Events

Shops are open until Midnight for this brand-new Downtown West Bend shopping event. The theme is Latte Night Luau, so wear your flower leis and grass skirts and go all out to have some late-night shopping fun.

The Germantown Historical Society is celebrating 50 years! This free celebration will include food, beverages, farm implement displays and equipment with "hands on" experience. The event is held in the Muehl Family Festhalle. All three Historical Society Museums will be free throughout the day.

Come on out to the Washington County Fair where you will experience 4-H youth exhibits, vendors, carnival, live music with national recording artists, food, beverages and more!

Hosted by Kiwanis of Germantown, come on out and enjoy live music and a variety of food trucks. A carnival with rides and games will be included hosted by the Germantown Park & Recreation.

Come on out to the Jackson Beer Garden at Jackson Park and enjoy live music, a great beer variety, hard seltzers, and food. Admission is free!

Family fun at Firemen's Park at the Big Top. This event is part of the Taste of Germantown. Have fun at the best carnival style games, the coolest inflatables, carnival style prizes, music and more! Each activity cost .50 cents. Come hungry and stay for dinner! A variety of food trucks will be there as...

Ice cream social and car show at St. Olaf's Lutheran Church. They will be serving hot sandwiches, sundaes with homemade toppings, banana splits, milkshakes and more at bargain prices! Share your automotive interests! Cars, trucks, tractors & motorcycles welcome!

Open House on Jan. 22, 2025. Come see all that a Christian Education has to offer. Tours are available of our Preschool thru 8th grade classrooms. Meet our teachers and learn about what makes our education and school different from all the rest. For more information visit the Crown of Life Lutheran Church & School/Hubertus...

Spend 3 days learning the ins-and-outs of historic window restoration with Steve Stuckey, former architectural conservator of George Washington’s Mount Vernon Estate. Working side-by-side, you’ll be restoring wood windows of the iconic 1865 Frisby House. In this fun, intense, learn-by-doing environment, you’ll see everything from glazing techniques to glass replacement and even the reinstallation process....

The exhibition Weaving a Legacy: Ho-Chunk Black Ash Basketry is opening Aug. 3 and runs until Nov. 10. This exhibition introduces audiences to the historically important and visually striking tradition of Native basketmaking in Wisconsin. It features 200 baskets by more than 40 Ho-Chunk makers, from the mid-1800's to the present. This groundbreaking exhibition presents...

The Museum of Wisconsin Art (MOWA) explores the immigrant experience in Mirrors, Not Windows: Photography by Asher Imtiaz. This poignant collection of portraits humanizes the divisive issue of immigration. The exhibition features 30 works that capture the complex and emotional liminal spaces occupied by asylum seekers, migrant workers, refugees, and other immigrants living in the...

The West Bend Area Chamber of Commerce is hosting their annual $1,000 Cache Bash again this year. This ultimate geocaching experience is a weekend packed with treasure hunts, exciting activities, and the chance to win big prizes right in West Bend, Wisconsin - the Geocaching Capital of the Midwest! There is no fee to participate,...