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Things to do in Milwaukee this Father's Day weekend, including Polish Fest and more

Also on tap for Father's Day weekend: the Lakefront Festival of Art, Summer Soulstice Music Festival and more. Milwaukee's Father's Day weekend features numerous events, including Polish Fest, Lakefront Festival of Art, and the first of Optimist Theatre's free outdoor Shakespeare performances of the summer at Wisconsin Lutheran College. The festival will also feature food, music, cultural events, vodka tasting, and more. The Lakefront Museum of Art will host over 100 artists at its grounds, with prices starting at $27 for admission at the gate at 10 a.m. for kids 15 and younger, accompanied by an adult, and for military members. The Summer Soulstice Music Festival will feature music on three stages and over 50 food vendors. Other events include a free Shakespeare performance at the Milwaukee County Zoo and the Harley-Davidson Museum.

Things to do in Milwaukee this Father's Day weekend, including Polish Fest and more

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Things to do in Milwaukee this Father's Day weekend, including Polish Fest and more

Polish Fest returns to Maier Festival Park with food, music, cultural events, vodka tasting and more. Hours are noon to 11 p.m. June 14-15 and noon to 7 p.m. June 16. Admission on June 14 is $5, $10 after 5 p.m.; on June 15, it's $18, $15 for seniors 55 and older; $10 on June 16. Admission is free for kids 15 and younger when accompanied by an adult, and for military members. (Admission to 10:15 a.m. Mass on June 16 is free.) Info: polishfest.org.

The Lakefront Festival of Art brings more than 100 artists and their works to the grounds of the Milwaukee Art Museum, 700 N. Art Museum Drive. It's open 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. June 14-15 and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. June 16. Admission at the gate is $27; $20 for students and seniors 65 and older; and free for kids 12 and younger, Wisconsin K-12 teachers, military members and veterans. Info: mam.org/events/lfoa.

The Summer Soulstice Music Festival returns with music on three stages and in Black Cat Alley on the east side block bounded by Farwell Avenue and Kenilworth and Ivanhoe places. More than 50 food vendors also will be on hand. The street festival runs from noon to midnight June 17. It's free. Info: summersoulsticemke.com.

Shakespeare in the City from Optimist Theatre

The first of Optimist Theatre's free outdoor Shakespeare performances of the summer are this weekend, at Wisconsin Lutheran College, 8800 W. Blue Mound Road, Wauwatosa. The lineup: "The Comedy of Romeo & Juliet, Kinda, Sorta," 1 p.m. June 15 and 4:30 p.m. June 16; "Pocket Park Puppet Players’ Macbeth," 3 p.m. June 15-16; "Another Midsummer Night's Dream," 4:30 p.m. June 15 and 1 p.m. June 16. Admission is free. Info: optimisttheatre.org.

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With Father's Day being Sunday, June 16, there's a bunch of places letting dads in for free that day. Among them: the Milwaukee County Zoo, the Milwaukee Public Museum, the Harley-Davidson Museum, Discovery World and Old World Wisconsin. See the venues' websites for details.

This article originally appeared on Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Things to do in Milwaukee this Father's Day weekend


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