Milwaukee Winter Festival and Event Guide
Every season is festival season in Milwaukee. Milwaukee’s world-renowned fests and events celebrate food, music, culture, art, and history throughout the city. Check out the guide below to explore our winter festival and event schedule in Milwaukee for 2025.
Jan. 4 | N/A Day: A Dry January Festival! This event offers visitors the opportunity to try unlimited samples of more than 50 nonalcoholic beverages. The Cooperage, 822 S. Water St.
Jan. 11 | New Berlin Recreation’s Winterfest A family-friendly event with lots of winter fun. New Berlin Public Library and Malone Park
Jan. 16, 6-8pm | Cheers to the New Year The annual North Shore Chamber of Commerce fundraiser features a raffle, a bottle pull table, a live raptor experience, great networking and connections, food, drink and plenty of merriment. Audubon Nature Center
Jan. 17-26 | Waukesha JanBoree Celebrate 40 years of Waukesha winter fun with days of fantastic events. Lowell Park and various other Waukesha locations
Jan. 17-19 | Downtown West Bend Winter Warm Up Enjoy a weekend of winter activities while strolling through downtown West Bend amongst beautiful ice sculptures. Downtown West Bend
Jan. 19-25 | Winter Week Embrace the cold and enjoy a week of cozy activities in West Allis including the Souper Wednesday Soup Crawl. West Allis
Jan. 29-Feb. 2 | Snow Sculptures at Winterfest Lake Geneva The city’s annual Winterfest features the awe-inspiring U.S. National Snow Sculpting Championship. Riviera Plaza and Flat Iron Park on Geneva Lake
Feb 1 | Winterfest Urban Ecology Center Celebrate the Grand Reopening of the Urban Ecology Center’s Washington Park Branch. Washington Park
Feb 15-16 | Cedarburg Winter Festival An indoor and outdoor event in historic downtown Cedarburg. Downtown Cedarburg