Thank You for visiting our Website! Cranberry Festival is held Annually the 1st Saturday in October. We invite you to join us in celebrating autumn in beautiful Northwest Wisconsin by attending the 46th Annual Stone Lake Cranberry Festival in beautiful Stone Lake, Wisconsin. We host over 30,000 guests on this day of festivities and fun. Our volunteer festival staff will be ready to serve you by taking care of all the details of the event. On the first Saturday in October Over 300 vendors, artisans, crafters, food and hospitality areas will be ready to take good care of you.
Because of continued support from wonderful people like you, over the last three years alone our organization donated over $100,000 to local area youth and non-profit organizations in Sawyer and Washburn Counties. Your support made this happen.
THANK YOU AND HOPE TO SEE YOU AT THE FEST!!!!
Stone Lake Cranberry Festival History... In 1978 seven women of the Stone Lake Chamber were enjoying a glass of cranberry wine while christening Bobby Schmidt's new hot tub. The ladies made a toast to the idea of celebrating the harvest of cranberries by organizing a festival to be held the first Saturday in October.
Sandy Knutson, Susanne Burnette, Carol McDonnell, Joanne Heming, Pat Parker, Marie Kadlec and Babe Clements hoped that this would also help to stimulate commerce in our small town before the long cold winter months came upon us. The first festival was in 1978 and it drew an astounding 100 people. Who would have known that this fun idea would have grown into one of Northwest Wisconsin’s most popular festivals drawing over 30,000 people each year.
Today the festival has grown from a business stimulus idea to a wonderful non-profit charitable organization. Proceeds from the festival are donated to area not for profit youth programs which may not happen without the aid they receive from the festival. Other non-profit organizations in our communities also benefit by receiving monies from the Stone Lake Cranberry Festival.
Come visit us and experience the history of our town by visiting our Stone Lake Historical Museum located next to the Fire Hall. The building is the old Stone Lake Train Station which has been beautifully renovated and houses artifacts from our town’s past.
Join us for the Krate Derby after the Parade!
Thursday Evening October 3, 2024 SOLD OUT Cran Harvest Dinner Stone Lake Lions Hall 5:30pm Social Hour - 6:30pm Dinner $20.00 per ticket - Only 140 Sold! Royalty Coronation
Friday October 4, 2024 Cranberry Baking Contest and Baking Contest Stone Lake Lions Hall Registration and Drop Off 3:00 - 5:00pm - Judging 5:15pm Bake Sale Immediately following Red Schoolhouse Wine & Spirits Free Wine Tasting & Live Music 5:00pm - 7:00pm The Whistle Punk Special Beer Tasting featuring Castle Danger Brewery 5:00pm - 7:00pm
Official Festival Day Saturday October 5th, 2024 (Held Rain or Shine) Arts, Crafts and Flea Market Over 300 Outdoor Vendors 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM Cranberries, Craisins & Festival Apparel Cranberry Corner Located at the top of Main Street Hill 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM Cranberry Marsh Tours 9:00AM - 3:00PM Located under Water Tower First Lutheran Church Baked Goods, Crafts & Quilts 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM Stone Lake Wesleyan Church Baby Feeding and Changing Station 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM Stone Lake Lions Hall Beer, Wine, Brat & Turkey Leg Tent Indoor Seating 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM Parade Main Street HIll - Hwy 70 2:00 PM Krate Derby Main Street Hill Immediately Following Parade Live Music Red Schoolhouse Wines Stone Lake Pub Pancake Breakfast Canceled for 2024 Sunday Morning October 6th, 2024