At this big riverfront festival, there's food, music and carnival rides, plus the opening Torchlight Parade and the Maple Leaf Parade on Saturday morning.
The festival in this town on the Illinois River between Ottawa and Joliet offers stagecoach and train rides, a crackerbox derby, a pie-eating contest, music, a carnival, Saturday fireworks and a parade at 2 p.m. Sunday.
This family-oriented festival in Prairie Island Park, on the Mississippi River, features disc golf and paddling as well as music. A weekend pass includes camping and canoeing, and kids under 16 are free with an adult ticket. Buy tickets early to save money.
There will be music, wagon rides, chainsaw carving, children's activities and, of course, beer from New Glarus Brewing.
At the Ermatinger Clergue National Historic Site near the Soo Locks, see War of 1812 reenactments, musket demonstrations, cannon fire and living history.
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