Butternut Pioneer Days

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Butternut Pioneer Days Butternut Pioneer Days is Butternut’s annual festival that is held the last full weekend in July.

It is a weekend long festival that provides entertainment for all ages.

🎉 What an incredible Pioneer Days we had last weekend! 🎉Huge thanks to everyone who came out to celebrate, support, and ...
08/01/2026

🎉 What an incredible Pioneer Days we had last weekend! 🎉

Huge thanks to everyone who came out to celebrate, support, and make this year’s festival another huge success! Our community truly showed up, and we couldn’t be prouder.

A massive shoutout to all of our event participants, feature attractions, and local partners who kept the energy high all weekend long:

⚾ Sports & Competitions: All of our softball, baseball, volleyball, and co****le teams, our mud run runners, and the horse pull participants!

👑 Community Highlights: Our fantastic Queen candidates, everyone who put together amazing parade entries, and the NCCU sawdust dig!

🎨 Exhibits & History: Jeff Gustafson with his incredible Skullery exhibit, and the Butternut Historical Museum for their display!

🍔 Food, Vendors & Fun: Our arts & crafts vendors, food vendors, the carnival crew, Jenny’s Cafe, and everyone who cooked up those delicious ribs!

🎶 Entertainment: The talented bands that kept us dancing!

🏆 To Our Sponsors: None of this would be possible without your generous support year after year. Thank you for investing in our community and helping us keep this tradition alive!

💪 To Our Volunteers: We truly cannot thank you enough. From the months of planning to the countless hours spent working behind the scenes and all the hours spent throughout the entire weekend—your dedication makes the magic happen. So much goes on behind the scenes that goes unnoticed, but we see you and we appreciate you!

Thank you to EVERYONE who had a part in making this weekend unforgettable. See you all next year! ✨

Thanks to all of the softball teams that participated in the tournament this year! Also a special thanks to our umps! Th...
07/30/2026

Thanks to all of the softball teams that participated in the tournament this year! Also a special thanks to our umps!

This year 1st place was Double D’s, 2nd place was MT Pockets, and 3rd Place was Smart’s Plumbing and Heating. Congratulations to everyone!

Thanks to all the ladies that came out and played softball on Thursday night! It was nice to see a good turn out and was...
07/28/2026

Thanks to all the ladies that came out and played softball on Thursday night! It was nice to see a good turn out and was a lot of fun to watch!

Also thanks to Jenny and crew for putting on another wonderful rib fest and all of the great cooks! The food was delicious!

Huge thanks to everyone that came out to show their support on Thursday night!

Thanks to everyone that participated in the horse pull this year and all of the volunteers that helped with it! Also a b...
07/28/2026

Thanks to everyone that participated in the horse pull this year and all of the volunteers that helped with it! Also a big thanks to those that sponsored the horse pull this year!

Our winners this year were: 1st place in the middle weight class was Lucas Jacobs, 1st place in the heavy weight class was Victor Drost, and the Teamster Award went to Jordan Kurth. Congratulations!

Thanks to everyone that participated in the mud runs this year! Also a big thanks to all of the volunteers and sponsors!
07/28/2026

Thanks to everyone that participated in the mud runs this year! Also a big thanks to all of the volunteers and sponsors!

A huge thank you to Hayden Linsmeyer and Lara Montgomery for being such wonderful Pioneer Queen candidates! You both rep...
07/27/2026

A huge thank you to Hayden Linsmeyer and Lara Montgomery for being such wonderful Pioneer Queen candidates! You both represented us so well.

Please join us in sending a big congratulations to our 2026 Pioneer Queen, Hayden! We are so proud of you! 🎉👑

Come out and enjoy the final day of Pioneer Days. Men's slowpitch softball resumes at 9:40 AM. Then head downtown to w...
07/26/2026

Come out and enjoy the final day of Pioneer Days. Men's slowpitch softball resumes at 9:40 AM. Then head downtown to watch the parade.

After the parade head back up to the park for a busy afternoon. The carnival and food court will open at 1:00 PM. We will also have a co****le tournament and horse pull competition at 1:00 PM.

We will have the New Generation Band playing polka music in the main bar from 1:00 - 4:00 PM. The championship softball game is set to take place at 4:45 PM.

We hope to see you all!

Get ready for a day filled with fun, competition, and entertainment! Our day gets going at 8 AM with the volleyball tou...
07/25/2026

Get ready for a day filled with fun, competition, and entertainment!

Our day gets going at 8 AM with the volleyball tournament and the arts and crafts. The softball tournament will begin at 8:30 AM. Stop at the ballfield bar, get a bloody Mary, and watch some competitive games or partake in the arts and crafts.

At 11 AM, Northwoods Community Credit Union will be hosting a sawdust dig for the kids. The food court and carnival will open at noon and go until 10 PM. There will be a wristband special from 1-5 PM for $25.

Jeff Gustafson will have his fascinating skullery on display from 1-5 PM.

The mud runs will begin at 1 PM with gates opening at 12 PM.

Then get ready for some fantastic live music! Iron Mule takes the stage from 4:30-7:30 PM. Flashmob! will close out the night, playing from 8:30 PM - 12:30 AM.

Cap off an amazing day with a spectacular Giant Fireworks Display at dusk! You won't want to miss it.

Come and make some memories with us! We hope to see you all there.

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532 Michigan Street
Butternut, WI
54514

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