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Summerfest, the World’s Largest Music Festival, Starts Today!
Summerfest, Milwaukee’s 11-day music festival, opens today at noon. With 11 stages and over 800 acts, this year’s Summerfest is sure to please the nearly 900,000 people who will visit the festival. Hosted at Henry Maier Festival Park, the fest …
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Shorewest Weekend Preview: Strawberry Festival and Lakefront Festival of Art
Summer has arrived, and this means festival season is starting in Wisconsin, and there are two great festivals to check out this weekend: the Lakefront Festival of Art in Milwaukee and Strawberry Fest in Cedarburg. Start your festival weekend on …
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Visit Milwaukee Restaurants During 2013’s Downtown Dining Week
Downtown Dining week 2013 is back! The eighth annual celebration showcases over 40 Milwaukee restaurants offering three-course meals — $10 lunches and $20 or $30 dinners. Milwaukee Downtown runs the event each year, and it started as a way to …
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Celebrate the Kentucky Derby and Cinco De Mayo this Weekend
Whether you’re wearing a derby hat, sombrero or both this weekend, there is plenty of celebrating to be had throughout Wisconsin. Check out some of the festive offerings for either occasion! Kentucky Derby Events Join fellow horse (or mint julep) …
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Join Shorewest for Nationwide Open House Weekend, April 20 and 21
Demand for real estate is much stronger, and the spring housing market of 2013 is projected to be one of the best in years. This weekend, real estate agents from coast- to-coast will host thousands of open houses as part …
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Shorewest Weekend Activity: Wisconsin’s Largest Boat Exposition, the Milwaukee Boat Show
Do this week’s frigid temperatures have you dreaming of summer? Attend the Milwaukee Boat Show as it wraps up this weekend — Friday, January 25 from 12-9:30pm, Saturday, January 26 from 10am-8pm and Sunday, January 27 from 10am-5pm. Admission is …
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Shorewest Weekend Preview: Hartford Midnight Madness
Many people still have some holiday shopping to do, a great time to finish up is this Friday, December 14 at Hartford’s Midnight Madness. From 6pm—midnight, enjoy special holiday shopping in downtown Hartford, with many of the city’s merchants staying …
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Milwaukee Kick-Starts the Holiday Season this Weekend
City employees have been stringing up holiday lights over the past few weeks, but the official Holiday Lights Festival Kick-off Extravaganza is tonight, Thursday November 15 at 6pm. This ceremonial switch includes live music, holiday entertainment, a visit from Santa, and …
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Annual Charity Event Empty Bowls — Saturday, October 13
Empty Bowls celebrates its 14th year in Milwaukee this Saturday, October 13 from 10:30am-2pm. The event will once again be held at the MATC-Oak Creek campus. Local potters as well as children have taken the time over the past year …
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Heat It Up! Milwaukee’s Bloody Mary & Chili Challenge is Back
Just in time for Fall, East Town Association’s Bloody Mary & Chili Challenge is back for another year this Saturday, October 6. From 10am-1pm, enjoy sampling a variety of local chilis and bloody marys and then vote on your favorite …
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