When and where the Milwaukee area's summer festivals and fairs are happening in 2024

Four years after the pandemic decimated events in the City of Festivals, and around the world, the festival and fair lineup in the Milwaukee area is not just the way it was.

It feels way bigger.

Nearly all of the area festivals and fairs that ran for decades — only to all be pulled off the calendar in 2020, then returning in scattered fashion in the years that followed — are back in action in 2024.

But there are some newcomers, including the Harley-Davidson Homecoming Festival, a now-annual summer event introduced last year. There are even a couple of outdoor music festivals in the Milwaukee area taking place during Summerfest's window.

Here's a confirmed list of dates and locations for outdoor festivals and fairs taking place in the Milwaukee area in 2024, from late May through early September. This list will be updated with more events, so be sure to keep checking back.

May and June

Festa Italiana

  • May 31-June 2, Maier Festival Park

Milwaukee Highland Games

  • June 1, Croatian Park, Franklin

PrideFest

  • June 6-8, Maier Festival Park

Locust Street Festival of Music and Art

  • June 9, Locust Street between North Holton Street and North Humboldt Boulevard

Lakefront Festival of Art

  • June 14-16, Milwaukee Art Museum

Polish Fest

  • June 14-16, Maier Festival Park

Summer Soulstice

  • June 15, East North Avenue near North Farwell Avenue

Juneteenth Day

  • June 19, on King Drive between Center and Burleigh streets.

Summerfest

  • June 20-22, June 27-29, July 4-6, Maier Festival Park

Strawberry Festival

  • June 22-23, downtown Cedarburg

Tacos and Tequila Festival

  • June 22, Franklin Field, Ballpark Commons in Franklin

Not Just A Phase Fest

  • June 23, Franklin Field, Ballpark Commons in Franklin

July

Bastille Days

  • July 11-14, Cathedral Square Park

Waukesha County Fair

  • July 17-21, Waukesha County Expo Center grounds, Waukesha

Port Washington Fish Day

  • July 18-20, Port Washington harbor area

Brady Street Festival

  • July 20, Brady Street

Armenian Fest

  • July 21, St. John the Baptist Armenian Orthodox Church

Washington County Fair

  • July 23-28, Washington County Fair Park, West Bend

Racine County Fair

  • July 24-28, Racine County Fairgrounds, Union Grove

Harley-Davidson Homecoming Festival

German Fest

  • July 26-28, Maier Festival Park

Milwaukee Air & Water Show

  • July 27-28; McKinley Park, Bradford Beach, McKinley Beach

Ozaukee County Fair

  • July 31-Aug. 4, Cedarburg

August

Wisconsin State Fair

  • Aug. 1-11, Wisconsin State Fair Park, West Allis

Black Arts Fest MKE

  • Aug. 3, Maier Festival Park

Waukesha Rotary Bluesfest

  • Aug. 9-10, Naga-Waukee Park, Delafield

Morning Glory Art Fair

  • Aug. 10-11, Deer District

Kenosha County Fair

  • Aug. 14-18, Kenosha County Fairgrounds, Wilmot

Milwaukee Irish Fest

  • Aug. 15-18, Maier Festival Park

Center Street Daze Festival

  • Aug. 17, Center Street from Humboldt Boulevard to Holton Street

Oconomowoc Festival of the Arts

  • Aug. 17-18, Fowler Park, Oconomowoc

Jewish Food Festival

  • Aug. 18-19, Rotary Park, Mequon

Country in the Burg

  • Aug. 23-24, Cedarburg

Mexican Fiesta

  • Aug. 23-25, Maier Festival Park

Walworth County Fair

  • Aug. 28-Sept. 2, Walworth County Fairgrounds, Elkhorn

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This article originally appeared on Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Where and when are Milwaukee summer festivals and fairs in 2024