When and where the Milwaukee area's summer festivals and fairs are happening in 2022
For the first time in a long time, it should feel like a normal summer in the Milwaukee area.
Well, almost. Not every pre-pandemic summertime tradition is coming back in 2022. Festa Italiana, last celebrated in 2019, was canceled for a third year in a row. Also canceled for the third year in a row: Locust Street Festival of Music & Art, which had been scheduled for June 12, and the Milwaukee Art Museum's Lakefront Festival of Art, normally held in mid-June.
Still, there will be more festivals and fairs this summer than there were in 2021, and in 2020, when nearly every event was canceled.
Here's the rundown. Be sure to check back to this list as additional events in the City of Festivals, and surrounding cities, are announced.
June
PrideFest
Milwaukee Highland Games
June 4, Croatian Park, Franklin
Polish Fest
June 10 to 12, Maier Festival Park
Summer Soulstice
June 18, North Avenue near Farwell Avenue
Summerfest
Greek Fest
June 25 and 26, Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church
Strawberry Festival
June 25 and 26, downtown Cedarburg
July
Bastille Days
July 14 to 17, Cathedral Square Park
Port Washington Fish Day
July 15 to 16; Harbor, Upper and Lower Lake Park, Port Washington
Waukesha County Fair
July 20 to 24, Waukesha County Expo Center grounds, Waukesha
Milwaukee Air and Water Show
July 23 to 24; McKinley Park, Bradford Beach, McKinley Beach
Washington County Fair
July 26 to 31, Washington County Fair Park, West Bend
Racine County Fair
July 27 to 31, Racine County Fairgrounds, Union Grove
German Fest
July 29 to 31, Maier Festival Park
Brady Street Festival
July 30, Brady Street
August
Ozaukee County Fair
Aug. 3 to 7, Cedarburg
Wisconsin State Fair
Aug. 4 to 14, Wisconsin State Fair Park, West Allis
DAS Fest
Aug. 5 to 7, Walworth County Fairgrounds, Elkhorn
Black Arts Fest MKE
Aug. 6, Maier Festival Park
Waukesha Rotary Bluesfest
Aug. 12 to 13, Naga-Waukee Park, Delafield
Center Street Daze Festival
Aug. 13, Center Street from Humboldt to Holton Street
Morning Glory Art Fair
Aug. 13 to 14, Deer District
Kenosha County Fair
Aug. 17 to 21, Kenosha County Fairgrounds, Wilmot
Milwaukee Irish Fest
Aug. 18 to 21, Maier Festival Park
Milwaukee a la Carte at the Zoo
Aug. 18 to 21, Milwaukee County Zoo
Oconomowoc Festival of the Arts
Aug. 20 to 21, Fowler Park, Oconomowoc
Mexican Fiesta
Aug. 26 to 28, Maier Festival Park
Walworth County Fair
Aug. 31 to Sept. 5, Walworth County Fairgrounds, Elkhorn
September
Milwaukee Rally
Sept. 1 to 5; Harley-Davidson Museum and Milwaukee-area Harley dealers)
Wisconsin Highland Games
Sept. 2 to 4, Waukesha County Expo Center g
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