Dia de los Muertos 5K & Festival

Schedule

Sat Oct 25 2025 at 10:00 am to 03:00 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

Forest Home Cemetery & Arboretum | Milwaukee, WI

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Join us for a 5K spin through the cemetery and vibrant festival celebrating Dia de los Muertos - it's a day full of fun, food and culture!
About this Event

Forest Home Cemetery & Arboretum hosts the area’s only cemetery-based Dia de los Muertos festival!

Walk/Run

The day kicks off with a 5K run or a 2-mile walk through the cemetery. Free Dia de los Muertos festival t-shirt with all registrations. Register now

Festival

Grab lunch at a food truck and enjoy:

  • Traditional music featuring Mariachis and a DJ
  • Local dance groups
  • Vendors at the festival mercado
  • Traditional decorations including cempazuchi, papel picado and hand-made catrinas
  • Ofrendas (offerings to the dead) in the chapel, made by local schools and community groups
  • Paseo de las Almas procession led by a local priest - anyone who would like to honor a loved one is welcome to join
  • Activities including face painting and decorating sugar skulls
  • Non-profit community resources

*The 5K fee supports the walk/run experience, and the rest benefits Forest Home Historic Preservation Association, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that works to preserve the historic stuctures and arboretum and share the history of the cemetery through educational programs and public outreach.


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Agenda

🕑: 07:30 AM - 08:30 AM
Run/walk check-in
🕑: 09:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Run/walk begins
🕑: 07:30 AM - 08:30 AM
Food truck setup
🕑: 09:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Vendors, community resources set up
🕑: 09:45 AM - 10:30 AM
Mariachis welcome runners/walkers
🕑: 10:00 AM - 03:00 PM
Festival open to the public
🕑: 10:00 AM - 03:00 PM
Student and community ofrendas on display in the chapel
🕑: 10:30 AM
5K awards
🕑: 10:30 AM
Forest Home Avenue gates open to cars
🕑: 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Paseo de las Almas procession to chapel
🕑: 10:45 AM - 12:00 PM
Mariachis play around the festival
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Where is it happening?

Forest Home Cemetery & Arboretum, 2405 West Forest Home Avenue, Milwaukee, United States

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Tickets

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Forest Home Historic Preservation Assoc.

Host or Publisher Forest Home Historic Preservation Assoc.

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