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IT'S SAFE TO SAY no other corporate anniversary celebrations rival the worldwide celebrations of Milwaukee's Harley-Davidson Motor Company. Again this month, folks who love all things Harley will come to Milwaukee, usually on their Harley-Davidson, for the culmination of a worldwide celebration of the company's 110th anniversary. An intimate crowd of more than 100,000 riders will gather at the Summerfest grounds on Milwaukee's lakefront to hear 60 bands on five stages Aug. 29-31, and they will be riding to all area dealerships, the Harley-Davidson Museum and throughout the region through Sept. 1. Headline acts at the Marcus Amphitheater on the Summerfest grounds read like a "who's who" of top popular entertainers: Tobey Keith on Aug. 29, Aerosmith on Aug. 30, Kid Rock on Aug. 31. Other stages are equally full of top entertainers from Lynyrd Skynrd and Blue Oyster Cult on opening night to The Who and ZZ Top on Saturday. All of the activities at the Summerfest grounds are ticketed events. Get details and tickets at www.h-d.com/110tickets. Some of the related public events include: • Street parties, with the largest again on Milwaukee's Brady and Water streets. Brady Street will be closed to traffic, with motorcycle parking only, from 11 a.m.-2 a.m. Aug. 30 and 31. On Sunday, Sept. 1, Water Street will be the party spot from 2 p.m. until 11:30 p.m. • Spectators will line up for the 110th Parade of MDA Heroes Aug. 31 to see riders from throughout the world traveling from Miller Park east on Wisconsin Avenue and south on Milwaukee Street to the Summerfest grounds. The parade begins at 10 a.m. • New this year is the Ultimate Fighting Championship's 164 Harley-Davidson Hometown Throwdown Aug. 31 at the BMO Harris Bradley Center. • At the Harley-Davidson Museum, a Custom Bike show will showcase professional builders Aug. 31 and the best amateur bike builders Sept. 1 in the AMD Invitational Custom Bike Show. Also on Sept. 1, the Harley-Davidson Museum Custom Bike Show will showcase 160 bikes in 12 categories. The annual show has grown to be one of the biggest bike shows in the U.S. • Best Place Pabst, the old corporate headquarters of Pabst Brewing which was under development during earlier celebrations, plans a Hogtoberfest Party on Aug. 31. You'll find Best Place at 901 W. Juneau Ave. • Participants in the 110th will enjoy a side trip to see the new permanent exhibition at the Waukesha County Museum in downtown Waukesha. Les Paul: Wizard of Waukesha details the life of the famous guitarist who changed the music world. 46 • And a taste of the Harley-Davidson mystique also is available at the Milwaukee Art Museum where Tattoo: Flash Art of Amund Dietzel is the museum's first exhibition of tattoo art.