Wednesday, June 19   

Wisconsin Rapids Rafters Baseball Game

7:05pm • Witter Field  (521 Lincoln St, Wis. Rapids) Join us as the Rafters play the Wisconsin Woodchucks. Look for special appearances from the Cranberry Guy, Cranberry Princesses and Rosco. 

Grand Avenue Artists at McMillian Library

Ongoing • McMillan Memorial Library (490 E Grand Ave, Wis. Rapids) For the entire month of June, feast your eyes on creative artwork in air conditioned comfort in the McMillian Memorial Library Multi Purpose  Room and glass display cases. Rain or shine, you will enjoy the colorful paintings, baskets, pottery, jewelry, photography and more!   

Thursday, June 20

Your Ideas Under Construction

Ongoing • Old Daily Tribune Property  (220 1st Ave. S, Wis. Rapids) Hosted by Incourage. Building tours, activities and local food. Explore the space, experience its history and imagine what its future could bring! More details at incouragef.org or call 715-423-3863.

Lunch by the River 

11:30am-1:00pm • Veterans’ Park  (E. Grand Ave. & 2nd St., Wis. Rapids) Hosted by The Heart of Wisconsin Chamber of Commerce. Join your family and friends for lunch, fun, and more down by the beautiful Wisconsin Rapids.

Grand Avenue Art Walk

4:00pm-7:00pm  • Grand Avenue Downtown Hosted by the Grand Avenue Artists. Come stroll along Grand Avenue while enjoying new and exciting artwork from area artists including watercolors, ceramics, jewelery, oils, photography and more!Stay and relax for Cinema Under the Stars.

7:30pm-Movie End • (West Grand Ave., Downtown Wis. Rapids) Funded by Community Grants through Incourage Community Foundation. Plan to join us for the 8th annual season of Downtown Classic Cinema! Food and snacks will be available, admission is free and the movie begins at dusk. 

Friday, June 21

June Dairy & Berry Breakfast

6:00am-10:30am • Lincoln High School  (1801 16th St. S., Wis. Rapids) Hosted by the Agri-Business Committee of The Heart of Wisconsin Chamber of Commerce & LHS FFA Chapter. Enjoy all-you-can-eat pancakes served with sausage, cranberry juice, coffee, milk, ice cream sundaes and more. Adults $7.00, Kids 5-12 $5.00 and 4 and under are free. Exhibit booths along with dairy calves will be featured. Bring your camera for some great photo opportunites.

50/50 Raffle

Ongoing • Winner announced at the Parade (Downtown Wis. Rapids) Sponsored by Wisconsin Rapids Lioness. Winner gets 50% of the cash profit. Tickets will be sold at the June Dairy and Berry Breakfast.

Cranberry Blossom Tours

Ongoing •  Glacial Lake Cranberries (2480 County Rd. D, Wis. Rapids)  After the breakfast, venture out to cranberry country to take a guided tour of a historical cranberry marsh, led by a real owner. View the beautiful blossoms and learn how cranberries got their name! Tours will be offered from 9:00am-noon, tickets are $10.00 and kids age 10 and under are free.

Blossom Fest Carnival 

Ongoing • Opening Friday 4:00pm-9:00pm, Saturday 10:00am-9:00pm and Sunday noon-5:00pm at Witter Field (8th St. S. & Apple St., Wis Rapids) Come one, come all down to the Blossom Fest Carnival! Families, teens and kids of all ages will enjoy carnival rides, games and food throughout the Blossom Fest weekend. Wristband specials available.

Cranberry Chicken Dinner

4:00pm-6:00pm • Wisconsin Rapids Lions Club (3331 10 St. S., Wis. Rapids) Hosted by the Wisconsin Rapids Firefighters Association. Join local firefighters for cranberry-glazed chicken with wild rice and all the trimmings. Tickets are only available in advance and are $10.00 per person at the Heart of Wisconsin Chamber of Commerce, from the Wisconsin Rapids Firefighters and Lions or Lioness members.  

Mid-Summer Night's Dream Golf Outing and Dinner

Registration is at 11:00am with a shotgun start at noon, cocktails at 6:00pm and dinner at 6:30pm • Bull's Eye Country Club (2800 Ridgewood Tr., Wis. Rapids) Enjoy a day on the golf scramble with fun twists along the way. Cost is $80.00 which includes a "grab-n-go" lunch, golf cart and buffet dinner featuring there new chef Mark. Along with lively art filled entertainment.

Golden Sands Cranberry Blossom Cup

Gates open 4:30pm, time trials 6:30pm and racing begins at 7:45 pm • Golden Sands Speedway (109992 Hwy 54, Wis. Rapids) Enjoy all the racing excitment at Golden Sands Speedway on Friday night with cranberry specials, cranberry games, bounce the berry and celebrity winers! 

Paint the Town Pink

7:00pm-11:00pm • Hotel Mead (451 E. Grand Ave., Wis Rapids)  Eat, drink, dance and dunk "local celebrities" for a chance to win the grand prize! There will be live music from Fat Brass Band, delicious food from the Hotel Mead and a chance to dunk Mayor Vruwink, Heidi Slinkman (Gaynor Cranberries), Al Deberry (Owner of Hotel Mead) and many more. Admission is $4, but wear pink and pay only $2.

Saturday, June 22

Urbans Greenhouse Garden Party 

8:00am-6:00pm • Urbans Greenhouse (6293 Hwy 34, Rudolph) Urbans Greenhouse Garden Party focuses on the creativity and the joy of gardening with hands on workshops, vendors, food and fun. For more information and a schedule of the workshop times go to www.urbansgreenhouse.com.  

Festival Eats & Treats

9:00am-3:00pm • Witter Field  (8th St. S. & Apple St., Wis. Rapids) Hosted by The Heart of Wisconsin Chamber of Commerce. You will find something to satisfy every appetite with the assorted food and beverage selections available. Many vendors featuring cranberry treats! Adjacent to the Arts, Crafts & Cranberries Fair.

Arts, Crafts & Cranberries Fair

9:00am-3:00pm • Witter Field  (8th St. S. & Apple St., Wis. Rapids) Hosted by The Heart of Wisconsin Chamber of Commerce. Free outdoor craft show, rain or shine. Family friendly (no pets) event highlighting our unique agricultural heritage. Featuring woodcrafts, framed art, jewelry, candles, pottery and cranberry themed products.

3rd Annual “Cruise-In” Car Show

9:00am-3:00pm • Witter Field  (8th St. S. & Apple St., Wis. Rapids) Hosted by Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter 101 – Wis. Rapids Car Show. Dash Plaques to all participants. No entry fee.  

Blossom Fest Carnival

Ongoing •  Saturday 10:00am-9:00pm and Sunday noon-5:00pm at Witter Field (8th St. S. & Apple St., Wis Rapids) Come one, come all down to the Blossom Fest Carnival! Families, teens and kids of all ages will enjoy carnival rides, games and food throughout the Blossom Fest weekend. Wristband specials available.

Grand Avenue Artists at McMillan Library

Ongoing • McMillan Memorial Library (490 E. Grand Ave., Wis. Rapids) For the entire month of June, feast your eyes on creative artwork in air conditioned comfort in the McMillan Memorial Library Multi-purpose room and glass display cases. Rain or shine you will enjoy colorful paintings, baskets, pottery, jewelery, photography and much more!

Grand Ave. Artists

9:00am-3:00pm • Witter Field  (8th St. S. & Apple St., Wis. Rapids) Hosted by The Grand Ave. Artists. Enjoy viewing local art work from the Grand Avenue Artists under the Big Tent. Search out your favorite artist and embrace the new and exciting creations or discover a new and upcoming artist. 

Cranberry Blossom Quilt Show

10:00am-3:00pm • Witter Field Warming House  (8th St. S. & Apple St., Wis. Rapids) Hosted by Material Girls Quilt Club. Viewers choice quilt show of members’ bed quilts & wall hangings. Pincushion display. Members’ block challenge, antique quilt corner. Admission $1. Proceeds to fund palliative care quilts for Riverview Hospital. 

3rd Annual Bustin' Out Against Cancer Walk 

Registration at 10:00am • The Bar (150 2nd St. N., Wis. Rapids) Proceeds to benefit the LeRoy Butler Foundation. A 2 mile walk to benefit the LeRoy Butler Foundation, all proceeds will stay local. $20.00 pledges or donation to participate. 

Ice Cream Social & Cranberry Exhibit

11:00am-3:00pm • South Wood County Historical Museum (540 3rd St. S., Wis. Rapids) Stop by for a free scoop of ice cream while enjoying the blossoming grounds and exhibits, including the history of local cranberry harvesting.

Dream Catcher Gallery Cultural Event

Begins at 11:00am, Cultural Event at 1:00pm • Dreamcatcher Gallery(1750 West Grand Ave., Wis. Rapids) Event to include Native American dancers and drummers, tipis, fry bread, and native vendors, a wood carver and Jam Alpaca ranch with alpacas and spinning demos. We will also have a wood carver demo doing a Swedish Candle.
 

Blossom Dance

7:00pm-11:00pm • Bull’s Eye Country Club (2800 Ridgewood Tr., Wis. Rapids) Dance the night away with music by The Downtowners from 7:00pm-11:00pm. Cash bar and admission is $10. A limited number of tickets will be sold, first come first serve. Call Bull’s Eye Country Club for tickets (715-423-2230).  

Sunday, June 23

Grand Rapids Firefighters’ Celebration

8:00am-9:00pm • Grand Rapids Lions Club  (2411 36th St. S., Wis. Rapids) Hosted by Grand Rapids Vol. Fire Department. The day starts with a Pancake breakfast from 8:00am-11:00am followed by lunch at noon and afternoon music by Bob Danczky & the Polish Memories from 1:00pm-4:30 pm. Then evening music by Boogie & The Yo-Yo’s from 5:00pm-9:00pm.  Fun rides for the children all day. Food, drinks, bingo and a raffle drawing - need not be present to win.  

Kids’ Fishing Contest

9:00am-noon • East River Bank  (2nd St. S.& Maple St., Wis. Rapids) Sponsored by Wisconsin Rapids Professional Police Association. Fishing contest open to kids 14 and under. Prizes will be awarded in various categories and the first 50 kids will receive a door prize.
 

Cranberry Blossom Fest Parade

12:30 pm • Downtown Wisconsin Rapids  Hosted by The Heart of Wisconsin Chamber of Commerce. Participants and spectators will gather downtown for a parade along East Grand Avenue from 11th St. over the Grand Avenue Bridge and continuing along West Grand Avenue to the J.C.Penney parking lot at the Rapids Mall. We have a fun packed parade this year which includes the UW-Marching Band!

Shamrock Club of Wisconsin

Immediately following with parade • Veterans' Park (1st Ave. S., Wis. Rapids) Sponsored by Mead Witter Foundation and Eight Street Auto. Over 20 bagpipers and drummers with color guard to perform following the parade.

UW-Marching Band 

After the parade • Witter Field (8th St. S. & Apple St., Wis. Rapids) After the parade come on over to Witter Field to see the UW-Marching Band play there crowd pleasing 5th quarter performance, gather at 2:30 pm.

*Events Subject to Change*