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In the interest of the safety and enjoyment of all festival attendees, please leave your pets at home.

No dogs or other animals will be allowed on festival grounds.

 

A FEAST FOR THE SENSES…
CEDARBURG’S WINE & HARVEST FESTIVAL
SEPTEMBER 20 & 21, 2008

*We dedicate this festival to stellar volunteer, Henry Retzlaff, Jr., who passed away this summer. Henry will be remembered for his tireless efforts, enthusiastic support, dry wit and continual good cheer.

 

Spend a weekend in the country in Historic Cedarburg during Wine & Harvest Festival, Saturday, September 20 from 10-6 and Sunday, September 21 from 10-5, presented by Time Warner Cable.

Both the bounty of fall’s harvest and the award-winning wines of Cedar Creek Winery are what initiated this 36th annual event.


Food Courts feature steamed corn, caramel apples, kettle corn, apple cider, homemade ice cream, turkey legs, brats, burgers and savory/sweet delights. The Farmer’s Market brims with seasonal fruits and vegetables, flowers and plants, herbs and apples. At Cedar Creek Winery’s booths you can buy wine by the glass. The Marketplace offers Wisconsin products such as honey, syrup, cheese, sausage and jellies.


Festival fans will find Live Music all over town, including Top Forty, Bluegrass, Folk and Rock & Roll. Bands include Bobby Way & Wayout, Hat Trick, Pike Creek, Dante’s Bop, Hecker Kelley, Three’s A Crowd, Room to Move, Big Johnson & the Thrusters, the Itch, Dueling Pianos, Geri X, Fever Marlene and more.

The Scarecrow Contest, with dozens of colorful, whimsical, straw-stuffed characters will be on display throughout the festival. Hop aboard a shuttle hayride for a bird’s eye view.


Shoppers delight in Arts on the Avenue, with more than 200 juried booths presented by the Cedarburg Garden Club, Cedarburg Cultural Center and Ozaukee Art Center along Washington Avenue. The Cedarburg Artists Guild showcases their annual juried Fall Show “No Boundaries” and the Wisconsin Museum of Quilts and Fiber Arts welcomes the official installation of the “kaleidoscope of colors multicultural quilt”, by the Wisconsin Quilt History Project and US Postal Service, Saturday at 1:00 p.m.


Brand new this year will be the wacky Pumpkin Regatta. Visualize gigantic, hollowed-out, floatable pumpkins, launched with individual paddlers’ racing across Cedar Creek. CLICK HERE for more information

At Cedar Creek Settlement the Winery’s hilarious Grape Stomp is a daily crowd-pleaser with the Kid’s Stomp at 1:00 & 3:00 and the Adult’s Stomp at 2:00 & 4:00. Other competitions include Grape Spitting at 2:15 and Apple Bobbing at 3:30 daily. Families will love the enchanting Scarecrow Sculpture Garden.


The festival’s Kid’s Korner entertainment will encompass a variety of activities geared for children. Saturday from 11-3, Harris Bank sponsors Paint Your Own Pumpkin and from 12-4 professional carver Steve Dahlke will create magical carved pumpkins, including a 400 lb. specimen.

Sunday’s activities include magician Bruce Hetzler and Popcorn the Clown from 12-4 and Gypsy Geoff from 12-5. Local shops present Hello Kitty, cookie decorating, face painting; polish changes and various demos.

Join us for fall fun in Historic Cedarburg, just 20 minutes north of Milwaukee.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: 1-888-894-4001 or 262-377-9620