Frozen Assets Festival

13th Annual Frozen Assets Festival

Saturday, February 8th, 10 a.m. – 3 p.m.

The Edgewater | FREE, open to the public

All Day Events: (Saturday, February 8th, 10 a.m. – 3 p.m.)

• 2025 Ice and Snow Sailing World Championships, Lake Mendota
• Kites on Mendota with Wisconsin Kiter’s Club, Lake Mendota
• Snow Snake with members of Ho-Chunk Nation, Lake Mendota
• Free hot chocolate, Grand Plaza
• Free ice skating and free skate rental, The Edgewater Ice Rink and Skate Shop
• Try snowshoeing, Lake Mendota
• Explore how UW-Madison Center for Limnology monitors our lakes in the winter months, Lake Mendota
• Slapshot inflatable game, courtesy of the Madison Capitols Hockey Team, The Langdon Landing
• Play Plinko (Lake-O), Nolen Gallery
• Spin the Price is Right Wheel, Nolen Gallery
• Winter craft stations, Grand Ballroom
• WI Salt Wise booth – hear about how salt use can impact our lakes, Grand Plaza
• More events to be announced!

Scheduled Activities (Saturday, February 8th):

• 8 – 9:45 a.m. Check in for Frozen Assets 5K Run/Walk, 5th Floor Registration Tables
• 9 – 9:30 a.m. Winter Workout – warm up for the Frozen Assets 5K Run/Walk with barre3, Grand Plaza
• 10 a.m. Frozen Assets 5K Run/Walk begins, Lake Mendota off The Edgewater Pier
• 10 a.m. Central Midwest Ballet presents Elements in Motion: Water, Clouds, Ice & Fire, Grand Ballroom
• 10:30 a.m. Movie showing – “March of the Penguins,” Grand Ballroom
• 10 a.m. – 1 p.m. UW Physics “What’s Colder Than Ice?” Lake Mendota
• 10:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. IceCube demonstrates Space Dust & Neutrinos, Outside
• 11 a.m. Mad Science: Sounds Like Science, Grand Ballroom Stage
• 12 – 1 p.m. Bucky Badger visits the Frozen Assets Festival
• 12:15 p.m. Central Midwest Ballet presents Elements in Motion: Water, Clouds, Ice & Fire, Grand Ballroom
• 1 p.m. Mad Science: Fire & Ice, Grand Ballroom Stage
• 2 p.m. Clean Lakes 101 family-friendly science presentation, “Frozen Frontiers – Secrets of Life Beneath the Ice,” The Edgewater Grand Ballroom C
• 2 p.m. Movie showing – “Disney Nature: Oceans,” Grand Ballroom
• More events to be announced!

About the 2025 Festival

Join Clean Lakes Alliance at The Edgewater for the Frozen Assets Festival! We’ll have FREE, family-friendly activities on frozen Lake Mendota! Thank you to our hosting sponsor, The Edgewater, and our other sponsors for making this community event possible.

The Frozen Assets Festival will kick off with the 5K Run/Walk, held entirely on the ice in front of The Edgewater. The rest of the day will include family-friendly activities on the ice and The Edgewater Plaza.