West metro festival calendar

BLOOMINGTON

BLOOMINGTON HERITAGE DAYS: Parade, music, food and fun. Sept. 21. Free. 98th Street and Lyndale Avenue. www.ci.bloomington.mn.us.

BUFFALO

BUFFALO ARTS AND CRAFTS FESTIVAL: Held in downtown Buffalo. 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday. Free. Buffalo Chamber of Commerce, 205 Central Av. 763-682-4902. www.buffalochamber.org.

CORCORAN

COUNTRY DAZE: Beer garden, concerts, blood drive, volleyball and softball tournaments and family activities. 6 p.m. Friday; 8 a.m. Saturday. Corcoran Ball Fields, 20200 County Road 50. www.corcoranjaycees.org.

EXCELSIOR

NORWOOD YOUNG AMERICA

STIFTUNGSFEST: Royalty coronation, motorcycle run, auto show, Lions sheephead card tourney and church service. 6 p.m. Aug. 23; 9 a.m. Aug. 24-25. Willkommen Park, 10 Central Av. S. www.stiftungsfest.org.

WAYZATA

JAMES J. HILL DAYS: Arts and crafts, food, business and nonprofit expos, ­parade and dachshund races. 10 a.m. Sept. 7. Lake Street, downtown Wayzata. 952-473-9595. www.wayzata chamber.com.