To view pictures of this year’s show, visit our Gallery page by clicking here.

If you enjoyed the show, plan now to attend in 2026. It’s our 35th Anniversary Show.

August 1-3, 2025

Come join us for the 34th Show

Featuring

Century Boats- Our 2025 Marque of the Year

&

A Fleet of Tall Ships Visiting Sturgeon Bay

The Pride of Baltimore II, General George Patton’s When and If,

Sturgeon Bay’s own Utopia, and Liberty Clipper!

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Don’t Miss an Exciting Weekend in Door County!

Held each year during Maritime Week, Sturgeon Bay’s salute to the U.S. Coast Guard; the Door County Classic and Wooden Boat Show is an event you won’t want to miss. It is a weekend full of family fun.

Here’s a look ahead at what’s in store for 2025.

Saturday, festival visitors walk the grounds viewing terrific classic and wooden boats, talking to their owners and builders. In 2025, we’re featuring Century Boats. It’s a special year and we hope Century owners will join us for the weekend.

Along with Century Boats, we have something really special in store for you this year- tall ships. In port will be the Pride of Baltimore II, When and If, Liberty Clipper, and Utopia. Come aboard for daily sailing excursions and experience these ships first hand. (fees apply). What an opportunity!

Visitors can browse our annual Boathouse Sale which features nautical treasures for your home or boat and supports the Museum’s mission.  There are plenty of activities for kids, too.  They can have fun with crafts, games, and boatbuilding. Best of all, kids and parents alike can embark on short but free classic boat rides.   

Everyone can visit the Door County Maritime Museum‘s terrific exhibits, including the tug, John Purves. (admission fee)  A real treat is visiting the Jim Kress Maritime Lighthouse Tower with its new exhibits and observation deck. Then make sure to be on hand at 4pm when the Peninsula Symphonic Band performs A Salute to the Coast Guard on the Promenade. Enjoy a program of patriotic and inspiring music played by our fine community band.

Saturday evening offers even more. At 5:00 watch a Sunset Cruise and Classic Boat Parade through Sturgeon Bay’s inner harbor. The tall ships will set sail, too, for a sunset cruise. After that you can enjoy all that downtown Sturgeon Bay has to offer. It’s a terrific end to the day.

Sunday brings the wild conclusion of the Sikaflex Boatbuilding Challenge.  After building their plywood boats on Saturday (at the museum), these very brave souls will race them out on the water.  Who will finish?  Who will sink? Come cheer them on.

This is a wonderful way to celebrate Maritime Week in Door County and beautiful Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin.

For classic boaters looking for more, don’t forget our annual pre-event on Friday.  The popular Bay to Lake Lighthouse Cruise returns for registered skippers and crews. After the 10 mile journey, registered boaters will gather at the museum to enjoy our annual pizza and cocktail gathering, A Plundering Pirate Pizza Party!  The crew who are the “most pirate” win a pirates’s favorite beverage and next year’s boat show registration. To join the fun, register at the Prime Level prior to July 31st.

 

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