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THIS IS WISCONSIN’S
EVENT CITY!
So you want to know what makes Oshkosh Wisconsin’s Event City...
LET’S START with the music.
Oshkosh is home to Country USA, Rock USA and Lifest - three of the largest music and camping festivals in the Midwest. You can enjoy weekly summer concerts on the Fox River during Waterfest at the Leach Amphitheater or check out downtown Oshkosh for great music at events like Live at Lunch and the Main Street Music Festival. Are you into sports? The Waupaca Boatride Volleyball Tournament is one of the largest grass volleyball tournaments in the country with more than 1,500 participating teams. Lake Winnebago hosts numerous fishing tournaments each year including the winter edition of Battle on Bago, the largest ice fishing tournament in the country.
You can’t talk about Oshkosh events without mentioning the granddaddy of them all, EAA AirVenture. This week-long event brought in nearly 600,000 attendees from all over the world last year – it’s the greatest aviation gathering in the world! The all new Menominee Nation Arena, home to the Milwaukee Bucks G-League affiliate the Wisconsin Herd, hosts basketball games along with many other musical and entertainment acts. Wisconsin’s oldest operating theater, The Grand Oshkosh, has brandnew suite seats making it the perfect place to catch live entertainment. Are you a museum or history buff? Do you love the arts? The EAA Aviation Museum, Paine Art Center and Gardens, Oshkosh Public Museum and Military Veterans Museum offer an array of world-class exhibits and events throughout the year.
DID YOU KNOW?... EAA AIRVENTURE,
COUNTRY USA, ROCK USA & LIFEST
had an economic impact of
190.31 million
$
on the Oshkosh area in 2017.