Schedule Of Events
9:00 AM : Pancake and Sausage Breakfast - Under Pavilion, Start your day off with a pancake and sausage breakfast. Sponsored by Gaylord Community Schools.
10:00 AM- 4:30PM : Post Office - Center of Strasse, Have your mail sent with the official pictorial Gaylord Alpenfest Cancellation. Bring your own postage or purchase your stamp and envelope by cash or check.
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM : Art Tent Kids Dance Class - Come get your wiggles out! Sponsored by Movement on Main.
11:00 AM : Pet Parade - Make your pet the star of the Strasse at the Pet Parade with Rosco the Clown. Registration under the pavilion. Prizes awarded. Dogs Must Be On Leash.
12:00 PM : Alpenstrasse, Ethnic Alley, and T.J. Schmidt & Company Carnival, Beer Garden opens
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM : Art Tent Book Tasting - Explore children’s books and get inspired to create your own in this Color My World themed event. Complete a colorful craft and take home a blank book to make your own story! Limited supply for blank books. Sponsored by Otsego County Library & PoWeR Book Bags.
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM : Alpenfest Idol Finals - Main Stage. Cheer on our Alpen Idol finalists as they go after the grand prize of becoming our 2025 Gaylord Alpenfest Idol Winners.
1:00 PM – 5:00 PM : Rosco the Clown and Tommy Tropic - Courthouse Lawn. Be entertained with balloon artistry juggling, and lots of laughs.
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM : Art Tent Kids Building Workshop - Stop by and build a unique wood craft. Sponsored by Home Depot.
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM : Spam Carving - Courthouse lawn, Come show off you spam carving skills. You will have 30 minutes to create a can of spam masterpiece. First 50 people. Judges will be watching and voting for their top three. Sponsored by Cutting Edge Storage.
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM : Art Tent Crown Decorating - Kids can get ready to cheer on the Queen candidates by decorating their own crowns. Sponsored by Gaylord High School Cheer Teams.
5:00 PM – 7:00 PM : Alpenfest Run Registration Pickup - At the North Central State Trailhead.
5:30 PM : 2025 Alpenfest Queens Pageant - Main Stage, Local young ladies will be competing for the crown and honor of becoming our 2025 Gaylord Alpenfest Queen.
8:00 PM - 10:00 PM : Mega 80s - Main Stage, Take a handful of your favorite 80's songs, a splash of some retro fashion, a pinch of panache and an eye-popping video spectacle in the background and what do you get? The Mega 80's, of course! Now veterans of the 80's cultural milieu, they are still rocking as hard as ever. The proof is in the pudding!
