Here in the City of Festivals, festival season lasts all year long! From the roar of a crowd at a Summerfest show to the relaxing sounds of Jazz in the Park, the delectable smells of Food Truck Fest to the eclectic stylings of Weird Fest, there’s truly a fest for everyone in Milwaukee.
 
Plan your best fest year yet with our 2023 festival calendar!

2023 Festival Season

JANUARY

1/1 – Gift of Wings Cool Fool Kite Festival
1/7 – N/A Day: “Dry January” Beverage Festival
1/28 – Ice Bear Fest
1/29 – Winterfest at Boerner Botanical Gardens
 

FEBRUARY

2/4 – Burnhearts Mitten Fest 
2/11 – 4th Annual Sweets and Treats Fest
2/18-2/19 – Cedarburg Winter Festival
2/18-2/19 – Mama Tried Motorcycle Show
2/22-2/25 – Jazz Heritage Festival
 

MARCH

3/1 - 6/30 - World Premiere Wisconsin
3/3 - International Anime Music Festival
3/4 - 14th Annual Shamrock Shuffle
3/11 - Food & Froth
3/25 – MobCraft’s Sour Fest
3/31 - 10th Annual Milwaukee Blues Festival
 

APRIL

4/16 - Donuts and Coffee Fest
4/16 - K9 Carnival
4/20-5/4 – Milwaukee Film Festival
 

MAY

5/4 - Hog Fest
5/6 - Cinco de Mayo Family Festival
5/19-5/21 – Germantown Maifest
5/20 - Lager and Friends Beer Festival
5/21 - Maifest
5/26-5/27 - Family Kite Festival
5/26-5/28 - 28th Annual Dan Jansen Family Festival
5/27 - 2023 Bikerfest Block Party
   

JUNE

6/1-6/3 – Pridefest
6/3-6/4 – Crusher Fest
6/3 – Milwaukee Highland Games
6/4 – West Allis A La Carte
6/9-6/11 - Sts. Constantine and Helen Tosa Greek Fest
6/9-6/11 – Polishfest
6/10 – Milwaukee Water Lantern Festival
6/11 - Locust Street Festival
6/11 – Brewtown Rumble
6/16-6/17 – Hart Fest
6/16-6/18 – Lakefront Festival of Art
6/17 - Taco Fest
6/17 – Summer Soulstice
6/17 - WI Beer Lovers Fest
6/19 – Juneteenth Celebration
6/22-6/24 – Summerfest Weekend 1
6/23-6/25 - QWERTYFEST MKE
6/24-6/25 – Cedarburg Strawberry Festival
6/29-7/1 – Summerfest Weekend 2
6/30-7/4 – Family 4th Fest
6/30-7/2 – Franklin Civic Celebration
  

JULY

7/3 - Fireworks Kite Festival
7/4 – Glendale 4th of July Celebration
7/4 – Whitefish Bay 4th of July
7/6-7/8 – Summerfest Weekend 3
7/8-7/9 - Frida Fest MKE
7/8-7/9 – Whitefish Bay Art Fest
7/9 – Homegrown Music Festival
7/13-7/16 Harley-Davidson Homecoming Festival
7/13-7/16 – Bastille Days
7/13-7/16 – Dominic Days Festival
7/15 - Garfield's 502 R&B Festival
7/15-7/16 – Midsummer Festival of the Arts
7/15 – Croatian Fest
7/16 – Armenian Fest
7/22 – 5^th Annual Weirdfest MKE
7/24-7/30 - South Milwaukee Heritage Days
7/28-7/30 – Germanfest
7/29 – Milwaukee Brewfest
7/29 – Milwaukee Food Truck & Craft Beer Festival
7/29 – Brady Street Festival

AUGUST

8/3-8/13 - Wisconsin State Fair
8/5 – Black Arts Fest MKE
8/5 - Root Beer Bash
8/6-8/7 – Jewish Food Festival
8/9-8/27 – MKE Black Theatre Festival
8/10-8/13 – Greendale Village Days
8/12 – Bloom Beach Festival
8/12 - Center Street Daze Festival
8/12 - Bloody Mary Festival
8/12 - Milwaukee Dragon Boat Festival
8/17-8/20 – Irish Fest
8/18-8/19 - Milwaukee Fringe Festival
8/19 – Art & Chalk Fest
8/19-8/20 – Brew City Cigar Festival
8/24-8/27 – West Bend GERMANfest
8/25-8/26 – Country in the Burg
8/25-8/26 – Fresh Coast Jazz Festival
8/25-8/27 – Mexican Fiesta
  

SEPTEMBER

9/1-9/3 – Saint Francis Days
9/2-9/3 – Third Ward Art Festival
9/3 – Wheels on Main
9/4 – LaborFest
9/8-9/9 – Tosa Fest
9/8-9/10 - Festa Italiana
9/9 - 4th Annual North Shore Bank Shorewood Feast
9/9 – Silver City International Festival
9/9 – Puerto Rican Fest
9/9-9/10 – 40th Annual Trimborn Farm Arts and Harvest
9/9-10/22 - Autumn Harvest Festival
9/16 - Mexican Independence Day Festival
9/16 - Mobtober Fest
9/16 – Bay View Bash
9/16 - Tacos and Tequila Festival
9/16-9/17 – Cedarburg Wine & Harvest Festival
9/17 - Kites over Greendale
9/23 – Fromm Petfest
9/23-9/24 - Germantown Hunsrucker Oktoberfest
9/24 - Sturgeon Fest
   

OCTOBER

10/1-10/8 – 18^th Annual Milwaukee Comedy Festival
10/5-10/11 – Cultures and Communities Film Festival
10/6-10/8 – 13th Annual Milwaukee Octoberfest
10/7 – Greenfield Fall Family Fest
10/7-10/8 – Cedarburg Octoberfest
10/13 – West Bend Fall Fest
10/13-10/15 - Our Lady of Lourdes Oktoberfest
10/21 - Oak Creek Fall Festival
10/27 - 2023 Wisconsin Whiskey Fest
   

NOVEMBER

11/9-11/11 – CelticMKE Irish Film Festival
 

DECEMBER