This biennial festival in Wisconsin's cheese-making region features a cow-milking contest, a carnival, a Kids Street and Family Farm Adventure Tent and a big parade at 12:30 p.m. on Sunday.
There's a pumpkin regatta — yes, people paddling hollowed-out pumpkins across Cedar Creek — at the fest in this historic mill town just north of Milwaukee. There's also a scarecrow contest, grape stomp, hay rides, juried arts fair and lots of food.
It's the Iowa Barn Foundation's annual free, self-guided tour of restored historic barns.
This festival on the bayfront features stein-holding, barrel-rolling and pretzel-tossing contests, a kids' zone and a dachshund derby on Sunday, plus German food and music. Admission is $20, $10 up to week of event, free for youths 15 and under.
Carlos Creek Winery hosts this festival, which features music on two stages, an art fair, grape stomps and "I Love Lucy'' look-alike contests.
This town near Peoria, home of the Libby's pumpkin-packing plant, calls itself the Pumpkin Capital of the World. The festival features pumpkin-boat races, pumpkin decorating, pie-eating contests, a craft fair, a pumpkin-pancake breakfast and a 10:30 a.m. Saturday parade.
There's music on three stages, plus dance and session tents, a cultural village, Celtic Kitchen and limerick contest.
This festival, named for the term "fun time'' in the local Ho-Chunk language, features a juried arts and crafts show, a flea market, a street carnival and a parade Sunday.
This festival between Madison and Milwaukee is named for the German word for a cozy and congenial atmosphere. It includes sauerkraut-eating, nail-driving, facial hair and costume contests, a vintage car show, music and a parade at noon Sunday.
This festival in central Iowa, just west of Ames, is named for a steam engine and features a spike-driving contest, mud volleyball and rides on the Boone and Scenic Valley Railroad. A parade is Saturday.
This Douglass Park music festival also features a circus sideshow revue and carnival.
On the shore of Lake Minnetonka, there's a history tour, apple pie-eating contest, music and a street dance.
Expect entertainment on four stages, kids' activities, keg-rolling, sauerkraut-eating and stein-holding contests and a parade at 3 p.m. Saturday.
This street party includes a classic car show, stein- and root beer-holding contests, music and artisans and winds up with the auction of 25 artist-created pieces.
This town west of Green Bay calls itself Home of the Hamburger, based on a local 15-year-old who put ground-beef patties in a bun, called them hamburgers and sold them at the Seymour Fair in 1885.
This traditional powwow in Land of Memories Park commemorates the 38 Dakota who were hanged after the 1862 U.S.-Dakota war.
The festival in this town next to big Horicon Marsh features bed races, a car show, craft fair, bag tournament and music.
This street festival in the Bay View neighborhood includes music on four stages, a children's area, cooking demonstrations and a strong man competition.
See early fall color around this town in Nicolet National Forest. There's pumpkin-chucking, pumpkin and scarecrow contests, a craft fair, car show, hay rides and free chili and deep-fried pickles.
There will be eating contests, pig crafts, an amateur bacon cook-off and many bacon dishes, including ice cream.
In this town southwest of Des Moines, there are balloon races and night glows, a parade with marching-band contest, an arts and crafts fair and a flea market.
In Appleton's Jones Park, there's music all day, plus dancing, cultural programs and, for the children, fairy stories and magic.
This bluff town, across the Mississippi River from La Crosse, celebrates fall with apple-orchard tours, a 5K run, children's activities, music, kickball and cornhole tournaments, a noon Saturday kiddie parade and a grand parade at 1 p.m. Sunday.
The parade begins in Hancock and ends in Houghton at Dee Stadium, where there's a festival with music, dancing and food from around the world.
Sample wine from more than 25 wineries and listen to music at this festival near Starved Rock State Park.
Racine's biggest street festival features stages of entertainment and a car show, art walk, carnival rides and zones for kids and sports.
This street fair on Williamson Street on the isthmus features food, vendors, music on three stages and a parade Sunday.
The city calls this festival at Navy Pier the largest free performing-arts festival in the Midwest, with more than 100 artists and organizations across five stages.
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