05/25/2023
🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸 Ports of Discovery Memorial Day Weekend Guide 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Events:
Friday 4-7pm 🥕Farmers Market at Driftless Area Wetlands Centre
Friday 5:50-7:30 Bateman and Palucci jazz at Backwoods Bar and Grill
Friday 7pm Don Harvey Duo at Jade's River Queen
Saturday Flea market under the bridge in Marquette
Saturday 1pm Acoustic Republic at Eagles Landing Winery
Saturday 1-5pm The Tank Anthony Band at Big Buoys Tiki Bar
Saturday 5:50-7:30 Bateman and Palucci jazz at Backwoods Bar and Grill
Saturday 8pm Ten Cent Men at Jade's River Queen
Sunday Flea market under the bridge in Marquette
Sunday 1-5pm Brittany Sword at Big Buoys Tiki Bar
Sunday 2-4pm Guttenberg German Band at Steve's Silver Dollar
Sunday 4:30-8pm The Buck Hollow Band at Steve's Silver Dollar
Monday Flea market under the bridge in Marquette
Monday 10am 🇺🇸Memorial Day Parade downtown McGregor
Monday 11am 🇺🇸American Legion event Pleasant GroveCemetery
Things to Do in between events:
🚤Experience the Mississippi River on a Maiden Voyage Tours boat tour, Marquette Riverfront | Friday-Sunday, May 26-28, 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. tours (1.5 hours), also Friday Music Cruise at 7 p.m. and Saturday Sunset Cruise at 7 p.m.
👻Take a guided cave tour by boat at Spook Cave and Campground near McGregor | Daily from 9 a.m.-5 p.m., with last tour at 4:45 p.m. (Tours are first come first served.)
🤯Learn about local history at the McGregor Historical Museum, Marquette Depot Museum & Information Center and Froelich Foundation 1890s Village and Museum, or check out the "Porches of McGregor" Scavenger Hunt (https://drive.google.com/file/d/1dQvV8DN6QYAXG_BJwl3PBcnCvU0dkkis/view?usp=sharing)
🌳Enjoy our scenic beauty at Pikes Peak State Park, Effigy Mounds National Monument, Yellow River State Forest and Bloody Run County Park
💦Cool off at the Turner Park: Fitness For All Ages Splash Pad, McGregor | Open daily starting Friday, 10 a.m.-7 p.m.
Food and Drink:
🍔🍕🥪Our establishments offer everything from barbecue, burgers and fish to pizzas and sandwiches. You’ll even find homemade pies, traditional breakfast and ice cream!🥞🥧🍨
☕️🧋Drink options include coffee, smoothies, traditional Taiwanese Bubble Tea and energy spritzers with boba, and a variety of alcoholic beverages at the taverns, including locally-made wine and beer!🍺🍹
Shopping:
📚💎Find something for everyone at our local shops: books, art, crystals, homemade soaps and bath products, baked goods, antiques, home decor and signs, clothing and more🛍👗