41th Annual
Czech-Slovak Festival
Vitame vas Phillips, Wisconsin
Friday & Saturday June 19-20, 2026
(Always the 3rd full weekend in June)
Free Admission
Bring a lawn chair!
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Weekend Programming
(Continue to check in as events are added/changed.
Please note that this is this past year's schedule. Next year's is already being worked on.)
GOING ON NOW: KROJE PASSPORT Scavenger Hunt! Click HERE!
Friday, June 20, 2025
Lidice Memorial Service at Phillips First Baptist Church at 7:00 p.m. (426 Flambeau Ave/CR-W)
* Master of Ceremonies: Amanda Angelo
* Theme: Lidice - Roses
* Military Honor Guard and Special Music
* Speaker: Deputy Head of Mission, Ondrej Pometlo, from the Czech Consulate in Chicago.
* Walk to Sokol Park & the Lidice Memorial Monument (weather permitting)
Saturday, June 21, 2025
Festival Opens at 10:00 a.m. (Elk Lake Park) -- FREE Admission!
(10am - 4pm Venue Open (some vendors may start earlier and/or stay later):
* Arts and crafts vendors,
* Food vendors (10am - 7pm)
* Historical Displays
* Children's activities
--Forward Splash Pad (free) &
--Children's Museum (interactive)
* Kolache, Jaternice, Czech Sausage & Sauerkraut and coffee available for purchase near or in the pavilion
* Beer Garden - serving Czech beer and wine
* Kroje (national dress) Passport Contest (Kroje displayed at various local businesses)
* Raffle Baskets (Welcome/Information booth next to the kolache sales in large tent next to pavilion)
10am - 10:30:
* Turn in wine and kolaches for the contest.
10 am Miss Czech Slovak WI State Queen Pageant - Prevail Bank Outdoor Stage
* Introduction of Candidates, Royal Court, & Little Siblings
* On-Stage Interviews
* Kroje Modeling
12 noon - 5:45 Live Entertainment on the Prevail Bank Outdoor Stage and/or inside the pavilion.
* MC - Justin Lindgren
* Ed Wagner Brass Band on stage 1:00 - 4:00pm
* Czech Singers
* St. Paul Czech & Slovak Dancers
* Announcing of winners of kolache baking & wine making contest & Kroje Passport
* Others yet to be determined
4:00
* Kolacky Eating Contest Outdoor Stage
* Pork Dinner Rock Garden Tavern (food by Fork Five)
* Announce the winners of raffle baskets
4:30 Polka Mass St. Therese Catholic Church
6 pm Evening Festivities
* Miss Czech-Slovak WI State Queen Pageant Talent Competition - Prevail Outdoor Stage at Elk Lake Park 6:00 - 8:00 pm
* Crowning of Miss Czech-Slovak WI 2025-2026 Queen
* Dance at Rock Garden Tavern 7:00 - 10:00 pm with the Cynor Classics Polka Band
* Pork dinner sold until 7pm at Rock Garden Tavern
* Kolacky Home-Made Baking Contest
Deliver your Kolacky for the contest by 10:30 am in the tent by the pavilion and the splash pad at Elk Lake Park.
* Home-Made Wine Making Contest
Deliver your wine for the contest by 10:30 am in the tent by the pavilion and the splash pad at Elk Lake Park.
* Miss Czech-Slovak Wisconsin State Queen Pageant
*Wisconsin State Queen Pageant Highlights
* Miss Czech Slovak US 2024-25: Trinity Pesko
Volunteers are needed, please check out the link where you might be able to help out.
Click here to sign up to volunteer!
Friday, June 20, 2025
Lidice Memorial Service at Phillips First Baptist Church at 7:00 p.m. (426 Flambeau Ave/CR-W)
* Master of Ceremonies: Amanda Angelo
* Theme: Lidice - Roses
* Military Honor Guard and Special Music
* Speaker: Deputy Head of Mission, Ondrej Pometlo, from the Czech Consulate in Chicago.
* Walk to Sokol Park & the Lidice Memorial Monument (weather permitting)
Saturday, June 21, 2025
Festival Opens at 10:00 a.m. (Elk Lake Park) -- FREE Admission!
(10am - 4pm Venue Open (some vendors may start earlier and/or stay later):
* Arts and crafts vendors,
* Food vendors (10am - 7pm)
* Historical Displays
* Children's activities
--Forward Splash Pad (free) &
--Children's Museum (interactive)
* Kolache, Jaternice, Czech Sausage & Sauerkraut and coffee available for purchase near or in the pavilion
* Beer Garden - serving Czech beer and wine
* Kroje (national dress) Passport Contest (Kroje displayed at various local businesses)
* Raffle Baskets (Welcome/Information booth next to the kolache sales in large tent next to pavilion)
10am - 10:30:
* Turn in wine and kolaches for the contest.
10 am Miss Czech Slovak WI State Queen Pageant - Prevail Bank Outdoor Stage
* Introduction of Candidates, Royal Court, & Little Siblings
* On-Stage Interviews
* Kroje Modeling
12 noon - 5:45 Live Entertainment on the Prevail Bank Outdoor Stage and/or inside the pavilion.
* MC - Justin Lindgren
* Ed Wagner Brass Band on stage 1:00 - 4:00pm
* Czech Singers
* St. Paul Czech & Slovak Dancers
* Announcing of winners of kolache baking & wine making contest & Kroje Passport
* Others yet to be determined
4:00
* Kolacky Eating Contest Outdoor Stage
* Pork Dinner Rock Garden Tavern (food by Fork Five)
* Announce the winners of raffle baskets
4:30 Polka Mass St. Therese Catholic Church
6 pm Evening Festivities
* Miss Czech-Slovak WI State Queen Pageant Talent Competition - Prevail Outdoor Stage at Elk Lake Park 6:00 - 8:00 pm
* Crowning of Miss Czech-Slovak WI 2025-2026 Queen
* Dance at Rock Garden Tavern 7:00 - 10:00 pm with the Cynor Classics Polka Band
* Pork dinner sold until 7pm at Rock Garden Tavern
* Kolacky Home-Made Baking Contest
Deliver your Kolacky for the contest by 10:30 am in the tent by the pavilion and the splash pad at Elk Lake Park.
* Home-Made Wine Making Contest
Deliver your wine for the contest by 10:30 am in the tent by the pavilion and the splash pad at Elk Lake Park.
* Miss Czech-Slovak Wisconsin State Queen Pageant
*Wisconsin State Queen Pageant Highlights
* Miss Czech Slovak US 2024-25: Trinity Pesko
Volunteers are needed, please check out the link where you might be able to help out.
Click here to sign up to volunteer!
Thank you to all of our sponsors!
See more sponsors and donors in our friends tab.
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Updated: July 7, 2025
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