You may see horses all the time, but excitement is brewing over the steeds making stops in Sturgeon Bay and Luxemburg this week.
The Budweiser Clydesdales got as close as Green Bay last year, but they are set to make their first appearance in Door and Kewaunee counties since the large horses stopped at the Kewaunee County Fair in 2023.
This time around, they will march through the streets of Sturgeon Bay on Thursday beginning at 4 p.m.
One of the Clydesdales will also appear at the Door County Fair starting at 4 p.m. on Friday for a meet and greet before the whole team returns to action on Saturday for the hitching show behind the horse barn beginning at 3 p.m. The Budweiser Clydesdales will then parade around the fairgrounds and the track ahead of the stock car races. Part of the festivities will be a check presentation for Folds of Honor, a national veterans support organization If you can’t make it to the Door County Fair, one of the Clydesdales will also be a part of a meet-and-greet at Stodola’s IGA in Luxemburg on Sunday from 12-2 p.m.
The tradition of the Budweiser Clydesdales dates back to 1933 when the sons of August A. Busch Sr. gave him the gift of a six-horse Clydesdale hitch to commemorate the repeal of Prohibition. They have toured the country ever since with a dedicated team caring for them year-round at Anheuser-Busch in St. Louis and Warm Springs Ranch in Boonville, Missouri.
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