scandinavia. Events include battle demonstrations.
The city calls this festival at Navy Pier the largest free performing-arts festival in the Midwest, with more than 100 artists and organizations across five stages.
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