Bring your family to the Hartland Hometown Celebration. We (Lake Country Family Fun) love this festival, especially the parade as we look forward to Hartland Kids Day! Enjoy an incredible fireworks show in Nixon Park on Friday evening, a great line up of music in Nixon Park on Friday and Saturday evening, and a parade through Hartland on Sunday afternoon. Food and refreshments will be available in the park. Plans are moving forward so mark your calendars!
Hartland’s Hometown Celebration is the weekend of June 27-29, 2025. Enjoy music, refreshments, and fireworks in Nixon Park. Fireworks will begin at 9:30 pm on Friday. Don’t miss the parade through Hartland on Sunday afternoon beginning at 1:30 pm. Again for 2025, is a Kid Zone on Friday evening – rock wall, inflatables, games, and more!
EVENT PARKING FRIDAY & SATURDAY
455 E. Industrial Avenue, Hartland 0.5 miles from Nixon Park
FOOD OPTIONS IN THE PARK FRIDAY & SATURDAY PROVIDED BY
Kiwanis Club of Hartland
Knights of Columbus, St. Charles
Lake Country Beer Garden
Lake Country Optimist Club
Woman’s Club of Hartland
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Hartland Hometown Celebration Things to Know:
**ATMs**
ATMs are located outside of the Culver’s Main Stage tent and within the carnival area.
**Beer and Seltzers**
Beer and seltzers are only available in the Culver’s Main Stage Tent. All beer and seltzer purchases require a ticket – no cash sales at the bar. Tickets can be purchased at the Ticket Booth before heading to the bar. Anyone purchasing or drinking alcohol will need a wristband. No carry-ins permitted.
**Carnival Tickets**
Carnival tickets are purchased in the carnival area and carnival tickets can only be used for carnival rides and/or games.
**Cash Only**
Carnival tickets, beer tickets, food, soft drinks, and water are cash only.
**Food, Soft Drinks and Water**
Food, soft drinks and water will be available along the tennis courts and in the carnival area, while supplies last.
**Hometown Celebration Map**
**Tickets for Beer and Seltzer**
Tickets are $7 each or 3 for $20, cash only. Beer and seltzer tickets are valid only for beer and seltzer—not for food, soft drinks, or rides.
**Wristbands**
Wristbands are required to drink or purchase alcohol. Free wristbands are available at the Ticket Booth and First Aid Station with valid ID and must be put on in front of Hometown staff.
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HARTLAND HOMETOWN CELEBRATION SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
Thursday, June 26, 2025
Carnival – 4 pm
Live Music: Driving Miss Crazy – 6 pm
Friday, June 27, 2025
Carnival – 4 pm
Hartland Community Band – 6:30 pm
Live Music: Mount Olive – 8 pm
Fireworks – 9:30 pm
Saturday, June 28, 2025
Carnival – Noon
Live Music: Bella Cain – Noon
Fireworks RAIN DATE
Sunday, June 29, 2025
Parade 1:30 pm sponsored by Big Fish Contracting
(Hartbrook Drive – Merton Avenue – E. Capital Drive – North Avenue)
The Village of Hartland 2025 Hometown Celebration Parade is scheduled for Sunday, June 29th, 2025.
The staging area for the parade will be along Hartbrook Drive, which will be closed between Merton Avenue and Rae Drive at 11:30 a.m. The parade route will begin on Merton Avenue just south of the bridge over Hwy 16 and proceeds south to E. Capitol Drive, turns west on E. Capitol Drive through the downtown, turns north on North Avenue and ends just south of the Hwy 16 bridge. Parade participants will be able to disperse from that end point.
The entire parade route, including the staging area, will be closed from 1:15 p.m. until approximately 4:00 p.m.
The public can access the businesses on Hartbrook Drive from Sunnyslope Drive during the entire parade.
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