Dia de los Muertos Festival & 5K

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.

Host or Publisher Forest Home Historic Preservation Assoc.