FRIDAY, JUNE 5
NOTE: Friday’s activities will take place at the Bloomin’ Days main festival site at 6th Avenue & 54th Street in Downtown Kenosha.
Community Drum Circle – Sponsored by The Drum Hut
5:00 – 6:00 pm
Sponsored by
Snap-on Main Stage
6:00 pm – 89Mojo
8:00 pm – Radioactive Squirrels
Beer & Wine Garden and Food Vendors
5:00 pm – 10:00 pm
SATURDAY, JUNE 6
@ LIBRARY PARK
7th Ave. & 59th Place | 9:00am – 10:30am
Sponsored by
Bloomin’ Bike Parade
Kids are invited to join in the 3rd Annual Bloomin’ Bike Parade! Free decorations and bike bells (courtesy of Heim’s Downtown Toy Store) will be provided while supplies last 9:00 am to 10:30 am at Library Park (6th Ave. & 59th Place). The Parade will commence promptly at 10:30 am, traveling down 6th Avenue to the festival site at 54th Street.
Sponsored by
Bicycle Helmet Giveaway
Free bicycle helmets will be given away to the first 200 children at Library Park on Saturday, June 6th beginning at 9:00 am. Helmets are courtesy of Habush, Habush & Rottier, S.C. and will be fitted and supplied while supplies last. Children must be present to receive a helmet.
Bike Registration
The Kenosha Police Department will be on hand to provide free bicycle registration for bike owners. The service assigns a specific number to an owner’s bike, which is then entered into the KPD database with the owner’s contact information. The database can help in the recovery efforts if your bicycle is ever lost or stolen. Bike Registration will move to the main festival site 11:00 am – 2:00 pm. Also meet Officer Friendly at the Library Park location 9:00 – 10:30 am.
@ THE BLOOMIN’ DAYS FESTIVAL SITE
6th Avenue & 54th Street | 11:00 am – 10:00 pm
Snap-on Main Stage – Live music throughout the day! Click HERE to see the complete lineup and schedule for the Snap-on Main Stage as well as three other stages and street musicians performing throughout the Downtown area.
Beer & Wine Garden and Food Vendors – Enjoy delicious food and cool beverages including Miller products and a variety of fine wine selections.
Free Coupon Book Giveaway – Saturday beginning at 11:00 am at the Bloomin’ Days Info Tent (6th Ave. & 54th St.) while 2,000 last! Filled with valuable coupons from Downtown businesses, you’ll enjoy great savings throughout the district!
KPD Community Services & Officer Friendly – (11:00 am – 2:00 pm) The Kenosha Police Department will be on hand to promote their community services programs, including child safety education, crime prevention, and the neighborhood and business watch.
Kenosha Police Dept. K-9 Unit Demonstration – (1:00 – 2:00 pm) Get a glimpse of Kenosha’s finest police dogs as they demonstrate what they do alongside their human counterparts to protect the citizens of our city.
Racine Zoo - The Racine Zoo will be at Bloomin’ Days and they’re bringing friends! Learn more about animals that live in our world. Observe such critters as hissing cockroaches, bats and salamanders. Pet a reptile or one of the softest mammals in the world! Through this opportunity, it is the Racine Zoo’s hope that citizens will foster an appreciation for our natural world, ultimately giving them the ability to make informed decisions that will protect it from exploitation and for the benefit of future generations.
Bike Corral – Park your bike in the free Bike Corral while you enjoy Bloomin’ Days! Located on 55th Street between 6th and 5th Avenues.
Games, Games, Games! Kid’s obstacle course, sidewalk chalk, hula-hoops, jump rope, 4-square, baggo, ladder, Bloomin’ Buckets, tug-o-war, parachute, sack races and more! And not just for the kids! Adult coffee sack races, baggo and ladder tournaments after 4:00 pm (with prizes!) Kids’ games and activities sponsored by Friedens Lutheran Church.
Instrument Petting Zoo – Discover the magic of music as kids are invited to pluck, strum, touch and explore an array of musical instruments. Get free, hands-on demonstrations and instructions from the talented adults AND kids from The Kenosha Conservatory of Music.
@ MERCHANTS & THROUGHOUT DOWNTOWN
Kenosha HarborMarket on 6th (9am – 2pm)
6th Avenue between 55th and 56th Streets
Kenosha’s popular weekly open air market moves to 6th Avenue during Saturday’s Bloomin’ Days! Enjoy this family-friendly, bustling European-inspired market featuring locally grown, organic produce, meats, cheeses, scrumptious baked goods, delicious ready to eat foods, chef demonstrations, handmade crafts and jewelry, and so much more!
Children’s Craft & Activity Tent at Heim’s Downtown Toy Store (11am – 5pm)
5819 – 6th Avenue | (262) 652-8697
Enjoy our Children’s Craft & Activity tent with ongoing, hands-on activities and crafts. A different family craft will be featured every hour, so stop by and get your glue on!
First Aid & Baby Care Station at Heim’s Downtown Toy Store (9am – 5pm)
5819 – 6th Avenue | (262) 652-8697
Whether you have a skinned knee that needs a Band-aid or a bump that needs ice, stop here for some TLC. Immediate and temporary first aid care provided. You can also change and feed your baby at the Baby Care Station. Diapers, wipes, and baby care essentials will be available.
Green Street
6th Avenue ‘A’ at 59th Street (10am – 6pm)
Learn how to make YOUR street a green street. Powered by Green Kenosha, it’s an educational and inspirational day filled with interactive exhibits, workshops including alternative energy, conscious gardening, healthy lifestyles, recycling and of course EcoKids “green” games. The first 200 visitors receive a free plant! Learn from Gateway Technical College instructors about geothermal solar and wind energies. Learn “why on EARTH should I” and “how on EARTH do I” recycle? Hands-on gardening including planting, deadheading, dividing, and general flower gardening. Learn what permaculture is all about, how to make your own compost (by Kate’s Green Circle), vermiculture (worms!), making living walls, saving money by growing your own vegetables and more. EcoKids free “green games” include old-fashioned games for kids from 4 to 104, including 4-square, Bag-O, clothespin drop, hula-hooping, jump rope and juggling. Also check out Kenosha Bicycle Ambassadors’ cool bike machines and art! See a detailed schedule at www.greenkenosha.org. Green Kenosha will be responsible for all recycling materials during Bloomin’ Days. Please help us by being mindful when placing waste in the appropriate receptacles!
Salon on Sixth
5040 6th Ave. | (262) 657-4878
Princess Hair Styling for kids! Treat your little princess to glittery hair styles, tieras and other royal hair treatments!
Don’t Forget Your FREE Coupon Book!
Visit the Bloomin’ Days Information Tent (6th Ave. & 54th St.) on Saturday starting at 11am for your FREE Bloomin’ Days coupon book – while 2,000 last! Filled with valuable coupons from Downtown and Harborside businesses, you’ll enjoy great savings throughout the district!
LaMacchia Travel Agency
618 55th Street - Join the tailgate party in LaMacchia Travel’s parking lot. Sign up to enter the “Vacation Vault” for a chance to win 2 free tickets from Funjet Vacations. There will also be kid’s games and vacation giveaways. The best prizes at Bloomin’ Days! Party is Saturday 12-3pm.
Mindful Yoga Studio is a fully equipped yoga studio that integrates traditional yoga with therapeutic solutions for health and wellness. Mindful Yoga Studio is known for its relaxed style without sacrificing practice. Passionate about your Health is our business.
During Bloomin’ Days Julie Whyte, yoga student of 16 years and certified by Global Family Yoga, will conduct children’s yoga sessions, with some including storytelling. Pamela Grubb, student of yoga since 1975 and owner/teacher of the Mindful Yoga Studio, will hold discussions on the benefits of yoga to maintain good health and healing of the mind and body. She will offer free body alignment consultations to help you identify reasons behind the dull aches and pains in the body and poses to elevate discomfort.
The Drum Hut. All activities will take place inside or outside of The Drum Hut, 5607 7th Ave. Here’ s our schedule.
All Day: “Make, Shake & Take” — kids of all ages can make a shaker egg instrument to take home–free!
Drumming Demos:
~Taiko, Japanese drumming with Judith Sample, 12 noon-12:30 p.m.
~Echoes of Africa Ensemble, 2-3 p.m.
~Didjeridoos and Soft Sounds Too, 5-6 p.m.
~Community Drum Circle–interactive, all ages, 7-9 p.m.
Anytime Fitness - Free balloons, autographs and photographs of YOU with SPIDERMAN, your favorite Super Hero on Saturday from 1-5 pm. Join the Super Hero Personal Trainer Boot Camp at Anytime Fitness on 6th Avenue at 56th Street. Learn Spiderman’s nutrition, fitness and super strength secrets. Mom and Dad will get a FREE gym trial and a chance to WIN a massage, a personal trainer package, a health balance assessment from the International President of the Nutritional Microscopy Association or an Anytime Fitness 24-hour co/ed gym membership with access to 1000’s of clubs worldwide.
Also appearing…Star Wars Stormtroopers and Blade!
For more info call 262-925-0466.
Do you want to be an actor? Get on-camera with Actor’s Craft.
Come on over to the Rhode and make your “commercial” that celebrates Kenosha Living! Maureen Cashin Bolog will give you a brief lesson in on-camera acting between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. Participants must sign a release in case all or a portion of your “commercial” is selected for a future promotion.
Gary Callahan of DC Talent will be on hand from 11-4 to talk to anyone aspiring to a professional acting career.
Come say hello to The M.U.T.E.S. at Kenosha’s Bloomin’ Days on Saturday June 6th. They’ll probably just wave back. 
The Marvelous Unspeaking Troupe of Entertaining Scoundrels aka The M.U.T.E.S. perform comedic silent film-esque plots complete with silent film era music and caption cards. We can cater our gigs to just about any venue or event. We are at home on a stage or as roving entertainment through festivals.
Wisconsin Bounce at Bloomin’ Days!
Wisconsin Bounce is Wisconsin’s premier entertainment rental company specializing in inflatable moon bounces for schools, corporations, church events, trade shows, festivals, birthday’s, fundraiser’s or for any other special event!
Additional Downtown & Harborside Attractions
After enjoying Bloomin’ Days, explore these nearby attractions!
- Civil War Museum
- Kenosha Public Museum
- Dinosaur Discovery Museum
- Kenosha History Center & Southport Light Station
- Kenosha Electric Streetcar
