{"id":1994464,"date":"2025-09-03T10:50:56","date_gmt":"2025-09-03T10:50:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=1994464"},"modified":"2025-09-03T10:50:56","modified_gmt":"2025-09-03T10:50:56","slug":"things-to-do-in-milwaukee-this-labor-day-weekend-including-laborfest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/things-to-do-in-milwaukee-this-labor-day-weekend-including-laborfest\/","title":{"rendered":"Things to do in Milwaukee this Labor Day weekend, including Laborfest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\"><media-gallery-promo asset-id=\"70760250007\" style=\"min-height: 240px;\" class=\"column twelve-column no-gutter spacer-large\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"exclude-from-newsgate\"><em>This story was updated to add new information.<\/em><\/p>\n<partner-banner util-module-path=\"elements\/partner\" class=\"spacer-large\" min-height=\"600\" fluid=\"\" outstream=\"\" momentum=\"\"\/>\n<h2 class=\"presto-h2 wp-block-heading\">Laborfest<\/h2>\n<p>The 2025 Laborfest celebration in Milwaukee runs from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sept. 1 at Maier Festival Park. The annual parade starts at 11 a.m. in Zeidler Union Square and ends at the Summerfest grounds, where there&#8217;ll be live music, children&#8217;s activities, a classic car show and more. Admission is free. Info: <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/milwaukeelabor.org\/events\/laborfest\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>milwaukeelabor.org\/events\/laborfest.<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"presto-h2 wp-block-heading\">Wisconsin Highland Games<\/h2>\n<p><media-gallery-promo asset-id=\"75047242007\" class=\"column ten-column no-gutter spacer-large\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Get your fill of battle-ax-throwing, Celtic music, longbow competitions and, of course, haggis at the Wisconsin Highland Games at the Waukesha County Expo Center, 1000 Northview Road, Waukesha. Opening ceremonies are 5 to 10 p.m. Aug. 29, with free admission. The games are from 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. Aug. 30 and 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Aug. 31. Tickets for Aug. 30-31 are $21, free for kids 12 and younger. Info: <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wisconsinscottish.org\/wisconsin-highland-games\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>wisconsinscottish.org.<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"presto-h2 wp-block-heading\">Third Ward Art Festival<\/h2>\n<p>A Labor Day weekend staple, the Third Ward Art Festival will bring about 200 juried artists to North Broadway from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Aug. 30-31. Food, two live music stages and interactive kids&#8217; activities are also in the mix. Admission is free. Info: <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/amdurproductions.com\/new-third-ward-art-festival\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/amdurproductions.com\/new-third-ward-art-festival\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>amdurproductions.com.<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<partner-inline util-module-path=\"elements\/partner\" class=\"spacer-large\" placement=\"native-article_link\" sizes=\"[[300, 250], [3, 3]]\" min-height=\"250\" fluid=\"\" outstream=\"\"\/>\n<h2 class=\"presto-h2 wp-block-heading\">Urban Bird Hike at Lakeshore State Park<\/h2>\n<p>Learn the basics of bird-watching and scope out Lakeshore State Park at the same time during an Urban Bird Hike from 4 to 5 p.m. Aug. 31 in the park next to Summerfest at 500 N. Harbor Drive. Admission is free. Info: <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/dnr.wisconsin.gov\/events\/111841\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/dnr.wisconsin.gov\/events\/111841\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>dnr.wisconsin.gov\/events\/111841<\/em>.<\/a><\/p>\n<partner-banner util-module-path=\"elements\/partner\" fluid=\"\" bottom=\"\" lazy=\"\" class=\"spacer-large\" min-height=\"390\" outstream=\"\"\/>\n<h2 class=\"presto-h2 wp-block-heading\">Cream City Clash at Bavarian Bierhaus<\/h2>\n<p>Check out medieval-style armored tournament battles \u2014 they call them melees \u2014 at the third annual Cream City Clash at Bavarian Bierhaus, 700 W. Lexington Blvd., Glendale. Teams from around the country, including the hosting <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/707878236655354\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/707878236655354\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Milwaukee Iron Stags,<\/a> square off at 3 p.m. Aug. 30. Tickets are $30.20 and $52.81. Info: <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/1690552628539756\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/1690552628539756\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Cream City Clash III Facebook event page.<\/a><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"presto-h2 wp-block-heading\">Cream City Convergence at Baird Center<\/h2>\n<p>Cream City Convergence brings together fans and players of fighting games such as Street Fighter 6 and Tekken 8 for a day of &#8220;culture and competition&#8221; at the Baird Center starting at 8 a.m. Aug. 30. Spectator passes are $25, $10 for kids ages 3 to 12 and free for children younger than 3. Info: <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.c3mke.gg\/\"><em>c3mke.gg<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<lit-timestamp class=\"column ten-column no-gutter spacer-small\" slot=\"timestamp\" publishdate=\"2025-08-28 10:00:33 +0000 UTC\" updatedate=\"2025-08-28 13:35:44 +0000 UTC\"\/><\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.jsonline.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This story was updated to add new information. Laborfest The 2025 Laborfest celebration in Milwaukee runs from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sept. 1 at Maier Festival Park. The annual parade starts at 11 a.m. in Zeidler Union Square and ends at the Summerfest grounds, where there&#8217;ll be live music, children&#8217;s activities, a classic car [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25179],"tags":[48378,22034,239348,345132,345135,25632,239349,339770,24392,345133,313216,360235,239343,239347,66251,23759,69477,35643,32626,27158,239345,239344,345594],"class_list":["post-1994464","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-music","tag-do","tag-events","tag-events-u0026-listings","tag-holiday","tag-holiday-marketplace-hub","tag-holidays","tag-holidays-u0026-seasonal-events","tag-hub","tag-listings","tag-marketplace","tag-milwaukee","tag-milwaukee-things-to-do","tag-overall","tag-overall-positive","tag-point","tag-positive","tag-seasonal","tag-the","tag-things","tag-to","tag-to-the-point","tag-u0026","tag-wi"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1994464","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1994464"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1994464\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1994464"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1994464"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1994464"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}