2025 Milwaukee Dragon Boat Festival

Date: July 12, 2025
Time: 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM

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RACING CLASSES

Festival Community/Corporate Mixed

ENTRY FEES

No Fees Specified.

RACE COURSE

250m x 4 lanes

RACE FORMAT

Each team will participate in 3 races... a qualifying race, a semi-final race and a championship race.

RACE SITE

Lakeshore State Park - Milwaukee WI

July 12th, 2025 – 8am > 4pm Lakeshore State Park Milwaukee, WI
Dragon boat races, Cultural dance performances, Asian Marketplace, Authentic Asian Food

Come watch the action or join in the fun by creating your own corporate or community team!
21 team members, minimum 8 female paddlers – all equipment and training is provided.

The Milwaukee Chinese Community Center, in partnership with the Wisconsin Chinese Chamber of Commerce are proud to present the Milwaukee Dragon Boat Festival and continue the tradition of ethnic and cultural festivals in Milwaukee at Lakeshore State Park, Milwaukee, WI on July 12th, 2025.

The highlight of the festival will be the Dragon Boat Races.

Our mission is to showcase a variety of Chinese culture, food and traditions. Throughout the festival, there will be performances in traditional dance, Chinese folk music and Martial Arts. There will be hands-on opportunities for the young and young-at-heart to make opera masks and lanterns, play traditional games, participate in a dragon parade, and even learning to speak and write Chinese.