Travelog Festival
Tall Timber Days
Grand Rapids, Minnesota, August 7–8
A lumberjack show, chain-saw carving and local crafts pay tribute to the area’s logging heritage, while children’s street games, a footrace, a bingo tent, food booths and musical entertainment entice action-oriented visitors. (218-326-3231)
Minnesota Bluegrass & Old-Time Music Festival
El Rancho Mañana, Richmond, Minnesota, August 12-15
Highlights of 31st annual Minnesota Bluegrass & Old-Time Music Festival include music on five stages and workshops at El Rancho Mañana Campground, 20 miles west of St. Cloud. This family friendly festival also offers talent showcases and nightly dances in the Showcase Tent. (800-635-3037)
Minnesota State Fair
St. Paul, August 26–September 6
This popular fair contains all the necessary elements for summer enjoyment: roller-coaster rides, live grandstand concerts and 300 culinary concessionaires, whose treats include 36 kinds of food-on-a-stick. Minnesota’s annual fair has missed only five years since it was first held in 1859. (651-288-4400)
Indian Summer Festival
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, September 10–12
If fry bread and buffalo burgers pique your interest, come see what else you’ll find at the country’s largest Native American cultural gathering. Intertribal dances, artisan demonstrations, professional dance groups and popular indigenous music all play their part in this
celebration. (414-604-1000)
Belleville, Wisconsin, September 18
Celebrate the blues on the banks of scenic Lake Belleville, where the west branch meets the main branch of the Sugar River.
