Summer Events

Spring has sprung and so has Lake Geneva! We are counting down our favorite Lake Geneva area events beginning now until late summer.  Time to get outside and enjoy what warmer weather in Wisconsin has to offer you and your family this year.

The Taste of Lake Geneva I June 2 I 11 AM - 4 PM
Celebrate Food and kick off summer in Lake Geneva!  This year, the Taste of Lake Geneva has made some exciting changes!  We’ve moved dates so we can team up with Lake Geneva’s Restaurant Week and enjoy all of the best food the area has to offer.  Additionally, we are partnering with the Walworth County Food Pantry to bring awareness to the number of families with food necessities throughout Walworth County!  

Spend your Saturday sampling your way through some of the area’s best restaurants.  Enjoy food demos, live music, beer and wine in a beautiful lakeside setting.

$2 Admission
Food samples ranging from $3 – $9

Participating restaurants will be updated as registration forms are received.  

Lake Geneva Restaurant Week I June 3-10 I 8 AM- 8 PM
Lake Geneva Restaurant Week will celebrate delicious dining throughout the area.  The Lake Geneva culinary scene gives food aficionados and visitors an opportunity to enjoy specialty priced two and three course prix fixe lunch and dinner menus and special events at locations throughout the area.


Starlight Festival I May 26-27 I 10 AM
Let your kids get hands-on with science and astronomy at this amazing STEM event on the 80-acre estate of Yerkes Observatory. This is an entertaining, fun learning event with music, art, science, and scientists where you will party down and celebrate George Ellery Hale's 150th Birthday Bash at StarLight Festival (SLF).
The event is free but we need you to RSVP by clicking the link. Special tickets will be sold to view through the world's largest refracting telescope to help support the ongoing activities and preservation of historic Yerkes Observatory in beautiful Williams Bay, Wisconsin overlooking Lake Geneva!

Concerts in The Park I July 5-August 30
Every Thursday from 6 to 8 pm during the summer (except August 16 for Venetian Festival) Flat Iron Park hosts Concerts in the Park featuring different musicians.  This family-friendly weekly event offers two hours of wonderful music ranging from bluegrass, to alternative rock, to jazz. Bring your lawn chairs, picnic blankets and friends for an evening of entertainment with a lakeside view. 

The Belfry Music Theatre I June-October
The Belfy Theatre will be hosting a summer concert series from June through September. Acts will vary from orginial bands including New Colony Six and The Buckinghams, tributes to bands like the Eagles and Fleetwood Mac, and world-renowned performers like Michael Cavanaugh and Jaimee Paul. Purchase tickets here.

Music By The Lake I July-August
Ferro Pavilion at George Williams College of Aurora University
Enjoy the Lake, Music & Magic, Outdoors this summer at the Music by the Lake entertainment venue, presented by George Williams College of Aurora University. Presenting artist debuts and a range of musical genres and shows, including orchestral music, contemporary and nostalgic pop/rock, country and family. Check out this summer's line up beginning June 24.