Dragon Days™ is a 3-day, fun-filled fantasy festival for families, fantasy fans, and gamers alike! This city-wide event celebrates the City of Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, as the Birthplace of Fantasy!

Lake Geneva is the home town of NY Times best selling author, Gary Gygax, and birthplace of the world's first roleplaying game, Dungeons & Dragons®! It is also the home of Gary's original game company, TSR, that produced not only D&D® but scores of popular games and hundreds of fantasy and sci-fi novels.

Events will be held at several venues throughout Lake Geneva, including Elm Park (locally known as Library Park), Geneva Theater, Geneva Lake Museum, 330 Center Street—Birthplace of D&D®, Lake Geneva Public Library, American Legion Hall, and Horticultural Hall.

Attendees and children of all ages will be able to experience our Fantasy Faire in the local park along the picturesque shores of Lake Geneva. Here you may explore our Fantasy Village, enjoy trick-or-treating in our Enchanted Bazaar, adventure in our hay bale, DRAGON DAYS™ Dungeon Maze, or dress-up for our Fantastic Costume Contest! There will also be face painting, circus performers, Medieval musicians, demonstrations of Medieval craftsmanship, archery, and swordsmanship, and an Enchanted Bazaar with Medieval crafts, clothing, jewelry, and fantasy and gaming merchandise of all kinds!

The local library will be the site of fantasy and sci-fi book signings and a magical children's fairy tale story time. The town theater will present screenings of the D&D®movies and Saturday morning D&D®cartoon (for kids of all ages)! The historic gaming venues will have tabletop gaming of all sorts, including special introductory games that teach anyone how to play Dungeons & Dragons®. And finally, the local museum will present its Wizard of Lake Geneva™ exhibit about Gary Gygax and D&D®, as well as tours of Lake Geneva's historic D&D® sites, including the Birthplace of D&D®—330 Center Street!

Food and drink will be available nearby at the many local ice cream shops, candy stores, cafes, coffee shops, and restaurants in the charming downtown area—all within walking distance!

Opening Ceremony and Library events are FREE! Admission, all other venues combined is only $30 for the weekend and $20 for one day, children 12 and under are FREE!

Festival Passes available HERE!

Dragon Days™ Fantasy Festival is an initiative of the Gygax Memorial Fund to fulfill its mission to educate the public on the accomplishments and legacy of the City of Lake Geneva’s most famous son, Gary Gygax. All funds raised by the festival are donated to Gygax Memorial Fund, Inc., a 501(c)3, non-profit organization.

Dungeons & Dragons® or D&D® for short, was launched 50 years ago in the idyllic town of Lake Geneva, Wisconsin. Designed by Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson, the game took the world by storm. TSR Hobbies, the company Gary Gygax formed in the City of Lake Geneva, built an empire of games, books, comics, TV shows, computer games, motion pictures, and more centered on the explosive growth of D&D®.

In July, 2023, the Gygax Memorial Fund, in cooperation with the City of Lake Geneva, held its first ever Gary Gygax Day and established several historic sites and events recognizing Gary Gygax’s legacy of fantasy (see the initiatives HERE).

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