Castor Winterfest

10/28/2026

Some of our key volunteers have decided to move on, and while we wish we could go on forever, one must be realistic with the resources that are available. For this reason, the difficult decision was made to discontinue Winterfest. Huge thanks to our Winterfest committee members and volunteers, the town and county, the local businesses and individuals for all their support financially and with their time. Many thanks also to the attendees, we hope you had fun, we sure did!
You may ask what can I do this winter now? Here are some options:
• Volunteer with the Castor Agricultural Society. Rodeo, Fair, Hall Board, and Farmers Market could all use helpers.
• Take in some local winter sports. We have championship hockey, volleyball, and basketball teams who have competed and won at the highest levels in the last year. Get to the gym or rink and get proud and loud!
• Castor Little Theatre starts practicing in the winter with performances starting in February.
• No one is stopping you from making chilli or snow sculptures, keep practicing those skills!
• Visit our amazing local businesses and take in some winter retail therapy.

We will keep this page alive to share events for the next few months to help you ease into other activities.

09/16/2026

Remembering John Stirling, a Winterfest original founder and the only teamster who attended every single Castor Winterfest. Through the -40 years and the years that snow had to be brought into main street, he was there, a passionate horseman who will be greatly missed. I really appreciated his attendance at the teamster meet ups these past years, it is so important to pass on the teamster knowledge to the next generation.
Here is an old picture of John's son Raymond driving at Winterfest 1993ish and also a few from 2026. Condolences to the Stirling family and many thanks for all you have done for Winterfest.

https://stettlerfuneralhome.com/tribute/details/5455/John-Stirling/obituary.html

08/26/2026

Hope everyone took in all the Summer events Castor has to offer! Winterfest's King Corwin was on hand to celebrate the Castor Fair and congratulate fair winners. Long Live King Corwin!

02/14/2026

Happy Valentine's Day from Castor Winterfest!

02/11/2026

Thank to all who entered the Winter Squash Bench Show! Seeds from the champion squash will be at the Castor Municipal Library ’s Seed Library. There are also seeds from past year's champions there, so grab what you need and grow a squash for Winterfest next year! We had no entries for longest or ugliest this year, so grow some! Someone needs to win, it should be you!

Winter Squash Bench show Winners 2026.
Prizes provided by Castor Winterfest

Best (Most aesthetically pleasing) Squash:
1. Andrew Boxma
2. Shelly Pals
3. Diana Boxma

Winter Squash Royalty Adult:
1. Diana Boxma
2. Paintearth Lodge
3. Paintearth Lodge

Kids Winter Squash Royalty:
1. Nolan
2. Haley
3. Zoe

Kindergarten Winter Squash Royalty:
1. Alayna
2. Meyer
3. Ally

02/10/2026

Winterfest 2026 Sculpture contest winners, theme of light:
1. EMC church - Jesus is Light sculpture
2. Huff Family- light house
3. Paintearth Lodge - Christmas tree (head to Castor and District Housing Authority for a lit up photo!)

Many thanks to Town of Castor and SeedMaster for the prizes for our winners in addition to their ribbons.

Honorable mentions to the hospital who did an orthoscope that lit up and Cornucopia Gourmet Popcorn & Treats with a lighted popcorn display. Appreciate the effort to sculpt in this warm weather.

02/10/2026

Video of the fireworks if you missed them. Many thanks to all the local businesses and families who donated so that we had this incredible fireworks show!

Last night we got to take to the 🚁 with our drone and record the fireworks for Castor Winterfest. If you missed the show then check out this video https://youtu.be/UD7J6qDKLtY

Enjoy the weekend of celebrating 🎉

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02/09/2026

Thanks everyone for a wonderful weekend, hope you had fun!
Chilli winners blind judging were:
1. Castor Home Hardware
2. Tanya Wagner
3. Amanda Bateman Lady A Beauty Lounge

Peoples choice was: Echo Outdoors
Thanks to the Town of Castor for donating the Chilli prizes!

Give the volunteers some recovery time and we will post pictures and the other winners this week.

02/08/2026

Winterfest Sunday! Join us for Pancakes and Sacred Concert!