The 68th annual Sister Bay Fall Fest takes place October 18, 19 and 20 throughout the village in beautiful northern Door County and ping pong balls will again fall from the sky!
This “Granddaddy” of all Door County festivals boasts the peninsula’s biggest and best parade of the year at 11 am on Saturday. This year’s Parade Marshall will be announced during the parade and honored as the 2013 Sister Bay/Liberty Grove Volunteer of the Year. Rhythm and beats for the parade floats and participants will be delivered with gusto by the Gibraltar School District Marching Band, the Green Bay Preble High School Marching Band and the Milwaukee Scottish Pipe Band. Any Door County individual, business or local group is invited to enter a float in the parade or dress up in costume and entertain the crowd. Pre-parade line-up will take place beginning at 10 am on Maple Dr. aka County ZZ heading out beyond the Sister Bay Bowl.
The events include a 3-day juried arts and crafts festival where only vendors who sell their own arts and crafts are accepted. You will find a variety of delicious food and beverages sold by Door County non-profit groups and local village businesses. There will be activities for kids of all ages and live music at numerous spots throughout the village. The grand finale of the weekend takes place on Sunday at 2 pm, featuring a new method of launching more than 10,000 ping pong balls labeled with discounts and prizes from area businesses, into a crowd of thousands in the ever popular Ping Pong Ball Drop.
NEW THIS YEAR:
- Fall festers will have access to free Wi-Fi throughout the festival grounds,
- Bowlers can try for a strike in Pumpkin Bowling,
- Eaters are encouraged to test their skills with a Sloppy Joe Eating Contest.
The Sister Bay Lions Club will host a Door County Fish Boil Friday night at the Sister Bay/Liberty Grove Fire Station, followed by a film screening and fundraiser for the Door County Short Film Fest after the Fish Boil in the large room at the Sister Bay Fire Station. On Saturday morning the Northern Door Kiwanis will flip as many pancakes as you can eat at the Village Hall.
Entertainment and games are available for kids of all ages with inflatable games, bungee jumping, camel rides and more. Live music Friday, Saturday and Sunday in 5 different venues.
Check out the full schedule below for times. More details are available online, or grab a schedule when you get to town!
SCHEDULE:
Friday:
9 am-5 pm: Classic Auto Show – West side of Mill Road – Sponsored by Sister Bay Lions Club
10 am-5 pm: Arts & Crafts Show – Mill Road – Sponsored by the Sister Bay Advancement Association
10 am-5 pm: Food & Drink – Various places in Village
3-6 pm: Music at Grasse’s Grill: Dirty Deuce
3-7 pm: Music at Husby’s: Modern Day Drifters
5-8 pm: Sister Bay Lions Club will host a Door County Fish Boil at the Sister Bay/Liberty Grove Fire Station on Mill Road 6:30-7:30 pm: Cake Walk in the Village Hall – Fundraiser for Gibraltar School Destination Imagination
8 pm: Movie Screening and fundraiser for the Door County Short Film Fest, at the Fire Station on Mill Rd.
10 pm-close: Music at Husby’s: Muddy Udders
Saturday:
7 am-11 am: Pancake Breakfast – Village Hall – Sponsored by Kiwanis Club of Northern Door
9 am-5 pm: Food & Drinks – Various places in Village
9 am-5 pm: Classic Auto Show – West side of Mill Road – Sponsored by Sister Bay Lions Club
9 am-5 pm: Mechanical Bull at Sister Bay Bowl
9 am-4 pm: Inflatable Games/Bouncers, Bungee Jumping & More – Across the street from Al Johnson’s (weather permitting)
9 am-4 pm: Camel Rides next to the Bowl (weather permitting)
10 am-5 pm: Arts & Crafts Show – Mill Road – Sponsored by the Sister Bay Advancement Association
10 am-1 pm: Music at Husby’s: Learning to Fly – Tom Petty tribute band
11 am: Parade – Bay Shore Drive, Downtown Parade Marshal – Volunteer of the Year
11:45 am-3pm: Music next to Al Johnson’s: Whiskey Ditch w/ special guests
12:30-4:30: Music on Husby’s/Sister Bay Bowl Stage: Hoi Polloi
12-4 pm: Music at Grasse’s Grill: The original Big Mouth Quartet
1-3 pm: Children’s Entertainer/Musician Randy Peterson – Gazebo by Village Hall (inside Village Hall if bad weather)
1-4 pm: Music on the Husby’s/Bowl stage: Hoi Polloi
3:30 pm: Wisconsin Cinderella Queens Coronation (Miss Cinderella scholarship pageant – inside Village Hall)
4-7 pm: Music at Husby’s: Happy Schnapps Combo
5-9 pm: Music at Grasse’s Grill: Bacchus Lotus
10pm-close: Music at Husby’s: Hoi Polloi
10pm-Close: Music at Sister Bay Bowl: Glas Hamr
Sunday:
9 am-2 pm: Classic Auto Show – West side of Mill Road – Sponsored by Sister Bay Lions Club
10 am-4 pm: Food & Drinks – Various places in Village
10 am-4 pm: Arts & Crafts Show – Mill Road – Sponsored by the Sister Bay Advancement Association
10 am-4 pm: Inflatable Games/Bouncers, Bungee Jumping & More – Across the street from Al Johnson’s (weather permitting)
10 am-3 pm: Camel Rides next to the Bowl (weather permitting)
11 am-2 pm: Pumpkin Bowling – on grass hill next to Sister Bay Bowl
11 am-2 pm: Music at Grasse’s Grill: Double W
11:30 am: Sloppy Joe Eating Contest – Sign up at Bowl
12-4 pm: Music between Husby’s/Sister Bay Bowl: Unity
Noon-3:30 pm: Polka Man Dale with Bellows & Strings – near Village Hall
2 pm: Ping Pong Ball Drop
Beer and alcohol vendors will be requiring wristbands this year. Stop by the wristband stations to get a wristband (if you’re 21 or older).
Wristband station schedule:
- Friday: Noon -7 pm – corner of Mill Road & Hwy 42
- Saturday: 8 am – 5 pm – corner of Mill Road & Hwy. 42 and on the southeast corner (Jungwirth’s Ace Hardware) of Maple Dr. & Hwy. 42
- Sunday: 10 am – 2 pm – corner of Mill Road & Hwy 42
Sister Bay Fall Festival is sponsored by the Sister Bay Advancement Association. For more information on the 68th annual Sister Bay Fall Festival, please visit www.ComeToSisterBay.com or call 920.854.2812.
