Driving & Weather Info
Driving Directions
Some tips to help you get to the festival grounds, and some other
information on things to do in Milwaukee while you are visiting.
Map of Milwaukee
Directions to LFOA
The Lakefront Festival of Arts is held in front of Milwaukee Art Museum
along Lincoln Memorial Drive, easily accessible from downtown Milwaukee.
From downtown, follow I-794 east and exit at Lincoln Memorial Drive (exit
#1F). It is a one-way northbound road. Follow Lincoln Memorial Drive about
1/8 mile and you will see the Art Museum building on the right.
Festival parking will be available off of Lagoon Drive - just follow the
signs! A continuously running tram system will be available to get people
from the parking area to the front of the museum where the festival will be
held. There will be also limited parking available in the lots adjacent to
the Museum.
For information on visiting Milwaukee, try the
Greater Milwaukee Convention and
Visitors Bureau. To book a hotel room,
click here.
For city guides, try the
Digital City: Milwaukee
site or OnMilwaukee.com. For a
truly comprehensive listing of everything Milwaukee, check out
Milwaukee Blue.
And of course, don't forget to visit the Milwaukee Art Museum web site!
Also, before you plan your drive, you may want to check out the
Wisconsin Department of Transportation
web site for information on summer freeway construction, alternate routes,
and live camera views of the key traffic spots.
Need to get around the city, but you are not driving? You may want to check
out this website, appropriately named Milwaukee without a car. It has links to all the public transportation
sites, including the Milwaukee County
Transit System which has a major terminus for several routes at the
Firstar building - about 4 blocks from the festival grounds.
Additionally, you can take a trolley!
Weather
The Weather Channel's
weather.com or
the Weather Underground's
wunderground.com
will give you the Milwaukee weather, or visit the
local paper for state-wide
weather information. On hot summer days, our lakefront catches a soothing
breeze from Lake Michigan, so out-of-towners, remember, in Milwaukee it is
always "cooler by the lake!"
And, if you just need to see it for yourself, you can get a peak of the
lakefront weather by visiting the
WEATHER-Watch 12 Weather-Cam. But remember, this site only works during
the daylight hours!
