Look Inside for a Fall Events Guide That Understands You

It happens around this time every year. We ask ourselves where the summer went. Whether you’re still trying to squeeze the last drops of sunny goodness from your calendar or looking forward to a wide spectrum of foliage colors, you can find local events and useful advice in our seasonal guide.

Celebrate Our Region’s Harvest

Most folks aren’t farmers, but we all depend on farms. Fall gives us the chance to commemorate the annual harvest. For 30 years, our region has celebrated at Wisconsin State Fair Park in West Allis. You can enjoy this year’s Harvest Fair from September 29 through October 1. Admission is free, and highlights include:

• The State Fair’s atmosphere with fall flavors
• Lumberjack shows
• Amusement rides
• Food vendors
• Bowling with pumpkins

Head to the Harbor

Have you heard about Harbor Fest? For one day each year, a nonprofit organization called Harbor District Milwaukee stages this family-friendly event. As part of revitalizing our city’s Harbor District, this free festival offers a celebration of life on and around the water. This year’s Harbor Fest occurs on September 24, and it offers you

• A boat parade
• Live music
• An annual sturgeon release
• Local food vendors
• A children’s makers’ tent
• The chance to kiss a donkey

Take in Oktoberfest

In October, it’s popular to celebrate our city’s ties to Germany’s Bavaria region during Milwaukee’s Oktoberfest. Naturally, you don’t need personal connections to the Old World to enjoy this annual event’s festive atmosphere, and you don’t have to be a big fan of beer.

In addition to local and imported oat sodas, you’ll find the following delights if you attend our city’s Oktoberfest from October 6 through 8:

• Live music and entertainment
• Authentic German food
• A cornhole tournament
• A weiner dog pageant
• A stein hoisting contest

Catch a Ballgame

Autumn is the best season to find an exciting sporting event to attend in the Milwaukee area. As we transition from the warmest time of year toward the coldest season, these in-between months afford us the most diverse selection of sports. A sampling from the upcoming calendar includes

• UW-Milwaukee hosting Marquette for an intracity rivalry in women’s soccer on September 7
• The Bucks’ first preseason matchup against the Bulls on October 8
• The Milwaukee Admirals’ first home game of the new hockey season on October 21
• A potential pennant run by the Brewers in October
• High school football games around Greater Milwaukee weekly

Witness Nature’s Brilliant Palette

Of course, some of us would rather avoid crowds. Folks like us can create personalized event plans that include earthy orange, red and brown hues during this season. You might venture beyond the metro area to pick your own apples or explore a corn maze, but you don’t even have to leave the city to go leaf-peeping. The park system within Milwaukee County includes

• More than 150 parks
• 125 miles of paved trails
• Nature trails within 28 parks
• The Urban Water Trail for kayaks, canoes and other small, human-powered boats
• Boerner Botanical Gardens

What If You Haven’t Felt Like Yourself Lately?

Potentially, you noticed a couple of items on our list today that interest you, but something inside has been holding you back from the life you desire lately.

For some of us, that internal feeling is the return of previously treated depression. We specialize in treatment-resistant depression at WIN TMS.

The treatment option we offer, transcranial magnetic stimulation, is unlike other methods of addressing depression:

• This is a drug-free method.
• We use gentle electromagnets in our non-invasive procedure.
• Insurance typically covers this treatment.
• Our convenient treatment fits your schedule.
• You’ll visit us briefly on weekdays for a few weeks.
• Most of our patients enjoy results within a couple of weeks.
• We have three locations around Milwaukee that offer our modern depression treatment.

Take the First Step Toward an Autumn You’ll Want to Remember

If you’ve got questions about treatment resistant depression or TMS therapy, contact us for clear, compassionate answers. Within mere weeks, you could be filled with excitement about plans this guide helped you make.