10 notable Wisconsin summer festivals meant to give you a taste of the Badger State

And so here’s a list of 10 notable festivals to be hosted in communities across the state between the end of May and August, according to Travel Wisconsin. 

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Taking place from Friday to June 2, Little Chute’s Great Wisconsin Cheese Festival is slated to be held throughout various parts of the community.

The festival features live music, food booths, carnival rides, a parade, athletic events, cheese tastings, a cheese curd eating contest, children’s games and more entertainment. 

Wisconsin’s largest LGBTQ+ pride festival is scheduled for June 6-8 at 200 N. Harbor Drive in Milwaukee.

The event plans to feature a health and wellness area, various musical acts including David Archuleta, a volleyball tournament and vendors booths.

Wisconsin Rapids’ annual Cranberry Blossom Festival is expected to take place June 20-23. The community is in the heart of cranberry country and festival activities will be held around various places in Wisconsin Rapids. 

The festival includes live music, a parade, arts and crafts, a carnival and culinary treats featuring, you guessed it, cranberries.  

One of the most eminent on this list, Milwaukee’s Summerfest is expected to be held June 20-22, June 27-29 and July 4-6 at Maier Festival Park in the city’s Downtown right along Lake Michigan. 

This year, the festival is welcoming roughly 800 acts, including musical talents like Maroon 5, Mötley Crüe, SZA, Keith Urban, Lil Uzi Vert, Tyler Childers and other eminent acts. 

The Door County Wine Fest is scheduled this year for June 22 at About Thyme Farm at 8425 County F in Bailey’s Harbor.

The event showcases Door County’s wines, lets people can get unlimited tastings, offers visitors a souvenir tasting glass, features live music, and includes cheese samples from Wisconsin cheesemakers and local food vendor booths.

The Blue Ox Music Festival in Eau Claire is expected to be held from June 27-29 this year at 5024 Crescent Ave. 

The event is all about providing an intimate Bluegrass and Americana music experience with 35 musical performances spread over the three-day festival on three stages. The festival also offers on-site camping.

Get your medieval garb ready. 

For nine weekends starting in July, including Labor Day Monday, the Bristol Renaissance Faire will be held at 12550 120th Ave. in Kenosha.

Visitors can take a time machine back to Elizabethan England, compete in 16th Century games, as well as go on rides, eat food, view and shop for arts and crafts and have one-of-a-kind encounters with a cast of Faire characters.

Oshkosh’s Experimental Aircraft Association, or EAA, is hosting its AirVenture festival from July 22-28. The festival will be located at 3000 Poberezny Road just outside Oshkosh. 

Attendees are expected to be able to experience air shows, aircraft rides, see the latest aviation technologies, visit the EAA Aviation Museum and take part in athletic events, among many other festivities the yearly event offers.

Taking up Appleton’s downtown Aug. 1-4 will be the city’s annual Mile of Music festival. 

The event is schedule to feature 200 musical acts at 40 venues in the city. 

The Wisconsin State Fair in West Allis is scheduled for Aug. 1-11 this year at Wisconsin State Fair Park on 640 South Park Str. 

There will be agricultural exhibits, a broad range of musical acts, hundreds of food and beverage options — think deep-fired cheese curds — shopping and rides for those with mighty stomachs.