Explore La Crescent

UWL Choral Union & Concert Choir: Mozart's Great Mass in C Minor, with orchestra
2026-07-27 18:14 (America/Chicago) | Central High School Auditorium, 1801 Losey Blvd S, La Crosse, WI, 54601, United States
Join us for the Choral Union – UWL’s college-community choral collaboration, alongside the UWL Concert Choir as they present Mozart’s Great Mass in C Minor with orchestra, under the direction of Dr. Christopher Hathaway.
$20 recommended donation for Adults; $18 recommended donation for Seniors ; free for students.
Advance reservations recommended: https://www.uwlax.edu/foundation/connect/events/choral-union-concert/

La Crescent Lions Club Frozen Apple Candlelight Hike
2022-02-12 18:00 - 21:00 | La Crescent Veterans Park, 595 Veterans Parkway, La Crescent, MN, 55947
Are you looking for a free, family-friendly event this winter? The La Crescent Lions Club is hosting the first Frozen Apple Candlelight Hike on one of our wonderful La Crescent Trails.
Park your car at Veterans Park and join us for a candlelight hike along the wooded Eagle Bluff Access Trail. The out and back hike will be less than a mile. If we have clear skies, a near full moon will add to the winter glow. Warm up by the fire with a cup of hot cider or hot chocolate when you finish up.
Before you go:

Hike or bring your own snowshoes (sorry, no cross-country skiing).
Be safe – Dress appropriately for winter weather – especially sturdy boots.
Dogs not allowed for this hike. (ADA Service Animals are welcome)
Event may be canceled if extreme weather or icy conditions – watch Facebook for updates.
The Event is FREE – Donations will be accepted so we can grow the event in future years.

Annual Chamber Dinner & Live Auction
2022-02-26 17:00 - 21:00 | La Crescent Area Event Center, 595 Veterans Parkway, La Crescent, MN, 55947

Bluff Country Collaborative Career Fair
2022-03-09 09:00 | La Crescent Area Event Center, 595 Veterans Parkway, La Crescent, MN, 55947
A great opportunity for area businesses to promote your company and match your job openings with potential employees. Recruit full time, part time and seasonal workers.
FREE to participate, but businesses must RSVP. Register by February 16th.

Member meeting and breakfast
2022-05-19 08:00 - 09:00 | La Crescent Best Western PLUS Hotel, 509 N Chestnut St, La Crescent, MN, 55947, United States
Guest Speaker, JoAnn Steffes, Steffes HR Advantage
‘The Great Resignation’ has dominated headlines and continued to stun business leaders. Business owners, managers, and HR departments are looking for creative strategies to attract and retain their workforce. Most businesses understand their business really well from a ‘customer experience’, but how well do you understand your business from an ’employee experience’ perspective?
Join us for this morning session and learn how to support and retain your employees and tackle the talent retention crisis. JoAnn Steffes, owner of Steffes HR Advantage will share:

business case studies
best practices for employee retention
how to create a supportive culture
how to create an engaging workforce

​Breakfast buffet, coffee, and beverages, $9 per person.
New members welcome!

La Crescent Farmer's Market
2022-06-14 16:00 - 19:00 | La Crescent Area Event Center, 595 Veterans Parkway, La Crescent, MN, 55947
Tuesdays throughout the Summer 4 – 7 p.m. Our Motto is- Buy Local – Buy Fresh! Always a nice variety of La Crescent area vendors (Farmers and Artisans) who strive to bring you a wonderful selection of Market goods, whether grown, or produced by hand. Located in parking lot adjacent to Veteran’s Park and La Crescent Event Center.

Pajama Storytime and Critter Campout
2022-06-16 17:00 - 2022-06-17 12:00 | La Crescent Public Library, 321 Main St., La Crescent, MN, 55947, United States
Wear your pj’s and bring a stuffie friend to a 5pm Pajama Storytime! If your stuffie can stay overnight, check the library Facebook & Instagram pages to see all their shenanigans! Then, come pick up your stuffie any time after 12pm on Friday, June 17th, and hear all the fun stories your friend has to tell!

Senior Social Hour @ The Library Hosted by Neighbors in Action
2022-06-20 08:00 - 09:30 | La Crescent Public Library, 321 Main St., La Crescent, MN, 55947, United States
Enjoy conversation and an easy-going atmosphere at the library before open hours! Learn more about Neighbors in Action, meet other community members, and enjoy coffee and homemade treats!

Book Club at the Library
2022-06-20 10:00 - 11:00 | La Crescent Public Library, 321 Main St., La Crescent, MN, 55947, United States
Join us at the library for our June Book Club discussion! This month we’re reading The Bone Clocks by David Mitchell (author of Cloud Atlas). Copies are available at the checkout desk. Just ask!
About the book:
Following a scalding row with her mother, fifteen-year-old Holly Sykes slams the door on her old life. But Holly is no typical teenage runaway: a sensitive child once contacted by voices she knew only as “the radio people,” Holly is a lightning rod for psychic phenomena. Now, as she wanders deeper into the English countryside, visions and coincidences reorder her reality until they assume the aura of a nightmare brought to life.
For Holly has caught the attention of a cabal of dangerous mystics—and their enemies. But her lost weekend is merely the prelude to a shocking disappearance that leaves her family irrevocably scarred. This unsolved mystery will echo through every decade of Holly’s life, affecting all the people Holly loves—even the ones who are not yet born.
A Cambridge scholarship boy grooming himself for wealth and influence, a conflicted father who feels alive only while reporting from occupied Iraq, a middle-aged writer mourning his exile from the bestseller list—all have a part to play in this surreal, invisible war on the margins of our world. From the medieval Swiss Alps to the nineteenth-century Australian bush, from a hotel in Shanghai to a Manhattan townhouse in the near future, their stories come together in moments of everyday grace and extraordinary wonder.

Music at the La Crescent Farmer’s Market
2022-06-21 16:00 - 19:00 | La Crescent Area Event Center, 595 Veterans Parkway, La Crescent, MN, 55947
Come check out our outdoor farmer and artisan market and enjoy some live music. Adam Palm has been playing and writing music for much of his lifetime. He was a Navy brat moving around but has been in the La Crosse area for quite some time. No genre is off limit but he has lately been writing Motown/Reggae tunes. Come down and say hello and enjoy our market party!! Always a nice variety of vendors who strive to bring you a wonderful selection of market goods, whether grown or produced by hand.

Laura MacKenzie: The Outlander Series and Traditional Scottish Music
2022-06-22 17:00 - 18:00 | La Crescent Public Library, 321 Main St., La Crescent, MN, 55947, United States
An engaging program of traditional Scots and Scottish Gaelic music gleaned from both the Outlander novels and the filmed series, featuring a great variety of Scottish songs, airs and dance tunes. MacKenzie presents this program of music from both the Highlands and the Lowlands on an array of instruments including wooden flutes, whistles, concertina, Scottish smallpipes, Border bagpipes and voice. Covering history, language, literature and cultural traditions. You will hear some well-known favorites, learn about tradition and have the opportunity to join in on a Scots Gaelic rhythmic work song.
This project has been funded by the people of Minnesota through the Arts and Cultural Heritage Library Legacy fund, in cooperation with SELCO – our regional library system.

Kids Fishing Seminar
2022-06-23 10:30 - 12:00 | Pettibone Park Gazebo
Join the La Crescent Public Library and the MinnAqua Internship program at Pettibone Park for a fun fishing workshop! Join a naturalist from Whitewater State Park to learn some basic fishing skills, including fish identification, knot tying, and casting. This program is free of charge. Open to ages 8+. A parent or caregiver must be present. Registration is required. Call the library at 507-895-4047 or email lcr_dir@selco.info to register.

La Crescent Farmer & Artisan Market
2022-06-28 16:00 - 19:00 | La Crescent Area Event Center, 595 Veterans Parkway, La Crescent, MN, 55947
Outdoor Market, Tuesdays throughout the Summer 4 – 7 p.m. Always a nice variety of Vendors who strive to bring you a wonderful selection of Market goods, whether grown or produced by hand. The Farmer’s Market is a family-friendly event, including Storytime and Craft Kits provided by the La Crescent Public Library. Located in parking lot adjacent to Veteran’s Park and La Crescent Event Center. Our Motto is ‘Buy Local – Buy Fresh!’

Author Natalie Warren: Hudson Bay Bound
2022-06-28 18:30 - 19:30 | La Crescent Public Library, 321 Main St., La Crescent, MN, 55947, United States
Grab a paddle and join Natalie Warren on her journey to become one of the first two women to paddle over 2,000 miles from Minneapolis to Hudson Bay. This talk goes beyond day-to-day life on trail—wildlife encounters, fierce weather, struggles in an enduring friendship, a furry addition to the expedition team, and a polar bear sighting—to ponder how we come to know and care for places threatened by rapidly changing physical, social, and cultural landscapes. Through music, storytelling, and poetry, Natalie inspires listeners to consider: What can water teach us about interconnectivity? As harmful repercussions of human actions are unveiled, what can water show us about resilience, reciprocity, and hope? Get excited for your next adventure with a desire to know, feel, and breathe the complex world around you.
This project has been funded by the people of Minnesota through the Arts and Cultural Heritage Library Legacy fund, in cooperation with SELCO – our regional library system.

RAD Zoo
2022-06-30 14:00 - 16:00 | La Crescent Veterans Park, 595 Veterans Parkway, La Crescent, MN, 55947
Join us at Veterans Park in La Crescent Radical Reptile Adventures with the RAD Zoo! They’ll bring turtles, lizards, snakes, and a small alligator! Join us for a 40 min. show, with 20 mins. to come up and touch a reptile!

La Crescent Farmer’s Market
2022-07-05 16:00 - 19:00, 2022-07-19 16:00 - 19:00, 2022-07-26 16:00 - 19:00, 2022-08-02 16:00 - 19:00, 2022-08-09 16:00 - 19:00 | La Crescent Area Event Center, 595 Veterans Parkway, La Crescent, MN, 55947
Tuesdays throughout the Summer 4 – 7 p.m. Our Motto is- Buy Local – Buy Fresh! Always a nice variety of Vendors who strive to bring you a wonderful selection of Market goods, whether grown or produced by hand. The Farmer’s Market is a family-friendly event, including Storytime and Craft Kits provided by the La Crescent Public Library. Located in parking lot adjacent to Veteran’s Park and La Crescent Event Center.

Kids Fish Printing Workshop
2022-07-07 13:00 - 15:00 | La Crescent Public Library, 321 Main St., La Crescent, MN, 55947, United States
Join us at the La Crescent Public Library for a Fin-Tastic Art Activity! Join a naturalist from Whitewater State Park to learn about the fish of Minnesota and paint rubber fish to make prints you can keep! This program is free of charge. Open to ages 3+. A parent or caregiver must be present. Registration is required. Call the library at 507-895-4047 and email lcr_dir@selco.info to register!

Clay to Go Workshop w/ Northern Clay Center
2022-07-11 13:00 - 15:00 | La Crescent Public Library, 321 Main St., La Crescent, MN, 55947, United States
Experience the magic of clay with one of Northern Clay Center’s Teaching Artists. This two-hour hand-building workshop will introduce participants to the wonders of clay through creating and decorating their own unique project. Dress for mess! Space is limited, so please call the library at 507-895-4047 or email lcr_dir@selco.info to register!

La Crescent Farmer & Artisans Market
2022-07-12 16:00 - 19:00 | La Crescent Area Event Center, 595 Veterans Parkway, La Crescent, MN, 55947
Tuesdays throughout the Summer 4 – 7 p.m. Buy Local – Buy Fresh! Always a nice variety of vendors who strive to bring you a wonderful selection of Market goods, whether grown or produced by hand. The Farmer’s Market is a family-friendly event, including Storytime and Craft Kits provided by the La Crescent Public Library. Located in parking lot adjacent to Veteran’s Park and La Crescent Event Center.

Build an Owl Workshop
2022-07-14 14:00 - 15:00 | La Crescent Public Library, 321 Main St., La Crescent, MN, 55947, United States
Build an Owl Workshop with the International Owl Center. Learn about owl adaptations by picking out the pieces and parts that belong to an owl and putting them in a “magic” box. If correct, a live owl comes out from under the box for a visit!

The Apple Jacks: A Base Ball Club of La Crescent
2022-07-16 11:00 - 14:00 | Schmitt Field, Rochester, 1195 West Circle Dr SW, Rochester, MN
A vintage style game of base ball. Played with the 1860’s rule book, uniforms, an underhanded pitch, and no gloves. The Apple Jacks Base Ball Club is a community outreach program of the La Crescent (MN) Area Historical Society.

La Crescent-Hokah School Board Meeting
2022-07-20 18:00 - 20:00 | La Crescent-Hokah High School, 1301 Lancer Blvd., La Crescent, Minnesota, 55947, United States
La Crescent-Hokah School District’s Board of Education, whose members are publicly elected for four-year terms, meets regularly on the third Wednesday of every month (unless otherwise specified) starting at 6:00 pm at the Secondary School, located at 1301 Lancer Blvd, La Crescent, MN 55947. An opportunity for public speakers is provided at each regular meeting (under the Public Participation section of the agenda) to allow citizens to address the Board with their comments, questions, or concerns. Please register with Brittney Eyman, Administrative Assistant to the School Board and Superintendent, during regular office hours (7:15 a.m. – 3:15 p.m. Monday – Friday) at (507) 895-5051, or fill out the form prior to the board meeting.

Graphic Novel Book Talk & Manga Art Workshop
2022-07-28 15:00 - 16:30 | La Crescent Public Library, 321 Main St., La Crescent, MN, 55947, United States
Join UWL Professor Ryan Friesen for an exciting graphic novel book talk, then join artist Dana Friesen & learn how to draw your own manga!

National Night Out 2022
2022-08-02 17:00 - 20:00 | Kistlerh Memorial Park, 608 S 7th Street, La Crescent, MN, 55947, United States
The La Crescent Police Department invites you to the 16th annual National Night Out 2022
Tuesday, August 2nd, 5-8pm, at Frank J. Kistler Memorial Park
Gather for fun and celebrate a National Night Out against crime. Join local public safety officials for snacks, prizes and great activities:

Free swimming at the La Crescent Aquatic Center from 6:30 – 8:00pm
Information stations, music, and a photo booth
Demonstrations by La Crescent Police and La Crescent Fire Department
Fun demo with La Crescent-Hokah High School Robotics Team
Bicycle safety checks with the Bike Shoppe

National Night Out is an annual community-building event that promotes police-community partnerships and neighborhood camaraderie to make our neighborhoods safer, more caring places to live.

Chamber Golf Outing - New Date!
2022-08-12 10:00 - 17:00 | Pine Creek Golf Course, 3815 N Pine Creek Rd, La Crescent, MN, 55947, United States
RESCHEDULED! Due to heavy rain on the course, our Annual Golf Outing at Pine Creek Golf Course is now Friday, August 12th. 10:00am with a shotgun start. New this year we will play 18 holes. this is a four-person scramble with plenty of prizes to be awarded. The team registration fee of $320 includes lunch, golf cart, 18 holes of golf for a team of 4, fun, and prizes. This outing is open to all members and non-members. The Chamber Golf Outing provides opportunity to network, promote your company, and have some fun playing a beautiful golf course. Call the Chamber at 507-895-2800 to register your team.

Apple Blossom Bike Tour
2022-08-13
Join us for the Ninth Annual Apple Blossom Tour! 5 unique bicycling experiences, including a 5 mile family ride.
