Día de los Muertos 5K & Festival
Join us for a 5K spin through the cemetery and vibrant festival celebrating Día de los Muertos - it's a day full of fun, food and culture!About this Event Forest Home Cemetery & Arboretum hosts the a…
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- Date and time
- Ends CDT — local Milwaukee time
- Location
- Forest Home Cemetery & Arboretum2405 West Forest Home AvenueMilwaukee
About this event
Join us for a 5K spin through the cemetery and vibrant festival celebrating Día de los Muertos - it's a day full of fun, food and culture!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/2K 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) and nicho boxes in the chapel and Halls of History, made by local schools and community groups
New this year: Tapetes, or carpets, of sawdust and organic material depicting layful images of death
Procesión de las Almas - a local priest leads a peaceful walk through the cemetery that ends in the chapel
Free activities including face painting and dec
Official details
- Price:
- Free
- Listing source:
- AllEvents
Last verified · This event is free to attend.
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