fall-winter guide - Wisconsin Department of Tourism

Above: Villa Louis Carriage Classic in
Prairie du Chien. Top: US Watermelon
Speed-Eating and Seed-Spitting
Championships in Pardeeville.
STEVENS POINT
Pacelli Panacea: Carnival, Friday fish fry,
Sunday chicken dinner, super bingo, live
bands, raffle, silent auction, shops, and
concessions. Pacelli High School. Fri 4-
11pm, Sat 11am-11pm, Sun 11am-8pm.
715/341-2445.
www.spacs.k12.wi.us/panacea (Portage
Co.)
SEP 6-9
FRI-MON
OSCEOLA
Community Fair & Parade: Midway thrills,
exhibits, truck & lawn tractor pulls,
concessions, talent contest, queen
coronation, music. Craft Fair, Classic Cars
& Air Show on Saturday, Grand Parade on
Sun. Downtown. 715/755-3300, 800/947-
0581. www.myosceola.com (Polk Co.)
SEP 7
CARLSVILLE
Corn Festival: Bring your appetite and
compete in a corn eating or pie eating
contest. Corn maze, children’s games,
bakery items, food, raffles, and silent
auction. Schopfs Hilltop Dairy. 10am-
4pm. 920/743-7943.
www.sunshinehouseinc.org (Door Co.)
SAT
CHILTON
Crafty Apple Fest: Special apple-related
food dishes, apple & pumpkin beer, live
music, games, kids’ activities, pumpkin
bowling, entertainment stages, food court,
and crafters. County Hwy Dept Grounds.
9am-4pm. 920/418-1650.
www.chiltonchamber.com (Calumet Co.)
EAGLE
Rousing with the Roosters: Prepare a
hearty breakfast the same way early
immigrant farmers did. Work up an
appetite as you feed the farm animals
and tend to the gardens before sitting
down to a marvelous meal on the
Koepsell farmhouse porch. Old World
Wisconsin. 6:30-9:30am. 262/594-6300.
oldworldwisconsin.org (Waukesha Co.)
ELKHART LAKE
Elkhart Lake Vintage Festival: Annual
celebration of vintage road racing
includes car rally, car show, road course
re-enactment (a police escorted tour of
the historic circuits), banquet, and
reception with guest speaker. Osthoff
Resort. 920/876-3366.
www.historiccircuits.com (Sheboygan Co.)
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ELROY
Elroy Apple Dumpling Festival: Apple
Dumplings, pancake breakfast, softball
tournament, kids’ activities, various
vendors and the Tunnel Trails Half
Marathon on the area’s three bike trails.
Elroy Schultz Park. 8am-10pm. 608/547-
7015. (Juneau Co.)
FOND DU LAC
Fond du Lac Fondue Festival: Free
community event featuring farmers’
market vendors, Kid’s Zone, three music
stages, arts & crafts, classic car show,
and lots of great food including fondue.
Downtown. 9am-5pm. 920/921-9500.
www.fonduefest.com (Fond du Lac Co.)
GREEN BAY
Art Harvest at Green Bay Botanical
Gardens: Admission is free to this
anniversary celebration showcasing the
works of many different artists. Also, BAD
Buds Daylily and the Green & Gold Hosta
Society Sales. 9am-4pm. 920/490-9457.
www.gbbg.org (Brown Co.)
GREEN LAKE
Wisconsin State Chili Cook-off: Cooking
begins at 11am as 40 chefs vie for the
championship title. Spectators can mingle
with the chefs and sample their salsas
and other special recipe items. Chili
sampling and judging begins at 3pm.
Deacon Mills Park. 11am-5pm. 920/294-
6504. www.visitgreenlake.com (Green
Lake Co.)
MANITOWOC
Sputnikfest: A celebration of the 1962
crash landing of a piece of the satellite
Sputnik in Manitowoc. Festivities will
include wacky costume contests, beauty
pageant, entertainment and much more.
Rahr West Art Museum. 920/686-3090.
sputnikfest.blogspot.com (Manitowoc Co.)
MERRILL
Merrill Airport Days: From ultralights to
business crafts, airplane buffs can view a
variety of planes, skydivers, flight
displays, a flea market, and a craft show.
Breakfast and lunch served. Merrill
Municipal Airport. 8am-4pm. 715/536-
2024. (Lincoln Co.)
OSCEOLA
Wheels & Wings: Aviation fly-in with
pancake breakfast, air show, radiocontrolled
model planes, and collector car
show. Entertainment, food and fun. L.O.
Simenstad Municipal Airport. 8am-4pm.
715/755-3300.
www.dot.wisconsin.gov/travel/air/flyins.htm
(Polk Co.)
PARDEEVILLE
US Watermelon Speed-Eating and Seed-
Spitting Championships: Free, all-you-caneat
watermelon; contests for all ages
including watermelon carving, speedeating
and seed-spitting competitions;
arts & crafts fair; concessions. Chandler
Park. Event starts 10am. 608/697-6744.
www.pardeevillewatermelonfestival.com
(Columbia Co.)
PESHTIGO
Peshtigo Historical Day: Firetower
walk/run and parade. Activities include:
live music, craft booths, food, balloon
jumping equipment and games all day.
Badger Park. Firetower Run/Walk
registration 6:30am-7:45am. Parade at
10:30am. Live music 11:30am-9:30pm.
715/582-0327.
www.peshtigochamber.com (Marinette
Co.)
SUN PRAIRIE
Downtown Sun Prairie Art Fair: Juried fine
art show on Main St. with food, live
entertainment, and children’s activities.
Downtown. 10am-4pm. 608/512-9743.
www.downtownsunprairie.com (Dane Co.)
Sun Prairie Blues Fest: Annual festival
featuring music by local, regional, and
national performers along with a beer
garden and a variety of other foods and
beverages. Angell Park. Noon-10pm.
608/316-5158. www.spbluesfest.com
(Dane Co.)
WATERTOWN
Rock River Wine Fest & Craft Show: The
state’s largest annual wine tasting festival
includes a large craft show, food, music,
and competitions. Riverside Park. Craft
show 10am-5pm; wine tasting 11am-
5pm. 920/261-9460.
www.calicocottagewinery.com (Dodge Co.)
WAUKESHA
Waukesha Art Fest: Juried fine art fair,
crafts, live jazz and classical music, great
food, children’s activity tent, and silent
auction. 10am-5pm. 262/549-6154.
www.downtownwaukesha.com (Waukesha
Co.)
WHITE LAKE
The Wolfman Triathlon: Point-to-point offroad
triathlon with a 3-mile paddle down
the Wolf River, 12-mile bike on scenic
logging roads, and a 3-mile ride on the
trail run portion, then a 3.5 mile run. Pig
roast during the awards ceremony. Race
limited to the first 225 start times. Bear
Paw Outdoor Adventure Resort. 9am-
5pm. 715/882-3502.
www.bearpawoutdoors.com (Langlade Co.)
SEP 7-8
SAT-SUN
ANTIGO
Stumble Stump Rendezvous: Return to the
fur trading years of the 1800’s with craft
demonstrations, candle making, leather
working, cooking, hawk & knife throwing,
and black powder demonstrations.
Camping available. Springbrook Trail -
Trail Head. 9am-8pm. 715/623-5219.
antigochamber.com (Langlade Co.)
BALSAM LAKE
Corn-on-the-Curb: Sweet corn served by
the Girl Scouts. Live music and dancing
at local establishments. Turtle Crunch
Demolition Derby. Main Street. 10am-
7pm. 715/825-3188.
www.polkcountytourism.com (Polk Co.)
MANITOWOC
Tractor Show & Thresheree: Mid-Lakes
Rustic Iron presents steam engines,
vintage farm tractors, motors, horse/mule
and blacksmithing demos, garden
tractors, kids’ activities, antique
trucks/cars on display. Concessions;
breakfast and lunch served daily.
Pinecrest Historical Village. Sat 8am-7pm,
Sun 8am-4pm. 920/732-1562.
www.mid-lakesrusticiron.org/ (Manitowoc
Co.)
PRAIRIE DU CHIEN
Villa Louis Carriage Classic: One of the
largest, most elegant carriage driving
competitions in the nation. More than
100 drivers, their horses and carriages
compete on the lawns and grounds of the
Villa. Full beverage and food service;
visitors may also tour this SHS site. Villa
Louis. 8am-4pm (mansion tours 10am-
4pm). 608/326-2721. www.villalouis.org
(Crawford Co.)
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