15th Annual Lowell WinterFest
Friday, February 20  &  Saturday, February 21, 2015

Get On Your Sleds And Ride!

Registration forms for the Human Dogsled Competition are available!
APPLICATION DEADLINE EXTENDED to February 17.

ONLINE REGISTRATION FOR TEAMS
Download: Adult Team Registration  |  High School Team Registration |
Permission/Release Form | Parental Approval Form

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Help Make WinterFest Great!

-  Be a part of the WinterFest Volunteer Team! CLICK HERE for more information and to sign up online!

- Become a WinterFest Sponsor!  For 2015 Lowell WinterFestsponsorship information, contact, Deborah Belanger, Executive Director, Greater Merrimack Valley Convention and Visitors Bureau: 978-459-6150 x15. 
 

 THANK YOU TO OUR 2015 WINTERFEST SPONSORS! 

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Winterfest Schedule of Events
Subject to change - check back often!

CALL FOR ENTRIES: Cobblestones Home Brew Competition! 
Think your home brew is the best?  Let Cobblestones be the judge!  Accepting entries in three categories: lager, ale, and specialty.  Winners announced at the end of the Winterfest Micro and Craft Brewers Showcase on Friday February 20. Entries due by Thursday February 19. Click above for more information!

Monday- Saturday, February 16-21, 2015
Lowell Kids Week
Great events all week long at various sites.  Check the Lowell Kids Week website for more information.
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Thursday, February 19
12 PM - 2 PM  | Free Skating at the Tsongas Center at UMass Lowell  
Bring your own skates and skate for free! Location: UMass Lowell Tsongas Center, 300 Martin Luther King, Jr. Way.
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Friday, February 20 

All evening | Projections on City Hall and JFK Plaza

All evening | Street food and Grilling Theater
Location: Arcand Drive

5:30PM | Opening Ceremony
Featuring UMass Lowell's Hawkapella! Hawkapella is UML's premiere all male a cappella group. Hawkapella was established in 2009 with a vision to not only make beautiful music, but to form a brotherhood. These gentlemen pride themselves in being both hard working vocalists as well as the best people they can be both on and off the stage. Although they all possess the same love of vocal performance, not all members are music majors. There is a wide variety of majors ranging from music education and criminal justice to mathematics and business. That just goes to show that music is capable of touching the lives of people from every walk of life, and that is what Hawkapella strives to achieve.
Location: Dogsled track on Arcand Drive

5 PM - 10PM | Build a Snowman  Village
Join us in Lucy Larcom Park and help us build a snowman village!  Everyone who helps build will get a special Lowla momento (while supplies last). 
Location: Lucy Larcom Park

5PM - 10PM | Family Fun at Lucy Larcom Park!
Activities include: Custom hot chocolate bar (6-9pm), fire pits, music, food trucks, and lighting along the canal.

6 PM - 9 PM | Micro and Craft Brewers Showcase 
Tickets $20 in advance, $25 at the door.  21+, cash only at the door.
Advance tickets are now on sale!  (on-line ticketing closes Friday, Feb. 20 noon)
Taste dozens of the region’s finest crafts and microbrews, and gluten-free hard ciders from across the nation with over TWO DOZEN enthusiastic brewers sharing their craft!  Cost of admission includes FIFTEEN (15) sample tickets redeemable for 3oz samples.
- With over $500.00 in raffle prizes and awards including Steak and Brew Dinner for Best Tasting Team Costume. (Minimum teams of 6)
- Enjoy live musical performances in conjunction with the New England Music Awards (NEMA) until midnight: 
     Ashley Jordan - nominated for Female Performer of the Year
     Dan and the Wildfire - nominated for Best in State of Massachusetts
Location: Club Celsius Heated Tent on Arcand Drive

6PM - 9PM | Hot roasted marshmallows!
$3 per stick, cash only. Sponsored by the Lowell Rotary Club.
Location: Arcand Drive area

6PM - 9PM | Human Snowglobe Photo Station
Bring up to 5 friends and hop into the Human Snowglobe for a great photo opportunity!
Location: City Hall lobby

7PM, 8PM, and 9PM | Fire show with Cirque de Light!
Take in one of 3 performances by Cirque de Light! This amazing fire duo will wow you with their pyrotechnic display. 
Location: Lucy Larcom Park

Photo courtesy of 13 Photography

2PM - 6PM | Human Dog Sled Competition and Team Costume Contest 
Location: Dogsled Track on Arcand Drive

2PM | UMass Lowell vs New Hampshire Basketball Doubleheader
2PM Womens Game, 4:30PM Mens Game
Pick up your ticket voucher for this basketball doubleheader at many Winterfest event locations.
Location: Tsongas Center, 300 Martin Luther King Jr. Way

6PM | Be in a Winterfest Giant Group Photo!

Location: in front of City Hall

Keep Visiting!  The WinterFest schedule will continue to be updated!