Did you know infant massage can improve sleep, help with digestion, and improve understanding of your babies' cues. Sharing massage with a child can provide the foundation for lifelong positive and loving relationships. Join Yvonne, a certified educator of infant massage, who will teach you a short infant massage routine that you can share with your baby at home. A small bottle of oil and handouts will be provided. On-site sign-up is encouraged but not required.

Nurturing Ways owner, Yvonne Hiebert, MSE, IMH-E®, CEIM, is an infant mental health specialist and certified educator of infant massage with more than 30 years of experience working with infants, young children, and their families in home- and center-based programs. Nurturing Ways offers in-home and occasional community-based infant massage instruction. For centuries, infant massage has been used in cultures all over the world.

Torrey Coan will be offering face painting throughout the day! Stop by their booth. Fun for all ages! On-site sign-up encouraged to avoid waiting in line.

Discover the joys of utilizing homegrown herbs, edible flowers, leafy greens, and fruits in your home kitchen. With Edible Landscape Designer, Rachel Belida, as your guide, you will learn creative and delicious ways to incorporate more homegrown goodness into your daily meals. These homegrown delights add a burst of freshness, color, and nutrition. So, prepare to transform your kitchen into a culinary playground and bring out the food connoisseur within you!

Daily Harvest Designs encourages edible landscaping at home and in communities. We use creative solutions to help you make the least change for the greatest effect in your garden while addressing the overall flow and function of your space. We show you how to put your money into plants, not the structures that hold them. We strive to approach every opportunity with integrity, environmental awareness, and creativity.

Reiki is a Japanese technique for stress reduction and relaxation that also promotes healing. Join Christine or Joan for a mini-session to see what healing gifts reiki has for you. On-site sign-up encouraged.

Christine, owner of Space to Remember, is a certified Reiki master with more than 15 years of experience providing spirit-guided transformational energy sessions. More recently, she has been dedicating her time to facilitating Reiki attunement courses to teach others how to tap into the Universal Life-force energy that is Reiki.

Joan Pape, owner of Wellness by Intention is a human and animal reiki master and animal communicator. Check out all of Joan's areas of expertise here.

Stop by and visit Ms. Kacey at the Little Folk Art Studio Booth where your little artist can explore and create at a couple art play and process art stations! We’ll be pumpkin tinkering/decorating and working collaboratively on a large-scale canvas mural using anything but a paint brush. Come leave your mark! No sign-up required.

Oh, Hey Little Artist! Little Folk Art Studio is a mobile visual arts integration program that offers art play and process art-based classes to infants, toddlers and preschool children. It is founded on the belief that creative experiences are highly beneficial for the emotional, intellectual, and developmental growth of young children.

When a child comes to one of the Little Folk Art Play classes, they are stepping into a developmentally appropriate space where they are free to explore, discover and create by experimenting with art sensory activities and open-ended art invitations along with their peers and families.

Lussier Family Heritage Center will provide reusable scavenger hunt cards and little prizes for anyone who completes them! No sign-up required.

The Lussier Family Heritage Center provides outdoor recreation and environmental education to Dane County Parks. This provides our community with access to the outdoors and space to explore.

Instructors from The Yoga Space will be leading outdoor yoga sessions for individuals of all ages and abilities. Click here to see the Fall Festival Event yoga schedule. This Yoga Class will be accompanied by live meditative music, played by local band Supersonic Soul Circle.

At The Yoga Space, connection is at the heart of everything we do. Whether it’s connecting mind to body, breath to movement or individuals to their community, our mission is to fuel happiness through connection.

A variety of lawn games will be available throughout the day! Join a friend or make a new one by sharing in the fun of Cornhole, Giant Jenga, and more. No sign-up required.

The Verona Optimist Club is a voluntary organization of civic-minded men and women banded together for progressive thought and action in community service with special emphasis on service to youth in our community. Membership is composed of citizens drawn from business, industry, agriculture and other professions.

Join National Honors Art Students in making Abstract Color Pattern compositions with paint sticks, paper, and markers.

Petting a dog has been proven to increase mood positivity and generate positive mood-altering chemicals in the brain. Therapy dogs will be on site so that you can gain a better understanding of their work to improve mental health and wellbeing.

Custom Canines is a nonprofit organization of volunteer professionals and individuals who embrace the endeavor of creating and supporting lasting partnerships between highly skilled service dogs and the community of mankind with diverse disabilities and impairments, thus greatly enhancing their quality of life.

Ecstatic dance is a form of dance in which the dancers, sometimes without the need to follow specific steps, release themselves to the rhythm and move freely as the music takes them.

Adults and youth have an open invitation to show off their musical talents throughout the Fall Festival in the “Busker’s Alley.”

Chimera (ky-MEER-ah) is a fun, inclusive, trauma-informed Empowerment Self-Defense program. You’ll learn to navigate your life and safety the way YOU want through:

Simple, easy-to-remember techniques

Recognizing violence before it begins

Non-violent defenses and grab escapes

Boundary-setting & assertive communication with strangers, friends, and partners

Learning with and building a supportive community

RCC Advocates for those harmed by sexual violence by centering survivors, promoting societal change, and committing to be an evolving force for social equity.

More than a nature hike, this activity is geared toward people 14 years old and above, though all are welcome. We will gather on a Tyrol hiking trail and slow down. Learn about this site's cultural and natural history as well as the local plant and animal friends.

For millennia sound has been a tool to awaken deep states of consciousness (beta), expand consciousness (alpha/theta), and correct energetic imbalances. Get ready to unwind and rejuvenate through a calming Sound Bath. Earthly Temptation Wellness will offer 3 15-minute sound therapy sessions. Let the soothing sound waves wash over you as you unwind and release stress. This experience will leave you feeling relaxed and balanced!

Singing Bowls are powerful instruments that emit healing vibrations. The sound of the singing bowls harmonizes with your body and allows for deep relaxation while stimulating stress relief and eliminating toxins from the body. This in-person event is the perfect way to treat yourself to self-care and transformation. Don't miss out!

Join Sarah Branch, owner of Earthly Temptation. Earthly Temptation is an oasis of spiritual growth and a locally-owned shop nestled in the heart of Madison.

Do you have areas of tightness that you just can't seem to access? Want to start a daily stretch routine but not sure how to get started? StretchLab is a one-on-one assisted stretching service to help you move and feel better. Working with an expert brings you safer, deeper, and more effective stretching. Whether your goal is better mobility, reduced pain, or stress management, you can visit our on-site tent to try a free 15-min assisted stretch for yourself!

Located in Middleton, StretchLab's team of highly trained Flexologists® will give you a deeper stretch than you could ever achieve on your own.

Meditation is a practice which has been around for possibly thousands of years; it is a way to stabilize one's mind and cultivate certain qualities of wellbeing. We will be practicing mindfulness meditation, which involves developing an awareness of experience through an accepting, non-judgmental lens. 

Led by Matthew Kaharudin, from the Center for Healthy Minds, UW-Madison where he conducts research on how meditation can be used to promote wellbeing. Since Matthew learned meditation at a silent meditation retreat 6 years ago, his life was transformed for the better, as he was freed from past issues of depression. From that point on, he has dedicated his life to learning more about meditation through a scientific lens and share the practice with others as much as possible.

Lynsey Genevieve owner of Matriterra & founder of Hearth + Manna Holistic Wellness Collective will be offering chair massage & tea. Lynsey is a bodywork therapist, womb care practitioner, doula, herbalist and tea enthusiast and has found the practice and art of tea ritual to be soothing, comforting & inspiring. Tea is a way to celebrate, to grieve, to connect or to find solitude.  Come join Lynsey for a slow sip. Pause, take a seat and stay a bit!