Saturday, September 12, 2026

  1. Wauktoberfest

    Waunakee, WI2026-09-12

    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, MN2026-09-12

    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, IL2026-09-12

    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, MI2026-09-12

    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, MN2026-09-12

    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, WI2026-09-12

    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, IL2026-09-12

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

  8. Harvest Moon Festival

    Ely, MN2026-09-12

    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, MI2026-09-12

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

  10. Little Falls Arts & Crafts Fair

    Little Falls, MN2026-09-12

    This large fair, with nearly 600 artists, includes a car show and an antiques and collectibles section as well as a Man Cave.

  11. Festival of Arts

    Bayfield, WI2026-09-12

    This juried art show, in Memorial Park on the shore of Lake Superior, includes a live art auction and a tour of studios and galleries, with artist demonstrations.

  12. East Troy Bluegrass Festival

    East Troy, WI2026-09-12

    Listen to bluegrass bands and contests in the historic village square. There's also a food court and marketplace.

  13. Monarch Festival

    Minneapolis, MN2026-09-12

    This festival at Lake Nokomis celebrates the monarch migration from Minnesota to Mexico and includes a costume parade, music, dance, art activities and monarch games.

  14. Rock Bend Folk Festival

    St. Peter, MN2026-09-12

    This free, easygoing festival is in this Minnesota River town's Minnesota Square Park.

  15. Laura Ingalls Wilder Days

    Pepin, WI2026-09-12

    The famous author's birthplace celebrates with a festival at the Laura Ingalls Wilder Museum, including traditional music and crafts, pie-eating and fiddling. 

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