Schedule of Events

Saturday, July 22nd

• 7:00 a.m.- Mardi Gras Open Golf Tournament / Tee-A-Way Golf and Supper Club
• 8:00 a.m.- 11:00 a.m.- Firefighters Pancake Feed / Ladysmith Fire Hall
• 8:00 a.m. – Race Start Time for “Blue Hills Running Club” Mardi Gras 5K Walk Run Ladysmith High School – No charge, no shirts provided. Donations accepted for Blue Hills Running Camp for youth – bluehillsrunning@gmail.com for more info.
• 8:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. – Rusk County Farmer’s Market – Lake Ave & E. 2^nd Parking Lot Downtown Ladysmith
• 8:30 a.m – Registration for Mardi Gras 3 on 3 Basketball – Memorial Park – 9:00 a.m. Start Time
• 9:00 a.m.- 2:00 p.m.- Mardi Gras Arts & Craft Fair / Downtown Ladysmith-Miner Ave
• 10:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m. Car Show – Miner Ave. W. in front of Post Office and Miner Station – Downtown Ladysmith.
• 10:30 a.m.- Citizen’s Water Fights / Ladysmith Fire Hall
• 11:00 a.m. – Horseshoes registration/ Memorial Park. $5 per person, 100% payback, draw a partner.
• 12:00 p.m. – Horseshoes Tournament/ Memorial Park. Contact Bill at 715-532-7275 for more info.
• 12:00 p.m.- Christman Amusements Opens / Memorial Park
• 12:00 p.m.- Mardi Gras Co-Ed Volleyball Tournament / West Cove Lanes – $25 Per Team, 2 Woman Minimum – Registration – 715-415-6937
• 12:00-2:00 p.m.- Music by “Joe’s Music”/Festival Midway – Memorial Park
• 12:30 p.m.- 4:00 p.m.- Rusk County Historical Society Museum Open / Fairgrounds
• 1:00 p.m.- Beer Garden Opens-$3.00 Gate Admission Fee / Memorial Park
• 1:00 p.m-1:30 p.m. – Cornhole Team Tournament Registration – Beer Garden Entrance – $10 Per Person, Double Elimination – Memorial Park
• 1:30 p.m.-3:00 p.m. – Mardi Gras Stage Presents The Band “Best in Class”/Memorial Park
• 2:00 p.m.-7:00 p.m. – Cornhole Team Tournament – Beer Garden – 100% Payout
• 2:00 p.m. – Magic Show – The Magic of Robert & Lynn Halbrook / Memorial Park Amphitheater (40 minute free show) – Sponsored by Lori Stushek Agency
• 3:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m. – Parade Float Tour – Memorial Park Beach
• 3:00 p.m.-6:00p.m. – Bingo – Armstrong Pavilion/Memorial Park – Proceeds go to the Hawkins Lions Club
• 3:00 p.m.-6:00 p.m. – Beer Garden Stage Presents The Band “Oakwood”/Memorial Park
• 5:00 p.m.-8:00 p.m. – Free Kartoon Caricatures by Pete and Dian Wagner – Memorial Park
• 6:00 p.m.-9:00 p.m. – Beer Garden Stage Presents the band “Anxiety”/Memorial Park
• 9:00 p.m.-11:30 p.m. – Veteran’s Memorial Pavilion Stage Presents “Shallow Side”/Memorial Park
• 10:00 p.m.- Venetian Night Parade and Fireworks Show / Flambeau River-Memorial Park
• 12:00 a.m.- Closing Down of Beer Garden and Festival Grounds