Día de los Muertos 5K & Festival
Join us for a 5K spin through the cemetery and vibrant festival celebrating Día de los Muertos - it's a day full of fun, food and culture! Forest Home Cemetery & Arboretum hosts the area’s only cemetery-based Dia de los Muertos festival!
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Walk/Run
The day kicks off with a 5K run/2K walk through the cemetery. Free Dia de los Muertos festival t-shirt with all registrations. Register now
Festival
Grab lunch at a food truck and enjoy:
- Traditional music featuring Mariachis and a DJ
- Local dance groups
- Vendors at the festival Mercado
- Traditional decorations including cempazuchi, papel picado and hand-made catrinas
- Ofrendas (offerings to the dead) and nicho boxes in the chapel and Halls of History, made by local schools and community groups
- New this year: Tapetes, or carpets, of sawdust and organic material depicting layful images of death
- Procesión de las Almas - a local priest leads a peaceful walk through the cemetery that ends in the chapel
- Free activities including face painting and decorating sugar skulls
- Non-profit community resources
*The 5K fee supports the walk/run experience, and the rest benefits Forest Home Historic Preservation Association, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that works to preserve the historic stuctures and arboretum and share the history of the cemetery through educational programs and public outreach.
Location:
Forest Home Cemetery & Arboretum, 2405 W Forest Home Ave, Milwaukee, WI 53215, United States
See map: Google Maps
*Times, dates, and prices of any activity posted to our calendars are subject to change. Please be sure to click through directly to the organization’s website to verify.
Dates:
10/24/2026
Time:
10 AM - 3 PM
Ages
All AgesWeb Service