Canoe Trips

Hosted by Winona State University Outdoor Education and Recreation Center

Sign up at the WSU OERC Booth near the boat landing.

Friday All Day

Saturday All Day

Tag-A-Kid

Visit the Winona Outdoor Collaborative booth to get wristbands for children 16 years and under and learn about our procedure to quickly reunite lost kiddos with their caregiver

Thursday: 4:00pm - 8:00pm

Friday: 9:00am - 7:00pm 

Saturday: 9:00am - 7:00pm

Workshops 

Banjo Workship with Tony Ihrig

Friday: 10:00am

Guitar Workshop with David Robinson 

Friday: 11:00am

Clogging Workshop with Wild Goose Chase Cloggers

Saturday: 10:00am

Mandolin Workshop with David Robinson

Saturday: 11:00am

*All under the tent on the main festival grounds 

The Dangerous Fun Show

A family favorite magic and stunt show featuring fire, danger, and escape!

Friday: 5:30pm

Saturday: 5:30pm

Main Festival Grounds

Dr. Bob’s Puppet Show

Recently returning from his anthropological trip to the jungles of absurdia, Dr. Bob has brought back some rare specimens, of the puppet species. Marvel at these exotic creatures, sing a little song, and dive deep into Dr. Bob’s magic jukebox!

Thursday: 6:00pm

Friday: 2:00pm & 6:00pm

Saturday: 2:00pm & 6:00pm

Main Festival Grounds

MMAM Art

Find the Minnesota Marine Art Museum booth and see what fun art projects they have in store!

Friday 12:00pm - 4:00pm

Saturday 11:00am - 4:00pm

Bubble Party 

Join Vivid Wizard Puppetry for some bubble magic and wizardry!

Friday & Saturday 6:00pm - 7:00pm

Main Festival Grounds 

Puppet, Bubbles and General Wizardry 

Saturday: 1:00pm -2:00pm

Meet @ Main Festival Grounds

Seekers Wild 

Adventure Camps

Join Seeker Wild in learning new skills and exploring natural surroundings.

Friday 9:00am-11:30am, 12:30pm - 2:00pm

Saturday 9:00am-11:30am, 12:30p, 2:00pm

Sign up at the Seekers Wild booth. Ages 7 to 16, $30 per Camp

Wild Edible and Medicinal Plant Walk

Explore around the festival grounds with Seekers Wild and Rooted Family Medicine.

Learn about beneficial plants growing in the Driftless Area!! 

Friday: 3:30pm

Meet @ Seekers Wild Booth

Yoga with Muddy Waters

Join Muddy Waters Yoga to give your body a stretch and your mind a rest!

 A blanket or yoga mat may be brought, but is not necessary

Yoga: Morning Flow 

Friday & Saturday 9:00am Meet @ Swamp Oak Terrace

Family Yoga

Friday & Saturday 10:00am @ Campground Stage

Dharma River Offerings

Mindfulness for All Ages

Join Trish Johnson for an hour of guided meditation practices near the banks of the beautiful Mississippi River. This will include simple practices to support overall emotional balance and wellbeing, relaxation and practices of gratitude. This session can be a great way to reset before enjoying more of the wonderful festival. Kids under 12 years must attend with an accompanying adult. Please bring something to sit on.

Friday: 8:00am 

Meet @ the beach

Mindfulness & Meditations for Teens and Adults

Join Trish Johnson for an hour of meditation practices and nature-based creativity in the forest. This session can help reset the nervous system, engage the senses and inspire connection and creativity with the natural world. Kids under 12 years must attend with an accompanying adult. Meet in the parking lot by the Deer Park. This session includes walking on trails. Please bring something small to sit on (optional).

Saturday: 11:00am 

Meet @ The Campground Stage

Kung Fu for Kids

Join Paul Stern for 1 hour of Kung fu for all. This session is designed to be fun and open and stretch the body as well as condition the muscles, bones, and cardiovascular system before returning for more dancing and festivities! Accessible to all ages and abilities.  Kids under 12 years must attend with an accompanying adult. Dress comfortably.

Friday: 4:00pm 

Meet @ Swap Oak Terrace

Qi Gong

Join Paul Stern for 1 hour of Tai Chi fun! Tai Chi  is a movement, meditation, and embodiment practice to help balance one’s mind, body, and spirit. This session can be a great way to start the day before more fun B&B festivities! Accessible to all ages and abilities.  Kids under 12 years must attend with an accompanying adult. Dress comfortably.

Saturday: 8:00am 

Meet @ Swamp Oak Terrace

Poetry Walk 

Poets, Mitch Johnson & Marcia Ratliff have created a series of poems exploring climate, relationships and perseverance line a path through the forest. We invite you to take a moment for quiet reflection amongst the excitement of the music. You can find Marcia's work online at tornpaperpoems.com or on instagram @tornpaperpoems.

All Weekend - Self Lead

Main Festival Grounds & Campground Area

Make Your Own Yard Sign Senryu!

Join local poets Marcie and Mitch to make your own yard sign senryu to take home! A senryu is a short poem about human nature, similar to a haiku. Free and open to all ages while supplies last. This program is inspired by the poem at the edge of Prairie Island Campground, created by an anonymous artist posting on Instagram as @roadside_senryu.

Friday: 3:30pm - 4:30pm

Meet @ The Campground Stage

Basic Bike Check Clinic

Learn basic stills to upkeep your own bicycle and take some time during the festival to apply these skills!

Saturday: 10:00am -12:00pm

Meet @ Swamp Oak Terrace

Swamp Oak Gathering

Autumn Buzz in the River Bottomlands

Xerces Society

Learn from the Xerces Society liaison, Danielle Hudson, about native pollinators and how to support pollinator friendly habitat.  Go for a hike and create a pollinator inspired mask

Dragon-fly Discovery

Swamp Oak Wanderers

Learn about the DRAGONFLIES that live at Prairie Island Park and do some wearable art inspired by these extraordinarily successful predators of mosquitoes. 

Save Our Streams Water Quality Monitoring &  Let’s Go Fishing!

Izaak Walton League

Come understand the river as we collect mud samples to understand creatures. We will be studying under the microscope and testing the water to upload to Save Our Streams database.  Be a part of the science that understands and protects our waters! Also, sign out a fishing pole and try to catch a few of the fish that call Straight Slough home.

Slough-song Come-along

River Holler

Listen to the back-water adventure inspired lyrics accompanied by banjo, fiddle, and mandolin music!

Friday: 1:00pm - 4:00pm

Meet @ Swamp Oak Terrace