This town just west of Minneapolis, on the Crow River, celebrates with a boat parade, fireworks, human foosball tournament, canoe races, duck races, a car show and parade Sunday.
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 Bernstein's West Side Story, Beethoven's Ninth Symphony and Broadway Sings America.
The main event is the 12:31 p.m. Sunday parade, one of the region's largest. There's also a carnival, craft show, music, power-boat races, a car show and fireworks.
In this beach town on Lake Michigan, there will be a wooden boat show, dragon-boat racing, kids' activities, music and a craft fair.
This town in the northwest Minnesota lakes region features turtle races, music, trolley rides, kids' games, a pizza-eating contest, a parade at 6:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday fireworks.
The festival in this northwest Iowa town, home of Blue Bunny ice cream, includes an art fair, old-fashioned children's games, architectural tours, a polo match, airplane and helicopter stunts and a parade at 9 a.m. Saturday. And the ice cream is free.
They call this the world's largest music festival. More than 800 acts perform on 12 stages along Lake Michigan.
This festival in Viking Ship Park includes a Viking battle performance, storytelling, artisan demonstrators and Nordic food that tell about society and culture in Viking-age Scandinavia and beyond.
The harbor-side North House Folk School on Lake Superior kicks off summer with a boat parade, dancing, craft demonstrations, mini-courses and a solstice parade.
Diercks Bentley and Luke Bryan are among the headliners at this festival just west of Minneapolis.
Listen to jazz in Mears Park, in St. Paul's Lowertown.
This bluegrass festival is off the Door Peninsula, and tickets include tent camping.
Besides sausage sampling, there will be music, a dachshund derby, a beer-stein holding contest and hotdog games.
This town east of Ames calls itself Iowa's rose capital, and it celebrates with garden tours, children's games, a truck and tractor pull, music, fireworks and a parade at 10 a.m. Saturday.
Eagle Ridge Resort hosts two balloon races, two night glows and rides for the public. There's also live music, inflatables for kids, a Saturday art fair and a classic car show Saturday night.
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