The weekend ahead: Festival of Summer, vintage tractors and flea market

By CSI MEDIA STAFF   Friday, Aug. 6, 2010
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Aug. 5-7:

King Midgets Car Club Jamboree, Aug. 5-7, Lake Lawn Resort, 2400 E. Geneva St. (Highway 50) in Delavan. For more information, contact Andy and Sandy Smyth at (847) 223-5739 or go to www.kingmidgetcarclub.org/jamboree.html.

Aug 6-7:

Festival of Summer Aug. 6-7, downtown Elkhorn. Events include Maxwell Street Days, plus the White River Cycle Club annual bike ride — Register at www.whiterivercycleclub.com. Kiwanis Fit for Life Run/Walk — contact Jill Rosenthal at (262) 949-2569. Carnival, popcorn wagon, ice cream and moo mobile, wine and beer tasting, summer salad contest. Festival runs from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Friday and from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Saturday.

Aug. 7:

Vintage Tractor Auction, Aug. 7, 445 S. Main St., Walworth. Over 200 tractors, many vintage models will be auctioned. Preview is from 3 p.m .to 7 p.m. Aug. 6, auction begins at 10 a.m. Aug. 7. Contact (815) 568-8888 or www.MECUM.com.

Cream puff bake sale, Aug 7, starting at 9 a.m. in front of he Walworth Grade School, held in conjunction with the Rotary Corn/Brat Day. (262) 275-3252.

Northwind’s Ladies Shopping NIght, Aug. 7. The Salt Creek Boys entertain during an evening of shopping, eating, drinking and touring the gardens from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. at Northwind Perennial Farm, 7047 Hospital Road, Burlington. (262) 248-8229, www.northwindperennialfarm.com.

Town of Geneva Summer FunFestival, Aug. 7, from 2 p.m. to 10:30 p.m., North Pier Boat Launch, Lake Como. Rain or shine, live music by Glenn Davis, The Wise Guys and Hobie and the Leftovers. Beer garden, talent show, raffles. www.comofunfestival.com.

Ann Hampton Callaway performs Aug. 7, at 7:30 p.m. as part of the Music by the Lake series at George Williams College of Aurora University, 350 Constance Blvd., Williams Bay. Tickets at (866) 843-5200, www.musicbythelake.com.

Fire Department and Rescue Squad pork Roast and Dance Aug. 7, at the Town of Delavan Community Park, Wisconsin Highway 50 and South Shore Drive in Delavan. (262) 740-2335.

Growing up in the 2000s — a program for mothers and their daughters (4th-6th grade) Aug. 7, from 9 a.m. to noon. A registered nurse will facilitate this breakfast program designed to get daughters talking about important life changes. $20 per mother/daughter couple. Aurora Lakeland Medical Center, W3985 County Highway NN, Elkhorn. (800) 499-5736.

Walworth Corn and Brat Festival and Sidewalk Sale, Aug. 7, downtown Walworth and on the Square, beginning at 11 a.m. (877) 275-5102, www.GenevaLakeWest.com.

Aug. 7-8:

21st annual Parade of Homes, July 31-Aug. 1 and Aug. 7-8, featuring 14 homes in the Walworth County area, sponsored by Lakeland Builders Association. (262) 723--2908, www.lakelandba.com. Tickets at the Delavan, Elkhorn and Lake Geneva Culver’s Restaurants.

Aug. 8:

Waukesha County 4-H Benefit Open Horse Show, Aug. 8, at West 20 Ranch and Saddle Co., W4812 Wisconsin Highway 20, East Troy. (262) 642-4272, www.west20.com.

Antique Flea Market, Aug. 8, beginning at 7 a.m., rain or shine, Walworth County Fairgrounds, 411 E. Court St., Elkhorn. NL Promotions, (414) 525-0820, www.nlpromotionsllc.com.

Spaghetti dinner and silent auction fundraiser, Aug. 8, from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m., Linn Presbyterian Church, W3335 Willow Road, Lake Geneva. Funds will be used for Project Africa, an effort to end child deaths by malaria and malnutrition. (262) 248-1588.




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