Let Us Paint the Picture of Your Weekend

Open your weekend Friday night in Sussex with art — both visual and musical.

Uptown Art on Executive Drive brings in Rudy and Vee from Cold Sweat and the Brew City Horns for a performance starting and 6 p.m., and at 7:30 music continues and the studio opens up for painting for $20 per person. Register online at uptownart.com.

Sunday, the Lannon Lions Club brings you the Cars on Main show, starting with a pancake breakfast at 8 a.m. Music, door prizes and a flea market are part of this family event.

Just up the road, Menomonee Falls hosts its biggest weekend of the year, Falls Fest, today through Sunday. Check Patch’s main Falls Fest page with links to every daily schedule.

And it wouldn’t be a Wisconsin summer weekend without more festivals. You can check out Germanfest at Maier Festival Park, Milwaukee Brewfest on the lakefront or the Brady Street Festival.

One of the biggest county fairs in southeast Wisconsin is the Washington County Fair, and it continues through Sunday. Darius Rucker — once of Hootie and the Blowfish — is the Friday music headliner and Daughtry tops the bill Saturday.  Fair tickets are $10 for adults and $3 for kids 7-12; concert admission will set you back more.

Sports fans can drive up to Green Bay for the first weekend of Packers training camp, or find a TV at a “soccer bar” at 3 p.m. Sunday to see the USA try to win the CONCACAF Gold Cup over Honduras. (Because, frankly, that’s what I might do.)