The food. Omg the food. Cream puffs , the ice cream in the Wisconsin building. The cheese and…read moresausages. Do not forget the corn. And the music is great too ! The people of Wisconsin are so kind and fun ! There are bands everywhere. Totally loved checking out the animals in the barns and watching the pig races. So much fun! The only thing that did not like is that we parked in the handicapped area on the race track and assumed we could get a ride or wheelchair nearby. We walked very carefully to the gate but the wheelchair rentals are inside the gate up the hill. So when we were done I had to take my aunt out of the gates , sit her down and return the wheelchair. I personably think they should be more easily available.

I hadn't been to the Wisconsin State Fair in almost 20 years and I went on a Saturday morning, the…read morelast weekend they were open. I got there about an hour after the fair opened at 11AM and left by 3PM. Because we got there early, we parked across the street from the fair and didn't have to deal with the long parking lines. I was pleasantly surprised with the fair and I had a great time! Why I say I was surprised is because it was a lot bigger than I remembered and I thought it offered a lot- from carnival rides, to food, to music and drinks. There was something for everyone, children and adults. My favorite part of the fair was a delicious gyro, the goats, and a little girl and her prized cow!! The animals were absolutely adorable and I loved petting the goats, I really felt like a kid again! My husband also had a nice time, he enjoyed a corn dog and he liked seeing the animals. I also appreciated the security. Purse checks, metal detectors, and right when we walked in we saw a security guard watching from a stand. I don't stay at fairs after dark because I know there are drunk people and fights but I felt very safe during the day. I look forward to going back next year!

What's not to love about a bunch of over priced drinks, food and free music?!…read more The crowds can be torturous in the bottlenecked areas, something summerfest needs to work out. I'm pretty disgusted that this year they won't fill the beers to the top because apparently some lower line is "12 oz". I am still paying the price of a 6-pack for one beer, do we really need to get that technical??? While the new BMO stage is very nice, I don't understand the complications and severe lack of communication on how to get "tickets" at a FREE stage! The best job at summerfest, and a great spot to stop for awhile, is at the mechanic bull. Who wouldn't love to throw dumb kids and over-sized wanna be cowboys off of a fake bull all day?! Don't know what happened early in the fest, but that thing was tore up and missing its horns, lol. I Iove summerfest buy don't agree with some of the changes they are making. We spend an obscene amount of money and deal with a lot of crap from other fest-goers, why intensify it for us? Ever heard of "Customers First" summerfest slumlords? Okay, maybe that was too much. I'm just really pissed about the extra ounce or two of beer and serving me unfilled cups. If that ain't a reason to sneak in booze.... Parents! Take yo kids home after dark when all the drunkies surface!!! Fav food: Venice Club eggplant strips! Ask for lemon and an extra cup of marinara if you're "saucy" like me ;) Personally, I can only handle the crowd and drunks by doing as the Romans do. So, if you get irritated with those like people mentioned, please plan your trip via DD, taxi (leave early), bus, etc. It's a BUSY BUSY place and an interesting to people watch!

Great time, once again. Stevie Wonder was the feature the night I went...amazing show! All of the…read moreperformers were great. Among them were Third Eye Blind, Sheika E, Buddy Guy, local performers that are making a name for themselves, and other up and coming artists. There are so many acts going on on different stages all at once, its impossible to catch everything. There are many options for food. Various ethnic cuisine, fresh fruits, etc. One of the food items I got was a bacon bottom pizza...no bread, just bacon, weaved at the bottom of the pizza. It was good. Great music, good food, drinks, and lots of people.

Brady Street Festival 2022 was back and people were out with a vengeance. I was in New Orleans this…read morepast spring, and I don't think Bourbon Street on a Saturday night holds a candle to the frenetic drunk energy on Saturday night at Brady Street Festival, actually. Pros- One of the most diverse festivals in Milwaukee, good food vendors, good music lineups, good artisan vendors Cons- Overly Crowded, sprawling, a drunk fest with music (as an aside?), a surcharge on credit cards at Festival drink tents, people getting overserved Dryhootch Veterans house had a great R&B Veterans band, good food- Nomad staff were working hard and had a great party out back, as well. The main music stages have good local acts in a variety of styles, such as Negative Positive, Browns Crew, GuhGuhGoldDuhDuh (haha) throughout the day. I got some great tacos, and Elotes Mexican Street Corn. There is a lot of good food vendors here. Brady Street Festival is really great for the bars on Brady- as they set up shop w/slushies, liquor drinks, Mai Tais and the like, and the bars are bustling. But aye, there's the rub- our crowd of music dancers and watchers of De La Buena got physically plowed by people who by 7pm were already...plowed! Of course Brady Street Festival is 100% Brady Street, glad to have you back.

First time going to The Brady Street Festival it was a good experience. Went with my daughter and…read moremy grandson. Well I wanted to eat some of their food but my daughter said another time, Iwanted some of the waffle fries that was in one of the stands. I had great people saying hi to me, got along fine with some people there. Got a free shirt but just walking by a shirt stand. Thank you, at least they was nice. Maybe if they have the Festival again for next year I'll be there ready for anything and eat the food, have more fun. Stay a bit longer. Love that they had bikers doing great stunts and the guys that with the drums doing stepping music. Took a pic of The Godfathers picture they had outside a restaurant. Thank you.

This year I went to go see Flo rida. It got pretty packed fast but you were still able to hear the…read moremusic and enjoy the show. To drink, I got the Door County Cherry Vodka Lemonade. It was pricey but it got the job done so worth it! I noticed that they had a happy Thursday stand so you didn't have to wait at the bar. They had different sizes and even a pouch so thats nice. My friend and I got some walking tacos to top off out night. The well seasoned meat, chips, and toppings in a bag were everything we needed. While walking tacos saved us, I'm sure you can find something for you if you're not craving that.

Kids day at summerfest loads of good times and fun…read more Discounted food freebies and music Scavenger hunt! Daughter got free clear bag and a squishy toy. Pretty happy kiddo experience

This was the 5th Annual Bloody Mary Festival held at the Aurora pavilion on the Summerfest grounds…read more They had VIp offers which you could enter early but we chose the 11:15 time frame. We got there early which was a plus. The lines got really long later. We brought our own muffin tins to hold the drink. There were many local vendors and you could go back as many times as you wanted. They had photo ops and other vendors such as distilleries. It was pretty fun. The only thing was beer chasers were $10. Other than that, the samples were all free.

Five stars all the way for yet another addition to the Milwaukee festival arena. The Walkers Point…read more5th Street Festival is literally an extravaganza of phenomenal proportions. Taking place on the economic mecca known as Fifth Street this event is seeing its second season in production. It is also experiencing the revitalization of an area that was once a desolate section of Milwaukee with next to not much in it as many neighborhoods once were. The whole street is shut down and blocked off to traffic, for just this one special day. The North stage and South stage server as the pillars between everything that lie within. From Nomad, Hamburger Mary's, Mob Craft Beer and Fuel Café, to name a few, along with Milwauke staples like Too Much Rock for One Hand or the Var Gallery, this is another stellar representation of all things Milwaukee. For this particular day one couldn't ask for much more than what it was, crisp, sunny and cool. The street was alive and there was plenty of people soaking up the first official day of fall. Walkers Fifth Street Festival is morphing into holding its own down in the slightly hipster-ish and oh so trendy scene of Walker's Point. Keep this going! It's a good thing indeed!

I hadn't been to Mexican Fiesta in a few years. It has gotten a lot better since the last time I…read morevisited. There are many stands with food, arts and crafts from many of the states on Mexico. Here is also plenty of entertainment on the stages from traditional Aztec dancers to traditional mariachi music to rock in Spanish. There is so much to see and do that I decided to go twice this year. It was a great experience!!

This was my first time attending this culture festival at the Summerfest grounds and it is…read moredefinitely one of my favorites! So many educational experiences, music, competitions, food, and drink for all! I'll be making sure to attend again in future years!

Hilarious costumes on great people! You should come…read more Dudes & Walters & Maudes. Lotta ins, lotta outs, lotta what have yous. It's really just a silly & great time in the park. There are a number of beer vendors & White Russian booths. There are random Milwaukee fried festival foods. There are good time gals & fun lovin' fellas. They sell Big Lebowski merchandise that you can't find anywhere else. There are even more adult & more dude-like branches of this festival that infiltrate evening bowling lanes & perpetuate the tomfoolery through the weekend. It's another excuse to wear funny costumes with a lot of fun people & drink outside & joke around with new friends. If you can't find fun in Summertime Milwaukee, I can't help you. It'd be like going to Amsterdam & completely missing out on the tulips. Tulips.