Deutsche Partei im Park!
(German Party in the Park)
Historic 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–6 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 and German desserts. Guests will also find specialty beers such as Spaten Pilsner, Spaten Munich Lager, Dinkil Acker Dark and Franzinkaner & Dunkel Weiss, plus a variety of Cedar Creek Wines, including their four-time Gold Medal winner, Cedar Creek Riesling.

Ach, der music! More German music then you can shake a stick at, plus a wooden dance floor for polka fans. Featured bands include Pommersche Spaldeel Performance Group & Band, Tuba Dan, the Alte Kameraden Band, Spielmannszug, Blaskapelle Milwaukee, Familienmusi Mueller Hacker Trio 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 every two hours. Kids will enjoy old fashioned games and various arts & crafts.

Silly contests with prize awards include Frau Tragen-Lauf (Wife Carrying), Bier Eimer-Lauf (Beer Bucket Races), a Sauerkraut Eating Contest, Nagelen Contest (nail to the log) 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”.

A German tradition, a cash raffle called a Gewinn und Teilen (Win & Share), for those 21 years of age and older, will be featured again this year. Tickets will be sold and drawn every two hours and winnings distributed.

You’ll find German-focused culture, like Spinning and Schnitzelbank demos and paper-cutting and a Sheepshead (Schafskopf) Tournament. There will also be a marketplace of German handicrafts, imports and food products and a Farmer’s Market with locally grown produce.

On Sunday morning there will be an ecumenical church service.

While in Cedarburg, tour the Cedarburg Cultural Center exhibit, 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.

Founded in the 1840’s, Cedarburg was declared a National Historic District listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The city is home to more than 100 restored and intact buildings of historic significance.

***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.