STRAWBERRY FESTIVAL

Saturday morning from 10:00-11:00 a.m., Patty Ehlers Peterson from Larry’s Market will take the main stage for a cooking segment demo and tasting featuring, what else, strawberries and Cedar Creek Wines. Come enjoy this casual class.
There will be lively music on stage both days, featuring the Top-Forty sounds of Hat Trick from 12:00-4:00 on Saturday followed by New Revue from 4:00-6:00. The fantastic sounds of Bobby Way & Wayout’s show band on Sunday, 12:00-4:00 will make fans jump up and dance.
Prefer a whipped cream smile? Cedar Creek Settlement hosts free contests like the Strawberry Shortcake Eating Contest and the Strawberry Bubblegum Blowing Contest…Saturday and Sunday. Sign ups at 12:00 daily. On Saturday, 12-5 have your picture taken with Cheese Power the costumed character from Vern’s Cheese.
The Merchants of Cedar Creek Settlement also host the famous Sunday Morning Strawberry Pancake Breakfast, 8:00-11:00 a.m., drawing hundreds of families outdoors for an all-you-can-eat summertime treat. The price is right: $6.00 for Adults, $4.00 for Children and Kids under 3 are free. Live Music by the City Block Band.
Shoppers will enjoy strolling through the Settlement’s Strawberry Festival Arts Fair, a free indoor-outdoor boutique featuring the work of more than eighty of the Midwest’s most talented artists and folk artists at the Cedarburg Community Center and along Washington Avenue as part of the festivals Arts on the Avenue. Cedar Creek Settlement Merchants will have enticing booths outdoors at their Merchants Marketplace, featuring Amish Craftsmen Guild II, A Little Pizzazz, Brother John’s Art World, Cedar Creek Pottery, Cedar Creek Antiques, La Diva, Newberry Thicket and Eyelash Art.
Come and celebrate our Strawberry Extravaganza at Cedar Creek Settlement at the corner of Washington and Bridge in Historic Cedarburg, just 20 minutes north of Milwaukee.
INFORMATION: 262-377-4763 OR 866-626-7005
www.cedarburgfestivals.org/

Cedarburg’s German Festival
July 17 & 18, 2010

Historic Cedarburg will be bursting with gemuetlichkeit as Festivals of Cedarburg; Inc. presents the 3rd Annual German Festival, Saturday, July 17, 10 am–9 pm & Sunday, July 18, 11:30 am–5 pm in beautiful Cedar Creek Park, N52 W5882 Portland Road. Free admission and parking.

This authentic German festival will offer German foods and beers from the Alpine Village Inn’s Bier Garten, the Cedarburg Lion’s Club food booth, Grill on the Go, a dessert booth and the Quilt Museum Ice Cream Booth. Guests will also find German specialty beers such as Spaten Pilsner, Spaten Munich Lager, Dinkil Acker Dark and Franzinkaner & Dunkel Weiss, plus a variety of Cedar Creek Wines.

Ach, der music! Authentic German music plus a wooden dance floor for polka fans. Featured bands include Pommersche Spaldeel Performance Group & Band, Tuba Dan, the Alte Kameraden Band, Blaskapelle Milwaukee and the Cedarburg Civic Band. And, if you’ve never seen a live Glockenspiel Show (Cuckoo Clock), this delightful, goofy event will make you laugh as it reappears several times each day. Kids will enjoy games like Milk the Cow, Clothes Pin Drop, Ring the Bell & Potato Sack Races.

New this year is the German Strong Man & Strong Woman Competition sponsored by REAL Health & Fitness for those 16 and older, Saturday 10:00-12:00. The Truck Pull features a one ton city truck and 3 person team. There is a timed Sled Pull with weighted plates and a Keg Lift with filled kegs.

Silly contests with prize awards include Frau Tragen-Lauf (Wife Carrying), Bier Eimer-Lauf (Beer Bucket Races), a Sauerkraut Eating Contest and a German Spelling Bee from Ault to Zither (A-Z). There’s also a Best Lederhosen & Tracht attire (male & female) competition and a World-Class Outhouse Racing Contest (Toiletten-Lauf) with four “pushers” and one “sitter”.

You’ll find German-focused culture, like Spinning and Schnitzelbank demos and paper-cutting and a Sheepshead (Schafskopf) Tournament, Sunday, 1:00-4:00. Entry is $5.00 and prizes will be awarded. There will also be a marketplace of German handicrafts and imports with European Trading, Alpine Haus of Gifts, Xango, Bald Eagle Foods, Names & Frames and Gary’s Farmer’s Market. On Sunday morning there will be an ecumenical church service. While in Cedarburg, tour the Cedarburg Cultural Center exhibits, Cedarburg Visitor Center’s General Store exhibit, the historic Kuehfuss House (1849), Paul J. Yank, Cedarburg Brewery (1843) and Cedar Creek Winery in the Wittenberg Woolen Mill (1864) daily.
German Festival attendees will enjoy strolling Washington Avenue, absorbing the charm and historic ambiance of thriving downtown Cedarburg, chock-full of unique retail shops and restaurants.

Come help us celebrate the flavor of Germany! . For information, call the Visitor’s Center at 262-377-9620 or 800-237-2874. www.cedarburgfestivals.org or www.ci.cedarburg.wi.us (City Departments; Parks & Recreation; German Festival).
***Please note, pets are not allowed in Cedar Creek Park and festival attendees are asked to support our German Festival by not bringing carry-ins. Bring a lawn chair or blanket for comfort.