Jefferson County: The Official Guide 2013 15th Annual Edition
Jefferson County: The Official Guide 2013 15th Annual Edition
Jefferson County: The Official Guide 2013 15th Annual Edition
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July 12-14: Thundercats Baseball Tournament, Batter Up!<br />
Come and cheer for your favorite team or just watch America’s Favorite<br />
pastime. Tournaments feature a number of teams from the area and take<br />
place Friday, Saturday and Sunday from 8am-9pm. Tournament will be held<br />
rain or shine. Centennial Park, 620 Midge St., Johnson Creek<br />
July 13: Cambridge EMS Cannonball Run 5k and 10k routes<br />
start in the same place with 5k doubling back part way down Highland<br />
Rd. <strong>The</strong> 10k run continues to Rockdale and heads back to Cambridge via<br />
the CamRock Park Pedestrian Trail. <strong>The</strong>re are water stations along a well<br />
marked route. Registration begins at 7:30am with the run starting at 8:30am.<br />
Proceeds benefit the Cambridge Area EMS, 7:30am-1pm Cambridge,<br />
www.caemscannonballrun.com, 608-423-3511<br />
July 15: Concert in the Park Ice cream social begins at 6:30pm and<br />
continues through the concert-sponsored by the “Hebron Historical Society”;,<br />
7:30pm concert. 400-498 Sherman Avenue West, Fort Atkinson,<br />
www.FortAtkinsonCommunityBand.org<br />
July 16: Fort Atkinson Cruise Night Celebrating 10 years! Music,<br />
food, old cars, and more! 5:30pm-8:30pm Jones Park, Fort Atkinson,<br />
www.kentsbigbar.com, 920-563-7501<br />
July 17-21: <strong>The</strong> Witnesses Danny Hamilton and Gary Richardson<br />
return for one week only with Part 2 of <strong>The</strong> Rock & <strong>The</strong> Rabbi Trilogy.<br />
Through the eyes of Peter and Paul, THE WITNESSES follows an adventure<br />
that began in Jerusalem, where a small group of disciples empowered by<br />
the Holy Spirit, traveled across the Roman empire, preaching, teaching and<br />
healing. This exciting 90 minutes musical is compelling theatre for the whole<br />
family. Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday & Sunday matinees; Thursday and<br />
Saturday evenings; Sunday midday<br />
<strong>The</strong> Fireside Dinner <strong>The</strong>atre, 1131 Janesville Ave., Fort Atkinson,<br />
www.firesidetheatre.com/Christian_Concerts/Witnesses.aspx,<br />
800-477-9505<br />
July 17: Lake Mills City Band Concert Stop by Commons<br />
Park to enjoy an old fashion City Band experience. Rain site is the City<br />
Building. 7pm 120 East Madison, Lake Mills, www.lakemills.org,<br />
920-648-3585<br />
July 18-21: CD Players Presents Beauty and the Beast Enjoy<br />
the fabulous presentation of the <strong>2013</strong> Summer Musical “Beauty and the<br />
Beast” July 18, 19, 20 and 21. For more information, please call Judy Brandt<br />
at 608-423-4442 or Deanne Herrling at 608-212-0672. 213 South<br />
Street, Cambridge, cdplayerstheater.org, 608-423-4442<br />
July 18-20: Maxwell Street Days Find deals and specials in many<br />
downtown locations from 9am-5pm everyday, 9am-5pm Main Street,<br />
Watertown, www.watertownchamber.com, 920-261-6320<br />
July 19-20: Tomorrow’s Hope 16th <strong>Annual</strong> Walk Fest <strong>2013</strong><br />
Tomorrow’s Hope funds a variety of preventive research and treatment<br />
related projects for people touched by cancer, diabetes, heart disease, kidney<br />
disease, and Nieman-Pick Disease. <strong>Jefferson</strong> <strong>County</strong> Fair Grounds,<br />
503 N. Jackson Ave. <strong>Jefferson</strong>, 920-674-8967<br />
July 20: Lake Mills Arts Festival Join the fun at the annual Lake<br />
Mills Arts Festival in legendary Commons Park! Held the third Saturday<br />
of July each year, the <strong>2013</strong> Arts Festival will be on Saturday, July 20.<br />
This juried art show features a wonderful mix of artists and media, great<br />
food, music and kid’s activities. Brought to you by the Lake Mills Main<br />
Street Program. Approximately 60 Wisconsin artists, representing multiple<br />
genres will be set up in Commons Park from 10am-4pm. Lake Mills,<br />
www.LegendaryLakeMills.com, 920-648-6721<br />
July 20: Lions Club Chicken BBQ Enjoy food, softball tournament,<br />
and Lioness Pie Sale. Many nice items to be raffled. 10am 955 Eighth<br />
Street Palmyra. 262-495-8137<br />
July 20-October 26: Cows: A Closer Look Photographic<br />
Exhibit Wisconsin fine art photographer, Paul Thoresen, shares his<br />
striking black and white photographs of the Holstein dairy cows living on<br />
three family farms within a mile of Thoresen’s home near Paoli, Wisconsin,<br />
south of Madison. <strong>The</strong>se photos are part of a ten year study of these animals.<br />
This exhibit is an invitation to know and appreciate cows more deeply.<br />
Hoard Historical Museum Jones Family Gallery, 401 Whitewater<br />
Avenue, Fort Atkinson, www.hoardmuseum.org, 920-563-7769<br />
To verify dates and times for these events and more,<br />
visit enjoyjeffersoncounty.com<br />
July 25-September 1: RUN FOR YOUR WIFE Unassuming<br />
cab driver John Smith is mugged one day and is taken home by a helpful<br />
policeman. Unfortunately the policemen takes him to the wrong homebecause<br />
unassuming John Smith has two homes and two wives and<br />
according to his carefully laid out schedule on this particular day he is<br />
supposed to be with Wife #2 but he finds himself with Wife #1 while worried<br />
Wife #2 searches desperately for him. Confused? Don’t worry because it<br />
will all come together in this hilarious collection of mistaken identities as Mr.<br />
Smith tries to juggle two wives, two apartments, and two very suspicious<br />
police detectives. Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday & Sunday Matinee arrival<br />
10:30am, Thursday & Saturday Evening arrival 5pm, Sunday midday 2:30pm<br />
<strong>The</strong> Fireside Dinner <strong>The</strong>atre, 1131 Janesville Ave., Fort Atkinson,<br />
www.firesidetheatre.com, 800-477-9505<br />
July 26-27: Carnival Days Fort Atkinson retail merchants take to the<br />
streets with the biggest bargains and hottest deals of the summer during this<br />
annual sidewalk sale. Bring the whole family for two days of fun and enjoy<br />
music and brats, burgers and hot dogs at the Chamber Brat Stand. Fort<br />
Atkinson, www.fortchamber.com, 920-563-3210<br />
July 26: Picnic in the Park Concert Enjoy the Robert J Duo<br />
(country, blues, Americana) at the Picnic in the Park Concert Series.<br />
6:30pm-8pm Veteran’s Park, 100 E. Main Street, Cambridge,<br />
www.cambridgewiarts.org, 608-423-3780<br />
July 27-28: Wisconsin Paint Horse Association-Horse Show<br />
Two day horse show. Food available on site. <strong>Jefferson</strong> <strong>County</strong> Fair<br />
Grounds, 503 N. Jackson Ave. www.jeffersoncountyfairpark.com,<br />
608-558-7527<br />
July 27: Garden Education Program <strong>The</strong> <strong>Jefferson</strong> <strong>County</strong> Master<br />
Gardeners that are also Museum garden volunteers will walk you through<br />
the Museum’s five gardens: the Anderson Intersectional Peony Garden,<br />
the Hoard Rain Garden, the Foster House Herb Garden, the Hoard Fence<br />
Garden, and the Hoard Entrance Garden. Questions encouraged. No fee.<br />
2pm-3:30pm Hoard Historical Museum, 401 Whitewater Avenue,<br />
Fort Atkinson, www.hoardmuseum.org, 920-563-7769<br />
July 27: Umbrella Daze Umbrella Daze is a beach-side community<br />
festival sponsored by the Cambridge Area Chamber of Commerce which<br />
includes live music, good food, cold beer, kids activities and more. Also<br />
enjoy the Lake Ripley bike ride featuring 3 distances that take you throughout<br />
the countryside starting at 8am. 8am-11pm Ripley Park, Cambridge,<br />
www.cambridgewi.com, 608-423-3780<br />
July 27: Lake Ripley Ride Features three distances: a family friendly<br />
22-mile (mostly flat) route, a longer and slightly hilly 40-mile route, and a<br />
more challenging 62-mile metric century route. You will ride quiet country<br />
roads and visit Cambridge, Rockdale, Marshall, and London. Registration<br />
includes t-shirt, map/cue sheet, scenic rest stops, sag wagon, a sandy<br />
swimming beach, and a FANTASTIC post-ride celebration featuring live<br />
music and a tasty Cambridge Lions Club dinner. 8am-12pm Ripley Park,<br />
Cambridge, www.cambridgecap.net, 608-423-8108<br />
July 28: Motorcycle Swap Food Available on site<br />
<strong>Jefferson</strong> <strong>County</strong> Fair Grounds, 503 N. Jackson Ave.<br />
www.jeffersoncountyfairpark.com, 262-370-1223<br />
July 28: Old Settler’s Day Arrive at noon, event starts at 1pm. This<br />
honors one of Palmyra’s Old Settler’s, Noon 955 Eighth St. Palmyra,<br />
262-495-2701<br />
July 29: Concert in the Park Ice cream social begins at 6:30pm and<br />
continues through the concert-sponsored by the “Hebron Helping Hands”<br />
4-H Club;, 7:30pm concert. 400-498 Sherman Avenue West, Fort<br />
Atkinson, www.FortAtkinsonCommunityBand.org<br />
July 31: Lake Mills City Band Concert Stop by Commons<br />
Park to enjoy an old fashion City Band experience. Rain site is the City<br />
Building. 7pm 120 East Madison, Lake Mills, www.lakemills.org,<br />
920-648-3585<br />
AUGUST <strong>2013</strong><br />
August 1: 4th <strong>Annual</strong> Johnson Creek Child Safety Fair With<br />
assistance from the JC EMS, Fire and Police Departments. Great learning<br />
opportunity for all ages as representatives from local health organizations,<br />
school district personnel and local businesses will provide information on<br />
bicycle safety, home and school safety, health and nutrition. Door prizes and<br />
refreshments! 5pm-7pm Johnson Creek Community Center, 417<br />
Union Street, Johnson Creek, 920-699-3741<br />
www.enjoyjeffersoncounty.com 59
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