Enjoy national and local blues musicians in Fern Island Park. There's a beer garden, of course.
See a diaper derby, outhouse races and mullet contest, among many other contests, and don't miss the butter sculptures.
A Wednesday-night parade kicks off this festival just north of Madison, and there's also a craft fair, car show, tractor pull, music, carnival rides and, on Saturday and Sunday, literally tons of steamed sweet corn.
In this southeast Wisconsin vacation area, the festival includes a carnival, arts and crafts fair, firefighter water fight and, on Sunday, a water-ski show followed by a lighted boat parade and fireworks.
The fest in this town just north of St. Paul features a skateboard contest, craft fair, Swedish dancers, a pie-eating contest, fireworks Saturday and a parade at 2 p.m. Sunday.
This downtown festival features more than 130 juried artists and art demonstrations, plus food and music.
Learn about kite-flying from professionals on Lake Michigan's Crescent Beach. There will be giant-kite and stunt shows and crafts and a candy drop for kids.
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.
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.
This fine-arts fair downtown includes artist demonstrations, food, children's activities, dance, and music.
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.
This goofy central-Minnesota festival features mashed-potato wrestling, a golden potato hunt, potato car races, peeling and eating contests and a parade.
The annual celebration of Anishinaabe/Ojibwe culture at Fort William Historical Park features a powwow, entertainment, demonstrations and a community feast.
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