Which culture celebrates summerfest

The entirely redeveloped Northwestern Mutual Community Park will keep kids enraptured all day, with performances by magicians, jugglers, dance groups, puppets and more.

Spend the day people-watching at the lakefront, shopping, or enjoying local and emerging artists on the grounds stages — the headliners start at 8 and 10 p. In , the newly renovated American Family Insurance Amphitheater will be the star of the show. Complete with improved sight lines, new food and beverage offerings and more, the Amphitheater will make cheering for an encore or singing along to your favorite song more comfortable and accessible than ever before.

Food trucks and artisan booths complete the cultural affair. Admission is free. Children will enjoy story time with Davis County librarians, puppet making and performances, face painting and more.

And at 2 p. The global outbreak of war in again shifted the focus of local festivals. In the years after the war, festivals in Milwaukee reverted to fairly low-key events, held at playgrounds and parks or as church or neighborhood events.

On a trip to Europe in , Mayor Daniel Hoan had been impressed with the all-city festivals he had seen. A Milwaukee homecoming festival drew more than , visitors to the lakefront and was highlighted by Harvest Festival of Many Lands, [24] which was incorporated into the Homecoming event after starting out as a playground festival in The Harvest presentation featured the traditional dress, dance, and music of various ethnic groups and was already a popular event in its own right by the time it moved to the lakefront.

The summertime lakefront festival eventually became an annual event, known as the Midsummer Festival. Planners trimmed the event from nine days to seven and eventually canceled it. One of the ethnic celebrations included in the Midsummer Festival did survive, however. The pageant of old country dress, dance, and crafts survived as the Holiday Folk Fair , which was held at an auditorium in the Public Service Building beginning in It later moved to State Fair Park.

Despite the modest popularity of the Folk Fair, the first decades of the post-war era would see an abandonment of the idea that a festival of national import could be based in Milwaukee. Mayor Henry Maier , elected in , had been inspired by the great festival he had seen in Munich during a trip there in There were also several programs aimed at African Americans , the first time any city-wide festival had focused on black culture, dance, and music.

Also in celebration of the big , fireworks burst to the tune of " Nations" by Peter Buffett in a presentation starting at p. This year, Indian Summer is adding a Living Cultures of the Woodlands experiential area, with activities such as basket making, traditional music, beadwork, demonstrations on working with the land and examples of Woodlands tribe buildings.

Another performance and participation area, The Living Cultures of the Great Lakes, will feature Iroquois social dancing, storytellers and demonstrations. Talk to more craftspeople and American Indian artists at the Circle of Art show. Find this exhibit in the traditional area near the pow wow arena. The drum jam at 7 p.