Mark your calendars for a wonderful small town Wisconsin event, the Gays Mills Spring Festival. This year’s Spring Festival runs from May 8th through 10th. Gays Mills is one of the oldest apple growing areas in Wisconsin, and Gays Mills Spring Festival often coincides with the blooming of the apple blossoms on thousands of orchard trees that surround the small community.

The Spring Festival offers a real rodeo! The Ridge and Valley rodeo will be held on May 9th and 10th and will feature bull riding, barrel racing, saddle bronc riding, and team roping.

As much fun as the rodeo offers, the main focus of Spring Festival is music and dance. A square dance is scheduled for Friday at 7 pm; open stage workshops will run on Saturday; and an evening concert featuring traditional Irish music and a West African music and dance group will begin at 7:30 pm on Saturday.

The Inn at Lonesome Hollow, www.lonesomehollow.com, is located only four miles from Gays Mills and offers a range of comfortable lodging accomodations. Four miles of hiking trails and 160 acres of mostly wooded, Driftless Area hills are offered for the relaxation of Lonesome Hollow guests. 

Pond at Lonesome Hollow

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