MAY 2024
- Ashland High School Sports Schedule
- Northland College Sports Schedule
- Northern Great Lakes Visitor Center. Open Tuesday-Saturday, 9am-5pm
- Saturdays Mid-May through mid-October: Ashland Area Farmer’s Market, 8am-12pm, on Chapple Ave, Ashland in front of Black Cat and Ashland Baking Company. Check them out on Facebook or visit www.ashlandareafarmersmarket.com.
- Vaughn Public Library – It’s not just books.
- Follow the Mural Brick Road … in the county of the land of Ashland. A fun scavenger hunt with the beautiful murals in Ashland County!
- Washburn Cultural Center May exhibit Washburn Public School District Annual k-12 Student Show
- Big Top Chautauqua Presents Open Mic Nights at The Backstage! Wednesday Nights. 6- 9pm. Get up on stage or just grab a seat and listen. Each week we will be joined by a special guest host, including some of your favorite Blue Canvas Orchestra Musicians! All musicians welcome to play. Everyone is welcome to attend. The bar will be ready to serve you, and there will be snacks for purchase. No cover, no tickets, and no reservations needed. The Backstage is located just south of Bayfield city limits at Big Top Chautauqua Headquarters: 84810 State Hwy 13, Bayfield, WI 54814. For more info go to www.bigtop.org or call 715.373.5552.
- Saturdays, Mid May through August: Stock Car Races at ABC Raceway, 2187 Butterworth Rd. For more information, call 715-682-4237, or visit www.abcraceway.com.
- Our Lady of the Lake Catholic Church BINGO! Tuesday nights! Doors open 5:30pm, Bingo starts at 6:30pm. Food and Beverages for sale. 201 Lake Shore Dr E Ashland. For more information go to 715-682-7620.
- Bay City Cycles …. 2024 Casual Group Ride. Check our Casual Group Ride at Bay City Cycles Facebook group for weekly updates.
- Recreation and Fitness Resources – Please see their website for more information – we will be updating regularly.
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2024 Events
- 05/01-30/2024
Hauser’s Superior View Farm’s Annual Red Shed Plant Sale, 86565 County Hwy J, Bayfield. Featuring bare-root perennial stock grown in our fields to ensure winter hardiness! Also, from our greenhouses a variety of annuals, vegetables, herbs, and beautiful hanging baskets. Also available are fruit trees, ornamental shrubs, and berry plants. Photos and descriptions of most varieties will help you make your selections! A gift shop with garden gloves, tools & gifts will add that “extra” touch to your gardening experience! Open 7 days a week from 9 am to 5 pm. For more information call 715-779-5404 or visit www.superiorviewfarm.com or Facebook or email info@superiorviewfarm.com. - 05/04/2023
Kentucky Derby this weekend at Pine Point, 10775 Pine Point Rd, Iron River. Come on in for some Mint Julius & racing boards on Saturday, Bring a fun hat and get a free drink on us! For more information call 715-372-8711. - 05/04/2024
Copper Falls is hosting: Work, Play, Earth Day cleanup to celebrate the May flowers! Park admission is free for volunteers. Meet at the Picnic Pavilion at 9am. Dress for work and weather. Tasks include light cleaning, raking, painting, and planting shrubs, etc. Free lunch at noon! There will be a grand prize drawing for an overnight stay at AmericInn’s Splashland! and everyone attending will receive a native shrub seedling of their choice to plant at home. While you are there take in the view of the scenic waterfalls and wildflowers. For more information call 715-274-5123. 36764 Copper Falls Rd, Mellen. - 05/06/2024
Carden International Circus Spectacular at the Bay Area Civic Center, 320 4th Ave West. 4:30 & 7:30pm. Tickets on sale at spectacularcircus.com or 1 hour before show times at the Bay Area Civic Center. - 05/08/2024
Professor Hike: Master Naturalist Advanced Training; Join Cable Natural History Museum Naturalist Emily Stone on a spring wildflower hike where participants become the teachers! This activity has been wildly popular as part of Master Naturalist courses. During a leisurely hike on a flat trail, Emily will train each student to be a “professor” of a small, unique topic. Each person will teach and learn from everyone in the group. Meet at Morgan Falls Trailhead at 12:30-4 pm. You don’t have to be a certified Master Naturalist to participate! Any adult learners are welcome. Space is limited. Register by May 6 or call the Cable Natural History Museum at 715-798-3890. $15 member/$20 non-member. 13470 County Highway M, Cable www.cablemuseum.org - 05/11/2024
Mt Ashwabay Spring Gear Swap 10am-2pm. Land-Water-All types of gear! Clean your garage and basement, sell the gear you don’t use much or shop for gear at great prices. Bargain deals for buyers, with 15% of the purchase price supporting Mt Ashwabay. Gear Drop off May 8-10, 10am-5pm. Unsold gear needs to be picked up by May 17th. Questions call 715-779-3227. - 05/11/2024
The Gathering Barn presents: Spring Sensations Sip & Shop Vendor/Craft Event! 9am-1pm. 50467 State Hwy 13 Ashland. 25+ of the most unique vendors and crafters. Mothers days gifts galore…and of course that something special just for you! Drink specials and snacks while browsing and chatting with the best arrangement of vendors…you wont be disappointed! - 05/11/2024
Power of the Paws at Neighborly Bar. 10am. Come join us Mother’s Day weekend!! Win amazing prizes, great food and fun games all benefiting almost 1000 homeless animals in need every year! For more information call 715-682-9908 1301 Main St. W. - 05/11/2024
The Cable Natural History Museum Presents: Talon Talk Live Raptor Program. 10:30-11:30am. Meet the Museum’s live education raptors in person! Learn all about birds of prey from naturalist Haley Selen. Please come early to find a seat! Donations welcome. Visit https://www.cablemuseum.org/events/ - 05/12/2024
Mother’s Day! - 05/17/2024
White Winter Winery presents: Music on the Porch. 4-6pm. Happy hour with Scott Bruce. 68323 Lea St A, Iron River. For more information call 715-372-5656. - 05/17/2024
Northwood Technical College 2024 Commencement at the Ashland High School. 7pm. 1900 Beaser Ave. - 05/18/2024
Northern Wisconsin’s Largest House to House Garage Sale. 8am-1pm. Sponsored by the Ashland Chamber. Registration form. Sales are Saturday 8am-1pm unless otherwise noted in description. Maps will be available Friday, May 17th at the Ashland Chamber Office, Circle K, Midland, Shell and Kwik Trip Gas stations. - 05/18/2024
Madeline Island Marathon and Half Marathon from 8:30am-4pm. For more information, call 888-475-3386 or visit www.madelineisland.com. - 05/18/2024
White Winter Winery presents: Music on the Porch. 2-5pm. Music by Tom Wotruba, guitarist for the Virgil Caine Band, will be here to perform a solo show with a mix of rock, country, blues, and original music on a six string acoustic guitar. 68323 Lea St A, Iron River. For more information call 715-372-5656. - 05/18/2024
ABC Raceway Northern State Bank Season Opener. Raceway located at 2187 Butterworth Road. Stock car racing. Regular season races on Saturday nights. Hot Laps- 6:30pm. Racing- 7pm. Grandstand opens at 5pm. For more information, go to www.abcraceway.com. - 05/18/2024
Join us at the Harbor Table for an evening with Warren Nelson & Friends. $20 per ticket available at the door (in the back room). Concert begins at 7:30pm. Bring your friends and enjoy some live, local tunes. After the show, treat yourself to a divine dinner in our dining room overlooking Lake Superior. 130 W Harbor View Drive, Washburn. - 05/21-24/2024
Lost Creek Adventures Coastal Kayak Comprehensive (Skill Level 3) 4 Day Skills Immersion! An immersive skills experience designed to boost the confidence of novice to intermediate paddlers. This 4 day course will teach and test your ability in wind and waves, and as an added bonus, includes an American Canoe Association Level 3 Skills Assessment. Assessment and rolling clinic. Normally these are all separate classes. You must provide your own equipment or can rent from us at the reduced price of $40/ day. $460 for 4 full days of training and the assessment exam. Contact us to create custom dates for your group. 22475 WI-13 Trunk Cornucopia, WI 54827 715.953.2223 lostcreekadventures.org - 05/22/2024
23rd Annual GFWC Ashland Monday Club and Ashland Beautification Council’s Plant Sale 10am-3pm at Menard Park ( Main Street & Chapple Ave). Plant donations welcome. Just drop off the day of the sale at the park. Please label plants. Proceeds go to enhance Menard Park and the Ashland Beautification Council. Questions call Mary Fall at 715-209-4881. - 05/22/24
Northern Great Lakes Visitor Center presents: Climate Reality hosted by the USFWS. 7-8pm.Retired U.S. Geological Survey water engineer Jeff Steuer will discuss the causes and impacts of climate change, the urgent need to shift from fossil fuels to more renewable options, and solutions available to us now. 29270 Co Hwy G. For more information call 715-685-9983. - 05/23-25/2024
16th Annual Chequamegon Bay Birding & Nature Festival. For more information, call 715-682-2500 and visit www.birdandnaturefest.com. - 05/23/2024
Callaway Demo/Fit Day at Chequamegon Bay Golf Club, 3000 Golf Course Rd, Ashland. 1-5pm. For more information, call 715-682-8004. - 05/23/2024
“Poetry and the Natural World with U.S. Poet Laureate Ada Limón” at the Sigurd Olson Environmental Institute/Northland College, Ashland. 6:45–8:30pm. FREE event (via Zoom, with local introduction) The Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts, and Letters has invited Ada Limón to speak in person in Madison, but is also arranging “Watch Parties” such as this, for those who can’t attend the live event. Dr. Kyle Bladow, Associate Professor of Native American Studies at Northland College, will host the local event with introductions and readings of a few poems. The event is free of charge, sponsored by the Wisconsin Fellowship of Poets. Ada Limón is the 24th U.S. Poet Laureate. She has been appointed for a two-year second term through April 2025. She is editor of an anthology You are Here Poetry in the Natural World, out on April 2, 2024, as well as the author of seven books of poetry, including her latest The Hurting Kind (2022). As U.S. Poet Laureate, she is arranging for poetry installations on picnic tables in seven national parks, and her poem written for NASA’s Europa Clipper mission will be engraved on the spacecraft to launch in 2024 and arrive in an orbit of Jupiter by 2030. Read her poem for the Europa spacecraft here: https://europa.nasa.gov/message-in-a-bottle/join-us/ https://www.wisconsinacademy.org/evenings/poetry-and-natural-world https://www.adalimon.net/ - 05/25-26/2024
The 3rd Annual Beau Nemec Memorial Two Person Golf Tournament held at Chequamegon Bay Golf Course. Saturday qualifying, Sunday Flight play. $300 per team (includes 27+ holes with cart, goody bag, and many prizes and raffles all weekend long! To register or if you have any questions call 715-292-4493, 715-208-0609 or 239-220-7568. - 05/25/2024
Northland College Commencement at 11am in the Ponzio Stadium, 1411 Ellis Ave. For information visit https://my.northland.edu/planning/graduation/commencement or call 715-682-1339 - 05/25/2024
The Cable Natural History Museum presents: Exhibit Open House – Anaamaagon: Under the Snow. Enter a magical realm where mice play, weasels hunt, and life depends on deep snow. The drifts may look deserted, but dive down and you’ll be amazed by the way little lives thrive in winter. Refreshments will be served from 10am-Noon. Free admission all day. Donations welcome. Visit https://www.cablemuseum.org/events/ - 05/25/2024
The Cable Natural History Museum Pollinator & Native Plant Sale! 10am-4pm. Help support the Museum and our programs! Museum volunteers will be selling native plants – primarily those attracting pollinators and annual, perennial and vegetable plans in the Museum’s outdoor classroom. Members-only pre-sale starts at 9am. Sale will continue during out regular hours until the plants are gone. Visit https://www.cablemuseum.org/events/ - 05/25/2024
Memorial Day Remembrance Walk and Ceremony at MIHPA Veterans Memorial Garden-Please join the Madeline Island Historical Preservation Association immediately following the Memorial Day Ceremony at the Town Dock, LaPointe from 11:30-12:30pm. We will walk from the Town Dock up Colonel Woods Avenue to the MIHPA Heritage Center. There we will gather around the Veteran’s Honor Garden for a flag raising ceremony, songs by the summer choir and the laying of new pavers in the Honor Garden. Following the ceremony light refreshments will be served. For more information, call 715-747-2801. - 05/25/2024
ABC Raceway presents Heartland Communications Kids Meet the Drivers Night. Raceway located at 2187 Butterworth Road. Stock car racing. Regular season races on Saturday nights. Hot Laps- 6:30pm. Racing- 7pm. Grandstand opens at 5pm. For more information, go to www.abcraceway.com. - 05/27/2024
Memorial Day ceremonies at the Bandshell program is 9:30am. 7 Cemetery services to follow. Other Memorials throughout Ashland county. - 05/27/2024
Butternut Memorial Day salute to veterans at 10am at the Village Hall Memorial. After that they will go to each cemetery in Butternut. For more information, call 715-769-3951 or visit www.butternutwi.com. - 05/28/2024
It’s time to roll up your sleeves! Memorial Blood Centers has declared a blood emergency. Donors are needed! You can donate at Ashland High School. 9am-3:30pm. 1900 Beaser Ave. Click here to schedule. This link works. - 05/28/2024
NWCC of Tamarack Health in collaboration with Essentia Health hosts a Cancer Support Group at Ashland Vaughn Public Library, second floor, Garland meeting room, 502 Main St. W. 11am-12pm. Providing opportunities for shared experiences. To educate by providing guest speakers that will talk about cancer related topics. For adults diagnosed with cancer, caregivers, and loved ones impacted by cancer. Please RSVP in advance by calling Laura Martinsen 715-685-5004. - 05/31/2024
The 22nd annual Bayfield in Bloom events will start with a live Wisconsin Public Radio show broadcast of Larry Meiller’s “Garden Talk” on Friday. Join the studio audience at the Bayfield Lakeside Pavilion. 2 East Front Street, Bayfield, 10am-1pm. The event is FREE! Stay after the show and meet with Larry Meiller.
2023 Events
- 05/01/2023
Earth Sense Garden Center, 1100 East Bayfield Street, Washburn. Earth Sense Garden Center is now open for the season. We look forward to another great year of providing all your gardening and landscaping needs. Open 9-5 everyday! 715-373-2344 - 05/06/2023
Join the School District of Ashland and local organizations for Community + School: Summer Fun & Safety interactive event from 2-5pm. Held at Ashland High School, 1900 Beaser Ave. Learn more about summer offerings and community safety. Snack, activities, information, fun & Prizes! For questions or if you would like to get involved, contact Brooke Trettin 715-682-7838. - 05/13/2023
Bad River Lodge & Casino is hosting Pop Up Shops for Mother’s Day. 11am-2pm. For more information or if you would like to participate as a vendor, please contact Bad River Casino 715-682-7121. - 05/23/2023
Ashland Middle School Band Concert. 7pm. Dodd Gym, 203 11th Street East, Ashland.