fall-winter guide - Wisconsin Department of Tourism

CHETEK
Harvest Festival: Chili contests, craft fair,
flea and farmer’s markets, live music,
food and fun. Downtown. 715/924-4440.
www.chetek.net (Barron Co.)
DELAVAN
Scarecrow Fest: Scarecrows line the
sidewalks at this fun fall festival of food,
arts & crafts, flea market, live
entertainment, and Delavan’s famous
duck race. 10am-5pm. 262/728-5095.
delavanwi.org (Walworth Co.)
FERRYVILLE
Ferryville Fall Fest & Market in the Park:
Wide variety of vendors featuring Amish
baskets, quilts, needlework, baked goods,
produce, flowers, tools, and hand-crafted
furniture. Music and food add to the
festivities. Sugar Creek Park. 9am-4pm.
608/734-9406. www.ferryville.com
(Crawford Co.)
FORT ATKINSON
Arts and Sparks in the Park: Watch the
live action competition to create public
sculpture from scrap metal at the Welding
Rodeo. Browse the creations of quality
artists and craftsmen in the Fine Arts and
Crafts Fair. Kids Creativity Tent for
children. Bid on scrap metal sculptures at
the end of the Welding Rodeo in a Silent
Auction. Live music. Ralph Park. 10am-
5pm. 920/563-3210.
www.fortartscouncil.org (Jefferson Co.)
GERMANTOWN
Fall Country Art & Craft Fair: Quality arts
and crafts, bake sale, raffles, silent
auction, theme basket raffles, food,
childrens’ games and youth craft booths
available. Separate flea market event. St
John United Church of Christ. 9am-4pm.
262/251-0640.
www.stjohnuccgermantown.org (Juneau
Co.)
GLEASON
Gleason Mud Bogs: Eight different classes
of vehicles compete in a 300 foot mud
pit. Register before 11am, live band in
the evening. Gleason Lions Park. Noon-
5pm. 715/873-3436. (Lincoln Co.)
Above: Wo-Zha-Wa Days Fall Festival
in Wisconsin Dells.
LAC DU FLAMBEAU
Wild Rice Fest: Celebration of Native
American heritage featuring a 5K
Run/Walk (9am), wild rice harvesting
demonstrations, Wild rice & Indian fry
bread cooking contest, pie eating contest,
Pow-wow, health fair, arts & crafts,
traditional Native American food vendors,
kids’ games. 9am-3pm. 715/588-3346.
www.lacduflambeauchamber.com (Vilas
Co.)
MILWAUKEE
Briggs & Al’s Run/ Walk for the Children’s
Hospital: Three or five mile walk; 8K run
or wheelchair route. Finish line
celebration includes awards, music, food,
children’s activities and the Health and
Fitness Fair. Marquette University
Campus. Start time 10:15am for
wheelchair; 10:30am for runners &
walkers. 414/266-1520. www.alsrun.com
(Milwaukee Co.)
MOUNT HOREB
Thirsty Troll Brew Fest: Twenty-five
regional brewers, along with Jorgen the
Troll, will be showcasing up to 100
different brews. Music, food. Grundahl
Park. 1-5pm. 608/437-5914.
www.trollway.com (Dane Co.)
NEENAH
Quarry Quest: One-of-a-kind opportunity
for all ages to tour a working quarry, ride
on giant excavation machinery, try the
unique catch and release pond, prospect
for fool’s gold, or mix-up a batch of
concrete cakes. Michaels Materials
Quarry. 9am-4pm. 920/924-4300.
www.quarryquest.com (Winnebago Co.)
NEKOOSA
Wakely Creek Harvest Fair: Families and
individuals enjoy contests and tasty
samples of the season. Traditional harvest
activities: apple cider pressing, threshing,
corn shelling, making sauerkraut, harvest
produce sales, music, crafts & great eats.
Historic Point Basse. 10am-5pm.
715/886-4202.
www.historicpointbasse.com (Wood Co.)
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NEW LONDON
Fall Family Fest, Cheese & Sausage: Free
family event with kids’ games,
entertainment, climbing wall, theme
basket raffle, and contemporary Christian
music; more than 100 craft, produce,
and food vendors; locally crafted cheese
and sausage samplings. Downtown. 8am-
4pm. 920/982-5822.
www.newlondonchamber.com (Outagamie
Co.)
Northeast Wisconsin Strongman Challenge:
Family fun for all ages as men and
women carry, pull, push, drag, and lift
extraordinarily heavy objects. Part of the
town’s Cheese & Sausage Fall Family
Fest. Downtown. 11am. 920/982-4774.
www.bigtonyscrivens.com (Outagamie
Co.)
PHELPS
Colorama “Try-athlon:” Starting at the
Headwaters of the Wisconsin River the
triathlon will consist of biking. Sunrise
Lodge. Registration 7-7:45am, Triathlon &
the 5K walk/run only starting line 8am.
715/545-3800. www.phelpscofc.org (Vilas
Co.)
RACINE
Great Lakes Brewfest: 75 craft brewers
from across the country offer unlimited
sampling of more than 150 craft brews
along with live music, food, and a special
performance by the Racine Kilties Drum
& Bugle Corps. Racine Zoo. 262/681-
2052. www.greatlakesbrewfest.com
(Racine Co.)
WEYAUWEGA
Horse & Buggy Days: Old fashioned
parade, hayrides, pool tournament, live
music, lost arts demonstrations, teen
dance, and hometown talent. Downtown.
920/867-2500. (Waupaca Co.)
WILLIAMS BAY
Land Rover TriRock Lake Geveva -
Triathlon: This event includes Half
Extreme, Olympic, Sprint, and
SuperSprint distance triathlons. Relays
are allowed for all races except the
SuperSprint. Edgewater Park. Register on
Fri; sunrise start for Extreme and 1/2-
Extreme; 6:30am start for International.
858/731-6517.
trirock.competitor.com/lake-geneva/eventinformation/
(Walworth Co.)
SEP 14-15
SAT-SUN
BELMONT
Belmont School Community Fair: Sat
parade, carnival, kids’ games, musical
entertainment, exhibits and livestock
show/auction, evening dance downtown.
Sun - free admission to horse show,
tractor pull and kids’ games beginning at
noon. Belmont School Grounds. 608/762-
5600. (Lafayette Co.)
CALUMETVILLE
RS Vintage Steel Steam and Gas Engine
Show: View antique farm equipment
including garden tractors and Wisconsin
made machinery, watch rock crushing,
threshing, log-sawing, and blacksmithing
demonstrations. N10895 Highway 151.
10am-6pm. 920/795-4531.
www.upsteamandgasengine.org (Calumet
Co.)
HARTFORD
Buckskinners Encampment: Experience an
early 1800’s fur traders’ rendezvous with
authentic competitions, teepees,
demonstrations, period foods, music, and
refreshments. Hartford Woodlawn Park.
Sat 9am-6pm, Sun 9am-4pm. 262/673-
9892. (Dodge Co.)
MARSHFIELD
Maple Fall Fest: More than 150+ arts &
crafts booths, food court, beer garden,
live entertainment, kids’ activities, Maple
Village, contests and more. Wildwood
Park. Sat 9am-5pm, Sun 10am-4pm.
715/384-3454.
www.visitmarshfieldwi.com (Wood Co.)
MUKWONAGO
Maxwell Street Days Flea Market: More
than 650 vendors of crafts, produce,
plants, tools; food and refreshments
available. Hwy 83 & Cty NN. 8am-5pm.
262/363-3580.
www.mukwonagochamber.org (Waukesha
Co.)
PEPIN
Laura Ingalls Wilder Days: Laura look-alike
contest, parade, traditional craft
demonstrations, fiddle contest, art, craft &
antique market, craft demonstration by
candlelight, food & entertainment. Laura
Ingalls Wilder Park. 715/442-3011.
www.lauradays.org (Pepin Co.)
ROTHSCHILD
Cedar Creek Art & Craft Fair: A wide
variety of vendors, including quality
handcrafted arts and crafts. Great gift
ideas! Free Admission. Cedar Creek Mall.
Sat 10am-4pm, Sun 11am-4pm.
715/355-0011. www.cedarcreekmall.com
(Marathon Co.)
SOLDIERS GROVE
Driftless Area Art Festival: The Driftless
area is the inspirational backdrop for
many talented painters and potters,
woodworkers and weavers, musicians and
metalsmiths. Beauford T. Anderson Park.
Sat 10am-5pm, Sun 10am-4pm.
608/624-3600.
www.driftlessareaartfestival.com (Crawford
Co.)
SEP 15
SUN
BELOIT
Autorama: More than 1,000 show cars
including street rods, custom, Corvettes,
classics, antiques, and high performance
vehicles. One of the largest one-day
shows in the Midwest with a car corral,
parts swap, and arts & crafts.
Preservation Park. 9am-3pm. 608/290-
3628. www.beloitautorama.com (Rock
Co.)
GREENBUSH
Breakfast at the Inn: Help prepare an
1860s breakfast in the Wade House
kitchens, working at the open hearth or
period cookstove, and savor the hearty
meal in the inn’s dining room. Then visit
the site including the Wesley W. Jung
Carriage Museum and the reconstructed
Herrling Sawmill. Seating is limited;
advance reservations are required.
Greenbush, WI. 8-11am. 920/526-3271.
www.wadehouse.org (Sheboygan Co.)
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