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Forest County Festival
The Crandon International Raceway and Forest County Potawatomi Community is again hosting the Forest County Festival!! Join them for another great year or rides, food, fireworks and fun!! #FCP
Laona Makers Market
Laona Makers Market
Free to set up, all types of vendors welcome and encouraged to join in. Happening every Friday May through September!! We are inspiring the community by encouraging local vendor relationships.
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Veeser’s Independence Day Celebration
Raffles and games at 4pm. Jim Gaf and the Coyote Posse perform at 7pm. Fireworks around 10pm.
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Laona Makers Market
Laona Makers Market
Free to set up, all types of vendors welcome and encouraged to join in. Happening every Friday May through September!! We are inspiring the community by encouraging local vendor relationships.
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Laona Makers Market
Laona Makers Market
Free to set up, all types of vendors welcome and encouraged to join in. Happening every Friday May through September!! We are inspiring the community by encouraging local vendor relationships.
Rock the Block – Laona
Rock the Block – Laona
Join the Laona Beautifying Committee in their 2nd Annual Rock the Block - Summer Concert Series. There is no cost as these concerts are FREE, brought to you by the committee and its sponsors!
There will be three Separate concerts in June, July and August of 2024.
June 7th will feature Forest County Local Nervous Hermus as our opener and Letter Z closing.
July 19th will feature a TBA opener and Logan Spicer closing.
August 2nd Local Legend Larry Seiler will open and Jason McNabb and the Rein will close with a big bang to end Rock the Block 2024!
Please Join us for this event, Centennial Park & Linden Street will be blocked off and the Laona Beautifying Committee will be serving refreshments.
There will also be food vendors so you are able to have dinner and a show. Bring your own chair, we will handle the rest!
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Wabeno Art and Music Festival
Calling all street market vendors!
You are invited join us for our 2nd Annual Street Market held during the 9th Annual Wabeno Art & Music (WAM) Fest in Wabeno, Wisconsin. The Market starts at 9am and ends at 4pm on July 20, 2024. WAM Fest will begin at noon and end at 10pm thus overlapping the Street Market in the afternoon. The Street Market will be located in downtown Wabeno amidst all the WAM Fest activities.
We have an online registration form and general guidelines for vendors. Please fill this form out and submit so we can plan for spaces needed. We may need to cap attendance, depending on number of spaces per vendor requested. We have no booth fees but would definitely appreciate donations if you had a great day, which we sure hope you do!!
We would like to enter pictures of each vendors’ products in the Street Market tab on the wabenoartandmusicfest.org so when we have Press Releases we can suggest that readers check out the “market merchandise”. If you are interested, please send to the info@wabenoartandmusicfest.org
PS: It rained briefly last year around 2:30pm. Please bring covering for your merchandise and a tent to protect you from the summer sun!
Hope to see you in July!
Tall Tales with Wabeno Area Players
Mark Your Calendar NOW! The Wabeno Area Players are the opening act for WAMFEST 2024 on July 20 in downtown Wabeno. The Players are performing readers' theaters of a variety of tall tales. One of the tall tales is Paul Bunyan and there will be at least one more!
TRYOUTS for this great fun will be June 4 and 5 at 6:00pm. Keep eyes open for where they will be. We are looking for expressive readers who can articulate, project, develop interesting voices and have fun with some great characters. Materials will be available soon. Give Carol Bartlein a call at 715-473-5466, to sign up, with questions and to get materials.
There will be three rehearsals and a dress rehearsal in preparation for the event. The three rehearsals will be scheduled in the evenings from July 8 through 18 in the evenings, depending on availability of cast. The dress rehearsal will be July 19.
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2024 Shank Open
2024 Shank Open
Join us for this years Shank Open Golf Tournament with Visit Forest County. This Friday Tournament is open to all and proceeds will support the Visit Forest County Trade Scholarship. 6 scholarships to Seniors from Laona, Crandon, Wabeno, Armstrong Creek, Mole Lake Community and the Forest County Potawatomi Community!
Sign up today and get in on all of the fun!
9:00AM Shotgun Start, 50/50, Bucket Raffles, and Hole Games!
$85 Per Person - includes 1 Full Round of Golf, Cart, 2 Drink Tickets, Lunch and Goodie Bag. Registration for pre registered teams starts at 8:00AM.
Not a golfer but want to support this amazing tournament and our scholarship... Consider a Basket Raffle Donation or Hole Sponsorship!
Please register your team prior to the event by contacting Mary at mary.visitforestcounty@gmail.com or 715-478-3450.
Laona Makers Market
Laona Makers Market
Free to set up, all types of vendors welcome and encouraged to join in. Happening every Friday May through September!! We are inspiring the community by encouraging local vendor relationships.
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Kentuck Car Show
Kentuck Car Show
Please Join us for this years Kentuck Car Show. All makes, models, years and styles are encouraged and welcome. If you have an amazing vehicle that you are proud to own please enter it into the Kentuck Car Show. We look forward to spending the day with you all and hope you will consider entering!
With your Registration you will receive a T-Shirt, Dash Plaque and Goodie Bag. Refreshments will be available and we hope to see you all there!
You may register that morning starting at 8:00AM or pre register with Mary Belland at mary.visitforestcounty@gmail.com
Kentuck Day
Kentuck Day
Join us for this years Kentuck Day Vendor Show! Last year there were over 100 Vendors and Tons of Fun!! Message Visit Forest County for more details and to get your hands on a Vendor Form!
And Remember if you sign up for Kentuck Day and Art in the Square at the same time you do receive a double event discount!
Mary Belland
mary.visitforestcounty@gmail.com
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Laona Makers Market
Laona Makers Market
Free to set up, all types of vendors welcome and encouraged to join in. Happening every Friday May through September!! We are inspiring the community by encouraging local vendor relationships.
Rock the Block – Laona
Rock the Block – Laona
Join the Laona Beautifying Committee in their 2nd Annual Rock the Block - Summer Concert Series. There is no cost as these concerts are FREE, brought to you by the committee and its sponsors!
There will be three Separate concerts in June, July and August of 2024.
June 7th will feature Forest County Local Nervous Hermus as our opener and Letter Z closing.
July 19th will feature a TBA opener and Logan Spicer closing.
August 2nd Local Legend Larry Seiler will open and Jason McNabb and the Rein will close with a big bang to end Rock the Block 2024!
Please Join us for this event, Centennial Park & Linden Street will be blocked off and the Laona Beautifying Committee will be serving refreshments.
There will also be food vendors so you are able to have dinner and a show. Bring your own chair, we will handle the rest!
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Laona Lions Club Community Soup
104 Years of Tradition at Laona's Silver Lake Beach. FREE Soup for everyone, just bring your bowl! Kids Games, Swimming, Other Foods available, Meat Raffle, Corn Hole Tournament and much more! Join Laona is this long standing tradition and bring your bowl!
Laona Souper Run
Laona Souper Run
Registration opens June 28th!
https://runsignup.com/Race/WI/Laona/LaonaCommunitySouperRun
Online Registration will open later this year (June 28th) and closes at 8:30 AM the day of the race.
First Race starts at 9:00 AM
6 and under: ¼ mile
7-11: ½ mile
5K race after the ½ mile
Those under 12 may run in the 5K if they wish, they will be in the 12 to 15 class
Pre Registration will help insure you get a shirt that fits.