A fun-filled event intent on bringing friends, family, and community together for the New Year! Proceeds going to Dropping the Carp Fund and City Park and Recreation Youth Enrichment/Hoffman Hall Activities.

11th Annual Carp Fest - Videos

Jamming at Hoffman Hall
Video by Randall Paske
The people shown on the video get together at Hoffman Hall in Prairie du Chien and have a great time playing and sharing music. Hoffman Hall is located in Prairie du Chien, Wi. The special event is part of Carp Fest and Droppin' of the Carp every New Year's Eve day.






Droppin' of the Carp - Carp Fest 2012
Carp Fest and Droppin' of the Carp have become an overnight success. The 11th annual New Year's Eve event is the culmination of a week long New Year's celebration in Prairie du Chien. The largest New Year's celebration in Wisconsin and the mid-west takes place at Lucky Park on the banks of the Mississippi River. Watch the eight minute video and celebrate with us. Then, next year, plan on celebrating in person. (Click on video below or this link)

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Meet 'Lucky' the Carp

The first annual Droppin' of the Carp was held in 2002. after two local residents spent the year before in Savannah, Ga.. Where they lowered a giant styrophoam peach. "We decided we could have some sort of New Year's celebration here in the Midwest," Tom Nelson, one of the founders, said. "Since New York took the ball idea, a carp was the next local choice. Being on the river, it had to be a fish." The first year, a three foot carp was named Lucky after learning that Chinese people believe that eating Carp on New Years was lucky. Mike Valley, a local business man and owner of Valley Fish Market said, "Everybody always kisses it for good luck."

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