Uncork Summer at Olde Ellison Bay Days

Photo by Len Villano.

The theme of this year’s annual Olde Ellison Bay Days festival is Uncork Summer, the Door Peninsula’s first countywide food and wine tasting venue taking place on the grounds of Wickman House.

According to Kim Shumway, president of the Ellison Bay Service Club, founding sponsor of Olde Ellison Bay Days festival, the exclusive Uncork Summer attraction not only provides an appropriate theme for the festival, but also a perfect complement to traditional festival attractions at Ellison Bay’s Community Park nearby.

As it has been for the past 48 years, the Olde Ellison Bay Days festival will take place on and around the last weekend of June. It will get off to an appropriately historical start on Thursday evening, June 26, with Door County’s original fish boil at the Viking Grill in Ellison Bay. The festival will feature all the usual favorites: a parade, children’s activities, art demonstrations, and more.

The Uncork Summer venue, open from 10 am through 5 pm on Saturday, will offer small-plate, gourmet dishes from restaurants throughout Door County, as well as samplings from local markets, wineries and distilleries. Well-known local acoustic musicians, including Katie Dahl, Small Forest and Death Folk, will perform live throughout the day.

There is no admission fee to attend Uncork Summer. Tickets for individual small plate dishes and drinks are $5 each. For more information visit uncorksummer.com.

For more information about Olde Ellison Bay Days call 920.421.1753.

2014 Olde Ellison Bay Days Schedule of Events

Friday, June 27:

• 12-2pm: Pie Baking Contest Judging, Community Club House

• 6:30-8pm: Pie & Ice Cream Social, Community Club House

Saturday, June 28:

• 8:30-10am: Slow Bike Race

• 10am-5pm: Concessions and Art Fair with demonstrations, Community Park

• 10am-5pm: Uncork Summer, food & wine tasting event at Wickman House

• 11am: Grande Parade

• 12:30-3:30pm: Door County Land Trust guided hikes and open house, Grande View Property

• 12-4pm: Prize-winning Pies by the Slice, children’s art activities and games, Club House

• 1-4pm: Live Music by Katie Dahl, Gazebo

• 2-4pm: Water Golf from the Pier

•2-4pm: Tours of new Seaquist Cherry Processing Plant, Highway 42

•4:30-7:30pm: Spaghetti Dinner, Shepherd of the Bay Church

• 5-7pm, 9pm-1am: Live Music at Mink River Basin

• 7-11pm: Street Dance with Modern Day Drifters, behind The Viking

Sunday, June 29:

• 8-11am: Liberty Grove Firefighters’ Pancake Breakfast, Clubhouse

• 10-11am: Cowboy Church non-denominational service, Gazebo

•11am-4pm: Concessions and Art Fair with demonstrations, Community Park

• 11am-4pm: Children’s art activities and face painting, Club House

•11am-1pm: Twisted Creations Balloon Artist, Community Park

• 11:30am-12:30pm: “Best Minster” Dog Show Contest, Gazebo

•1-3pm: Live Music by the Fairland Bluegrass Band, Gazebo

•3pm: Grande Raffle Prize Drawing, Gazebo