The last weekend of 2025 is full of fun things to do. Get out, explore, and enjoy a few great events before the year wraps up!!

MORE THAN ONE DAY
✨Fond du Lac Noon Rotary Holiday Lights - Lakeside Park (11/27-1/1)
☕Boozy Hot Chocolate on the Ledge – Ledgerock Distillery
...🍹Build-Your-Own Bloody Mary Bar - 18 Hands Ale Haus & Biergarten (12/27-12/28)

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 26
🎵Live Music featuring Jackson Taylor Country – Ziegler Winery
🎸Live with Andy Braun Music – Our Bar
🏒Fond du Lac Bears vs Sun Prairie Killer Bees Hockey Club - Fond du Lac Blue Line Family Ice Center
🎵Live Music with Christopher Gold - Vines & Rushes Winery
🎤Karaoke – Blue Line Tavern

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 27
🔍Frozen Treasure Hunt – Fond du Lac Family YMCA
🐴Carriage Rides in the Vineyard with the Winemaker – Ziegler Winery
🎵Live Music featuring Gould & Jaeger – Vines & Rushes Winery
🎸Live Music featuring The Tinker Boys – Ziegler Winery
🏒Fond du Lac Bears vs Chicago Shamrocks Hockey – Fond du Lac Blue Line Family Ice Center
🎤Club DJ with DJGALAXY PRODUCTIONS – Blue Line Tavern

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 28
🧀Cheese Perks and Baby Goat Snuggles – LaClare Cheese Shoppe
🍹Loaded Bloody Marys and Shopping on the Ledge – Ledgerock Distillery
🍺Pub Trivia – 18 Hands Ale Haus & Biergarten

From our work family to yours...

2025 in the Lake Winnebago Region was BIG. Big events, big fun, and honestly… a little bit of chaos (the good kind). From packed calendars to unforgettable moments, this year kept us on our toes.

Thanks for supporting local, showing up, and for joining us on the journey. We’re so ...grateful for this community and can’t wait to do it all again in 2026! 💛✨ #DLWR #LakeWinnebagoRegion #ExperienceWaupun #FondduLac

We will be closed from Wednesday, December 24th, through Thursday, January 1st, and will reopen at 8:00am on Friday, January 2nd.

Happy Holidays from everyone at @destinationlakewinnebago!!

#fdl #fonddulac #waupun #lakewinnebagoregion #wisconsin #merrychristmas #happyholidays

Look for the large Soo Line Steam Locomotive No. 2714, a significant piece of Fond du Lac's railroad history in Lakeside Park, donated in 1955, all decked out for the holidays.

📸 Al Warren

#fdl #fonddulac #waupun #lakewinnebagoregion #lakesidepark #train #holidaylights ...#railroad #history #christmaslights #locomotive #wisconsin

Check out these beautiful flower arrangements from @kartechnerandgirlsflowerco in Waupun! Perfect for gift giving or to spruce up your house for the holidays! So many other festive gifts to choose from as well.

#fdl #fonddulac #waupun #lakewinnebagoregion #experiencewaupun #downtownwaupun... #florist #flowers #flowerarrangements #christmas #holidays #gifts #flowershop #wisconsin #freshflowers

‘Tis the Season to celebrate the holidays in the Lake Winnebago Region! Check out what’s happening this weekend!

MORE THAN ONE DAY
✨Fond du Lac Noon Rotary Holiday Lights Show - Lakeside Park (11/27-1/1)
🍹Build-Your-Own Bloody Mary Bar - 18 Hands Ale Haus & Biergarten ...(12/19-12/21)

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 19
🍪Christmas Bake Sale - Moments by Eloise Gift Shop, 244 N. Macy Street
🎤The Barbara Stephan Music & Peter Mac Christmas Show – Ziegler Winery
🎸Live Music featuring John Gay – Vines & Rushes Winery
🎵Friday Night Karaoke with Wylde Girl Enterprises – 18 Hands Ale Haus & Biergarten
🎤Karaoke Fridays – Blue Line Tavern

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 20
🎄Grinch-Mas Brunch + Grinch Games – Go-Dutch Solutions
🎥Free Community Showing of The Christmas Chronicles! - Odyssey Cinemas and Social Fond du Lac 8 with Premium Format Auditorium
🧀Holiday Snack Box and Snuggles – LaClare Cheese Shoppe
🪡Macrame Poinsettia Wall Hanging Class – Lodge at Calumet County Parks
🎅Breakfast with Santa – Hotel Retlaw
🎤Live with Kevin Wypiszynski Music – Vines & Rushes Winery
🎅Lunch with Santa – Red Cabin at Green Acres
🥃Old Fashioned Christmas at Ledgerock – Ledgerock Distillery
🎵The Franki Jo Moscato Christmas Show – Ziegler Winery
🐴Holiday Carriage Rides with the Percherons-8th Annual Subdivision Saturday - Furrows To Fences, Inc.
🎸The Jimmys | THELMA Great Hall Concert Series – Thelma Sadoff Center for the Arts
🎶Swing in the Holidays with Erin Krebs Music – 18 Hands Ale Haus & Biergarten
🏒Fond du Lac Bears vs M&M Shamrocks - Fond du Lac Blue Line Family Ice Center
🎤Club DJ with DJGALAXY PRODUCTIONS - Blue Line Tavern

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 21
🐐Christmas | Brunch and Baby Goat Snuggles - LaClare Cheese Shoppe
🥃Loaded Bloody Marys and Shopping on the Ledge – Ledgerock Distillery
🥾Friends of the Kettle Moraine State Forest- Northern Unit’s Winter Solstice Night Hike - Zillmer Loop System Trails W833 County Road SS, Campbellsport
🍺Pub Trivia – 18 Hands Ale Haus & Biergarten

Winter Cashmere in a pocket-sized hand sanitizing spritz. ✧ Soft, clean hands with a cozy seasonal scent… the perfect little stocking stuffer for anyone on your list. Get yours now at @bluemarblebotanicals! 🎁✨

#fdl #fonddulac #waupun #lakewinnebagoregion #downtownfdl ...#stockingstuffer #gift #handsanitizer #essentialoils #shopping #wintercashmere #sanitizer #christmasgift #wisconsin #handcrafted

And guess what? You can get it ALL right here in the Lake Winnebago Region! 🎁
Check every name off your list while exploring local shops, hidden gems, and must-visit stops around the lake. Shopping local has never been more fun — make a day of it and soak up everything this region has to ...offer! #experiencewaupun #fonddulac #lakewinnebago #dlwr

Who wouldn't want a stocking stuffer from the place that has the best ice cream in the middle of nowhere - @kelleycountrycreamery?? Here are some "cool" ideas for that "hard to buy for" person in your life!

#fdl #fonddulac #waupun #lakewinnebagoregion #wisconsin ...#icecream #stockingstuffer #christmasgift #holidays #icecreamlovers #hotfudgesauce #caramelsauce #pecans

Nothing says Christmas like a Sugar Cookie Latte with sprinkles on top. Am I right? Get yours at @chiffonboutiquebakery!! If you become highly addicted to it, as I have, don't worry. Because this drink is sooo good, it's available all year!!

#fdl #fonddulac #waupun ...#lakewinnebagoregion #wisconsin #newholstein #sugarcookie #sugarcookielatte #latte #bakery #coffeeshop #coffeedrinks #coffee

Another stocking stuffer idea for that "I have everything" person in your life! Ice Cream coozies!! How "cool" is that??? Snuggle up with a cozy blanket, candles, ice cream & a new book from @lunarandlakebookmarket!!

#fdl #fonddulac #waupun #lakewinnebagoregion ...#wisconsin #books #coozies #bookstore #stockingstuffer #gifts #booklovers #christmasgift #holidays

No time to hibernate now! Check out all the “cool” events coming up in FDL & the Lake Winnebago Region!

MORE THAN ONE DAY
✨Fond du Lac Noon Rotary Holiday Lights - Lakeside Park (11/27-1/1)
🎶Fondy Choirs Night of Silence – Fond du Lac High School Performing Arts ...Center (12/12-12/14)
🎄A Wade House Christmas (12/13-12/14)
🍹Build-Your-Own Bloody Mary Bar - 18 Hands Ale Haus & Biergarten (12/13-12/14)

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 12
🎵Live Music featuring The Mike Malone Jazz Trio – Ziegler Winery
🎸Live Music featuring DADDIO – Vines & Rushes Winery
🛍“Downtown After Dark”– Downtown Waupun (Stone + Suede Boutique, Chic Tique Girls LLC, Wind & Unwined, The Clothing Pallet, The Graceful Nest, Gysbers Jewelry, Madeline Clothing Company, & Hoyahophousebrewing)
🎺Isthmus Brass – Thelma Sadoff Center for the Arts
🎧Karaoke – Blue Line Tavern
🎤Karaoke with Wylde Girl Enterprises – 18 Hands Ale Haus & Biergarten

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 13
🎅🏻Fond du Lac County Department of Human Services’ Breakfast with Santa – Fond du Lac County Campus, 400 University Drive
❄️Snowflake Spectacular – Children’s Museum of Fond du Lac
🎅Breakfast with Santa 2025 – The Rock Golf Club
🐐Goats in Ugly Sweaters | Free Baby Goat Petting - LaClare Cheese Shoppe
🎥Free Community Showing of Arthur Christmas - Odyssey Cinemas and Social Fond du Lac 8 with Premium Format Auditorium
🎅Christmas Open House with Santa – Vines & Rushes Winery
🥃Merry Grinchmas on the Ledge – Ledgerock Distillery
🎵Live Music featuring Kip Jones – Vines & Rushes Winery
🎸Live Music featuring RINGS of the Fox Valley – Ziegler Winery
🎵Live Music with Austin Skalecki - 18 Hands Ale Haus & Biergarten
🎤Club DJ with DJGALAXY PRODUCTIONS - Blue Line Tavern

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 14
🥞Pancakes with Santa and Mrs. Claus – Avenue 795
🎄Christmas at Marsh Haven Nature Center
🐐Bottle Feeding Baby Goats - LaClare Cheese Shoppe
🍹Loaded Bloody Marys and Shopping on the Ledge – Ledgerock Distillery
🎶SMSA’s Vocal Jazz & Jazz Band and Wine Tasting – Ziegler Winery
🎵Community Christmas Hymn Sing – The Sanctuary of Fond du Lac
🍺Pub Trivia – 18 Hands Ale Haus & Biergarten

@windunwined will be open until 10pm this Friday for the Downtown After Dark Waupun Shopping Event. Perfect excuse to enjoy a S'mores Old-Fashioned along with spiked cocoa, spiked coffees, and other tasty treats!! fdl.com

#fdl #fonddulac #waupun #lakewinnebagoregion #experiencewaupun ...#downtownwaupun #shopping #oldfashionedcocktail #coffee #cocoa #coffeeshop #spikedcocoa #spikedcoffee #smores #wisconsin #holidays

✨ Only shopping small this season? Music. To. Our. Ears. 🎶
And honestly… we love that you wanna flirt with us like that. 😉

The Lake Winnebago Region is packed with gifts that feel good, do good, and make your holiday shopping way more fun. So go ahead—treat your list (and ...yourself) to something local this year. 🎁💛 #lakewinnebagoregion #waupun #lakewinnebago #dlwr #experiencewaupun #wisconsin #travelwisconsin #fonddulac

The photo says it all! Swing on over to @thelmaarts51 tomorrow, December 9th, for some "Cool Yule!"
The Lighthouse Big Band will be playing your favorite big band holiday arrangements from 7 – 9 p.m. And, as always, it's Free!

#wisconsin #downtownfdl #music #fdl ...#fonddulac #waupun #lakewinnebagoregion #bigband #livemusic #holidays

Happy Little Trees are twinkling their way back into Sumercé Artisans in Downtown Fond du Lac!
Nicole from @kniksknacks (More Than A Sparrow) has delivered a fresh batch of her magical ceramic holiday trees, and they make the perfect gift!!

#fdl #fonddulac #waupun #lakewinnebagoregion... #downtownfdl #artisans #shopping #gifts #ceramics #trees #christmastrees #wisconsin

It's cocktail o'clock!! Have you tried the new cocktails at @sullys920?? Which one is your fave?
🍊Carmel Orange Old Fashioned?
🍰Tiramisu Martini?
🍫Chocolate Cherry Russian?
🍋‍🟩Cranberry Margarita?
☕️Peppermint Mocha Martini?

#fdl ...#fonddulac #waupun #lakewinnebagoregion #cocktails #cocktailsofinstagram #martini #oldfashionedcocktail #margarita #wisconsin #holidaycocktails

It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas!!! Parades! Christmas Concerts! Light Show! ‘Tis the season! Get the full calendar on FDL.com! #lakewinnebagoregion #fonddulac #waupun #lakewinnebago #dlwr #experiencewaupun