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EXPLORE MILWAUKEE | | | | | | | | | | | | Description: This popular, year-round event serves up great dining choices on Friday nights at restaurants and bars all over Milwaukee. Varieties of fish include cod, perch, shrimp and walleye. Full bar, kids' area, all-you-can-eat dinners and early-bird discounts draw Wisconsinites to the city from miles around.
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| Lakefront Festival of Arts700 N Art Museum Dr
Milwaukee,
WI
53202
414-224-3220 | | | | | Description: Held in front of the Milwaukee Art Museum, this annual juried art show features the work of regional and national talents. Over 200 artists compete in 12 different categories. Check out up-and-coming artists in the college art tent. Live entertainment, food and drinks. Paid parking is available along Lagoon Drive, and there is a shuttle to take you to the gates.
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Milwaukee,
WI
414-271-1416 | | | | | Description: This local favorite is billed "A Milwaukee Summer Tradition" and hosts some of the best regional and national jazz acts every Thursday evening throughout the summer. Sponsored by the East Town Association, the concerts take place in lovely Cathedral Square and draw an eclectic crowd. Many people bring picnics, and in fact some folks go as far as fully setting a table, with centerpiece and candles. Of course, if you'd rather not bother with all of that, there are plenty of food and beverage vendors.
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| 200 N Harbor Dr
Milwaukee,
WI
53202
800-273-3378 | | | | | Description: Milwaukee's now famous huge summer concert series features big name performers from all genres. Over the course of the 11-day series, you could see sets by such diverse artists as Bob Dylan, India.Arie, Buckwheat Zydeco, Lita Ford, Sarah Vaughan, Depeche Mode, Buddy Guy, Morris Day and the Time, Arturo Sandoval, Everclear, John Hiatt, Shania Twain, Dirty Dozen Brass Band, and Willie Nelson, all of whom have played Summerfest at one time or another. Thirteen stages and the Marcus Amphitheater are spread out over a 75-acre site on the shores of Lake Michigan, so there's enough to hear, see, do, eat, and drink to satisfy everybody, including young kids and grandparents!
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| | | | | | Description: The largest French festival in the USA, this free Cathedral Square event celebrates French culture and Bastille Day (July 14th) with parades, dancers and a re-created French marketplace. Excellent dining options, wine tasting and live cooking demonstrations. The festival is appropriately located in East Town, the area settled by French Canadian Salomon Juneau, Milwaukee's first mayor.
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| US Bank Championship in Milwaukee7835 N Green Bay Rd
Milwaukee,
WI
53209
414-540-3800 | | | | | Description: Golfers' paradise right here! Spot your favorite famous golfer at this annual PGA Tour stop at Brown Deer Golf Course. Events are held throughout the week to celebrate this July sports event.
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| | | | | | Description: Milwaukee, WI spreads the magic around with exhibits at three parks: Cathedral Square (520 E Wells St), Pere Marquette (900 N Plankinton Ave) and Zeidler Union Square (301 W Michigan St). Each park focuses on a different theme, with entertaining scenes of frolicking penguins, Santa's elves, and an astounding 40+ Christmas trees decorated buy area school children. Wisconsin Avenue also shines with twinkling wreaths and Moravian stars. You can view the sights on foot or take the Potawatomi Jingle Bus, a 40-minute narrated downtown tour that takes in all the highlights.
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