‘Not the biggest, but the very best’: Larryfest showcases bluegrass and roots music in rural Vernon County
Summer calendars in Wisconsin seem to overflow with music festivals. One of the longest-running gatherings is Larryfest, which has been ...
Abundance and Transformation: A Trip Through Fermentation Fest’s Farm/Art DTour
Fermentation Fest has been celebrating all things live culture for more than a decade. The festival's Farm/Art DTour sends people ...
Greek Fest Plus celebrates food, community and heritage
On Madison’s near east side, the final weekend in July is rung in with bouzouki music and baklava-fueled joy. Assumption ...
Hip-Hop Week MKE Celebrates Genre, Invites Conversations About Civic Engagement, Health
Milwaukee hosted its first ever week-long celebration of hip-hop last week. Organizers of Hip-Hop Week MKE showcased local artists and ...
The Shawano Folk Festival Celebrates 40 Years
2018 marks the 40th anniversary of the Shawano Folk Festival. Wisconsin Life spent a day at the festival to find ...
Cream Puffs And Corn Dogs: A History Of The Wisconsin State Fair
People are flocking from across the state to West Allis this week for the Wisconsin State Fair. The best in ...
Milwaukee’s Long History of Cultural Festivals
Festival season unofficially kicks off in Milwaukee this weekend. Thousands of people will flock to the Henry Maier Festival Park ...
Summerfest, 1930s-Style
The world’s largest music festival starts this week in Milwaukee. But while it may be the biggest, it isn’t Milwaukee’s ...
Cranberry Love
Each fall, the nation’s biggest cranberry crop is harvested from Wisconsin marshes. And floods of travelers turn up to celebrate ...
South Milwaukee Woman Is Wisconsin State Cow Chip Throw Champ
South Milwaukee’s Terry Stramowski is widely recognized as the champ to beat… in the Wisconsin Cow Chip Throw and Festival. ...
Plein Air
For nine days, 160 local and national artists paint Cedarburg during the town’s annual Plein Air Event. It’s the state’s ...
Gays Mills Apple Fest
Five years after devastating floods washed through the small town of Gays Mills, the community continues to come together to ...
Milwaukee Does Strange Things to People
The summer festival season is upon us including Summerfest in Milwaukee, followed by a several months of ethnic and neighborhood ...
Celebrating German Culture At The Oktoberfest Parade
People in La Crosse have been decked out in lederhosen and dirndls all week for the city's 51st annual Oktoberfest ...
Coffee Break
French writer Balzac once wrote that “Coffee is a great power in my life.” Wisconsin’s Scandinavian immigrants could relate, bringing ...