Chamber Festivals
The Leavenworth Chamber produces many marquee events in Leavenworth including the Village of Lights, Maifest, and Oktoberfest.
Chamber Event Video Reel
The Leavenworth Chamber is looking for entertainers to fill our busy event schedule. It's no surprise that we always need authentic Bavarian-themed performers. However, our Christmastown and Winter Karneval events call for a variety of entertainment, such as ice carvers, street carolers, fire dancers, vocal trios, choirs, and more!
Check out the video above to get a taste of our events and entertainers!
If you are a European group interested in coming to the USA, we help you get your visa applications. We can also coordinate with other festivals to make your dream of touring the USA come true!
With so much programming to do in a year, it is not limited to the examples given. If you are interested in performing at a Chamber event, please contact our Event Director, Ernest Palmer, via e-mail. Don’t forget to include links to examples of your performances!
The Village of Lights
The Chamber’s Village of Lights encompasses three winter months in which our 500,000 lights brighten downtown and Front Street Park, creating a must-see attraction. In fact, this over 60-year tradition has made December Leavenworth’s busiest month of the year.
Christmastown activities and events now begin on Black Friday and run through December 24th. This includes the daily activation of the Festhalle which houses family photo stations, free gift wrapping, kids crafts and story corner, pictures with Santa, and more. It also includes over 300 hours of programming at the gazebo and additional food service at Front Street Park.
To capitalize on the popularity of the lights, and to get the best return on their annual investment, they stay lit until Feb 28th. This has created activity and promotional opportunities for two additional, less popular months. January is Winter Karneval, anchored with fireworks on MLK weekend. In February we add hearts to the largest tree in the park to kick off the Love from Leavenworth promotions. These months now have their own unique branding, identities and promotional opportunities, and room for additional growth.
Since 2022, the Leavenworth Chamber has produced three weekends of Oktoberfest celebrations in Leavenworth. The weekends consist of three venues featuring live music and entertainment, contests, beer gardens, and a Kinderplatz complete with a Ferris wheel.
Our beer gardens proudly feature our Festbier, a collaboration between three Chamber member breweries and the best-selling beer all three weekends!
The Chamber has produced the Maifest Celebration since 1971, a mainstay in the much needed spring months. The event has been expanded to the entire month and consists of the Mai Blumenlauf Run, the Chamber’s traditional Maifest festivities and Maipole dancing on the second weekend of the month, chainsaw carvers on the third weekend and we are proud sponsors of the Alphorn Celebration on Memorial Day Weekend.