About this Event
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. Register now
Festival
Grab lunch at a food truck and enjoy:
- Traditional music featuring Mariachis and a DJ
- Local dance groups
- Vendors at the festival mercado
- 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 led by a local priest - anyone who would like to honor a loved one is welcome to join
- Activities including face painting and decorating sugar skulls
- Non-profit community resources
*The 5K fee supports the walk/run experience, and the rest benefits Forest Home Historic Preservation Association, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that works to preserve the historic stuctures and arboretum and share the history of the cemetery through educational programs and public outreach.
Agenda
🕑: 07:30 AM - 08:30 AM
Run/walk check-in
🕑: 09:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Run/walk begins
🕑: 07:30 AM - 08:30 AM
Food truck setup
🕑: 09:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Vendors, community resources set up
🕑: 09:45 AM - 10:30 AM
Mariachis welcome runners/walkers
🕑: 10:00 AM - 03:00 PM
Festival open to the public
🕑: 10:00 AM - 03:00 PM
Student and community ofrendas on display in the chapel
🕑: 10:30 AM
5K awards
🕑: 10:30 AM
Forest Home Avenue gates open to cars
🕑: 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Paseo de las Almas procession to chapel
🕑: 10:45 AM - 12:00 PM
Mariachis play around the festival
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Forest Home Cemetery & Arboretum, 2405 West Forest Home Avenue, Milwaukee, United States
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