
Big Winter Festival With Ice Palace & Fireworks Just 2.5 Hours From St. Cloud
Detroit Lakes, Minnesota celebrates the winter in a big way with their annual Polarfest event. Its about a 2.5 hour drive from St. Cloud, underway now through February 16.
The ten-day winter festival features an ice palace, fireworks, ice fishing derby, a Minne'soda' Hotdish Challenge & Dinner, chocolate fantasy, snowmazing adventures, freeze your buns run, polar fest plunge, live music, cross country skiing and more.
Check out the event listings below!

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Wednesday
- 8:30 a.m. : Sweetheart Grams
- 11:30 a.m. : The Polar Putt
- 12 p.m. : Brown Bag Lunch & Speaker
- 5 p.m. : Polarpalooza Tubing Races
Thursday
- 4:30 p.m. : The Polar Fest Break-A-Thon
- 4:30 p.m. : Chocolate Fantasy
- 4:30 p.m. : Snowmazing Adventures
Friday
- 10 a.m. : Snowmazing Adventures
- 12 p.m. : Ice Tee Golf
- 2 p.m. : Lake Superior Helicopter Rides
- 4 p.m. : The Ice Box H2I
- 7:30 p.m. : Comedian Tom Papa at the Holmes Theatre
Saturday
- 7 a.m. : ULTRA Vintage Snowmobile Rally and Swap Meet
- 8 a.m. : Freeze Your Buns Run
- 9 a.m. : Lake Superior Helicopter Rides
- 12 p.m. : The Ice Box H2I
- 12:30 : Fat Bike Demo
- 1 p.m. : 24th Annual Polarfest Plunge
- 2 p.m. : Beer Quaffing Competition
- 7 p.m. : Frozen Fireworks
- 8 p.m. : Backstage at the Holmes Presents Stovepipes
Sunday
- 12 p.m. : Kids Pan Fish Derby
- 5 p.m. : Live at the Lodge: Deb Jenkins Band
- 6 p.m. : Candlelight Cross Country Ski Night
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