Mount Horeb Summer Frolic and Cottage Grove Firemen s Festival bring back the beer tent, plus Madison Jazz Festival, new museum exhibits, and more Isthmus Picks for June 10-17.
Dragon Art Fair
4:00 PM
January 11, 2019
Following a year s hiatus, the annual summer fete hosted by
Dragon Arts Group s returns with about 80 vendors and the scholarship fundraiser silent auction in the park pavilion (closing at 2 p.m.). The event also includes food carts and entertainment by Ultimate Leap Dance Center students (11:30 a.m.) and The Artesians (1 p.m.).
press release: We are back at Fireman s Park on June 5, 2021! âFrom 9AM-4PM, there will be artist booths within the park and on the adjacent street. Booths will be spread out more than usual but we ll still have just over 80 artists!
The Dragon Art Fair Information Booth will be located in the small shelter on the north side of the park. Our famous Dragon Art Fair mugs are available for $20.00 each.
Free Fun Weekend
National Safe Boating Council
Try it, you ll like it! That s the philosophy behind this yearly event, in which the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources waives fees required at state parks and trails so that anyone can take nature for a test drive. Kick the tires, metaphorically, as you boat, fish, bike, hike and picnic, all without having to buy a state park vehicle admission sticker (which is well worth the investment, as you ll find out after your free day in a park), trail pass, or even a fishing license. More info follows.
media release: Wisconsin is home to 49 state parks, 15 state forests, 44 state trails, 84,000 miles of rivers and streams, roughly 15,000 lakes and so much more. For the first weekend every June, you can explore it all with state park admission fees, fishing licenses and trail passes waived.
ONLINE: Family Opera Day
May 20, 2021
Miles Hofschulz
Michelle Lerch (Gretel) and Hannah Carroll (Hansel) in Opera for the Young s 2021 Family Opera Day production, Hansel & Gretel The Interactive Film.
Follow the trail of breadcrumbs to your laptop for this summer tradition from Opera for the Young, which introduces elementary age children to opera and musical theater. Premiering Saturday on
Facebook is Hansel & Gretel: The Interactive Film. The film will stream at 10 a.m. and 1 p.m., with activities led by Madison Children s Museum starting 90 minutes before each show.
press release:
Show #1 at 10:00 AM CST; Show #2 at 1:00 PM CST. Activities begin 90 minutes before the show: learn the chorus songs and make costumes for chorus roles!