Walleye Weekend is a great, small town festival that happens the first weekend, after the first full week of June. It all started with a Walleye fishing tournament, sponsored by Mercury Marine (based here in Fond du Lac) over 40 years ago. Today, a whole festival has sprung up around the tournament, featuring numerous music stages, lots of competitions, and a whole host of things to do. The best part about the festival is the food. You won't find your typical, traveling trailers, selling the standard carnival foods. Instead, all the food tents are run by local, charitable organizations, which means the money you spend on food, goes back into the community. Definitely check out the World's Largest Walleye Fish Fry tent. They sell full dinners, and fish sandwiches (and fries) in their beer tent. People come from miles around just to eat the fish, and, again, all the profits go right back into the community. So head to Walleye Weekend, have a great time, and help support local, charitable organizations. read more