Every year, a small Wisconsin town is home to a festival that’s as colorful as it is enormous. The Warrens Cranberry Festival celebrates a unique little fruit and so much more – it’s a festive weekend of events that’s the perfect reason to visit a charming Wisconsin community. Here’s why you need to make plans to attend this year’s Warrens Cranberry Festival in Wisconsin.

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The festival takes place in the tiny Monroe County community of Warrens, pop. 363. The community is located right off of Interstate 94, just north of Tomah, and it’s a doable day trip from much of Wisconsin.
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Wisconsin is a national leader in cranberry production and Warrens is ground zero for this tangy fruit. It’s surrounded by some massive marshes that are flooded each year for the cranberry harvest. They explode in a brilliant shade of red.
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Cranfest takes place the last weekend of September and it’s a family tradition that draws huge crowds every year.
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The festival include over three miles of shopping and 1,300 booths – there’s an enormous arts & crafts fair, a huge antiques and flea market, and a farm market loaded with lots of cranberry items.
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The festival is the kickoff for the cranberry harvest season and there are walking tours where you can get an up-close look at a real cranberry marsh.
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When you arrive in Warrens, arrive hungry. There’s a ton of great food for sale, including cranberries jubilee, cranberry cream puffs, deep fried cranberries on a stick, pancakes with cranberry syrup and more!
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Learn more details about the festival, including the parade schedule and some fun contests on the event website. Wisconsin has some great annual festivals and events – here are some more lively events you should put on your list.

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