Fall… everyone’s favorite time of year… at least it’s my favorite. September is usually a pretty mild month with fluctuating temps. In Door County, it’s always wise to bring a jacket or sweatshirt. During the week is a perfect time to travel to Door County. It’s typically less busy than the weekends particularly in September. We are starting to take out the impatiens and petunias and will replace them with fall flowers and eventually pumpkins, straw bales and mums…
Here is what happening festival wise in Door County… (printed with permission from the Peninsula Pulse)
Ephraim Vintage Festival Hill Climb and Concours’ D’elegance
Sept. 9 – 10, 2017
This challenging course winds its way through the picturesque village streets and traverses the steep Niagara Escarpment on Saturday. Sunday will find the vehicles lined up along the beautiful Eagle Harbor for judging and viewing by the public.
Shopf’s Dairy View Country Market’s Corn Fest. Photo by Katie Sikora.
Shopf’s Dairy View Corn Fest
Sept. 9 2017
Bring the family to check out a 20-acre Corn Maze, children’s games, bakery items, food, raffle, silent auction, plus corn and pie eating contests. Proceeds benefit Sunshine House.
Sturgeon Bay Harvest Fest
Sept. 16, 2017
Usher in the spirit of autumn with a bountiful day on Third Avenue. Features include a classic car show, craft show, food booths, in-store specials, children’s activities, and live entertainment. Preview unique street art and attend the live auction at 5:30pm.
Egg Harbor Ale Fest
Sept. 16, 2017
A beer lover’s escape in Egg Harbor! Enjoy unlimited sampling of more than 40 brewers and 120 different craft beers, live music, with free trolley shuttle service.
Baileys Harbor Autumnfest
Sept. 23, 2017
Baileys Harbor celebrates the fall with live music, food and drinks, arts and crafts, a Classic Auto and Motorcycle Show, plus the Hey Hey 5k Run at Door County Brewing Co. on Saturday morning. Check out the farm market on Sunday from 9am-1pm.
Jesse Kelstrom from Meadow Lane Farms shows off the pumpkins grown on his farm at the Baileys Harbor Harvest Fest. Photo by Len Villano.
Fall Harvest Fest
Sept. 23, 2017
Orchard Country Winery and Market, Fish Creek
A great combo with Inside Outside Sales! Enjoy complimentary wine and specialty food tasting, pick-your-own apples, free guided tours, wagon rides,live music, kid’s activities, and more! The fun also includes: Apple Donut Eating Contest and Apple Pie Eating Contest. Free admission.
Egg Harbor Pumpkin Patch Festival
Oct. 7-8, 2017
Carnival rides, arts and crafts vendors, silent auction, live music, scarecrow and pumpkin displays, food, refreshments and more.
Modern Day Drifters are a fan favorite at Pumpkin Patch festival each October in Egg Harbor. Photo by Len Villano.
Fall Fun Fest and Cider Pressing Party
Oct. 7 – 8, 2017
Bring your own apples or buy a bucket to press into a gallon of cider. Live entertainment, wagon rides, dip your own caramel apples on the spot, brats, chili, hot and cold fresh pressed cider. Kids old fashioned games on Saturday at 1pm. Hosted by the Washington Island Farm Museum.
Townline Art Fair
Oct. 7 – 8, 2017
Enjoy the display and sale of visual arts and fine crafts featuring over 80 professional juried artists from across the Midwest at Fine Line Designs Gallery in Ephraim.
Seaquist Orchards Apple Festival
Oct. 7, 2017
Apple launching, pumpkin painting, indoor and outdoor mazes, make your own caramel apples, live band, brats, soup and fun at the home of Door County’s largest orchards.
Autumn Lighthouse Festival
Oct. 7-8, 2017
The Door County Maritime Museum is offering a couple of its most popular tours Columbus Day weekend.
Sister Bay Fall Festival
Oct. 13 – 15, 2017
Sister Bay’s annual end-of-season bash features live music all over the village, a huge arts and crafts fair, games and activities for kids, amazing street food and beverages, and new this year – a 50/50 raffle!
Thousands fill the streets at Sister Bay’s Fall Festival celebration in October. Photo by Len Villano.
Jack O’Lantern Days
Oct. 27 – 29, 2017
Both visitors and locals look forward to Fish Creek’s annual Jack O’Lantern Days every year. Enjoy family mask-making, live owls, a costume contest and parade, and trick-or-treating.
