About Us
Folklore Village provides a broad range of recreational, cultural, and artistic programming. Our year round schedule of over 100 events and activities includes:
- Saturday night potlucks and dances
- Classes and workshops in ethnic and cultural traditions
- Folklife field trips for school children
- Family and youth programs
- Historic preservation projects
- Environmental restoration projects
- And much more!
From our windswept ridge in the rolling hills of southwestern Wisconsin, Folklore Village overlooks gently contoured fields, dairy farms, nearby woods and a prairie restoration project. Our 94 acre site includes:
- Farwell Hall, a 5,500 square foot facility with two beautiful hardwood dance floors, exhibit and classroom spaces and a restaurant-quality kitchen.
- Wakefield School, an 1893 one-room school house where Folklore Village began.
- Plum Grove Church, built in 1882, listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Numerous programs, weddings and other special celebrations are held in this historic building.
- Rustic Bunkhouses that provide overnight housing for weekend festivals.
- The Aslak Olsen Lie House, an ongoing restoration project of the 1848 cabin home of Norwegian immigrant Alsak Lie
- Tall Grass Prairie Restoration Project includes over 30 relic species of remnant prairie and many grassland bird species. A trail leads you through the prairie and onto a 30’ bridge overlooking an 1800s lead mining area.
