Festivals of Cedarburg is proud to present Winter Festival 2025! Winter Festival is an indoor and outdoor event in historic downtown Cedarburg. Local boutiques and bars/restaurants will be joining in the Winter Festival fun! 

WINTER FESTIVAL FEBRUARY 15TH-16TH, 2025

Saturday 10am-5pm and Sunday 8:30am-4pm

2025 info TBD. Below is from 2024.

The theme this year is ‘Back to the 80s’! Come join the fun in your awesome 80s costume! Indoor activities (in the Community Center Gym) include: Festival Marketplace, 80s selfie photo wall, Cedarburg’s BEST restaurant soup contest, beer/wine, kiddo activities, raffle, kiddo food, and Sunday pancake breakfast. Outdoor activities include: Ice Sculpting Contest, Barrel Races at Cedar Creek Settlement, Costumed Bed Races, food trucks, Lions Iceberg Golf Open, Malamute Dog Pull Contest, and kids penguin egg hunt.

Get ready for a TOTALLY TUBULAR 80s BASH on Sat. 2/17, 6:30pm-10pm at the Cedarburg Cultural Center . . . Party 80s style in your RAD costumes, with live game show hosting 80s trivia with prizes, retro snacks (cool ranch Doritos and more), 80s DJ, dancing, costume contest, swag bags, and beer/cocktails/wine!

SEE OUR CEDARBURG WINTER FESTIVAL FUN FROM February 2022!

Saturday Winter Festival Fun

• ICE CARVING CONTEST – along Washington Avenue. Pre-registration required.  Check-in at Summit Credit Union Warming Center (Community Center).  8:30 am to 2:00 pm. Judging starts at 2pm.  
• ANNUAL LION’S ICEBURG GOLF OPEN – sponsored by the Cedarburg Lion’s Club in Cedar Creek Park. The golfing will commence at 10:00am with check in beginning at 8:30am at Cedarburg Cultural Center.  This event is open to any golfer and non-golfer alike. Anyone can have a great time playing. 
• CEDARBURG HISTORY MUSEUM and VISITOR’S CENTER at Portland and Columbia Road. Cedarburg’s newest museum houses the former General Store Museum and the Rappold-Dobberpuhl historic photograph collection, as well as rotating exhibits.  Plan to stop in.​

• SHOPS AT CEDAR CREEK SETTLEMENT – Enjoy some hot mulled wine at the Cedar Creek Winery.  Inside the Settlement buildings there will be Live Music by Sam McClain from 12-4 pm.  Enjoy unique shopping, cider & cookies and food & product sampling in several shops.  Free drawing for a Gift Basket with items valued at over $100.  Anvil Pub & Grille will have a Chili Bar and outdoor Snow Bar for your favorite libations on their patio or treat yourself to lunch featuring crepes and yummy desserts at Cream & Crepe Café or delectable Italian specialties and pizza at Tomaso’s.

• COSTUMED BED RACES ON ICE – Follow the Grand Parade to Mill Pond.  Come watch the hilarious fun and costumed teams vie for the prize.  Prize money to best costumes and top three speed winners.  Race starts at 1:30 pm. Race will take place on ice on Mill Pond, Boy Scout Park, behind the Cedar Creek Settlement (if no ice, race will take place on street).

• ​BARREL RACES

• KIDS ACTIVITIES
• TOTALLY TUBULAR 80s BASH – At Cedarburg Cultural Center. 21+, ticketed event.

Sunday Winter Festival Fun

• SHOPS AT CEDAR CREEK SETTLEMENT – Enjoy some hot mulled wine at the Cedar Creek Winery.  Check inside the Settlement buildings, there will be unique shopping and other fun activities.
• ​CEDARBURG HISTORY MUSEUM and VISITOR’S CENTER at Portland and Columbia Road.  Cedarburg’s museum houses the former General Store Museum and the Rappold-Dobberpuhl historic photograph collection, as well as rotating exhibits.  Free. Plan to stop in.
• DOG WEIGHT PULL CONTEST sponsored by Fromm Family Pet Food.  Coordinated by the Alaskan Malamute Club of Wisconsin. Community Center Parking Lot.  Registration on site day of event or go to the website at amcw.org
• BOY SCOUT PANCAKE BREAKFAST
• PENGUIN EGG HUNT
• RESTAURANT SOUP CONTEST

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Winter Festival is organized by the non-profit Festivals of Cedarburg, Inc.

Go to their Website for full details and timing of events! *Events are subject to change and some events are weather dependent.

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