Maple Sugarin’ Festival

March 16 @ 12:00 pm – 4:00 pm

Maple Sugarin’ Festival

The fifth season is approaching- the Maple Sugarin’ Season! Bring your families, bring your friends to celebrate this sappy gift from the trees! Along a half-mile hike through the maple forest, you can tap a tree, trade nature items for maple candies, observe various means of syrup production through history, and complete a sappy scavenger hunt. Upon arrival at the Sugarbush House, listen to live music while you sip sap tea, or maple-sugar rimmed beer for the adults, and taste the Riveredge special- pancakes & pickles! You’ll learn just how sap is made into golden & sweet maple syrup.

See below for more Maple Sugarin’ Festival details.

All ages welcome!

Members ages 3+: $3 | Non-members ages 3+: $5 | Children under 3: Free!

Pre-registration is not required but highly recommended.

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Sponsors:

 

5 Corners Storage

The Steve and Terry Johnson Fund

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    Members ages 3+: $3
    Non-members ages 3+: $5
    Children under 3: Free!

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Check in and Registration at the Main Visitor Center

Parking
All guests are asked to park at Newburg Fireman’s Park (622 W Main St, West Bend, WI 53090). Guests with mobility challenges and VIPs can park at the Visitor Center (4458 County Rd Y, Saukville, WI 53080) .

Timing
The festival runs from 12-4pm on Saturday, 3/16, come and go as you please! Live music at the Sugarbush House from 1-3pm

Accessibility
A shuttle will be provided between the activities at the Main Visitor Center and those at the Sugarbush House. There will be additional accessible parking reserved at the Main Visitor Center. All-terrain wheelchairs are available to reserve for the event. Learn more or reserve a wheelchair here.

Weather
Riveredge events run rain, snow, or shine! We will adapt activities as weather demands, and ask that you dress for the forecast. The majority of the event is outdoors. Registration is non-refundable.

What to Expect
You can look forward to activities like:

  • Tree Tappin’ Trading Post
  • Maple Legends, Stories, and Songs
  • Try-it-Yourself Tree Tappin’
  • Crafting with Natural Materials
  • Evaporator Demonstration
  • Live Music at the Sugarbush House from 1-3pm
  • Delicious treats! A pancake & pickle in syrup is provided with your registration. Additional pancakes will be available for purchase, as well as hot chocolate, black coffee & specialty maple sugar coffee, maple sugar rimmed beer (21+), sap tea, and popcorn.

To become a member, click here

March 16 @ 12:00 pm 4:00 pm

4458 County Hwy Y (Hawthorne Dr)
Saukville, WI United States
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(262) 375-2715

Maple Sugarin’ Festival

March 18 @ 12:00 pm – 4:00 pm

Maple Sugarin’ Festival

The Festival is back! The Maple Sugarin’ Shindigs have been wonderful, but it’s time- you are invited to our grand celebration of spring- the Maple Sugarin’ Festival!

See description below.

In an effort to make the Maple Sugarin’ Festival more accessible to everyone, the registration fee is the same for members and non-members this year. Instead of a discount, members will get some fun Riveredge swag when they arrive at the festival!

All ages welcome!

Everyone ages 2+: $3 | Children under 2: Free!

Pre-registration is highly recommended, but not required. Online registration will close at 4pm on Friday 3/17. Walk-in registrations will be available the day of the festival!

Register Here

Sponsor: Outpost Natural Foods

Weather Forecast
Saturday will be cold and windy. Trails are icy. Please dress in warm layers! We have adapted activities for warmth and safety.

Instead of hiking through the Sugarbush, a shuttle will be provided between the activities at the Main Center and those at the Sugarbush House. We will have additional Handicap Parking available at both sites if you will need your vehicle for transport.

Check in and Registration at the Main Center.

Parking
If parking fills up at the Main Center, there will be parking available at Newburg Fireman’s Park, and a bus shuttle will be running.

Timing
The event runs from 12-4pm on Saturday, 3/18, come and go as you please! Live music at the Sugarbush House from 1-3pm

What to Expect
You can look forward to activities like:

  • Adventure Add-On: Geocaching!
    Using a GPS unit, go on a treasure hunt around Riveredge in search of hidden containers, and leave with a prize. $5 per family.
  • Beaded Sumac Zipper Pulls
  • Tree Tappin’ Trading Post
  • Maple Legends, Stories, and Songs
  • Try-it-Yourself Tree Tappin’
  • Crafting with Lesley
  • Evaporator Demonstration
  • As well as delicious treats! A pancake & pickle in syrup is provided with your registration. Additional pancakes will be available for purchase, as well as…
    Hot chocolate
    Black coffee & specialty maple sugar coffee
    Maple Sugar Rimmed Beer
    Sap Tea
    Popcorn
  • Riveredge Kid, Josh Ammons, will be strumming his guitar and singing sweet tunes next to the woodstove from 1-3pm. While you listen, peruse the Sugarbush Store for maple goodness to take home, and check out local artist, Keaton Diffor’s beautiful, nature-inspired work (all eyes on the Pancakes in the Woods cards and stickers).
  • To become a member, click here

March 18, 2023 @ 12:00 pm 4:00 pm

4458 County Hwy Y (Hawthorne Dr)
Saukville, WI United States
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(262) 375-2715

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