Small-Town Flavor

Tasty Temptations – Sweet Local Events in Every Season!

With many unique special events and picnics, relish in delicious local foods and something special for your Up North vacation. From spring to fall, plan your trip around your taste buds! Here are a few local tips on festivals and activities you don’t want to miss.

Phelps Maple Syrup Fest

April 10, 2021 8 am–4 pm

Celebrate the Wisconsin heritage of making pure maple syrup at this unique festival, held each April. This familyfriendly event is free to attend and full of educational fun. Take a self-guided driving tour of local sugarbushes to see where the trees that produce this tasty treat and learn how sap becomes syrup. Then stop by the Phelps Chamber of Commerce to purchase apparel to commemorate the fun event. Maple Syrup Fest typically attracts over 4,000 people and continues to grow and evolve. Find all things maple syrup in Phelps this April!

Music on the Lake

Looking for a relaxing evening during your summer stay in the Northwoods? Boat into Phelps and enjoy the live musical acts that will be performing on the bandstand on the shore of North Twin Lake several evenings this summer. Bring your blankets or lawn chairs and get comfy! Let the kids play in the spacious park as you sway to the music. Top off the evening’s enjoyments with a trip to nearby Sweets, Treats, & More for an irresistible ice cream cone.

Phelps Scarecrow Fest

This fall event, held mid-September every year on the shore of North Twin Lake, provides the perfect opportunity to enjoy the autumn colors in Phelps. Try your hand at pumpkin chuckin’ – flinging a pumpkin at the target in North Twin Lake with a giant sling shot – or get your vote in for the Homemade Wine Tasting Contest. Browse arts and crafts while enjoying a stroll through Scarecrow Alley, featuring the creative entries to the Scarecrow Contest. Kids will love the games and activities and the Live Scarecrow Contest! There is so much going on at Scarecrow Fest, but our favorite part is the food! The day features booths from several local businesses and organizations where you can sample a unique appetizer, sandwich or dessert of your choosing. Fan favorites include caramel apples from the Women’s Club, handbreaded cheese curds at the local Lions Club booth, and the tastiest cream puffs ever. With over a dozen food vendors, you won’t leave hungry!

Phelps Historical Walking Tour

Our small town has a rich and interesting history. This tour will help you envision the bustling Phelps of the 1930s – a time when lumberjacks, retailers, and summer visitors from Chicago and other areas all mingled, worked, and played together. Well-known personalities like politician Homer Galpin, auto electronics pioneer Elmer Wavering, Lilian Kerr, J. C. Higgins, Dr. Lester Frankenthal, and Bishop Anderson were part of the Phelps community. On the walking tour, you’ll stop at the chemical plant, Christiansen Lumber Company, Library, company houses, the depot, the Big Store, the band shell, the Christiansen home, Town Hall, the opera house, the theater, the Chevrolet garage, Congregational Church, the Northwoods Hospital and Catholic Church, and more!

MORE FOODIE MUST TASTES:

• Charcoal-grilled BBQ ribs with all the fixins at Picnic in the Park • Perfectly grilled tenderloins at Steak in the Park • Amazing pulled pork sandwiches during the Fireman’s Picnic