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