4TH Annual LakeFest benefiting the Kenosha Community Sailing Center
🌊 ONE FESTIVAL. TWO WATERFRONT EXPERIENCES.
Our 4th annual LakeFest returns Saturday, August 22, spanning two locations on the Kenosha Harbor: Celebration Place in HarborPark and The Kenosha Beach House on Simmons Island. Each location brings its own way to celebrate the waterfront, and you can experience one or both!
Enjoy live music & entertainment, the Great LakeFest Duck Race, Venetian Night Boat Parade, vendors & food trucks, family-friendly games & activities, and more. LakeFest is a fundraiser for the Kenosha Community Sailing Center, a nonprofit bringing education and fun opportunities to the Kenosha waterfront.
Read below to learn more about what is going on at each location!
4th Annual LakeFest 2026 @ The Beach House – Saturday, August 22 | 12PM-11PM | FREE ENTRY!
Location: Kenosha Beach House on Simmons Island,
5001 Simmons Island Road, Kenosha WI 53140
🍔 12PM-10PM: Concessions, retail & vendors open
🏖️ 12-7:30PM: Community sandcastle & chalk art
💇 12AM-2PM: Underwater Hair by Salon on Sixth
🎵 12-1:30PM: Live kids music by Duke Otherwise
💦 12:30-2PM: Beach games & water tug-of-war
🫧 2PM: Foam Party
🎵 2-4:30PM: Live alternative rock by Would You Kindly
💦 2:30PM: Water Blaster Fun - little kids
💦 3PM: Water Blaster Fun - older kids
💦 3:30PM: Water Blaster Fun - teens/adults
🍉 4PM: Watermelon Eating Contest
🎨 5PM: Beach Art Activity
🎵 6-8PM: Live surf music by Roger That
🔥 6:30PM: Firepits & s’mores
🔥 8PM: Big Beach Bonfire
⛵ 8:15PM: Venetian Night Boat Parade
✨ 8:30-11PM: Glow Party with DJ D Lux
4th Annual LakeFest 2026 @ Celebration Place – Saturday, August 22 | 11AM-10PM | FREE ENTRY!
Location: Celebration Place at HarborPark
5501 Ring Road, Kenosha WI 53140 (East of the Kenosha Museum.)
🎉 11AM: Festival starts & beer tent opens
🛍️ 11AM-8PM: Vendors & food trucks
🐥 11AM-6:30PM: Duck Zone with kids' games & activities
🎵 11AM-1:30PM: Live acoustic music by the Sipos & Young Band
🚒 12PM: Drone demonstration #1 by the Kenosha Fire Department
🐥 12:30PM: Duck Race #1
🐥 1:30PM: Duck Race #2
🚒 2PM: Drone demonstration #1 by the Kenosha Fire Department
🎵 2-4:30PM: Live acoustic music by Haley Klinkhammer
🐥 2:30PM: Duck Race #3
💇 2:30-5PM: Underwater Hair by Salon on Sixth
🐥 3:30PM: Duck Race #4
🐥 4:30PM: Duck Race #5
🎵 5-7:30PM: Live country music by Darryl Markette
🏆 5:30PM: Great LakeFest Duck Race GRAND CHAMPIONSHIP
⛵ 8:15PM: Venetian Night Boat Parade