Once a year festival. The ships travel around the Great Lakes and are kind of a traveling museum.read more

Wonderful and amazingly fun and organized art festival. Variety of music fills every hour. The…read morewonderful fragrance of cheese curds fill the air. Painters, sculptors, glass blowers, weaver's, woodworkers and other craftsman bring out all their best to share and sell. I've been coming to this show for a decade and always enjoy.

Waste of time. NO…read morefield of 50,000 tulips. Supposedly a two-day event, but they allowed them all to be picked yesterday. Just a tiny patch of dried up tulips left; they will be gone by 2:30 pm today. At a minimum, staff should tell you this before they take your $5. Food trucks also appear to be out of many items on their menu. This is my first time st this farm. Are all Blaser Acre events like this?

Went to see if they had pick your own strawberries, but didn't see anything to that sort despite it…read morestating online that they did. The produce looked absolutely great, but i did decide not to purchase anything because of the staff. I approached a staff member behind the table where you pay and he had his head down on a phone and i politely said that i had a quick question. his head remained down and he sighed and replied with "just a second" very rudely. after, i said that i was just wondering if they took debit and credit cards and he replied with a "ugh yes" that had so much rudeness and an annoying tone underneath it. after that, i didn't even want to spend my money there anymore. disappointment!

A friend told us about this event so we drove the two hours to Appleton on a Friday to check it…read moreout. It is very well organized and has an excellent app to help plan your attack. There are hundreds of of bands over the three days on dozen of stages. It is really mind boggling on what it must take to coordinate the logistics. We wandered around to a few outdoor stages and since it was relatively cool out for early August it was bearable to sit outside in the sun. If you want shade you are out of luck and if it were really hot or rainy well the set-up of most outside stages would be a problem. If you don't want to stand bring your own chairs but again it doesn't solve the issue of no cover at most outdoor stages - a real downside. Just about every music genre is represented so you should find something you like.

A pretty dang cool, FREE music festival! In my hometown!…read moreI am only sad that this didn't exist while I was still around the area! Spread out across many, MANY bars, restaurants, coffee shops, parks, and other outdoor spaces in the downtown Appleton area, on or near to College Avenue, concerts from local and up and coming bands playing original music are staged over the course of 3-4 days. Really love and follow a particular band on the lineup? Or perhaps fall madly in love with a new performer or group early in the festival? Good news! They might play again...or several more times! Maybe on the same day...maybe once everyday, probably at a different location. But you won't have to go very far. Entry is free...since the festival "grounds" aren't in an enclosed, stand alone space. The bars don't charge a cover, most don't have a credit card minimum (although...some do, so be aware). I really enjoyed the few artists I was able to see! I only wish I had had more time to enjoy MORE of it! As it stood, I really only had one day free for concert-ing. It was a great time and it was nice to get to experience this established festival.

This event continues to be fabulous! (I base this on continued attendance with my wife.) Circle…read moreSEPT. 8 and SEPT. 9 on your calendar. I did some research and the Center for Visual Arts indicates that their venue will be open too. I don't know exactly what their hours will be. The CVA is across the street from the east side of the 400 block. I also see that the downtown venue, aka the Festival of Arts, will have artists whose work encompasses 11 mediums! We've had lots of rain lately but not as much as the Madison area. Let's all hope for a sunny, warm weekend.

A really great event! I hate to say this but, coming from two much larger cities, we weren't…read moreexpecting it to be as awesome as it was! So many artists - such a variety of beautiful items from photography, paintings, woodwork, clothing, jewelry, music and so much more. Loved seeing the large turnout of people too! Was truly a lovely event and we look forward to going back next year!

These girls provide unique visual experience that is captivating and exciting to watch!read more

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Charcuterie is all I need to be convinced to stop by a place. Give me cheese and crackers on a…read moreplate and I'm sold. But I'm so glad I stopped to sample everything that Captain's Walk had to offer. The staff was super generous and friendly. I'm a big fruity/desert wine person, and not a traditional wine enthusiast. That being said: their white moscato was incredible. Also got to enjoy some cherry cider from door county, which was some of the best I've had. Their Crostinis and Charcuterie paired so nicely with all of it as well. Absolute perfect vibes for a summer evening. We stopped here since our hotel was across the street, and it turned into one of my favorite spots in the city. I'd definitely recommend stopping by one evening.

Enjoyed our visit at the Captains walk Winery on a cold winter afternoon. It's a cool old house…read moreplace and the staff is nice. But seemed a little disorganized as there is new ownership. We tried a few different wines and ended up going with the 2017 Cab. It was decent. The prices were a bit steep for the quality of product. Worth stopping by.

I have been coming to this Wisconsin country music festival since 2012. Obviously if it was a lousy…read moretime I would not keep coming back, but I have a slightly different viewpoint this year as I hauled in an RV and camped out for all 5 days instead of in a tent. This changes the dynamic of being at CUSA significantly, as it does any music festival. Since there are about a million things that can be said about such a huge festival, I will break this review down to a list of pros and cons, while at the same time adding in some changes from years past to present. Cons- -First and foremost, price. It's one of the more expensive country music festivals in the entire midwest. -As other have pointed out, MUD! If you get any rain at all you are going to be drowning in it, and the venue staff does a poof job of mitigating this problem. I had 3 outfits that were a candidate for the trashcan. -Parking, safety bands, alcohol bands, and other random fees are a pretty transparent attempt by management to price gouge as much as humanly possible. lame. I realize the logistics of an event of this size is considerable, but get real! -Not being able to bring in food and being forced to order from insanely overpriced vendors. Also places to fill a water bottle that is brought in are few and far between. -Most of the midway style games from years past are now noticeably absent. This leaves little to do between acts except drink and vegetate. -The campsites cut off shore power for several hours a day, and on top of that the use of generators is also restricted. Thus, no access to power that you are paying a hefty premium for. Even during the times it's on usage limits are in place. -There was several incidents this year of significant blunders for sound. Like, for example, the lead vocals mic going dead for half a song or more. Pros- -The lineup. This is without a doubt the best assortment of Country artists anywhere in the midwest and arguably in the entire US. -The pit. This is the first year they have had one, and if you pony up the cash for it you will be so close to the stage that it makes for an insanely good time. -Bonding. Over in the campsites its hard not to develop fast friendships with people who are also there to party and jam out to music. I have new friends from all over the US I have met at this event. -They announced that starting in 2019 CUSA will now be 3 instead of 5 days. This is a positive development, as 5 days is just rough to be in the middle of a cornfield camping out, and i'st a lot of time to take off work. -The bartenders do not skimp on drinks. Granted they still cost a fortune, but they load them up on the booze. You are able to bring the reusable cups from past years to get them filled. Overall, how much fun you have and how important it is for you to attend CUSA depends a great deal on your personal and financial situation. You can easily be out 2 grand or more if you plan to camp out and when you add in all the extras. is it an absolute blast that you are sure to enjoy? Yup, it sure is. If you are a fan of the genera you will be in heaven, but heaven comes at a very steep price.

I hate country music. Or, at least, I thought I did until my country-loving boyfriend dragged me to…read moreCountry USA in 2011. PROS: -Amazing selection of bands. Obviously, this is THE reason to come to a music festival like this. My impression of country music was totally turned on its head based listening to these incredibly talented, hip country bands. "Need You Now" was really popular back then, so I thought it was the coolest thing to hear Lady Antebellum perform that live. -Good state fair-type food. I'm a health conscious eater, but I enjoyed indulging in a fried Snickers bar, trying a cream puff, and some pizza. Not bad, Country USA! -Spontaneous chanting of "GO PACK GO." I'm an outsider from Chicago, but I am kind of in love with the special dedication Wisconsinites have for the Packers. It's endearing. CONS: -THE MUD. Oh, my goodness, the mud. It was ridiculous. I wore flip flops the first day and, after almost breaking them because they were stuck in the mud, I brought rain boots for the rest of the time. It was really dirty, though. Most people stumbled and sloshed around barefoot. -Drunk people. Almost everyone there was wasted and I felt uncomfortable with kids stuck there with their parents. "Do these drunk people think they're driving home tonight? Or are they camping there?" I thought each day. -Highway 41. I'm not going to lie, I felt unsafe in the (extremely crowded) parking lot as we left one night because everyone seemed to be drunk. Not long after we finally got out and onto the Highway 41, the traffic stopped. It turns out someone had been struck and killed. We waited until 3:30 AM before we could leave. 3 stars because someone DIED. I know that you can only control drunken people's stupidity so much (I'm not saying that was necessarily the case for the guy who tried to run across the highway, but context clues), but I think the Festival should find some sort of solution. For example, free shuttling or something. Just SOMETHING. I don't care if the prices are higher. Safety of concert-goers should always come first. 5 stars for music and 1 star for security/safety. I want to totally love Country USA, but I would need to know that it will be safe for me to leave this place at night and not get hit by a drunk driver or have a drunk person dart in front of the car. All that being said, thank you, Country USA, for making a country music lover out of me!

One of the many great festivals along Manitowoc's waterfront. If the weather's nice, enjoy the…read moreoutdoor food and activities (which can be simply walking around and taking in the sites). If weather is inclement, the Wisconsin Maritime Museum is mostly indoors, as is the interior of the USS Cobia.

What a great way to celebrate Manitowoc's maritime history. Submarine tours, food trucks, crazy day…read moresales, craft fair, farmers market, kids activities, history tours, museum tours, music, fireworks and more!! A must see is the boat parade with fireworks.