Delavan Connect Communities

09/22/2026

🎄✨ START THINKING CHRISTMAS… AND START PLANNING YOUR FLOAT! ✨🎄
Calling all businesses, nonprofits, churches, community organizations, clubs and groups — we want YOU to be part of our 2nd Annual Parade Around the Park Reverse Parade! 🎅🎁
📅 Friday, December 4
📍 Downtown Delavan | Tower Park
Join us for a magical evening featuring our Community Christmas Tree Lighting, COMET Caroling & Parade Around the Park! 🎶🎄
What’s a reverse parade? YOU stay put and the parade comes to YOU! Your decorated float or display will be stationary around Tower Park and along 2nd Street, while families and community members stroll from float to float, enjoying the lights, decorations and interacting with YOU!
🎅 Go BIG.
🎄 Get creative.
✨ Light it up.
🍭 Hand out treats.
🎁 Create a fun interaction.
❄️ Bring your Christmas spirit!
Whether your theme is classic Christmas, whimsical, funny, nostalgic or completely over-the-top, now is the time to start dreaming up your float!
More information and registration details will be coming soon, but for now…
🎄 SAVE THE DATE — FRIDAY, DECEMBER 4 — AND START PLANNING YOUR CHRISTMAS FLOAT! 🎄
We can’t wait to see Downtown Delavan light up for Christmas! ❤️💚

09/18/2026

🌧️ SCARECROW FEST WEATHER UPDATE 🌧️

Due to the potential for heavy rain, thunderstorms and flooding on Saturday, September 19, the Saturday portion of Scarecrow Fest has been CANCELLED.

But FRIDAY NIGHT IS STILL ON! 🎉🤠

Come out to Tower Park tonight from 5–10 PM for:
🤠 Line Dancing
🍺 Pop-Up Beer Garden
🔥 Fire Pits
🍔 Lots of Food Trucks
🍎 Hard Apple Cider from AppelTreow Winery

Grab your friends, put on your boots and come kick off the weekend with us! The weather is looking beautiful for Friday night, and we're ready to have some fun!

📍 Tower Park, Delavan
⏰ 5–10 PM

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09/14/2026

Lets line the downtown with scarecrows!

It's Scarecrow Fest WEEK. Time to get your scarecrows up downtown Delavan!
Businesses, organizations, nonprofits, families and everyone in between help us bring the 2026 Scarecrows on Parade to life!
Build your own creative scarecrow and help us transform Downtown Delavan into a festive fall display during Scarecrow Fest.
Prizes awarded for:
• First Place | $50
• Best Non-Profit | $50 to Charity
Whether you go spooky, silly, creative, or completely outside the box, we want to see your scarecrow!
Register today and join the parade of scarecrows! 🍂🎃
https://linktr.ee/CityofDelavan

09/14/2026

09/11/2026

09/09/2026

Let's gooooo!

🌻 Meet Me at the Market One Last Thursday! 🌻
It’s hard to believe, but this Thursday, September 10, is our FINAL Market at Tower Park of the 2026 season! Join us from 3–7 PM in Downtown Delavan as we celebrate an incredible 15 weeks of shopping local, delicious food, refreshing beverages, live music and community fun!
🎶 The Thompson Duo will help us close out the season with live music from 5–7 PM.
As we wrap up another wonderful year, we want to give a HUGE THANK YOU to ALL of our 2026 Market Vendors!
📍 Tower Park | Downtown Delavan
📅 Thursday, September 10
⏰ 3–7 PM | Music 5–7 PM
Come out for one last stroll through the Market. Let’s finish the 2026 season together! ❤️

08/29/2026

⛳ Deadline is right around the corner — There’s Still Time to Join the Par-Tee! 🪩
Our 33rd Annual Delavan Chamber Golf & Dinner Outing – Par-Tee on the Green: Swing Through the Decades is almost here!

There are so many ways to join the fun:
⛳ Grab your foursome and hit the links
🍽️ Skip the golf and join us for dinner & networking
🎉 Become an Exclusive Hole Sponsor and have some fun with our golfers
⭐ Sponsor our Lunch, Drinks or Dinner — opportunities can be shared with another business
🎁 Donate a raffle basket, gift certificate or beverage for our Booze Wagon

Important Dates:
📅 September 8 – Golf & Dinner registration
🎁 September 14 – Raffle prize donations

There really is a way for everyone to be part of the Par-Tee!
📞 Call the Delavan Chamber at 262-728-5095 or register online: https://business.delavanwi.org/ap/Events/Register/R1FvbxMiRC0CX
Swing Through the Decades with us! 🕺⛳🎶

08/06/2026

Meet me at the Market at Tower Park TODAY!

☀️ It's shaping up to be another beautiful day in Downtown Delavan! 🌻🛍️

Join us today at the Market at Tower Park from 3:00–7:00 PM for an afternoon filled with local flavor, friendly faces, and community fun!

✨ Stroll through 50 amazing vendors
🍔 Grab a delicious bite from one of our food vendors
🍻 Cool off with a refreshing beverage at the Chamber/Visit Delavan beverage tent
🎶 Enjoy live music from the Thompson Duo, performing 5:00–7:00 PM

And don't forget to stop by the beverage tent and say hello to our celebrity servers—they'll be pouring smiles along with your favorite refreshments!

📍 Tower Park • Downtown Delavan
🕒 Market: 3:00–7:00 PM | Live Music: 5:00–7:00 PM

Meet Me at the Market! We can't wait to see you! 💙🌞🌻