Indian Summer Festival
Press Release

Indian Summer Festival thrills at Milwaukee’s lakefront Sept. 11-13

This colorful festival highlights traditional and contemporary American Indian music and dance, lifestyle and customs, food and knowledge.

By - Sep 9th, 2015 12:58 pm

Indian Summer Festival, the largest American Indian event of its kind, brings excitement Sept. 11-13 to Milwaukee, Wis., at the lakefront Summerfest grounds.

This colorful festival highlights traditional and contemporary American Indian music and dance, lifestyle and customs, food and knowledge. It provides an entertaining, fun and educational experience.

The 2015 theme “Gathering of Clans,“ includes a special area with storytelling, artisan demos, games, dance performances and an exhibit.

On Sunday, a “Gathering of the Fans” Game Day Party celebrates the Green Bay Packers/Chicago Bears season opener. Party plans include TV screens and fest- goers wearing their favorite team’s apparel can register for prize drawings.

Festival favorites are the contest Pow Wow, lacrosse demos and games, traditional villages, Olympic-style amateur boxing, music awards, Circle of Art, marketplace, traditional foods and “Go Native Now” presentations.

New this year, Mad Dog & Merrill bring fun tips on being creative at the grill.

Festival hours are: Friday: Education Day (school groups), 9 a.m. – 2:30 p.m.; General Public, 4 p.m. – midnight; Saturday: Noon – midnight; Sunday: 11 a.m. – 8 p.m.

Tickets are $15/adults, $12/elders 60+. Children 12 and under/FREE. Special admission deals are at www.indiansummer.org.

For more information: 414-604-1000, indiansummer.org or facebook.com/IndianSummerFestival.

NOTE: This press release was submitted to Urban Milwaukee and was not written by an Urban Milwaukee writer. It has not been verified for its accuracy or completeness.

Mentioned in This Press Release

Recent Press Releases by Indian Summer Festival

Indian Summer Festival

Indian Summer Festival makes major announcement

Going forward, Indian Summer Festival will focus on popular aspects and programming will be reinvented and presented throughout the Milwaukee metro area.

28th Winter Pow Wow March 9-10 includes special entertainment

Pow wow hours are 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. on Saturday, and 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Sunday.

28th Winter Pow Wow welcomes all March 9-10

This traditional pow wow brings people together to dance, sing, socialize, shop, eat and have a great time.

Leave a Reply

You must be an Urban Milwaukee member to leave a comment. Membership, which includes a host of perks, including an ad-free website, tickets to marquee events like Summerfest, the Wisconsin State Fair and the Florentine Opera, a better photo browser and access to members-only, behind-the-scenes tours, starts at $9/month. Learn more.

Join now and cancel anytime.

If you are an existing member, sign-in to leave a comment.

Have questions? Need to report an error? Contact Us