Fish Creek’s Wacky Winter Fest

By Door County Pulse , Peninsula Pulse – January 31st, 2019

Life is good in the Fish Creek Winter Festival main tent. Photo by Len Villano.

Event schedule for Feb. 1-3

Fish Creek Winter Festival will celebrate its 32nd year in 2019. As the town’s longest-standing tradition and Door County’s most famous winter event, it features live music, quirky games, delicious food, the Fruit Loop Fun Run, a fireworks display and two featured events: an entertaining stumpf fiddle contest and the Smokin’ Hot Chili Cook-off. The stumpf fiddle contest is an activity like no other for musicians and outgoing sorts: you’ll have the opportunity to show off your musical talents or entertain the crowd with your dance/fiddle combos. Most events take place under a heated tent overlooking the frozen waters of Green Bay.

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
Any activities that take place on the ice depend on the weather.

Friday, Feb. 1

• 6:30-10 pm: Adult Art Night (adults 21+), Hands On Art Studio

Saturday, Feb. 2

• 10 am – 2 pm: Family Winter Print Event, Peninsula School of Art

• 10 am – 3 pm: Festivities (games, live DJ, food, drinks and Winter Fest merchandise), the heated tent in Clark Park

• 10 am – 4 pm: All Things Chocolate, Old Town Hall

This stumpf fiddler clearly knows what it takes to please the crowd.

• 10 am – 5 pm: Lautenbach’s Winter Wine & Cherry Fest (cherry-pit spitting contest at 1:30 pm); to make sleigh-ride reservations, call John Mayberry at 920.421.1152

• 10 am – 5 pm: Free trolley rides throughout town

• 10:45 am: Chili cook-off participants take their crockpots to the tent

• 11 am – 12 pm: Children’s story hour, Fish Creek Library

• 12 pm: Chili cook-off judging and winners announced in the main tent

• 1-2 pm and 3-5:30 pm: Performance by Bacchus Lotus, main tent

• 2-3 pm: Stumpf fiddle contest, main tent

• 5:30-8 pm: Candlelight ski/hike, Peninsula State Park

• 5:45 pm: Fireworks, outside the main tent

• 10 pm – 12 am: Rock ‘n’ Roll Snow Dance with Big Mouth at Alexander’s