Friday, September 11, 2026

  1. Wauktoberfest

    Waunakee, WI2026-09-11

    This town just north of Madison celebrates with a craft-beer tasting, bike tour, music and lots of contests: frau carrying, yodeling, beer keg race, dachshund dash and Limburger cheese and sauerkraut eating.

  2. Defeat of Jesse James Days

    Northfield, MN2026-09-11

    In this college town south of the Twin Cities, there's a fine-arts festival, tractor pulls, a bike tour, reenactments of the famous bank raid and a Sunday parade.

  3. Sandwich Fair

    Sandwich, IL2026-09-11

    This northeast Illinois fair, held since 1888, features exhibits, entertainment and music plus harness racing, tractor pulls and demolition derbies.

  4. Paw Paw Wine & Harvest Festival

    Paw Paw, MI2026-09-11

    This big festival in southwest Michigan wine country features music on three stages, Friday fireworks, an art fair, motorcycle and bicycle tours, grape stomps and a Sunday parade.

  5. James J. Hill Days

    Wayzata, MN2026-09-11

    This Minneapolis suburb features a street market and carnival, dachshund races, a craft-beer fest, logrolling and fireworks on Saturday and an air show and 3 p.m. parade on Sunday.

  6. Villa Louis Carriage Classic

    Prairie du Chien, WI2026-09-11

    The Victorian estate on the Mississippi River hosts horses, restored carriages and drivers in period dress for competitive arena and cross-country sport driving, a passion of the frontier aristocrats who built it.

  7. Festival of the Vine

    Geneva, IL2026-09-11

    There's an arts and crafts show, flower market, music, wine tasting and sampling of food from local restaurants.

  8. Harvest Moon Festival

    Ely, MN2026-09-11

    In Whiteside Park, there's an arts fair plus music, an old-time medicine show and pony rides and a petting zoo for kids.

  9. International Fireworks Championships

    Traverse City, MI2026-09-11

    In Turtle Creek Stadium, teams show their best pyrotechnics, accompanied by music. Tickets go on sale in mid-May and sell out.

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