2010 SPRING SUMMER.qxd - Wisconsin Department of Tourism

S E P T E M B E R E V E N T S
MILWAUKEE
Wisconsin Orchid Society Show: Enjoy
breathtaking displays of orchids at their
peak of bloom. Professional orchid growers
nationwide will sell a wide array of
plants and supplies. Mitchell Park Domes.
9am-5pm. 414/645-0292.
www.wisconsinorchidsociety.org
SOLDIERS GROVE
Driftless Area Art Festival: The Driftless
area is an inspirational setting to many talented
painters and potters, woodworkers
and weavers, musicians and metalsmiths.
Their work is featured at this once-a-year
show. Beauford T. Anderson Park. Sat
10am-5pm, Sun 10am-4pm. 866/452-7967,
608/624-3600.
www.driftlessareaartfestival.com (Crawford
Co.)
ST. CROIX FALLS
Fall Harvest Festival at Chateau St.
Croix Winery: Wine tasting, gourmet
foods, carriage rides, polocrosse matches,
arts & crafts booths, live music and dancing,
Renaissance & medieval games, an
“I Love Lucy” look-alike contest & grape
stomping contest. Chateau St. Croix
Winery. Sat. 11am-7pm Sun. 11am-5pm.
866/654-9463, 715/483-2556.
www.chateaustcroix.com (Polk Co.)
UNION GROVE
Fall Harvest Days: Display of antique
tractors and gas engines. Demos of steampowered
corn shelling, hay baling, threshing,
and sawmill operation. Daily tractor
parades. Crafts, flea market, farm toys,
food, and free horse-drawn wagon rides.
Fairgrounds. 9am-5pm. 262/763-5221.
www.fallharvestdays.com (Racine Co.)
9/19
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.)
DARLINGTON
Fall Festival: Food, crafts, music, games,
flea market, hayrides, horse & buggy rides,
fall decorations and more. Darlington
Festival Grounds. 608/776-3067.
www.darlingtonwi.org (Lafayette Co.)
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Warrens Cranberry Festival, September 24-26.
HOLMEN
Tri-Quest: Tri-quest is a challenging, fun
way to meet and compete. Includes a 5K
run (8am start), a 33K bike race (9:15am
start) and 18 holes of golf (12:15pm start).
Please pre-register on our website.
Drugans Castle Mound Country Club.
608/791-0078. www.tri-quest.org (La Crosse
Co.)
PEWAUKEE
Clark House Museum Harvest Fair:
Home-grown garden produce, home
baked goods, demonstrations and live
music. Clark House. 1-4pm. 262/691-0233.
(Waukesha Co.)
WAUKESHA
Pedal the Kettle: The Spring City
Spinners Bicycle Club hosts their annual
fully-supported, classic century tour
through the backroads of scenic Waukesha
County. 30, 64 or 100 miles. Held rain or
shine. Meal at the end of ride. 100 start at
7-8am, 64 starts at 7-9am, 30 starts at 7-
10am. 414/297-9135.
www.springcityspinners.org (Waukesha Co.)
WISCONSIN RAPIDS
The Downtown “Grand” Affair: Outdoor
arts, craft & farmer's market with live entertainment,
food, children's activities, auto
show cruise-in and indoor fine arts
exhibits. Downtown. 10am-4pm. 715/213-
3987. (Wood Co.)
9/23-26
LADYSMITH
Leaf it to Rusk Fall Festival: Annual fall
festival features farmers market, art displays
by area artists, hikes and auto tours,
Activities in the Blue Hills area at Christie
Mountain and the Blue Hills Inn.
Throughout Rusk County. 715/532-7328.
www.ladysmithchamber.com (Rusk Co.)
9/24
APPLETON
Octoberfest License to Cruise Car
Show: Classic car show with more than
400 cars, live entertainment and food.
Downtown. 6-10pm. 920/734-3377.
www.octoberfestonline.org (Outagamie
Co.)
MINERAL POINT
Cornish Festival Pub Night: The quaint
Kiddleywink Pub in the rowhouse at
Pendarvis offers a special evening with live
music, a cash bar, and a variety of pub
Oktober Fest in La Crosse, September 24-October 2.
games. The event is part of Mineral Point's
weekend celebration of Cornish culture.
Pendarvis. 7-10pm. 608/987-2122.
www.pendarvishistoricsite.org (Iowa Co.)
9/24-25
CABLE
Cable Area Fall Fest: Arts, crafts, food,
corn maze, pumpkin pecan pancake breakfast,
wine & cheese tasting, car/truck show,
horse-drawn wagon & carriage rides, fish
boil Fri night, chili cook-off, pumpkin
dessert contest, kid's activities, fireworks,
and live music Fri & Sat nights. Downtown.
800/533-7454, 715/798-3833.
www.cable4fun.com (Bayfield Co.)
MINOCQUA
Beef-A-Rama: Dance Fri night from 6-
9:30pm. On Sat the Rump Roast Run starts
at 9am. Other activities include a Craft
Show (9am-5pm), kids activities, the
famous Parade of Beef at 2:45pm down
Main Street, sandwich sales from 1-4pm,
music and concessions. Torpy Park. Fri 7-
10pm, Sat 9am-7pm. 800/446-6784.
www.minocqua.org (Oneida Co.)
VIOLA
Viola Horse & Colt Show: Carnival rides
and food, horse show and pulls, truck and
tractor pulls, huge raffle, music and more.
Free admission. Downtown. Fri 6-10pm,
Sat all day. 608/627-1911.
www.horseandcoltshow.com (Vernon Co.)
9/24-26
MINERAL POINT
Cornish Festival: In celebration of its
Cornish heritage, Mineral Point hosts a
variety of activities with food, music, workshops,
parades, games and more.
Downtown. 888/764-6894.
www.cornishfest.org (Iowa Co.)
NEW GLARUS
Octoberfest in New Glarus: Enjoy live
music and a Texas Hold-em Tournament
(Sat) in the festival tent. Wagon rides,
activities for the kids, and concessions. The
Swiss Historical Village will demonstrate
cheese, sausage & broom-making.
Sponsored by the New Glarus Brewery.
Downtown. Noon-mid. 800/527-6838,
608/527-2095. (Green Co.)
NEW RICHMOND
Heritage Weekend: Spaghetti dinner, Fall
5k & 5 mile Run/Walk, and the Heritage
Festival on Sunday with music, food, traditional
craft demos, flea market, museum
tours and much more. 888/320-3276,
715/246-3276. www.nrheritagecenter.org
(St. Croix Co.)
SAYNER
Colorama Sunday: Colorama brunch and
craft show. Sayner Community Building.
9am-1pm. 715/542-3789.
www.sayner-starlake.org (Vilas Co.)
WARRENS
Warrens Cranberry Festival: Fall family
fun with over a thousand arts &
crafts/flea/antique/farm market booths,
cranberry harvest tours on Fri & Sat, a
gigantic parade Sun at 1pm, midway, and
cranberry recipe contest. Downtown. 7am-
6pm. 608/378-4200. www.cranfest.com
(Monroe Co.)
9/24-10/2
LA CROSSE
Oktoberfest: One of the Midwest’s largest
German festivals. Maple Leaf Parade and
Torchlight Parade, live music, run/walk,
kids activities, food, concessions, contests,
games, carnival rides and athletic tournaments.
Oktoberfest Grounds. 608/784-
3378. www.oktoberfestusa.com (La Crosse
Co.)
9/25
APPLETON
Octoberfest: Enjoy more than 100 food
booths serving ethnic delights, live music
on five stages, a large arts and crafts area
on the campus of Lawrence University, the
Applefest recipe contest, and a Family Fun
Area. License to Cruise on College Ave (Fri
6-10pm). Downtown. 9am-6pm. 920/734-
3377. www.octoberfestonline.org
(Outagamie Co.)
BEAVER DAM
Old Time Gathering: Buckskinner’s
encampment, farmers market, displays and
demonstrations of old-time crafts and
more. Bring the whole family; admission is
free. Fairgrounds. 9am-4pm. 920/386-3790.
dodge.uwex.edu/4h/index.html (Dodge
Co.)
BRODHEAD
Autumn Fest & Sugar River Bike Tour:
Community celebration with farmers/craft
market, food, chili contest, childrens' activities,
music, sidewalk sale. The Sugar River
Bike Tour is fully supported with routes of
15, 30, 50 and 100 miles. Sponsored by
Brodhead Optimists. Downtown Square.
608/897-8411. www.brodheadchamber.org
(Green Co.)
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