Midway Village Museum hosts one of the largest World War II battle re-enactments in the nation, with more than 1,200 uniformed re-enactors and more than 60 vintage tanks and other armored vehicles.
Artists and ensembles from 22 countries perform at the Chicago Cultural Center and other venues around the city. Admission is free and first-come, first-served.
The harbor-side North House Folk School celebrates with storytelling, traditional workshops, an artisan marketplace and concerts by songwriter/musicians.
There will be music, dancing, children's games and lock and dam tours in this antebellum town on the Mississippi River.
More than 125 historic buildings — theaters, breweries, mansions, cathedrals, hotels, museums — are open to the public, and many offer free guided tours.
This large downtown festival is more general civic celebration than German festival, with an arts and crafts show, car show and music on five stages.
There will be music, food and a juried art show along the St. Croix River, in Lakefront Park.
Take polka-dancing lessons, enter the Bier Maiden or stein-holding contests and win costume prizes at this outdoor fest at The District at Prairie Trail.
At this huge festival in west-central Wisconsin, there'll be marsh tours, pie-eating contests and more than 1,000 booths selling antiques, produce and arts and crafts.
At this big riverfront festival, there's food, music and carnival rides, plus the opening Torchlight Parade and the Maple Leaf Parade on Saturday morning.
There will be music, wagon rides, chainsaw carving, children's activities and, of course, beer from New Glarus Brewing.
This family-oriented festival in Prairie Island Park, on the Mississippi River, features disc golf and paddling as well as music. A weekend pass includes camping and canoeing, and kids under 16 are free with an adult ticket. Buy tickets early to save money.
There's an arts and crafts fair, children's games, contests and live music downtown.
There'll be arts and crafts and music in this southwest Wisconsin village. The big parade is Sunday.
In the colorful northwest Wisconsin woods, there'll be hay rides, corn maze, a chili cook-off, fish boil, arts and crafts and fireworks.
In this northern Wisconsin lake-resort town, there's a Rump Roast Run, beef-eating contest and Parade of Beef.
In this northwest suburb of Chicago, there's pumpkin bowling, a pumpkin train and petting zoo, apple contests, music and a craft fair.
Listen to non-stop music during this free festival at venues in and around Midway Plaisance, near the Museum of Science and Industry and Lake Michigan.
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