Join us for the annual Ice Fest sponsored by Silver Beach Pizza to celebrate the winter season! It’s a weekend that brings frosty fun to downtown St. Joe. Enjoy Professional Ice Carving, a Scavenger Hunt, Ice Interactives and more!

ALL WEEKEND
Scavenger Hunt - Stop in the Welcome Center and grab a map to start the frosty fun!

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 7
5:00p-8:00p Professional Individual Carving - Watch carvers magically turn frozen blocks into works of art!
7:00p Fire & Ice Tower 

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 8
7:30a-4:00p Professional Team & Individual Carving - Watch as teams of carvers transform blocks of ice into frosty creations.

11:00a-4:00p Ice Interactives - Enjoy interacting with some of the carved creations! 

MAGIC TOUR feat. Magician John Dudley
    1:00p - Downtown St. Joseph (Corner of State & Pleasant)
    2:30p - Silver Beach Center
    4:00p - Silver Beach Center

Thank you to the Silver Beach Carousel, Curious Kids' Discovery Zone & Shadowland on Silver Beach for hosting!

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 9
View completed sculptures on the last day of this magical weekend! 

Stay with us for a night or the weekend! Visit stjoetoday.com/stay for accommodations. 

Watch storefronts of participating businesses come alive during March Mannequins in downtown St. Joe. Windows will display community volunteers as they pose perfectly still, like mannequins. Vote for your favorite window at stjoetoday.com/vote!

Voting will be open from 7:00p on Friday, March 7 until 11:59p on Sunday, March 9.
 
2025 Theme: TBA

MAP OF PARTICIPATING LOCATIONS 

 
2025 PARTICIPANTS

Caffe Tosi feat. Twin City Players
Chocolate Cafe feat. Blossomtime Jr. Courts 
Dad's Farm & Cafe
Edgewater Gifts feat. Little Red Fern
Fully Alive Chiropractic
G&M Variety
Gallery on the Alley
Gliks
Harbor Town Interiors
Jardine Group
Jimmy John's
Kilwins feat. Box Factory for the Arts
Lana's Boutique feat. The GhostLight Theatre
Lazy Ballerina Winery
Oh My Darlings feat. MDHHS
Olive Cart feat. Miss St. Joe Court
Perennial Accents
State Street Stuff
Statements Style Lounge
St. Joe Community Taproom
St. Joe Wine Shoppe
The Culinary Cottage
Waterfront House of Framing & Fashion
White Pine Winery
Yours Truly, Elizabeth

Join us for an indoor Spring Artisan Fair from 11:00a-4:00p at Union + Social!

2025 VENDORS - TBA

Join us February 7-9 for the 2025 Ice Fest sponsored by Silver Beach Pizza to celebrate the winter season! It’s a weekend that brings frosty fun to downtown St. Joe. Enjoy professional Ice Carving, a Scavenger Hunt, Ice Interactives + more exciting events happening throughout SWMI!

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