Great Community Cookout
2025-09-11 16:00 - 20:00 UTC | Parking Lot 6th Ave E & Broadway St S
Join us for the annual Great Community Cookout featuring local food trucks, beer tents, exciting raffles, a car show, inflatables & bouncy houses, dunk tank, and activities for the whole family!

Located in Public Parking Lot #6 across the street from Raw Deal.

For more information or if you are interested in being a vendor, please email director@downtownmenomonie.org.

An Evening with Lorrie Morgan!
2025-09-12 19:30 - 21:00 | Mabel Tainter, 205 Main St. E, Menomonie, WI, 54751, United States
She is undeniably one of the most eloquently emotive vocalists of modern times. Lorrie Morgan, the first woman in her genre to begin her career with three consecutive Platinum albums, is back in the studio with award-winning producer Richard Landis, working on a new album. It is sure to be yet another collection showcasing the rainbow of emotions, from darkest heartache to bright, shiny humor, that is the hallmark of Morgan’s range.

Summer Menomonie Farmer's Market
2025-09-13 08:00 - 13:00, 2025-09-20 08:00 - 13:00, 2025-09-27 08:00 - 13:00 | Wilson Park, 800 Wilson Ave., Menomonie, WI, 54751, United States
Summer Menomonie Farmer’s Market – Saturdays & Wednesdays
Menomonie Farmers Market has been proud to call the gorgeous Wilson Farmers Market Pavilion our summer home since 2017. From the 3rd Saturday in May through the 3rd Saturday in October, you’ll find us twice a week in Wilson Park, on the corner of 8th Street and 9th Avenue, just off of Lake Menomin in Menomonie, WI.

Praise in the Park
2025-09-13 15:00 - 19:00 | 800 Wilson Ave, Menomonie, WI 54751
Praise in the Park is an event where the body of Christ can come together to praise our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ! All are welcome to this FREE and family friendly event! Invite your neighbors, friends, and family members!

Featuring Praise Teams from area churches
Food Trucks
– Activities for kids of all ages, including inflatables and face painting
– Bring a lawn chair or blanket (Rain Site: Menomonie Alliance Church)

Free Yoga
2025-09-15 09:00 - 10:00, 2025-09-22 09:00 - 10:00, 2025-09-29 09:00 - 10:00 | MENOMONIE PUBLIC, 800 Wilson Ave., Menomonie, WI, 54751, United States
The library teams up with Mayo Clinic Health System to bring you FREE Yoga.
Are you ready to pause, quiet your mind, and be present? Join us in the meeting room every Monday to bring some calm to your busy days.

Mondays from 9-10 am
March 24 – May 19 (no class 4/21)

Summer Menomonie Farmer's Market - Wednesday
2025-09-17 10:00 - 18:00, 2025-09-24 10:00 - 18:00, 2025-10-01 10:00 - 18:00 | Wilson Park, 800 Wilson Ave., Menomonie, WI, 54751, United States
Summer Menomonie Farmer’s Market – Saturdays & Wednesdays
Menomonie Farmers Market has been proud to call the gorgeous Wilson Farmers Market Pavilion our summer home since 2017. From the 3rd Saturday in May through the 3rd Saturday in October, you’ll find us twice a week in Wilson Park, on the corner of 8th Street and 9th Avenue, just off of Lake Menomin in Menomonie, WI.
Visit Menomonie Farmer’s Market website

Terrace Grand Opening
2025-09-18 16:00 - 17:00 | Menomonie Public Library, 600 Wolske Bay Road, MENOMONIE, WI, 54751-1579, United States
You’re Invited!
The outdoor terrace at the library is finished and ready for the official grand opening and YOU are invited to join in the festivities.
WHEN: September 18th at 4pm
WHAT: Menomonie Chamber of Commerce Ribbon Cutting & Grand Opening (with light refreshments & chamber music)

Mother Hubble’s Cupboard – Poetry Reading
2025-09-18 18:00 - 19:00 | Dragon Tale Books
Join author Sandra Lindow as she reads from her latest book of poetry. She’ll have books for sale and signing after the reading.
Her latest:
Mother Hubble’s Cupboard and Other Poems About Inner and Outer Space
… From macrocosm to microcosm, even the multiverse, there are no utopias here. However, this universe of poems is not without puns, pie and beer, together and separately. A bad choice of distraction if you’re hungry, but worth two utopias in the bush. This collection swings from the gritty to the playful, sometimes considering physics, and sometimes using physics to explore humanity, all the while playing fast and loose with words, as good poetry should.
—DAVID KOPASKA-MERKEL, author of Unwelcome Guests
In person or via Zoom.

45th Annual Punky Manor Challenge of Champions!
2025-09-18 19:00 - 2025-09-20 22:00 | Red Cedar Speedway, 620 17th St SE, Menomonie, 54751, United States
𝟒𝟓𝐭𝐡 𝐀𝐧𝐧𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐮𝐧𝐤𝐲 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐨𝐫 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬!
𝐓𝐖𝐎 full nights of racing action — Friday & Saturday, September 19th & 20th! 🏁
Practice kicks things off Thursday, September 18th!
🔥 𝟒 𝐖𝐈𝐒𝐒𝐎𝐓𝐀 𝐂𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐬:
• Late Models
• Modifieds
• Super Stocks
• Midwest Modifieds
Don’t miss the biggest weekend of the year at Red Cedar Speedway!
45th Annual Punky Manor Challenge of Champions – Practice Night
45th Annual Punky Manor Challenge of Champions – Night #1
45th Annual Punky Manor Challenge of Champions – Night #2

From Frazzled to Focused: The Sleep-Stress Connection
2025-09-25 18:00 - 19:00 | Dragon Tale Books
Join Amanda Eastvold, from Invicta Wellness, for an eye-opening evening at Dragon Tale Books as we explore how stress hijacks your sleep—and what you can do about it. Discover why your brain won’t shut off at night, what’s really behind those 2 a.m. wakeups, and how to create real, lasting change without medication or complicated routines.
Whether you’re feeling wired and exhausted or just tired of being tired, this community wellness talk will offer practical, science-backed tools to help you reset your stress response and finally get the rest you deserve.
In person or via Zoom.

2025 UW-Stout Family and Consumer Science Educators Conference
2025-09-26 08:00 - 15:00 | Memorial Student Center
Friday, September 25, 2025
University of Wisconsin-Stout – Memorial Student Center
Fueling the Flame: Wellness and Resilience for FCS Educators
Our focus for this year’s event will be on supporting educators in preventing burnout and rediscovering the passion that brought them to teaching in the first place.
In today’s educational landscape, teachers face increasing pressures—rising workloads, emotional demands, and systemic challenges that can lead to exhaustion and disconnection. Our goal is to create space for honest dialogue, practical strategies, and renewed inspiration.
The UW-Stout Continuing Education and Conferences is happy to host the 2025 Family and Consumer Sciences Education Conference. This will be an in-person event.
During this conference, participants will be able to choose from multiple sessions on exciting new information in the field, as well as sessions presented by classroom practitioners with curriculum ideas to use in your classroom. We intend to provide the ability to explore exhibits with the latest educational resources and materials.

Menomonie Oktoberfest
2025-09-26 15:00 - 22:00, 2025-09-27 15:00 - 22:00, 2025-09-28 15:00 - 22:00 | Zymurgy Brewing, 624 Main Street East, Menomonie, WI, 54751, United States
German brats, pretzels, fun games, live music, limited edition steins, fresh Oktoberfest Lager, German-style biers, and eine lustige deutsche Zeit! Main party on Saturday.
Cost – FREE
Age – 21+

Govin's Farm Fall Fun
2025-09-27 10:00 - 22:00, 2025-09-28 10:00 - 22:00, 2025-10-03 17:00 - 22:00 | Govin’s Farm, E6134 670th St., Menomonie, WI, 54751, United States
Fall Fun
Come out and enjoy the fun this fall in our 11 acre corn maze, pick out a pumpkin from the pumpkin patch, shoot a pumpkin from the pumpkin cannon or enjoy one of the many other activities we have for all ages. Never been in a corn maze and afraid you won’t find your way out? Don’t worry, we have games you play to help you find your way out, or if all else fails we have corn cops to help you find your way. If you are really adventurous, try the maze on Friday and Saturday nights by flashlight.
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The maze and all the fall activities are great activities for 4H clubs, Youth Groups, School Groups, Scouts Troops, Company Gatherings, and College Groups. If you are joining us in the evening, bring your flashlight and enjoy the corn maze in the dark (this is not haunted). Once you find your way out of the maze, join us by the bonfire and roast a marshmallow or two.
Included in Admission:Corn maze, wagon ride, mini golf, giant slide, flying farmer line, hay jump, corn box, duck races, steer roping, corn hole, giant Jenga, giant checkers, farm babies (Saturday & Sunday only 11am-5pm), rat rollers, tractor pull, tug of war, connect four and much more! All activities are made for adults too. Some activities may close due to weather or staffing. All tickets are purchased at farm. ​Anyone under 16 must be accompanied by an adult while at the farm at all times.
Extra Activities with Paid Admission:Paintball Shooting Gallery $5.00​Pumpkin Cannon – 1 shot $3.00 Apple Cannon – 3 shots for $3.00 (all 3 shots needs to be used by 1 person) Cannons & Paintball close at 9pmPumpkins $5-6​​Concessions Area –Apple cider donuts, Donut Sundaes, Warm Pretzels, Pizza Pretzels, Kettle Corn, Caramel Apple blossoms, Hot dogs, Hamburgers, Brats, Chips, Cookies, S’mores, Apple Cider, Hot and cold Beverages

Meet the Author – Steve Betchkal
2025-09-27 11:00 - 14:00 | Dragon Tale Books
Meet author Steve Betchkal. He’ll have books for sale and signing.

The Books:

Walk the Walk, Camp the Camp, Bird the Bird (The Fantastic Quest to Meet Every Species of Bird on Planet Earth, Spend a Year Outside My Comfortable Little House, & Follow the Trail to Its Logical Conclusion)
The Blessing of the Beasts or 101 Apologus Nights
Cat Tales (Life Two)
Make Birds Not War: Step by Step Instructions for Saving the World a Birder at a Time

Friends Chicken Dinner Fundraiser
2025-09-27 17:00 - 19:00 | Menomonie Moose Lodge, 720 19th Ave E, Menomonie, WI, 54751, United States
YUM YUM…our Friends are having a fundraiser! It will be on Saturday, September 27th at the Menomonie Moose Lodge (720 19th Ave E, Menomonie). The Lodge opens at 4 and dinner will be served from 5-7pm.
For just $15 you get:

1/4 chicken
cheesy potatoes
coleslaw
dessert

The best part? All proceeds go to the Friends of Menomonie Public Library. Thank you for your support!

Pages and Pints Book Club
2025-09-30 18:00 - 19:00 | brewery nønic, Menomonie, WI, 621 4th St. W, Menomonie, WI, 54751, United States
Come to one or come to hall, it’s up to you. Library staff will host at brewery nønic in Menomonie from 6-7pm on:
September 30 – Black Cake by Charmaine Wilkerson
October 28 – The Life We Bury by Allen Eskens
November 6 – The Many Lives of Mama Love by Lara Love Hardin
Cost
FREE
Age
21+

Banned Books Week: A Conversation with Dr. Samuel Cohen
2025-10-01 16:15 - 17:45 | Harvey Hall Theatre
Join us for Banned Books Week! The Menard Center for the Study of Institutions & Innovation will host Dr. Samuel Cohen to discuss his forthcoming book: Banning Books in America: Not a How-To. After Dr. Cohen’s presentation, comments will be offered by Joleen Sterk, Director of the Menomonie Public Library. An audience Q&A will follow, moderated by Dr. Afton Greco, Director of the Menard Center. The event will conclude with a Kahoot contest with prizes for students.
This event is co-sponsored by the University Library; the Honors College; Women, Gender & Sexuality Studies; the Literature Committee; the Center for Applied Ethics, and the Menomonie Public Library.

Building Happier Communities (and Making Great Friends Along the Way)
2025-10-02 18:00 - 19:00 | Dragon Tale Books
Dr. Richard Kyte, Director of the D. B. Reinhart institute for Ethics in Leadership and Endowed Professor of Ethics at Viterbo University, will discuss ways to build happier communities and finding third places to make friends.
His Book:
Finding Your Third Place
An exciting new look at the essential gathering spaces in our society where friendships are formed, relationships are nurtured, and the tapestry of community is woven.
Do you have a third place? Your first place is home, your second place is work, and your third place is where you go to socialize and build friendships. Yet, for several reasons, many people today find themselves without a third place of their own. At a time when our nation is facing an epidemic of loneliness and communities are suffering from a loss of trust, low levels of engagement, despair, and political polarization, what if the answer to many of our problems lies in a simple idea? What if we just need to pay attention to the places where we find ourselves?
Richard Kyte, PhD, combines storytelling, social science, and philosophy to explore:

What makes a third place
Factors that create and support vibrant communities
The role of hospitality in creating belonging and social connection
How third places foster friendships and bind us to others in our community
What it takes to find and create a third place of your own

In person or via Zoom

William Kent Krueger Author Visit
2025-10-03 18:00 - 20:00 | Harvey Hall Theatre
Dragon Tale Books, Menomonie Public Library, and UW-Stout Literary Committee team up to bring back award winning author, William Kent Krueger.
The FREE event will be held at UW-Stout Harvey Hall Theater (721 3rd St. E, Menomonie) on October 3rd from 6-8pm.
There will be a presentation and a book signing. You can pre-order “Apostle’s Cove” at Dragon Tale Books.

FREE and open to the public.

William Kent Krueger writes a mystery series set in the north woods of Minnesota. His protagonist is Cork O’Connor, the former sheriff of Tamarack County and a man of mixed heritage—part Irish and part Ojibwe.
His work has received a number of awards, including the Minnesota Book Award, the Loft-McKnight Fiction Award, the Anthony Award, the Barry Award, the Dilys Award, and the Friends of American Writers Prize. His last nine novels were all New York Times bestsellers.
