Festival Fun on a Winter Weekend

Winter Market, Sled Races, Mini Golf, Legos, Volleyball, and More...

From our friends at Fremont Rec Center and Fremont Area Chamber of Commerce
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Join us for the 2021 Fremont Cabin Fever Winter Fest held in Fremont on Friday, January 29 and Saturday, January 30.  Organizers are encouraging residents, community visitors and all our friends to get out and enjoy some of the fun outdoor activities that have been planned!  

Get your team together for some SNOW VOLLEYBALL!  Teams of four (4) will compete at the Fremont Rec Center on courts outside!  This is a co-ed mini tournament!  Pre-register forms are available at the Fremont Rec Center’s website. This event is sponsored by Wrightway Marine & Detail and Great Lakes Signature Properties.  

Get your LEGO, Duplo, Megablocks or other LEGO-compatible plastic bricks out and start building!  Lego Contest is for Grades K- 6th and will be held from Wednesday, January 27 through Friday, January 29.  All entries must be dropped off at the Fremont Rec Center with your entry form and $3 entry fee (entry fee covers prizes).  Thank you to our sponsor, Fremont Regional Digester, for supporting this event.  All creations will need to be picked up the week following the winter fest!

CBD Store of Michigan and the Fremont Regional Digester Arctic Mini Golf will be set up in Veterans Memorial Park for you to come down and play!  You will need to bring your own putter and tennis ball to enjoy a free round of mini golf!  Let your creativity flow in the snow!!!! Build a cool miniature golf obstacle for the Fremont Cabin Fever Winter Fest!  Your design needs to be in place by Friday, January 29!  All contestants are welcome, but community businesses, groups and organizations are encouraged to participate!  Players will be asked to vote for the most creative obstacle!  1st place will win an ad on the Fremont Area Chamber’s website for 1 year and a blue ribbon!  2nd and 3rd place will win an ad for 6 months and a red or white ribbon.  Contact the Chamber office at (231) 924-0770 to register or email [email protected]!  
 
Saturday, January 30 is the Gerber Federal Credit Union and Great Lakes Signature Properties Cardboard Sled Races!!!!!  What can you construct with only corrugated cardboard as your main building material?  Put together a one -of -a -kind sled with a team of friends, family or co-workers and come out to Hemlock Park to show us what you’ve got!!!  Hemlock Park is located behind Gerber at Valley Avenue and Hemlock Street.  Only cardboard, tape and glue may be used to construct your racing sled!  Registration for this FREE event begins at 9 am; races begin at 10 am!  

Stroll around downtown Fremont as you enjoy The Original Print Shop and Fremont Area District Library Poetry Walk!  Local businesses will have winter poems for your enjoyment as you are out!  Get your passport card that lists the participating stores, when you stop to read the poems, you can get a sticker from that business.  Once you have collected at least 5 stickers, drop your card off at the Fremont Chamber office (office is open from 9 am to 1 pm Monday through Friday) to enter for a prize drawing of Fremont Fun Cash.  All cards need to be turned in by Tuesday, February 9th, drawing will be held on Wednesday, February 10th.  You are encouraged to bring canned goods and leave them at our local businesses after reading the poems.  Maps will be available of all the locations where you will find the poems.  Check with the Fremont Area Chamber, Fremont Rec Center, Fremont Area District Library, as well as the participating businesses!  You are being encouraged to donate canned goods at the participating businesses that are featuring winter poems.  All canned goods collected will be donated to the TrueNorth Community Services food pantry.  Be sure to stop at our local eateries while wandering around to get a cup of coffee or hot chocolate to keep you warm!  

The Commons of Fremont and Summer Breeze has the course ready for a little snow golf!!!!  Get your 4 four-some together to enjoy some fun on the par 3!  Contact The Commons for more details on playing a round of golf!   

Cleaning out your closets and house, extra crafts that you want to sell? We have the answer  for you - Cabin Fever Winter Market will be held on Saturday, January 30th from 10 am to 3 pm under the Marketplace Pavilion, Fremont Farmers Market pavilion.  Spaces are 10x10 and will be filled on a first come, first serve basis.  Contact the Fremont Chamber office to save your spot, (231) 924-0770.

The Fremont Cabin Fever Committee would like to thank our sponsors for helping make this event possible!  WrightWay Marine & Detail, The Original Print Shop, The Commons of Fremont, Great Lakes Signature Properties, CBD Store of Michigan, Fremont Regional Digester, Gerber Federal Credit Union, Hi-Lites Shoppers Guide, Fremont Community Recreation Authority, and Fremont Area Chamber of Commerce.

For more information contact the Fremont Rec Center at (231) 924-3750 or the Fremont Area Chamber of Commerce at (231) 924-0770.  Visit the FACEBOOK pages for the Fremont Community Recreation Authority or the Fremont Area Chamber of Commerce for details and more information.

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