WESTSIDE PARK CAMBRIDGE, WI
Saturday, July 23: 10am-10pm
Sunday, July 24: 10am-4pm
Midwest Fire Fest is a demonstration heavy celebration of all things created with fire, heat, and smoke including but not limited to clay, metal arts, welding, forging, hot glass, food, and performance.
We have created an event unlike any other in the Midwest. Part art fair, part makers fair, part music festival. Fire art in every form imaginable, igniting a rich atmosphere of hands-on experiences, creativity and learning that attracts engaged patrons from Wisconsin, Minnesota, Michigan, Illinois, & Iowa.
Other attractions for the weekend include: on-site firing and reveal of a 7 foot clay sculpture, fire dancers, and smoking hot music all weekend!
Saturday, July 23
ALL DAY Art Demos & Artists (booths close at 6pm)
10:00 am Fire Fest begins!
11:00 am Demonstration: Guns to Garden Tools
11:30 am Demonstration: Sculpture firing and sculptor Q&A
12:00 pm Demonstration: Pottery pit firing by Ric Lamore
12:30 pm Pop-up: Fire performance by Driftless Fire Tribe
1:00 pm Demonstration: Guns to Garden Tools
1:00 pm-1:40 pm Music – What We Once Had (from Lake Mills, a statewide finalist in Rockonsin, Wisconsin’s high school garage band contest)
2:00 pm-2:45 pm Music – Val Siegal Power Polka
2:45 pm Pop-up: Fire performance by Driftless Fire Tribe
3:30 pm-4:30 pm Music – Matthew James and the Ramble
5:30 pm-7:00 pm Music – Rare Element
7:00 pm Pop-up: Fire performance by Driftless Fire Tribe
8:00 pm-8:45 pm Music – Dead Horses
8:45 pm-9:00 pm Driftless Fire Dancers
9:00 pm-9:15 pm Sculpture reveal!
9:15 pm-10:00 pm Music – Dead Horses
Sunday, July 24 10 am-4 pm
ALL DAY Art Demos & Artists
10:00 am Fire Fest Day 2 begins!
11:30 am Pop-up: Fire performance by Driftless Fire Tribe
12:00 pm Demonstration: Pottery pit firing by Ric Lamore
1:00 pm Demonstration: Sculpture firing and sculptor Q&A
1:45 pm Pop-up: Fire performance by Driftless Fire Tribe
4:00 pm Fire Fest ends
The festival grounds are at West Side Park on the banks of Koshkonong Creek right in downtown Cambridge, Wisconsin.
From Madison: Take HWY 12/18 east to Cambridge.
From Milwaukee: I-94 west from Milwaukee; exit HWY 26 south; take HWY 18 west to Cambridge; turn left (east) onto HWY 12 (Main Street).
From Chicago: Take I-90 west towards Madison, exit HWY 73 north; turn right (east) onto county HWY PQ (Prairie Queen Rd).