Dia de los Muertos Festival

Forest Home Cemetery & Arboretum hosts the area’s only cemetery-based Dia de los Muertos festival!

Walk/Run

The day kicks off with a 5K run or a 2-mile walk through the cemetery. Free Dia de los Muertos festival t-shirt with all registrations.

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Festival

Grab lunch at a food truck and enjoy:

Traditional music featuring Mariachis and a DJ

Local dance groups

Vendors at the festival mercado

Altares and ofrendas for the dead in our chapel

Traditional decorations including cempazuchi, papel picado and hand-made catrinas

Ofrendas (offerings to the dead) in the chapel, made by local schools and community groups

Paseo de las Almas procession from the chapel to the Our Lady of Guadalupe burial section

Activities including face painting and decorating sugar skulls

Arts and crafts with Milwaukee Art Museum & Kohl's Art Studio

Schedule

08:30: Run/walk check-in

08:30Am - 09:15Am: Run/walk face painting - come early!

08:30 Am- 09:00Am: Food truck setup

09:00Am - 10:00Am: Vendors, community resources set up

09:30Am: Run/walk begins

09:45Am - 10:30Am: Mariachis welcome runners/walkers

10:00 Am- 3:00Pm: Festival open to the public

10:00Am - 3:00Pm: Student and community ofrendas on display in the chapel

10:30Am: 5K awards

10:30Am: Forest Home Avenue gates open to cars

11:00Am - 12:00Pm: Paseo de las Almas to Our Lady of Guadalupe statue and cemetery section

10:45Am - 12:00Pm: Mariachis play around the festival

Cost: Free

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