Fire And Ice Festival This Weekend In 'Much Warmer' Downtown

RACINE, WI -- After a week of record-cold temperatures kept most of us indoors, this weekend's warmer temperatures and downtown winter festival might be just the remedy for those suffering from a bit of cabin fever.

On Saturday, Feb. 2, from noon to 5 p.m. Downtown Racine will host the Downtown Racine Corporation’s Fire and Ice Festival on Monument Square.

This free community event will feature ice skating, ice sculpting, bonfires, a food vendor and a Fire and Ice themed scavenger hunt taking place throughout downtown Racine.

Dust off those ice skates that haven’t been touched in years and take a few laps around the Monument Square Ice Rink. For those who do not have their own skates, there will be free rentals inside the warming station during the entire festival. Bernie Brewer will be there. So will Racine County Sheriff K9 Nox and his handler, Deputy Clemens.

Professional carvers will be sculpting frozen masterpieces out of large blocks of ice. They will begin shaping their creations at 12:00 p.m. Mrs. Racine County, Cheryl McCrary, will be warming hearts with a vocal performance from 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. Cheryl’s musical genre, which boasts a mix of jazz, pop, country and love song ballads, has earned her a national recording contract.

Patch File Photo by Scott Anderson