Hidden Valleys of Southwestern Wisconsin

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Belmont School & Community
Fair
09/13/2012 09/16/2012 Lafayette Belmont Belmont High School Grounds
Cannons at the Fort 09/14/2012 09/15/2012 Crawford
Prairie du
Chien
Fort Crawford Museum, 717 S
Beaumont Rd
Green County Cheese Days 09/14/2012 09/16/2012 Green Monroe Downtown Historic Courthouse Square
Fall Harvest Days 09/15/2012 09/15/2012 9:00 AM 4:00 PM Lafayette Shullsburg Downtown Shullsburg
Blanchardville/Pecatonica
Homecoming
On the Trail Beer & Wine
Challenge
09/15/2012 09/15/2012 12:00 PM 11:30 PM Lafayette Blanchardville
Downtown Blanchardville and
McKellar Park
09/15/2012 09/15/2012 12:00 PM 6:00 PM Monroe Sparta Evans-Bosshard Park
Music Circle 09/15/2012 09/15/2012 4:00 PM 6:00 PM Juneau New Lisbon
The Aquarian Garden, W8741 County
Road B
Driftless Area Art Festival 09/15/2012 09/16/2012 Crawford Soldiers Grove Beauford T. Anderson Park
Kickapoo BRAVE Ride 09/15/2012 09/15/2012 Crawford Gays Mills Riverside Park
WI’s oldest and FREE fair; parade, carnival, music, exhibits & livestock
show/auction on Sat with horse show, car show, tractor pull & kids games
on Sun
historic reenactors presenting aspects of the daily life in early Prairie
du Chien
Cheese tent, entertainment stages, street dances, parades, cow milking
contest, arts and crafts, tractor show, vendors, food stands.
Mums and pumpkins galore. Lots of fun in downtown Shullsburg Water
Street area.
(608) 762-5810 Beth Runde
(608) 326-6960 www.prairieduchien.org
(888) 222-9111 www.cheesedays.com
(608) 965-3236 www.shullsburgwisconsin.com
Parade, football game, alumni banquet (608) 523-4735 Jocelyn Gant blanchardville.com
Wine and beer sampling from local brewers. Food available. Music and
BBQ Challenge.
Bring drums, rattles, flutes, instruments & voices! Join in a circle of
sound sharing internal rhythms
Many talented Artists and Artisans: Painters, Potters, Woodworkers,
Weavers, Musicians and Metalsmiths. Enjoy the tastes of local foods
and wines.
Bicyclists choose between 20, 40, 60 and 100 mile routes through
breathtaking scenery. Scenic rest-stops. SAG wagon support.
(608) 269-4123
Sparta Chamber
of Commerce
www.bikesparta.com
(608) 562-5433 lori napstad www.theaquariangarden.org
(608) 624-3600 Jerry & Liz Quebe
www.driftlessareaartfestival.
com
(608) 326-7333 Sarah Ronnevik www.kickapoobraveride.com
Harvest Dinner 09/15/2012 09/15/2012 Crawford Gays Mills Riverside Park Celebrate autumn with a delicious meal made from local grown food. (608) 326-7333 Sarah Ronnevik www.kickapoobraveride.com
Senior Drop-In at Hillsboro
Public Library
Mississippi Explorer Fall Foliage
and Refuge Cruises
St Mary of the Assumption
Fish Fry
82nd Annual Viola Horse and
Colt Show
09/18/2012 09/18/2012 7:00 PM Vernon Hillsboro
09/19/2012 10/28/2012 11:00 AM 1:00 PM Crawford
09/21/2012 09/21/2012 4:30 PM 8:30 PM Richland
09/21/2012 09/22/2012 Richland
Prairie du
Chien
Richland
Center
Richland
Center
Hillsboro Public Library, 819 High
Avenue
St. Feriole Island Ticket Booth
Blackhawk and Main
St Mary Church,
Corner of 5th and Main St.
Main Street, Viola WI
Socialization/Luncheon (608) 489-2192
Daily at 11am. Fall Foliage & Refuge Cruises, Heated boat! View
magnificent scenery, abundant wildlife, waterfowl and bald eagles
welcome you around every bend.
Join St. Marys for a good ol’ fashioned fish fry! Deep fried haddock,
hashbrown casserole, coleslaw & applesauce, garlic cheesy biscuits,
dessert bars, all served family style!
Horse show and pulls; Truck and Tractor Pulls; Carnival Rides and Food;
Huge Raffle; Music and More. Friday evening and all day Saturday.
Fall National Tractor Pull 09/22/2012 09/22/2012 12:00 PM Green Monroe Green County Fair Grounds Tractor pull, food and beer stand, band at 8 pm.
Breakfast in a Victorian Kitchen 09/22/2012 09/22/2012 Crawford
Hill County Chamber of
Commerce Trail & River
Challenge
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Prairie du
Chien
Villa Louis Historic Site, St. Feriole
Island
Hands-on workshop for adults. Participants take a culinary tour of the
late 19th century. Reservations required
(877) 647-7397
Mississippi
Explorer Cruises
www.MississippiExplorer.com
(608) 647-4470 www.stmarysrc.com
(608) 627-1911 www.horseandcoltshow.com
(608) 326-2721 www.villalouis.org
09/22/2012 09/22/2012 Vernon Hillsboro Hillsboro, WI Race (608) 489-2245 www.hillcountychamberwi.org
Norskedalen’s Threshing Bee 09/22/2012 09/22/2012 Vernon Coon Valley
Norskedalen, 3 miles north of Coon
Valley off of County Rd PI
Celebrate the harvest of old with many farming & harvesting demos and
displays; wagon rides, homestyle meal. Meal reservations Required.
Holy Rosary Parish Festival 09/23/2012 09/23/2012 Lafayette Darlington Holary Rosary Church Games, raffle, dinner. (608) 776-4059
Warrens Cranberry Festival 09/28/2012 09/30/2012 7:00 AM 5:00 PM Monroe Warrens
Oktoberfest 09/28/2012 09/30/2012 Green New Glarus New Glarus
20th ANNUAL CORNISH FEST 09/28/2012 09/29/2012 Iowa Mineral Point
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Village of Warrens - 8 miles north of
the City of Tomah
Downtown Mineral Point & Opera
House
Over 1800 food, arts & crafts, antique & flea market, and farmer’s market
booths.
Live music under the big tent downtown, New Glarus Brewery tapping of
the keg, local brews and food.
(608) 452-3424 www.norskedalen.org
(608) 378-4200 www.cranfest.com
(800) 527-6838 www.swisstown.com
Annual celebration of CORNISH (CELTIC) HERITAGE (608) 987-9930 Catherine www.cornishfest.org