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Wausau Festivals
THRILLVILLE
Date: 10/24/2009
Description: Join us Halloween fun. Arts & crafts,
games, and activities for participants. THRILLVILLE events are Free
To The Public. 11:30am-1:30pm.
Location: Great Hall, 415 4th St, Wausau
Phone: 715-842-0988 or 715-843-5444
Community Halloween Party
Date: 10/25/2009
Description: 1 - 3pm for children of all ages.
Sponsored by the Weston Fire Department and Everest Metro. Games,
prizes & a puppet show. Be sure to wear your Halloween Costume.
Location: Greenheck Field house D.C. Everest High
School Weston, WI
Phone: (715) 355-5419
Hmong New Year Celebration
Date: 10/31/2009 through 11/01/2009
Description: NA
Location: Greenheck Field House & Senior High
Commons, Weston
Phone: 715-842-8390, Peter Yang
Wausau Holiday Parade
Date: 12/04/2009
Description: Celebrate the holiday season with the
Annual Holiday Parade. Helping to make this year's holiday tradition
the best ever will be lighted floats, decorated vehicles, and even
Santa himself arriving on his own special lighted float! Spectators
line the streets for the event that "officially" begins the holiday
season for Wausau. 6:30pm.
Location: Parade route from Marathon Park to 400
Block, Downtown Wausau
Phone: 715-843-0748
Christmas Festival
Date: 12/05/2009 through 12/06/2009
Description: Celebrating an old fashioned Christmas
with live music, stories, homemade soups, crafts for the kids,
wreath making and just enjoying the season for what it is.
Location: Willow Springs Garden, 5480 Hillcrest Dr,
Wausau
Phone: 715-675-1171
Ring in the New Year at Granite Peak
Date: 12/31/2009
Description: Fireworks at 6:30pm; torchlight
parade. Chad Brecke, acoustic guitar, 1-8pm. Brad Emanuel & The
Groove Men 8:30pm - 12:30am.
Location: Granite Peak Ski Area, 3605 N Mountain
Rd, Wausau
Phone: 715-845-2846
Family Festival Weekend
Date: 01/08/2010 through 01/10/2010
Description: Visit www.skigranitepeak.com for
details and schedule. Brat cookout, wagon rides, fireworks at 6:30.
Jim Carlson, acoustic guitar, 2-10pm.
Location: Granite Peak Ski Area, 2605 N Mountain
Rd, Rib Mountain
Phone: 715-845-2846
German Fest
Date: 01/23/2010
Description: German food, beer, caricature artist.
Carl Voight, live polka music, noon to 2pm. G-Man, acoustic guitar,
2-10pm.
Location: Granite Peak Ski Area, 3605 N Mountain
Rd, Wausau
Phone: 715-845-2846
Family Festival Weekend
Date: 02/05/2010 through 02/07/2010
Description: Visit www.skigranitepeak.com for
details and schedule. Brat cookout, wagon rides, fireworks at 6:30.
Chad Brecke, acoustic guitar, 2-10pm.
Location: Granite Peak Ski Area, 3605 N Mountain
Rd, Wausau
Phone: 715-845-2846
Mardi Gras Festival
Date: 02/20/2010
Description: Cajun food & Hurricane drink specials.
Silly Slalom plus other races and activities. G-Man, acoustic
guitar, 2-10pm.
Location: Granite Peak Ski Area, 3605 N Mountain
Rd, Wausau
Phone: 715-845-2846
Pulaski Weekend Festival
Date: 02/27/2010 through 03/01/2010
Description: 3-day lift ticket for the price of a
2-day ticket. Jim Carlson, acoustic guitar, 2-10pm (Sat).
Location: Granite Peak Ski Area, 3605 N Mountain
Rd, Wausau
Phone: 715-845-2846
Family Festival Weekend
Date: 03/12/2010 through 03/14/2010
Description: Visit www.skigranitepeak.com for
details and schedule. Brat cookout, wagon rides, fireworks at
7:00pm. Jim Carlson, acoustic guitar, 2-10pm.
Location: Granite Peak Ski Area, 3605 N Mountain
Rd, Wausau
Phone: 715-845-2846
Avalanche Days
Date: 03/22/2010 through 04/04/2010
Description: Join Granite Peak for a two-week
spring festival, falling during many spring breaks with some of the
season's best skiing and an avalanche of fun: Free Child Ski &
Snowboard Rental with Family Combo Ticket. Free Group ski and
snowboard lessons Monday-Friday. See details and event schedule
online.
Location: Granite Peak Ski Area, 3605 N Mountain
Rd, Wausau
Phone: 715-845-2846
Celebrate the End of the Season
Date: 04/04/2010
Description: Children's Easter Egg Hunt 1pm.
Location: Granite Peak Ski Area, 2605 N Mountain
Rd, Rib Mountain
Phone: 715-845-2846
Storybook Weekend "Enchanted Kingdom"
Date: 05/01/2010
Description: Join the fun in the Great Hall on
ARTSblock! Including: games, activities, life size chess, castle
building and crown/scepter making, crafts, and much more! Special
performances by TR Loon and balloon creations by Dizzy the Clown
will take place throughout the day. Time TBA. FREE TO THE PUBLIC.
Location: Grand Theater, 415 4th Street, Wausau
Phone: 715-842-0988 or 715-843-5444
Stratford Heritage Days
Date: 06/10/2010 through 06/13/2010
Description: The Annual Stratford Heritage Days is
a celebration of the diverse ethnicity of the community. Festival
includes: ethnic foods and entertainment, carnival rides and games,
bed races, historical display, and youth events.
Location: Klemme Park, 350 N 3rd Ave, Stratford
Phone: 715-687-2411
St. Anne's Polka Fest
Date: 06/25/2010 through 06/27/2010
Description: Beer Garden, Food Stand, Famous Fish
Fry, Chicken Dinner, music, Softball Tournament, raffles, Bingo,
crafts, kids' games, petting zoo & more!
Location: St. Anne's Catholic Church, 700 W Bridge
St, Wausau
Phone: 715-849-3930
Wausau Area 4th of July Celebration
Date: 07/01/2010 through 07/04/2010
Description: 65th annual Wausau Area Jaycee's 4th
of July celebration. Enjoy carnival rides, games, live
entertainment, food, and fireworks. Admission is free.
Location: Marathon Park, 1201 Stewart Ave, Wausau
Phone: 715-842-2688
Mosinee July 4th Parade, Festival & Fireworks
Date: 07/04/2010
Description: Children's games & activities, food,
music and beer gardens at River Park beginning at 4pm. Parade starts
at 6pm. Fireworks at dusk sponsored by the Mosinee Chamber of
Commerce.
Location: River Park, 1101 Main St, Mosinee
Phone: 715-693-4330
Big Bull Falls BBQ Ribfest
Date: 07/08/2010 through 07/10/2010
Description: Held during Wausau's Balloon Rally and
Glow, the Big Bull Falls BBQ Ribfest will feature professional "ribbers"
who cook up mouth-watering ribs to satisfy any appetite. Once you
catch the aroma of the variety of seasonings and sauce, you won't be
able to resist sampling these nationally-renowned, scrumptious
ribs!
Location: Wausau Municipal Airport, 725 Woods Pl,
Wausau
Phone: 715-843-0748
Wausau Balloon Rally & Glow
Date: 07/09/2010 through 07/11/2010
Description: Balloon Rally offers something for the
entire family, from the Friday night glow on the 400 block to the
Wausau Airport for children rides, live music and food all weekend
long. Plus, a spectacular fireworks show will be featured on
Saturday evening. This truly is a weekend-long event!
Location: Wausau Municipal Airport, 725 Woods Pl,
Wausau
Phone: 715-843-0748
Chalkfest
Date: 07/10/2010 through 07/11/2010
Description: The City Square in downtown Wausau
will once again be transformed by artists and their colorful pastel
art drawings. This is the 7th year for this sidewalk art festival
which is for artists of all ages and levels of ability to
participate and for art enthusiasts to observe and enjoy. Visit
www.cvawausau.org for registration information.
Location: 400 Block downtown Wausau
Phone: 715-842-4545
Wisconsin Valley Fair
Date: 08/03/2010 through 08/08/2010
Description: Six days of excitement. Headlining
entertainment in our grandstand nightly. Carnival rides, commercial
exhibits. Thousands of youth exhibits. Fun for the whole family.
Great food, great entertainment, great time! Admission TBA, children
under 13 are free. Season admission specials available-see website.
Location: Marathon Park, 1201 Stewart Ave, Wausau
Phone: 715-261-1539
Little Bull Falls LogJam Festival
Date: 08/13/2010 through 08/15/2010
Description: Presented by Mosinee Area Chamber of
Commerce. Celebrating Mosinee's rich logging history along the
Wisconsin River. Live entertainment, historical displays and
activities, free Cane Pole fishing contest, 5k run/walk, food and
beverages, Civil War and Rendezvous encampments, Cemetery walk,
loggers and Native American displays.
Location: River Park, 1101 Main St, Mosinee
Phone: 715-693-4330
WhyNotWausau
Date: 08/13/2010 through 08/15/2010
Description: A mountain. Some music. Why not? The
first Indie Rock Fest of its kind in the region. 3 bands on Friday
evening. 8 bands all day Saturday. And a special treat on Sunday.
Starts 6pm on Friday and ends 1pm on Sunday.
Location: Granite Peak Ski Area, 3605 N Mountain
Rd, Wausau
Phone: 715-845-1111
Athens Fair
Date: 08/19/2010 through 08/22/2010
Description: Enjoy a parade, carnival rides, music,
food, a beer garden, livestock, a queen's coronation, draft horses,
hundreds of junior fair exhibitors, open class exhibitors, and more.
Fireworks on Saturday night.
Location: Downtown Athens
Phone: 715-257-7619
Big Bull Falls Blues Fest
Date: 08/20/2010 through 08/21/2010
Description: Join us for the 19th Big Bull Falls
Festival. Enjoy 2 days of local and national blues acts. Mingle with
other blues fans in the beer garden and enjoy festival style foods.
Be prepared to show age identification on-site. Lawn chairs
permitted. No carry-ins.
Location: Fern Island Park, 500 River Dr, Wausau
Phone: 715-843-0748
Wausau Festival of Arts
Date: 09/11/2010 through 09/12/2010
Description: 120+ fine artists are juried in 12
mediums making for a great variety of work for patrons to purchase.
Food stands, live entertainment, family art areas with hand-on kids
projects, a young collector's area and a silent auction add to the
fun and excitement of the 45th annual Wausau Festival of Arts.
Hours: Saturday: 10am-5pm, Sunday 10am-4pm. Free and open to the
public. Visit Art in the Park at Marathon Park and the opening of
Birds in Art at the Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum.
Location: Downtown Wausau
Phone: 715-842-1676
Art in the Park
Date: 09/11/2010 through 09/12/2010
Description: Annual Fine Arts and Crafts show, part
of Wausau's Artrageous celebration. In a beautiful park setting
inside historic Exhibition Building and East Gate Hall. Free and
open to the public. Visit the Festival of Arts in downtown Wausau
and the opening of Birds in Art at the Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art
Museum. 9am-5pm.
Location: Marathon Park East Gate Hall and
Exhibition Building, 1201 Stewart Avenue, Wausau
Phone: 715-675-1094
Wausau's Artrageous Weekend
Date: 09/11/2010 through 09/12/2010
Description: Head to both sides of the Wisconsin
River for two days of art hopping and shopping at three events: Art
in the Park under the tall pines of Marathon Park, the Festival of
Arts in the heart of downtown Wausau's River District, and the
opening weekend of "Birds in Art" at the Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art
Museum. Artist demonstrations, musical performances, children's
activities, and food tempt all five senses. Free shuttle buses make
getting to all three events a breeze.
Location: Woodson Art Museum, 700 N 12th St,
Wausau
Phone: 715-845-7010
Wausau Holiday Parade
Date: 12/03/2010
Description: Celebrate the holiday season with the
Annual Holiday Parade. Helping to make this year's holiday tradition
the best ever will be lighted floats, decorated vehicles, and even
Santa himself arriving on his own special lighted float! Spectators
line the streets for the event that "officially" begins the holiday
season for Wausau. 6:30pm.
Location: Parade route from Marathon Park to 400
Block, Downtown Wausau
Phone: 715-843-0748
Christmas Festival
Date: 12/04/2010
Description: Christmas Festival & Parade.
Location: Mosinee High School, Mosinee
Phone: 715-693-4330
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