City of Festivals

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 2024 festival calendar!

6/6-6/8 – Pridefest

6/7-6/8 – Art64

6/8 - Milwaukee Water Lantern Festival

6/9 - Locust Street Festival

6/14-6/16 - Polish Fest

6/14-6/15 – Hartfest

6/14-6/16 - Lakefront Festival of Art

6/15 - Summer Soulstice Music Festival

6/19 - Juneteenth MKE
6/20-6/22 – Summerfest Weekend 1

6/21-6/23 - QWERTYFEST MKE

6/22 - Tacos and Tequila Festival

6/22 - Lager & Friends Beer Fest
6/22-6/23 – Cedarburg Strawberry Festival

6/23 - Not Just A Phase Fest
6/27-6/29 – Summerfest Weekend 2

July

7/3-7/6 - Greendale Family 4th Fest

7/4 - Glendale 4th of July Celebration

7/4 – Whitefish Bay 4th of July
7/4-7/6 – Summerfest Weekend 3

7/11-7/14 – Bastille Days

7/11-7/14 - Dominic Days

7/13-7/14 - Whitefish Bay Art Fest

7/20 - Brady Street Festival

7/20-7/21 - 54th Annual Midsummer Festival of the Arts

7/21 – Armenian Fest

7/21-7/28 - South Milwaukee Heritage Days
7/25-7/28 - Harley-Davidson Homecoming™ Festival
7/26-7/28 – Germanfest

7/27 - 14th Annual Milwaukee Brewfest

August

8/1-8/11 - Wisconsin State Fair

8/3 - Weird Fest
8/3 – Black Arts Fest MKE

8/3 - Sprecher Root Beer Bash 2024

8/8-8/11 - Greendale Village Days

8/10 - The Bloody Mary Festival

8/10 - Milwaukee Dragon Boat Festival

8/18 - Puerto Rican Festival of Wisconsin
8/18-8/19 – Jewish Food Festival

8/15-8/18 - A La Carte at the Zoo
8/15-8/18 – Irish Fest

8/17 - Brew City Cigar Festival

8/17-8/18 - Art & Chalk Fest
8/22-8/25 – West Bend GERMANfest
8/23-8/24 – Fresh Coast Jazz Festival

8/23-8/24 – Country in the Burg

8/23-8/24 - Mexican Fiesta

8/28 - First Responders Fest

8/30-9/1 - Wisconsin Highland Games

8/30-9/1 - St. Francis Days

8/31-9/1 - Third Ward Art Festival

September

9/6-9/7 - TosaFest

9/7-10/27 - Autumn Harvest Festival

9/21 - Fromm Petfest

9/21-9/22 - Wine & Harvest Festival

9/28 - Mobtoberfest 2024

9/28-9/29 - Germantown Hunsrucker Oktoberfest

9/29 - Harbor Fest

October

10/4-10/6 - 14th Annual Milwaukee Oktoberfest

10/5 - Fall Street Festival

10/5 - Greenfield Fall Family Fest

10/5-10/6 - Cedarburg Oktoberfest

10/11-10/13 - Our Lady of Lourdes Oktoberfest

10/26 - Dia de los Muertos Festival

November

11/21-1/1 - Milwaukee Holiday Lights Festival

11/22-11/24 - Holiday Folk Fair International

December

12/14 - Stout Fest

Festivals Happening This Week!

Apr 19

New Dramaworks: Short Play Festival

Bold, funny, moving, provocative, original and fresh! View the world we’re living in today through the eyes of some of the newest emerging voices in the American Theatre. The premiere of…

Apr 20

New Dramaworks: Short Play Festival

Bold, funny, moving, provocative, original and fresh! View the world we’re living in today through the eyes of some of the newest emerging voices in the American Theatre. The premiere of…

Apr 21

New Dramaworks: Short Play Festival

Bold, funny, moving, provocative, original and fresh! View the world we’re living in today through the eyes of some of the newest emerging voices in the American Theatre. The premiere of…

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