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          This page is a by genre cross reference list of annual Wisconsin Music Festivals held everywhere in the state for all genres of music. Please write if you want your festival listed under more than one genre.

| Wisconsin Music Festivals by Date / by City / by County / by Genre / by Festival Name | Past Festivals |
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| Barbershop | Bluegrass/Gospel | Blues | Choral | Classical | Contemporary Christian | Country | Drum & Bugle Corps | Folk | Jazz | Native American Indian | Polka/Accordion/Concertina | Pop/Rock | Ragtime | World |

Barbershop

[no known festivals]

Was your Bluegrass Festival listed in last year's "Bluegrass Unlimited 2004 Festival List"? Do you want your Festival listed in the January 2005 issue? As of 10-29-2004, there is no mention of the November 5, 2004 deadline on their Web site. Here are two scans I made from page 70 of the November 2004 issue:
          - Details about the Special Issue and the Questionaire
          - Print out the Questionaire and mail it by 11-05-2004!
1. 7/21-23/2004 - Backwoods Bluegrass Bash - Medford
2. 7/??/2005 - Amery Gospel Music Festival - Amery
3. 7/25-31/2005 - Midsummer in the Northwoods Bluegrass Festival - Manitowish Waters
4. 7/29-31/2005 - Buffalo River Valley Bluegrass Gospel Festival - Mondovi
5. 8/10-13/2005 - Bluegrass Bash - Cecil
6. 8/19-20/2005 - Larryfest - La Farge
7. 8/19-21/2005 - Chippewa Valley Gospel Bluegrass Festival - Bruce
8. 8/26-27/2005 - Northland Bluegrass Festival - Rosholt
9. 9/??/2005 - Lake Superior Music Festival - Red Cliff (Bayfield?)
10. 9/??/2005 - East Troy Bluegrass Festival - East Troy
11. 9/09-11/2005 - 9th Street Bluegrass Gospel Festival - Spooner
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12. 2/??/2006 - Swamp N Grass - Elkhart Lake
13. 4/??/2006 - Jumpin' Jambalaya Jamfest - Kiel
14. 4/??/2006 - MABMA Fundraiser Bluegrass Festival - Mequon
15. 5/??/2006 - Memorial Weekend Field Jam - Crivitz
16. 6/??/2006 - 9th Street Bluegrass Gospel Festival - Spooner
17. 6/??/2006 - Heritage Farms Bluegrass Festival - Kewaunee
18. 6/??/2006 - Log Cabin Days Bluegrass & Folk Festival - Edgerton
19. 6/??/2006 - Flatrock Music's Bluegrass Jamboree - Birnamwood
20. 7/??/2006 - Badgerland Bluegrass Classic - West Bend
21. 7/??/2006 - Bluegrass and Gospel Festival - Viroqua

1. 7/23/2005 - Dodgeville Blues Fest - Dodgeville
2. 7/29-30/2005 - Prairie Dog Blues Festival - Prairie du Chien
3. 8/??/2005 - Blues in the Park - Green Bay
4. 8/19-20/2005 - Big Bull Falls Blues Festival - Wausau
5. 8/??/2005 - Madison Blues Festival - Madison
6. 9/17/2005 - Berghoff & Blues - Monroe
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7. 4/??/2006 - Blues Fest - Elkhart Lake
8. 4/??/2005 - Blues Bash V - Oshkosh
9. Discontinued - Fox Valley Blues Festival - Kaukauna

1. 1/??/2006 (1/25/2005) - Women's Choir Festival - Appleton
2. 2/??/2006 (2/07/2005) - Young Men's Chorus Festival - Appleton
3. 2/??/2006 - Viking Choral Festival - Appleton

1. 7/09-16/2005 - Madison Early Music Festival - Madison
2. 8/8/02-20/2005 - Peninsula Music Festival - Fish Creek

Fisherman's Festival 2004 Discontinued - Milwaukee
1. 11/12/2005 - Power Of One - Green Bay
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2. 7/??/2006 - Lifest - Oshkosh

1. 7/20-24/2005 - Country Thunder, WI - Twin Lakes
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2. 6/??/2006 - Porterfield Country Music Festival - Porterfield
3. 6/??/2006 - Country USA - Oshkosh
4. 6/??/2006 - Star Spangled Celebration - Richland Center
5. 6/??/2006 - Chippewa Valley Country Fest - Cadott
6. 7/??/2006 - Hodag Country Festival - Rhinelander

1. 7/??/2006 - Cedarburg Music Festival (DCI) - Cedarburg

1. 7/17/2005 - Acoustic Fest - Manitowoc
2. 7/29-31/2005 - Sugar Maple Traditional Music Festival - Madison
3. 8/12-14/2005 - Old Time Music & Craft Festival - Shawano
4. 8/18-21/2005 - Irish Fest - Milwaukee
5. 8/26-28/2005 - Great River Folk Festival - La Crosse
6. 9/02-04/2005 - Wisconsin Highland Games and Celtic Fling - Waukesha
7. 9/10-11/2005 - Wausau Festival of Arts - Wausau
8. 10/??/2005 - Acoustic Harvest Music Festival - Kewaunee
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9. 2/04/2006 - Fondy Acoustic Music Fest - Fond du Lac
10. 3/03-05/2006 - Folk Ball - Madison
11. 3/??/2006 - St. Pat's Eve Festival - McFarland
12. 3/??/2005 - Hawthorne Park Benefit Folk Festival - Madison
13. 5/??/2006 - Fitchburg Days - Fitchburg
14. 6/??/2006 - Log Cabin Days - Edgerton
15. 7/??/2006 - Black Hawk Folk Festival - Mount Morris
16. 7/??/2006 - Woodland Dunes Folk Festival - Two Rivers

Northern Aire Jazz Festival 2004 Discontinued - Nekoosa
1. 7/31/2005 - Art in the Park - Appleton
2. 8/04-07/2005 - Great River Jazz Fest - La Crosse
3. 8/05-06/2005 - Third Ward Jazz Festival: Summer Sizzle - Milwaukee
4. 8/??/2005 - Ripon Jazz Festival - Ripon
5. 9/??/2005 - Neenah Jazz Festival - canceled, re-named to Fox Jazz Fest, and moved to Menasha
6. 9/??/2005 - Fox Jazz Fest - Menasha
7. 9/09-10/2005 - Kettle Moraine Jazz Festival - West Bend
8. 9/??/2005 - Wausau Festival of Arts - Wausau
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9. 4/??/2006 - Fond du Lac Jazz Festival - Fond du Lac
10. 4/??/2006 - Capital City Jazz Festival - Madison
11. 5/??/2006 - Bunny Berigan Jazz Jubilee - Fox Lake
12. 5/??/2006 - Jazz on the Vine Festival - Elkhart Lake
13. 6/??/2006 - Isthmus Jazz Festival - Madison

1. 9/09-11/2005 - Indian Summer - Milwaukee
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2. 3/??/2006 - Indian Summer Festival Winter Pow Wow - Milwaukee

1. 7/21-24/2005 - Pulaski Polka Days - Pulaski
2. 8/??/2005 - Polish Fest - Rosholt
3. 9/09-11/2005 - Polish Fest - Wisconsin Dells
4. 9/09-11/2005 - Volksfest - Waupun
5. 9/16-18/2005 - Gemuetlichkeit Days - Jefferson
6. 10/??/2005 - Wisconsin Polka Days - Black Creek
7. 11/??/2005 - Thanksgiving Weekend Polka Fest - Milwaukee
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8. 1/??/2006 - Heatwave Polka Fest - Kewaskum
9. 1/??/2006 - Polka Palooza - Milwaukee
10. 3/??/2006 - WTKM Concertina Fest Weekend - Hartford
11. 4/??/2006 - Polka Fest - Wisconsin Dells
12. 5/??/2006 - Wisconsin State Polka Festival - Concord
13. 6/??/2006 - Wisconsin Accordion Festival - Cecil
14. 9/01-03/2006 - Concertina Jamboree Festival - Allenton
15. 7/??/2006 - Polkafest - Black Creek
16. 7/??/2006 - Polka Fest - Ellsworth

Waukesha RiverFest 2004 Discontinued - Waukesha
1. 7/14-17/2005 - Riverfest - Beloit
2. 7/14-17/2005 - Chippewa Valley Rock Fest - Cadott
3. 7/15-17/2005 - Paperfest - Kimberly
4. 7/??/2005 - St. Croix Music & Art Festival - Hudson
5. 7/16/2005 - Port Fish Day - Port Washington
6. 7/17,25-31/2005 - Washington County Fair - West_Bend
7. 7/20-24/2005 - Country Thunder, WI - Twin Lakes
8. 7/29-8/01/2005 - Grateful Garcia Gathering - Black River Falls
9. 8/04-07/2005 - Riverfest - Watertown
10. 8/??/2005 - Rockin'-On-The-River - Chippewa Falls
11. 8/06/2005 - Sona Music Festival - Celebrating Women in Music - Madison
12. 8/06/2005 - WJJO Ozzfest - East Troy
13. 8/26-28/2005 - Artstreet - Green Bay
14. 9/03-04/2005 - Taste of Madison - Madison
15. 9/23-24/2005 - Octoberfest - Appleton
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16. 3/??/2006 - MAMA (Madison Area Music Awards) Show - Madison
17. 4/??/2006 - WAMI (Wisconsin Area Music Industry) Awards Ceremony - Milwaukee
18. 5/??/2006 - Mayfest - Omro
19. 6/??/2006 - Great Lakes Music Festival - Milwaukee
20. 6/??/2006 - Bayfest - Green Bay
21. 6/17-18/2006 - Metro Jam - Manitowoc
22. 6/??/2006 - Harbor Fest - Racine
23. 6/??/2006 - Lakefront Festival of Arts - Milwaukee
24. 6/??/2006 - Grand River Fest - Wisconsin Rapids
25. 6/??/2006 - Summerfest - Milwaukee
26. 6/??/2006 - Sawdust Days - Oshkosh
27. 7/??/2006 - Midwest Acoustic Music Fest - Elkhart Lake
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28. 7/24-27/2003 - Farmapalooza - Nelson

1. 9/??/2005 - Ragtime Festival - Superior

1. 7/??/2005 - African World Festival - Milwaukee
2. 9/??/2005 - Gemuetlichkeit Days - Jefferson
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3. 2/12/2006 - The International Festival - Madison
4. 6/??/2006 - Asian Moon Festival - Milwaukee
5. 6/??/2005 - Czech-Slovak Festival / Czechoslovakian Community Festival - Phillips
6. 6/24-26/2005 - Polish Fest - Milwaukee
7. 6/??/2006 - Sabor A Mexico Festival - Oshkosh
8. 7/??/2006 - Scandinavian Midsummer Festival - Dodgeville

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