Well, an ethnic festival would be Zozobra in Santa Fe, NM in September:
http://www.zozobra.com/

A real big fiesta is the Balloon Fiesta in Albuquerque, NM in October:
http://www.aibf.org/
(not so much ethnic but aviation related of course!, And there is German
Warsteiner on tap ;*) which brings us back to beer)

Chris

Jay Honeck wrote:
Okay, so the "beer festival" title was perhaps a bit off-putting to some.
Let's try again.

Can you list any big ethnic festivals in your part of the country? In Iowa
and Wisconsin, of course, they are mostly German Fests -- but I know of at
least one Italian Fest ("Festa Italiana" in Milwaukee) and a couple of
Polish festivals.

Here's why I'm interested: When we fly somewhere I always try to link
several activities together. When I fly to Milwaukee on vacation, for
example, I try to plan it around SummerFest -- a week-long lakefront
celebration of live music, food, and fun.

That way there's more to do than just see the relatives... :-)

So, that being said -- can anyone list some?