Happy summer festival season, Milwaukee! It’s going to be a BUSY one. Looking for a no-nonsense, just-the-dates-and-locations list of all the area festivals, fairs, music series, and more? Of course you are. Dig in! Sponsored by Third Space Brewing.
MAY
April 24 – May 8
Milwaukee Film Festival @ Oriental and Downer theatres
May 1
Thursday Bike Night Concert Series: The Stephen Hull Experience @ Harley-Davidson Museum
May 3
Milwaukee Taco Fest @ The Yard, Bayshore
May 4
Cinco de Mayo Festival @ Humboldt Park
May 8
Thursday Bike Night Concert Series: Joseph Huber @ Harley-Davidson Museum
May 14-28
Traveling Beer Garden @ Wilson Park
May 15-18
Milwaukee Metal Fest @ The Rave / Eagles Club
May 15
Edelweiss Concert Cruise Series: Bob Welsch @ Milwaukee River, 205 W. Highland Ave.
May 15
Thursday Bike Night Concert Series: Bootjack Road @ Harley-Davidson Museum
May 16
Soulful Summer: Sliphorn Jazz Band @ Gordon Park
May 18
Maifest: Gluten-Free Festival @ Lakefront Brewery
May 18
Milwaukee Makers Market @ The Ivy House
May 21 – June 8
Traveling Beer Garden @ Greenfield Park
May 22
Jazz At The Vine: Samuel Cartral Quintet @ Humboldt Park
May 22
Thursday Bike Night Concert Series: The Cactus Bros. @ Harley-Davidson Museum
May 24 + 25
IKEA Family Kite Festival @ Veterans Park
May 24
Morgan Park Picnic @ Morgan Park
May 29 – June 5
Downtown Dining Week @ various locations
May 29
Edelweiss Concert Cruise Series: 3 For The Road @ Milwaukee River, 205 W. Highland Ave.
May 29
Thursday Bike Night Concert Series: Prime Country @ Harley-Davidson Museum
May 30 – June 1
Festa Italiana @ Henry Maier Festival Park
May 30
Bay View Gallery Night @ various locations
May 30
Jazz At The Vine: KASE @ Humboldt Park
May 31
BikerFest Block Party @ TBA
May 31
Lager & Friends @ Gathering Place Brewing
JUNE
June 1
Locust Street Festival Of Art And Music + Locust Street Beer Run @ Locust Street
June 3
Chill On The Hill: Grim Paddle + Louie & The Flash Bombs, Bright Eyed & Blind @ Humboldt Park
June 5-7
PrideFest Milwaukee @ Henry Maier Festival Park
June 5
Edelweiss Concert Cruise Series: Boney Fingers @ Milwaukee River, 205 W. Highland Ave.
June 5
Jazz In The Park @ Cathedral Square Park
June 5
Thursday Bike Night Concert Series: Betsy Ade & The Well-Known Strangers @ Harley-Davidson Museum
June 7
Brewtown Rumble @ Davidson Park
June 7
Milwaukee Highland Games @ Croatian Park
June 7
Water Lantern Festival @ Veterans Park
June 7
Wisconsin Beer Lovers Festival @ Bavarian Bierhaus, Glendale
June 8
Cafe Sopra Mare: Ben Dameron @ Villa Terrace Decorative Arts Museum
June 8
Milwaukee Pride Parade @ Walker’s Point
June 10
Chill On The Hill: The Haggardlys + The Whiskeybelles @ Humboldt Park
June 11-22
Traveling Beer Garden @ Cooper Park
June 11
Milwaukee Night Market @ Wisconsin Avenue, between 2nd and Vel R. Phillips
June 12
Edelweiss Concert Cruise Series: Brewtown Beat @ Milwaukee River, 205 W. Highland Ave.
June 12
Jazz At The Vine: Tlalok Rodriguez Quintet @ Humboldt Park
June 12
Summer Film Series: Moana 2 @ Deer District
June 12
Thursday Bike Night Concert Series: Ten Feet Tall @ Harley-Davidson Museum
June 13-15
Lakefront Festival of Art @ Milwaukee Art Museum
June 13-15
Polish Fest @ Henry Maier Festival Park
June 13 + 14
HartFest @ Hart Park, Wauwatosa
June 14
Back To Wiscansin Fest – Part IV @ The Rave / Eagles Club
June 14
Brady Street Art Walk @ Brady Street
June 14
Summer Soulstice Music Festival @ North & Farwell
June 15
Cafe Sopra Mare: Arron Crook @ Villa Terrace Decorative Arts Museum
June 17
Chill On The Hill: Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra @ Humboldt Park
June 18
Tosa Tonight: Old 97’s + Ladybird @ Hart Park, Wauwatosa
June 19-21
Summerfest (weekend 1) @ Henry Maier Festival Park
June 19
Jazz In The Park @ Cathedral Square Park
June 19
Juneteenth Jubilee Parade @ 14th and Atkinson to MLK and Locust
June 19
Thursday Bike Night Concert Series: Rust Belt @ Harley-Davidson Museum
June 19
West Allis Summer Concert Series: Cache MKE @ Veterans Memorial Park, West Allis
June 20
Soulful Summer: Garrett Waite Quartet (music of Bob Dylan and the Grateful Dead) @ Gordon Park
June 21
The Bloody Mary Festival @ Harley-Davidson Museum
June 22
Cafe Sopra Mare: Neal Bardele @ Villa Terrace Decorative Arts Museum
June 22
Milwaukee Makers Market @ American Family Field
June 24
Chill On The Hill: Pulpa de Guayaba + Devils Teeth, Dope Music Crew @ Humboldt Park
June 25 – July 6
Traveling Beer Garden @ Grant Park
June 25
Tosa Tonight: Mucca Pazza + Wisconsin Space Program @ Hart Park, Wauwatosa
June 26-28
Summerfest (weekend 2) @ Henry Maier Festival Park
June 26
Centraal Bay View Classic Bike Race @ Cafe Centraal (Bay View)
June 26
Edelweiss Concert Cruise Series: AR/YR @ Milwaukee River, 205 W. Highland Ave.
June 26
Jazz At The Vine: John Christensen Quartet @ Humboldt Park
June 26
Thursday Bike Night Concert Series: Deadelijk @ Harley-Davidson Museum
June 27
Shorewood Criterium Cycling Classic @ Shorewood
June 27
Starry Nights: Altered Five Blues Band @ Sharon Lynn Wilson Center for the Arts
June 28 + 29
Strawberry Festival @ Downtown Historic District, Cedarburg
June 28
Café Hollander Otto Wenz Downer Classic Bike Race @ Café Hollander (East Side)
June 29
Brady Street Pride: One Last Slay @ Brady Street
June 29
Café Hollander Tosa Village Classic Bike Race @ Café Hollander (Wauwatosa)
June 29
Cafe Sopra Mare: Corey Klunk @ Villa Terrace Decorative Arts Museum
JULY
July 1
Chill On The Hill: American Legion Band @ Humboldt Park
July 2
Tosa Tonight: The 5 Card Studs + Böckenpläutz @ Hart Park, Wauwatosa
July 3-5
Summerfest (weekend 3) @ Henry Maier Festival Park
July 3
Jazz In The Park @ Cathedral Square Park
July 3
Thursday Bike Night Concert Series: Indigo Canyon @ Harley-Davidson Museum
July 4
Fireworks! @ various locations
Weekends, July 5 – September 1
Bristol Renaissance Faire @ off I-94 at the IL/WI border
July 7
Musical Mondays: Sinkane @ Lake Park Summer Stage
July 8
Chill On The Hill: Long Mama + Driveway Thriftdwellers @ Humboldt Park
July 9-20
Traveling Beer Garden @ McCarty Park
July 9
Tosa Tonight: Jenny Teator + Driveway Thriftdwellers @ Hart Park, Wauwatosa
July 9
Wonderful Wednesdays: Fox And Branch @ Lake Park Summer Stage
July 10-13
Harley-Davidson Homecoming @ Veterans Park, various locations
July 10
Edelweiss Concert Cruise Series: Landline @ Milwaukee River, 205 W. Highland Ave.
July 10
Jazz At The Vine: Faith Hatch & Garrett Waite @ Humboldt Park
July 11
Starry Nights: Rockin’ Robins (w/ Classic Car Show) @ Sharon Lynn Wilson Center for the Arts
July 12 + 13
Frida Fest MKE @ Farmhouse Paint Bar & Hall
July 12 + 13
Whitefish Bay Art Fest @ E. Silver Spring Drive, Whitefish Bay
July 12
Milwaukee Dragon Boat Festival @ Lakeshore State Park
July 12
Rock Party Block Party @ Puddler’s Hall
July 12
Smoke On The Water – MKE’s BBQ & Brews Fest @ Henry Maier Festival Park
July 13
Cafe Sopra Mare: School Of Rock @ Villa Terrace Decorative Arts Museum
July 14-20
Rainbow Summer @ Marcus Performing Arts Center Outdoor Grounds
July 14
Musical Mondays: Bonerama @ Lake Park Summer Stage
July 15
Chill On The Hill: Testa Rosa + Telethon @ Humboldt Park
July 16-20
Waukesha County Fair @ Waukesha County Expo Grounds, Waukesha
July 16
Milwaukee Night Market @ Wisconsin Avenue, between 2nd and Vel R. Phillips
July 16
Tosa Tonight: Chicken Wire Empire + The Big Kind Heart @ Hart Park, Wauwatosa
July 16
Wonderful Wednesdays: Main Street Song & Dance Troupe @ Lake Park Summer Stage
July 17-20
Bastille Days @ Cathedral Square Park
July 17-19
Port Fish Days @ Port Washington harbor, Port Washington
July 17
Thursday Bike Night Concert Series: Ladybird @ Harley-Davidson Museum
July 17
West Allis Summer Concert Series: Mixtape @ Veterans Memorial Park, West Allis
July 18 + 19
Milwaukee Gallery Night & Day @ various locations
July 18
Soulful Summer: Tlalok Rodriquez and the Latin Jazz Quintet @ Gordon Park
July 18
Starry Nights: Chicken Wire Empire @ Sharon Lynn Wilson Center for the Arts
July 19 + 20
WaterStone Bank Air & Water Show @ lakefront, the sky
July 20-27
South Milwaukee Heritage Days @ various locations, South Milwaukee
July 20
Milwaukee Armenian Fest @ St. John Armenian Church
July 20
Milwaukee Makers Market @ Discovery World
July 21
Musical Mondays: Mississippi Heat @ Lake Park Summer Stage
July 22
Chill On The Hill: Abby Jeanne And The Shadowband + Immortal Girlfriend @ Humboldt Park
July 23 – August 3
Traveling Beer Garden @ Lake Park
July 23-27
Racine County Fair @ Racine County Fairgrounds, Union Grove
July 23
Summer Film Series: Coco @ Deer District
July 23
Tosa Tonight: The Verve Pipe + Brett Newski & The Bad Inventions @ Hart Park, Wauwatosa
July 23
Washington Park Wednesdays: Big Style Brass Band + Kal Bergendahl @ Washington Park Bandshell
July 23
Wonderful Wednesdays: Yid Vicious @ Lake Park Summer Stage
July 24
Edelweiss Concert Cruise Series: Failure To Launch @ Milwaukee River, 205 W. Highland Ave.
July 24
Jazz At The Vine: Milwaukee Jazz Institute @ Humboldt Park
July 24
Thursday Bike Night Concert Series: Rock Revolutionaries @ Harley-Davidson Museum
July 25-27
German Fest Milwaukee @ Henry Maier Festival Park
July 25 + 26
Riverwest 24 @ Riverwest
July 25
Starry Nights: De La Buena @ Sharon Lynn Wilson Center for the Arts
July 26
Brady Street Festival @ Brady Street
July 26
Milwaukee Brewfest @ McKinley Park
July 28
Musical Mondays: Chloe Kimes @ Lake Park Summer Stage
July 29
Chill On The Hill: Jinksie + The Dirty Sweet @ Humboldt Park
July 30
Tosa Tonight: Adrian+Meredith + The Delta Routine @ Hart Park, Wauwatosa
July 30
Washington Park Wednesdays: Latin Swing Factor + JC Munguia Duo @ Washington Park Bandshell
July 30
Wonderful Wednesdays: Little Miss Ann @ Lake Park Summer Stage
July 31 – August 10
Wisconsin State Fair @ Wisconsin State Fair Park
July 31
Jazz In The Park @ Cathedral Square Park
July 31
Thursday Bike Night Concert Series: The Delta Routine + Well & Good @ Harley-Davidson Museum
AUGUST
August 1
Starry Nights: Tonight Only @ Sharon Lynn Wilson Center for the Arts
August 2
Black Arts Fest MKE @ Henry Maier Festival Park
August 2
Dance Fest @ Marcus Center Peck Pavilion
August 2
Sprecher Root Beer Bash @ Bavarian Bierhaus
August 2
Wisconsin IPA Fest @ Third Space Brewing
August 3
Cafe Sopra Mare: School Of Rock @ Villa Terrace Decorative Arts Museum
August 4
Musical Mondays: The Kentucky Gentlemen @ Lake Park Summer Stage
August 5
Chill On The Hill: NilexNile + Scam Likely @ Humboldt Park
August 6-17
Traveling Beer Garden @ Doctors Park
August 6
Wonderful Wednesdays: Duke Otherwise @ Lake Park Summer Stage
August 7
Edelweiss Concert Cruise Series: Twang Dragons @ Milwaukee River, 205 W. Highland Ave.
August 7
Jazz At The Vine: Sugo @ Humboldt Park
August 7
Summer Film Series: Encanto @ Deer District
August 7
Thursday Bike Night Concert Series: FallBack @ Harley-Davidson Museum
August 8 + 9
Waukesha Rotary BluesFest @ Naga-Waukee Park, Delafield
August 8
Starry Nights: Taste Of Irish Fest @ Sharon Lynn Wilson Center for the Arts
August 9 + 10
Morning Glory Art Fair @ Deer District
August 10 + 11
Jewish Food Festival @ Rotary Park, Mequon
August 10
Cafe Sopra Mare: Jorge Vallentine @ Villa Terrace Decorative Arts Museum
August 11
Musical Mondays: Dwayne Dopsie And The Zydeco Hellraisers @ Lake Park Summer Stage
August 12
Chill On The Hill: Peshtigo + Browns Crew @ Humboldt Park
August 13
Milwaukee Night Market @ Wisconsin Avenue, between 2nd and Vel R. Phillips
August 13
Tosa Tonight: TBA @ Hart Park, Wauwatosa
August 13
Washington Park Wednesdays: Milwaukee Hot Club + Mambo Surfers @ Washington Park Bandshell
August 13
Wonderful Wednesdays: Susan Salidor @ Lake Park Summer Stage
August 14-17
A La Carte At The Zoo @ Milwaukee County Zoo
August 14-17
Milwaukee Irish Fest @ Henry Maier Festival Park
August 14
Edelweiss Concert Cruise Series: Vintage Groove @ Milwaukee River, 205 W. Highland Ave.
August 14
Jazz In The Park @ Cathedral Square Park
August 14
Thursday Bike Night Concert Series: Hearthfire @ Harley-Davidson Museum
August 15
Soulful Summer: Mighty Ms. Erica And The Sound Production @ Gordon Park
August 16
Center Street Daze Festival @ Center Street
August 17
Cafe Sopra Mare: Neal Bardele @ Villa Terrace Decorative Arts Museum
August 17
Milwaukee Makers Market @ The Ivy House
August 17
Puerto Rican Festival Of Wisconsin @ Henry Maier Festival Park
August 18
Musical Mondays: Laura Rain And The Caesars @ Lake Park Summer Stage
August 19
Chill On The Hill: WMSE’s Local/Live with Cozy Danger + Lauryl Sulfate @ Humboldt Park
August 20 – September 1
Traveling Beer Garden @ Sheridan Park
August 20
Washington Park Wednesdays: Chris Crane + Pay The Devil @ Washington Park Bandshell
August 21-23
Fresh Coast Jazz Festival @ The Pabst Theater
August 21
Edelweiss Concert Cruise Series: One Louder @ Milwaukee River, 205 W. Highland Ave.
August 21
Jazz At The Vine: Donna Woodall Group @ Humboldt Park
August 21
Thursday Bike Night Concert Series: Chris Haise Band @ Harley-Davidson Museum
August 21
West Allis Summer Concert Series: The Cactus Bros. @ Veterans Memorial Park, West Allis
August 22-24
Mexican Fiesta @ Henry Maier Festival Park
August 23
Brew City Cigar Festival @ Heidelberg Park, Glendale
August 23
WMSE Backyard BBQ @ Humboldt Park
August 24
Cafe Sopra Mare: Toco Rico @ Villa Terrace Decorative Arts Museum
August 25
Musical Mondays: R&B Cadets @ Lake Park Summer Stage
August 26
Chill On The Hill: Fellow Kinsman + De La Buena @ Humboldt Park
August 27
Washington Park Wednesdays: Shonn Hinton + Long Line Riders @ Washington Park Bandshell
August 28
Edelweiss Concert Cruise Series: Lost Orange Cat @ Milwaukee River, 205 W. Highland Ave.
August 28
Jazz In The Park @ Cathedral Square Park
August 28
Thursday Bike Night Concert Series: Dandy L. Freling + Big Heart Kind Band @ Harley-Davidson Museum
August 29-31
Wisconsin Highland Games @ Waukesha County Expo
August 30-31
Third Ward Art Festival @ Broadway, between St. Paul and Menomonee
August 31
Cafe Sopra Mare: Drew Gill @ Villa Terrace Decorative Arts Museum
SEPTEMBER
September 4
Summer Film Series: Wicked @ Deer District
September 4
Thursday Bike Night Concert Series: God’s Outlaw @ Harley-Davidson Museum
September 5 + 6
Milwaukee International Short Film Festival @ Avalon Atmospheric Theater
September 5 + 6
TosaFest @ Tosa Village, Wauwatosa
September 6 + 7
Traveling Beer Garden @ Trimborn Farm
September 6
Silver City Fest @ National Avenue, between 32nd and 35th
September 10
Milwaukee Night Market @ Wisconsin Avenue, between 2nd and Vel R. Phillips
September 11
Thursday Bike Night Concert Series: Frank Martin Busch And The Name @ Harley-Davidson Museum
September 11
Edelweiss Concert Cruise Series: Foo Coustics @ Milwaukee River, 205 W. Highland Ave.
September 11
Jazz In The Park @ Cathedral Square Park
September 13
Shorewood Feast @ Oakland Avenue, 4200 to 4400 blocks
September 13
Tacos And Tequila Festival @ Franklin Field, Franklin
September 18
Thursday Bike Night Concert Series: Whiskey Of The Damned @ Harley-Davidson Museum
September 18
West Allis Summer Concert Series: Milwaukee Blues Rock Collective @ Veterans Memorial Park, West Allis
September 20 + 21
Wine & Harvest Festival @ Cedarburg
September 20
Bay View Bash @ Kinnickinnic Avenue, between Potter and Clement
September 20
Paw Fest At The Lakefront @ Henry Maier Festival Park
September 21
Milwaukee Makers Market @ American Family Field
September 25
Jazz In The Park @ Cathedral Square Park
September 25
Thursday Bike Night Concert Series: Cigarette Break @ Harley-Davidson Museum
September 25
Edelweiss Concert Cruise Series: Would You Kindly? @ Milwaukee River, 205 W. Highland Ave.
September 27 + 28
Doors Open Milwaukee @ various locations
September 28
Harbor Fest @ 600 E. Greenfield Ave.
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