Schedule

Saturday, May 16th, 2026 at Pioneer Park

Time Events On Stage
9:00am Event Host Welcome and Hodag History by Kerry Bloedorn
9:30am Hodag Trivia
10:00am A Captured Hodag
10:30am Kids Hodag Storytime
11:00am Chad Lewis: How to Talk Like a Lumberjack
12:00pm One Man Hodag Show by Jerry Shidell
12:00pm Logging Show on Ballfield
1pm Wisconsin Whoppers: Dr. Lowell Brower (Storytelling and Tall Tale Tourism)
2:00pm Hodag Calling Contest
3:00pm John Santy's "Here Comes a Hodag"
4:00pm A Captured Hodag
4:00pm Logging Show on Ballfield
4:00pm Art & Writing Contest Winners Announced (On Ballfield and Mainstage Both)
5:00pm-7:00pm The Brad Emanuel Band
Time Eats & Drinks
8-11am FREE Pancake Breakfast by the VFW
9-7pm Variety of Food Trucks
11-7pm Beverage Pavilion (Water, Non-Alcoholic Options, Beer, Hodag Beer)
Time All Day Activities
9am-6pm Exhibitors & Vendors
9am-5pm Pioneer Park Hist. Complex/Speeder Rides
9am-3pm Hodag Art on Display
9am-6pm FREE Bounce House, Kids Activities
10am, 11am, 12pm Hodag Historical Bus Tours
(if you didn't pre-order tickets, line is first come first served)
11am-5pm Hodag Quest (Last quest can start at 4pm)