Midwest Fire Fest 2022
Schedule
Sat Jul 23 2022 at 10:00 am to Sun Jul 24 2022 at 04:00 pm
Location
Midwest Fire Fest | Cambridge, WI
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July 23rd from 10am – 10pm | July 24th from 10am – 4pmWe’re blazing back in 2022 with more stellar clay, metal arts, welding, forging, hot glass, food, and music experiences!
Midwest Fire Fest is a celebration of art created with fire, heat, and smoke. An event unlike any other in the Midwest, we created part art fair, part maker’s fair, and part music festival, with fire art showcased in every form imaginable, igniting a rich atmosphere of hands-on experiences, creativity, and learning. All ages are invited and admission is free!
+ Shop art from 20 fire-based artists
+ Get a bite to eat at 8 tasty food carts
+ Jam out to live music
+ Watch live blacksmithing and fire dancer demonstrations
+ Drink excellent craft beer, cider, and wine
+ Witness the Big Bonfiring and 10-foot sculpture reveal
?Saturday, July 23?
-10:00 am: Fire Fest lights up!
-Art demos: All day
-11:00 Demonstration: Guns to Garden Tools
-11:30 Demonstration: Sculpture firing and sculptor Q&A
-12:00 Demonstration: Pottery pit firing by Ric Lamore
-12:30 Pop-up: Fire performance by Driftless Fire Tribe
-1:00 Demonstration: Guns to Garden Tools
-1:00-1:40: Music - What We Once Had (from Lake Mills, a statewide finalist in Rockonsin, Wisconsin’s high school garage band contest)
-2:00--2:45: Music - Val Sigal Power Polka
-2:45 Pop-up: Fire performance by Driftless Fire Tribe
-3:30-4:30: Music - Matthew James and the Ramble
-5:30-7:00: Music - Rare Element
-7:00 Pop-up: Fire performance by Driftless Fire Tribe
-8:00-8:45: Music - Dead Horses
-8:45-9:00: Driftless Fire Dancers
-9:00-9:15: Sculpture reveal!
-9:15-10:00 Dead Horses
?Sunday, July 24?
-10:00 am: Fire Fest day 2 lights up!
-Art demos: All day
-11:30 Pop-up: Fire performance by Driftless Fire Tribe
-12:00 Demonstration: Pottery pit firing reveal by Ric Lamore
-1:00 Demonstration: Sculpture firing and sculptor Q&A
-1:45 Pop-up: Fire performance by Driftless Fire Tribe
-4:00 pm: Fire Fest ends
Food Carts From:
It's Good For You - Woodfired Neapolitan style pizza
Curd Girl - fried cheese curds and specialty lemonade
Jakarta Barbecue Station - Pork and chicken BBQ
Jakarta Curry Cart
Kool Kat Ice Cream
Jolly Frog Mexican
Tony's Greek Food & Gyros
Doyle's Dogs
Fire Art From:
Mark Skudlarek - Midwest Fire Fest Artistic Director - Cambridge Wood-Fired Pottery and Clay Collective Member - Cambridge, WI
Ric Lamore - Broadwing Clay Studio and Clay Collective Member - Cambridge, WI
Glen Cutcher - Glen Cutcher Studio and Clay Collective Member - Cambridge, WI
Bruce Johnson - Bruce Johnson Clay Studio and Clay Collective Member - Lake Mills, WI
Andrea Stilwell - Refractions of Light Fused Glass - Sun Prairie, WI
Joe Frank Mckee - Mckee's Pottery - Sylva, NC
Tony & Mindy Winchester - Winchester Pottery - Persia, IA
CJ Bliss - CJ Bliss Metal Art - Madison, WI
Barbara Mann - Stormy Originals Jewelry and Dichroic Glass - Green Bay, WI
Rob Igl - The Metalest Works - Oregon, WI
Pat Biggin - Howling Wolf Knifeworks - Elkhorn, WI
Sam Latri - StormCloak Forge - Thiensville, WI
John Lupiezowiec - Blooming Metal - Fort Atkinson, WI
Amanda Langer - Textile, Metal, and Glass Artist - Watertown, WI
Julie Raasch - aistheta Jewelry - Mt. Horeb, WI
Richard Robertson - Cricket Hill Pottery - Asbury, IA
Liz Robertson - Cricket Hill Pottery - Asbury, IA
Anthony Huonder - Ash Pottery - Minneapolis, MN
Andrew Eggert - Firestorm Forge - Belleville, WI
Greg Cheesebro - Cheesebro Pottery - Viroqua, WI
Cambridge offers cool shopping, dining, awesome bike trails, Lake Ripley beach, camping, The Dancing Goat Distillery, the Cambridge Winery, and more to explore beyond Fire Fest.
We thank our generous sponsors whose kindness and vision help make Midwest Fire Fest happen:
The Cambridge Foundation
Ruby Rose Gallery
Mille's Coffee & Eatery
Cambridge Market
The Silver Lining Foundation
Dancing Goat Distillery
Cambridge Winery
General Beverage
Paoli Clay
Admundson Hoffmann Insurance Agency
Midwest Fire Fest is a free benefit produced by Cambridge Arts Council and The Clay Collective. Our mission - to enhance life via the arts in and around Cambridge.
(Schedule subject to change. No dogs, please.)
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Where is it happening?
Midwest Fire Fest, Westside Park,Cambridge,WI,United StatesEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
