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Canal Days 2024

Canal Days: Vintage Style! 🌟 Come explore and experience our downtown area like never before!

Picture this: a thrilling scavenger hunt winding through our historic streets, an outdoor market brimming with treasures from local vendors, toe-tapping live music, free canoe rides, kid's bicycle parade, show 'n shine show, street dance, captivating family entertainment, and – wait for it – a pet parade that'll have tails wagging with excitement! 🐾
 
It's all happening right here, right now, and we can't wait for you to join in on the fun! So mark your calendars, gather your friends and family, and let's make some unforgettable memories at 2024's Canal Days: Vintage Style. See you there! 🎈

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Saturday, June 1st:
 
9AM:
Show ‘N Shine at the Elks Lodge #675
 
10AM:
 Downtown Walking Tour – meet at Chamber office
 Pet Parade – meet across from the Chamber office
 Living History Tours at Historic Indian Agency House at Fort Winnebago
 Walking Taco Fundraiser at Reptile Rescue of Wisconsin
 Museum at the Portage hosts "We Stand for What We Believe" history walk tour on the front lawn Portage Wisconsin Historical Society
 
10:30AM:
 Karate Demo with Karate America Portage
 FREE Photo Op with your pets at Heller Creative & Sweet Sanctuary Services
 
11AM:
 Red Hot Horn Dawgs performs at Commerce Plaza
 Scavenger Hunt in Downtown Portage – get a clue sheet at participating shops
 Sidewalk Sales with vendors in downtown
 Kid's Bicycle Parade decorating begins at Elks Lodge
 Face Painting and Balloon Twisting in front of the Chamber Office and Forever Yours Jewelry, Inc.
 Caricature Artist in front of the Chamber Office
 Sugar Rush Ice Cream Truck serving some cool treats in downtown
 
Noon:
 Kid's Bicycle Parade at Elks Lodge
 Yard Games at Elks Lodge
 Burgers and Brats for sale at the Elks Lodge
 Free Canoe Rides on the Canal near County Admin Building
 Bubble Entertainment and Live Music across from the Chamber
 
1PM:
 Ice Age Trail Hike - meet at Adams and Edgewater Street by the Canal Ice Age Trail Alliance - Baraboo Hills/Heritage Chapter
 
2PM:
 Prairie Sands Band at the Elks Lodge
 
3PM:
 Student concert ‘The Legends of Fionn Mac Cumhaill’ at Portage Center for the Arts
 
6PM:
 Street dance with Country Legends Band for 21+ at the Elks Lodge

Sunday, June 2nd:
9AM:
 Coin Show at Fairgrounds

10AM:
 Elks Fisheree at Pauquette Park
 Living History Tours at Agency House
 
2PM:
 Candlelight Ladies Concert at Portage Center for the Arts
 

Canal Days 2024

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