Milwaukee County’s goal is to enrich your life by providing essential services that meet your needs and those of your family, neighbors, co-workers and friends.
We enhance the quality of life in Milwaukee County through great public service.
Milwaukee County is home to over 950,000 people living in one of 19 communities, which range in size from the City of Milwaukee, with 595,000 residents, to the Village of River Hills, with roughly 1,600 residents.
Still a manufacturing stronghold, the region features 16 Fortune 1000 companies and thousands of others in the financial services, medical device, hospitality and retailing industries.
Find information about things to do and happenings in Milwaukee County.
From marathons to concerts, air shows to cyclocross, hundreds of events are held within Milwaukee County parks each year. Check our events calendar for events coming to a park near you. And don’t miss popular annual events.
Sponsored by American Family Insurance, Kelben Foundation, Wintrust/Town Bank and Milwaukee Parks Foundation
Milwaukee's annual tradition features a 45-minute fireworks show on the Lake Michigan shoreline! Head to Veterans Park for the best viewing location.
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Presented by East Town Association
Experience one of the nation’s largest French-themed celebrations! The free four-day festival presents great French and Cajun cuisine, live music, roaming buskers, an international marketplace, the Storm the Bastille Run/Walk and more!
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Presented by Red Bull
The famous daredveil event is coming to Milwaukee! Teams composed of up to five pilots will launch one-of-a-kind flying machines off a 27-foot-tall flight deck in front of 40,000 expected spectators.
(Veterans, McKinley, Bradford Beach area)
Sponsored by WaterStone Bank
The spectacular show features displays by military and civilian air and water performance groups — including the Blue Angels! A free event with paid VIP seating available.
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Sponsored by City Screen Print & Embroidery, The Museum of Beer & Brewing, Inferno Marketing
Enjoy unlimited sampling from breweries serving craft beers, ciders, meads and more, at this outdoor brewfest on the shores of Lake Michigan.
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Sponsored by Toyota
USA Triathlon is heading back to Milwaukee for the 2022 Age Group National Championships.
Visitors enjoy more than 200 live performances in the parks each summer – all free to attend! Past concerts series have included Jazz in the Park at Cathedral Square, the themed entertainment of Washington Park Wednesdays and Bay View's Chill on the Hill.
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The wildly popular China Lights lantern festival is a 3/4 mile walking tour through the botanical gardens, with over 40 large-scale Chinese lanterns.
Gather the family to experience Winter Wonders, the 1.4-mile touchless, drive-through holiday light show featuring more than one million LED lights! The show is set in the area surrounding the Boerner Botanical Arboretum and Whitnall Park. Made possible in part through a Joint Effort Marketing grant from the Department of Tourism.
The Milwaukee Marathon is a USATF-certified course ending at Veterans Park. This flat, scenic, point-to-point course travels south through rural countryside, quiet neighborhoods and finishes along the shores of Lake Michigan.
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Players from around the world — all on the road to the LPGA — compete for the $15,000 first-place payout and a spot in The Evian Championship. The golf tournament is free for spectators.
Explore more events on the Visit Milwaukee Major Events Calendar.
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