Jun.
05
Wisconsin produces more cheese than any other state in the country, and this Fox Valley community celebration honors that legacy with cheese tastings, cheese carving demonstrations, a cheese curd eating contest, a parade, live entertainment, and family activities throughout the weekend.
Jun.
06
Held in Franklin in Milwaukee County, this celebration of Scottish and Celtic heritage features traditional Highland athletic competitions including the caber toss and hammer throw, bagpipe and drum performances, Highland dancing, clan gatherings, authentic Scottish food, and artisan vendors.
Jun.
20
This Door County tradition celebrates the summer solstice on the shoreline of Eagle Harbor in the village of Ephraim, which was founded in 1853 by Moravian settlers from Norway. The festival reflects that Scandinavian heritage with a day of music, folk dancing, craft artisans, and food vendors. As the sun sets over Green Bay, a community bonfire is lit to welcome the long days of summer, followed by a fireworks display over the water.
Jun.
27
Historic Cedarburg's annual free summer festival fills Washington Avenue with strawberry-inspired foods including strawberry shortcake and strawberry wine from Cedar Creek Winery, alongside the concurrent Art on the Avenue juried art show featuring artists from Wisconsin and beyond. Children's activities, contests, demonstrations, live music, and unique shopping in the historic stone mill district round out the weekend.
Jun.
27
Downtown Wausau in central Wisconsin is transformed into a massive outdoor gallery as professional and amateur chalk artists create large-scale pavement works across city blocks throughout the weekend. Visitors wander between works in progress, watch artists at work, and vote for their favorites alongside live music, food vendors, and family activities.
Jun.
27
This juried fair hosts more than 200 artists displaying original work across ten categories including painting, sculpture, pottery, jewelry, photography, glass, and woodworking. Spring Green sits in the Wisconsin River valley alongside Frank Lloyd Wright's Taliesin, the architect's home and studio for most of his adult life, making it a community with an unusually deep connection to art and design. Local nonprofits and restaurants add food vendors throughout the weekend, with live music in the adding to the atmosphere.
Jul.
01
Held along the Mississippi River in western Wisconsin where the Black, La Crosse, and Mississippi Rivers converge, this community festival has marked the Fourth of July holiday for decades with multiple days of live music across outdoor stages, food vendors, a carnival, family activities, and a fireworks display over the water, which is central to the festival's identity.