The Menominee Waterfront Festival has been an annual event since 1982. The festival includes concerts at the city's bandshell, parades, food booths, children's activities, a food drive, 5K and 10K runs, a 5K walk, and large fireworks display. The main events follow a waterfront theme, with activities like windsurfing, kayak demonstrations, a sailboat race and the blessing of the watercraft. Some events at the Menominee Waterfront Festival may vary from year to year. The festival attracts visitors from the region surrounding Menominee each year in the beginning of August.
Free concerts are held at the Menominee Bandshell several Thursdays throughout the summer. The dates and performers vary from year to year. Concerts in the Park provides a performance venue for local bands and singers and free entertainment for residents.
Bay Jammers is a three-day scouting event that brings Boy and Girl Scouts, Sea Scouts, and Explorers to Menominee for a mix of land- and water-related activities and competitions. Bay Jammers began in 1948, and is the oldest scouting event of its kind in the U.S. It attracts up to 400 young people and adults to Menominee annually, typically in July.
The 100-Miler Sailboat Race has been launching from the marina in Menominee since 1936. Boaters race through the waters of Green Bay, starting and finishing in Menominee. The annual one-day event is hosted by the M&M (Menominee and Marinette, Wisconsin) Yacht Club.
Great Lakes Sport Fishermen of the Menominee area host fishing derbies each summer. Youngsters are the stars at the Kids Fishing Derby; children 13 and younger are eligible to participate with an adult. The Brown Trout Derby is an annual two-day event at which anglers do their best to land the event's namesake fish from Menominee Marina.
Menominee and its neighbor city to the south, Marinette, join together to hold an annual antique car show at Menominee Marina Park.
