2026 Event List
January
January: Galena LitFest
January 16: Galena Trivia at Turner Hall
January 23: Galena Chamber Annual Dinner: Roaring 20s
January 24: Alfie Mueller Gallery Official Opening at the
Galena Center for the Arts
February
February 13-16: Eagle Ridge Winter Carnival
February 14: Chocolate Lovers Stroll
February 27: Mardi Gras Pub Crawl on Main Street
February 26-March 1: Dream of Galena at Turner Hall
March
March 1-31: Broad Ideas at Galena Center for the Arts
March 7: Galena Whiskey Weekend at Turner Hall
Mar 13: St. Patrick’s Pub Crawl on Main Street
Mar 14: St. Patrick’s Shamrock Shimmy & Parade
Mar 14: Pie Eating Contest at Galena Eagles Club
April
April 18: Kiwanis River Trail Run
April 22-23: Julien Dubuque International Film Festival
April 25-26: General Grant's Home Front Reenactment
April 25-26: Grant Pilgrimage / Scouts Weekend
May
May 1-3: Haunted Galena Conference
May 8-10: Galena Main St. Sidewalk Sale
May 15-17: Galena History Symposium at DeSoto House
May 15: Bees, Bounty, and Bicentennial
Fridays through Labor Day
May 16: Galena Sky Trail Race
June
June 13: Pride Picnic
June 18: Galena Chamber Annual Golf Outing
June 19-21: Great Galena Balloon Race
June 20: Hunter Fuerste and His American Vintage Orchestra at Turner Hall
June 20: Corkless in Galena
June 27: French Choir at Turner Hall
July
July 4: Independence Day Celebration
August
August 1: Galena Brew Fest
August 7-9: Galena Main St. Sidewalk Sale
August 8-9: Market House Square Art Festival
August 29: Bicentennial Corn Boil at Recreation Park
September
September 11-13: Ladies Getaway Weekend
September 12: Galena 5K Stair Challenge
September 12-13: Cemetery Walk
September 26: Galena Cellars Annual Fall Harvest Festival
October
October 3: Galena Oktoberfest
October 10-11: Galena Country Fair
October 16-18: Twenty Dirty Hands Pottery Tour
October 17-18: Other Side of the Anvil
October 23: DeSoto House Haunted Dinner
October 24: Galena River Fall Half Marathon
October 31: Galena Halloween Parade:
"Celebrating Galena's 200 Years of History"
November
November 14: The General’s Christmas Ball
November 20: Annual Nouveau Celebration
November 28: Santa's Coming to Town
December
December 5: Galena Holidaze Festival
December 5: Holiday Fire in the Sky
December 11: ARC Cake Auction
December 12: ARC Cookie Walk
December 12: Night of Luminaria and Living Windows
December 14: Chocolate Stroll
December 19: Snowflake & Sweets Stroll
December 27: Birthday Party at Turner Hall
