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 - ticket prices increase Sept. 26!
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
- Non-profit community resources
*Proceeds from the Dia de los Muertos 5K Run/Walk event benefit Forest Home Historic Preservation Association, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that works to preserve the arboretum and share the history of the cemetery through educational programs and public outreach.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Forest Home Cemetery & Arboretum, 2405 West Forest Home Avenue, Milwaukee, United States
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