Thursday, July 9, 2026

  1. Grant Park Music Festival

    Chicago, IL2026-07-09

    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.

  2. National Cherry Festival

    Traverse City, MI2026-07-09

    This town on Lake Michigan attracts half a million people to events that include air shows, an arts fair, music, races, the big Cherry Royale Parade and many contests, including pie-eating and pit-spitting.

  3. Winnipeg Folk Festival

    Winnipeg, MB2026-07-09

    This easy-going, family-friendly festival features more than 70 performers from eight countries, food and hand-made art from around the world plus a fun play area for children. There's camping on-site and at Birds Hill Provincial Park.

  4. Heart of the North Rodeo

    Spooner, WI2026-07-09

    Look for the four R's in this western Wisconsin town: roping, bull riding, steer wrestling and barrel racing. A parade is on Saturday.

  5. Iola Car Show

    Iola, WI2026-07-09

    This show and swap meet brings up to 130,000 people to this village east of Stevens Point.

  6. Hodag Country Festival

    Rhinelander, WI2026-07-09

    This year, performers at this big fest include Neal McCoy, Brothers Osborne, Old Dominion and Nate Smith.

  7. Bastille Days

    Milwaukee, WI2026-07-09

    Look for minstrels, cancan dancers, French lessons, a Mardi Gras parade and a 43-foot replica of the Eiffel Tower in Cathedral Square Park.

  8. Taste of Chicago

    Chicago, IL2026-07-09

    The city's big food-sampling festival returns to Grant Park, with free dance lessons and free performances on two stages.

  9. Karl Oskar Days

    Lindstrom, MN2026-07-09

    The festival in this Swedish town just north of the Twin Cities features fireworks, a car show, children's activities and a parade.

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