Dragon Days™ Fall Fantasy Festival
October 4 & 5, 2025
Lake Geneva, Wisconsin
Purchase Your Festival Passes by Clicking: HERE
Important Note! Festival passes, purchased ahead of time, may be picked up at the Admissions Booth on the northwest corner of the Lake Geneva Public Library at the intersection of West Main Street & Madison Street. Walk ups may also buy tickets there with cash, card, or smart phone.
The festival will happen rain or shine! The Fantasy Faire in the park is an outdoor venue but the merchants will be under tents and the performers will have a partial roof over the stage. All other festival venues are indoors and other than a short walk, attendees will be warm and cozy at one of our many event sites around the city.
Dragon Days™ is a fun-filled fantasy festival for families, fantasy fans, and gamers alike! This city-wide event celebrates the City of Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, as the Birthplace of Fantasy!
Lake Geneva is the home town of best selling author, Gary Gygax, and birthplace of the world's first roleplaying game, Dungeons & Dragons®! It is also the home of Gary's original game company, TSR, that produced not only D&D® but scores of popular games and hundreds of fantasy and sci-fi novels.
Events will be held at several venues throughout Lake Geneva, including Library Park, Geneva Theater, Geneva Lake Museum, 330 Center Street—Birthplace of D&D®, Lake Geneva Public Library, American Legion Hall, and Horticultural Hall.
Attendees and children of all ages will be able to experience our Fantasy Faire in the local park along the picturesque shores of Lake Geneva. Here you may explore our Fantasy Village, enjoy trick-or-treating in our Enchanted Bazaar, adventure in our hay bale, Dragon Days™ Dungeon Maze, or dress-up for our Fantastic Costume Contest! There will also be face painting, circus performers, Medieval musicians, demonstrations of Medieval craftsmanship, archery, and swordsmanship, and an Enchanted Bazaar with Medieval crafts, clothing, jewelry, and fantasy and gaming merchandise of all kinds!
The local library will be the site of fantasy and sci-fi book signings and a magical children's fairy tale story time. The town theater will present screenings of the D&D® movies and Saturday morning D&D® cartoon (for kids of all ages)! The historic gaming venues will have tabletop gaming of all sorts, including special introductory games that teach anyone how to play Dungeons & Dragons®. And finally, the local museum will present its Wizard of Lake Geneva™ exhibit about Gary Gygax and D&D®, as well as tours of Lake Geneva's historic D&D® sites, including the Birthplace of D&D®—330 Center Street!
Food and drink will be available nearby at the many local ice cream shops, candy stores, cafes, coffee shops, and restaurants in the charming downtown area—all within walking distance!
Opening Ceremony and Library events are FREE! Admission, all other venues combined is only $30 for the weekend and $20 for one day, children 12 and under are FREE!
Purchase Your Festival Passes by Clicking: HERE
Festival Overall Dates, Times, Venues, and Activities (For more details click: HERE)
Friday the 3rd: Opening Ceremony, 5 to 6 pm (FREE and open to the public!)
Join us for our opening ceremony at Library Park, just west of the the Library
Saturday the 4th: Festival Day I, 10 am to 5 pm
Adventure and shop at our Fantasy Faire at Library Park
Tour 330 Center Street, The Birthplace of D&D®
Visit The Wizard of Lake Geneva Exhibit at Geneva Lake Museum
Learn to play D&D® and other table-top games, shop for game merchandise, view our GEN CON® history exhibit, and watch The Great Kingdom documentary world premier at Horticultural Hall
Watch D&D® Cartoons and Movies at Geneva Stage
Enjoy Children’s Fairytale Story Time at Lake Geneva Public Library
Dine and shop at participating area merchants
Sunday the 5th: Festival Day II, 10 am to 5 pm
Adventure and shop at our Fantasy Faire at Library Park
Tour 330 Center Street, The Birthplace of D&D®
Visit The Wizard of Lake Geneva Exhibit at Geneva Lake Museum (11 am to 3 pm only)
Learn to play D&D® and other table-top games, shop for game merchandise, and view our GEN CON® history exhibit at Horticultural Hall
Watch D&D® cartoons and movies at Geneva Stage
Dine and shop at participating area merchants
Check Out the Fun Adventures We Had Last Year!
Dragon Days™ Fantasy Festival is an initiative of the Gygax Memorial Fund to fulfill its mission to educate the public on the accomplishments and legacy of the City of Lake Geneva’s most famous son, Gary Gygax. All funds raised by the festival are donated to Gygax Memorial Fund, Inc., a 501(c)3, non-profit organization.
Dungeons & Dragons® or D&D® for short, was launched 50 years ago in the idyllic town of Lake Geneva, Wisconsin. Designed by Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson, the game took the world by storm. TSR Hobbies, the company Gary Gygax formed in the City of Lake Geneva, built an empire of games, books, comics, TV shows, computer games, motion pictures, and more centered on the explosive growth of D&D®.
In July, 2023, the Gygax Memorial Fund, in cooperation with the City of Lake Geneva, held its first ever Gary Gygax Day and established several historic sites and events recognizing Gary Gygax’s legacy of fantasy (see the initiatives HERE).
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