Spring temperatures have arrived early in Dubuque this year and Dubuque’s 2024 Winter Arts Snow Sculpting Festival has been canceled due to the warmer than normal temperatures.

On Sunday, February 18th, gather in Washington Park and celebrate our community’s creativity at the 7th Annual Winter Arts Snow Sculpting Festival.

Inspired by the Dubuque Symphony Orchestra’s performance, families, friends and first time sculptors are invited to sculpt their own masterpiece on the theme of love. Accompanied by music from the DSO, stroll among giant snow creatures carved by teams competing for a slot at the U.S. National Championships.

Inside the Museum, Senior High School curators invite you to the opening of the annual K-8 Student Art exhibition featuring work by over 200 students from neighborhood and school in town. Warm up with fried chicken from Birds and hot cocoa served by the Community Foundation’s youth philanthropy program, the YAPPERS.