Dia de los Muertos Festival & 5K

Name: Dia de los Muertos Festival & 5K
Start: 2024-10-26T10:00:00-05:00
End: 2024-10-26T15:00:00-05:00
Location: 2405 West Forest Home Avenue,Milwaukee,53215,US

Schedule

Sat Oct 26 2024 at 10:00 am to 03:00 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

2405 West Forest Home Avenue,Milwaukee,53215,US | Milwaukee, WI

SAVE THE DATE: Milwaukee’s only cemetery-based Dia de los Muertos festival at Forest Home Cemetery and Arboretum!
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 - ticket prices increase Sept. 26!
Festival
Grab lunch at a food truck and enjoy:
-Traditional music featuring Mariachis and a DJ
-Local dance groups
-Vendors at the festival mercado
-Altares and ofrendas for the dead in our chapel
-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 from the chapel to the Our Lady of Guadalupe burial section
-Activities including face painting and decorating sugar skulls
-Arts and crafts with Milwaukee Art Museum & Kohl's Art Studio
-Non-profit community resources
*Proceeds from the Dia de los Muertos 5K Run/Walk event benefit Forest Home Historic Preservation Association, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that works to preserve the arboretum and share the history of the cemetery through educational programs and public outreach.