# Celebrando El Día de los Muertos — Lantern Walk to the Domes > Event for families in the Milwaukee–Waukesha area (WI). Times are Central Time. - When: Fri, Oct 30 · 4:00 PM – 9:00 PM - Where: Urban Ecology Center – Menomonee Valley, 3700 W. Pierce St., Milwaukee, WI 53215 - Ages: All ages and families - Price: Free (UEC portion) - Organizer: Urban Ecology Center - Official page: https://www.urbanecologycenter.org/ - Last checked: Sat, Oct 24 Source: Grassy Knees is a directory of real family events, places and programs for kids across major U.S. metro areas, where every listing is researched from the organizer’s own page and shows the date we last checked it. https://grassyknees.com covers 42 metro areas as of Oct 24, 2026, with more added regularly. About: https://grassyknees.com/about Freshness: listings are re-checked on a daily research run (latest check 2026-10-24), and new events are added as organizers post them. Sell-outs, weather cancellations and time changes show up on the live page first: https://grassyknees.com/milwaukee/activities/celebrando-el-dia-de-los-muertos-lantern-walk-to-the-domes--listing-aa4df9e354d08647472fa939 ## About The Urban Ecology Center's Menomonee Valley branch opens its Day of the Dead evening with a Bembe performance, a DJ, face painting and flower-crown making from 4 to 6 p.m., when families can also make something in memory of loved ones. A ceremony follows at 6, then the group sets out at 6:30 on a candle- and lantern-lit night walk to the Mitchell Park Domes to join the Domes' own Día de los Muertos celebration from 7 to 9 p.m. (the Domes portion is a separately ticketed event). Presented with Sixteenth Street Clinic, Walker's Point Clinic and Friends of the Domes. The UEC portion is free. ## Similar picks in Milwaukee - [Día de los Muertos Celebration at the Domes](https://grassyknees.com/milwaukee/activities/dia-de-los-muertos-celebration-at-the-domes--listing-adc119517f97fe0a1a7b77d9) — Fri, Oct 30 · 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM · Mitchell Park Domes · All ages · From $18 · checked Oct 24. The Milwaukee Domes Alliance's annual Day of the Dead evening fills the Mitchell Park Domes with music and color. Students from the surrounding community build traditional… - [Día de los Muertos Festival and 5K at Forest Home Cemetery](https://grassyknees.com/milwaukee/activities/dia-de-los-muertos-festival-and-5k-at-forest-home-cemetery--listing-db494aa3aeac4df968cd6be7) — Sat, Oct 24 · 9:30 AM · Forest Home Cemetery & Arboretum · Free · checked Oct 24. Forest Home's annual Día de los Muertos celebration, held with Mercadera Market. The day opens with a 5K run / 2K walk through the historic cemetery at 9:30 a.m., then a free… - [Waukesha Night of Lights: Tree Lighting, Lantern Stroll and Walk of Lights](https://grassyknees.com/milwaukee/activities/waukesha-night-of-lights-tree-lighting-lantern-stroll-and-walk-of-ligh--listing-4b05a6e74e0d4625ea09d904) — Fri, Dec 4 · 5:30 PM – 7:00 PM · The Rotunda (start) to Riverfront Plaza, Waukesha · checked Oct 24. Downtown Waukesha's holiday kickoff. It starts at 5:30 p.m. with the tree lighting at The Rotunda, with music, hot chocolate and Santa. Then families light lanterns and follow… - [Ofrenda Display for Día de los Muertos at MPM](https://grassyknees.com/milwaukee/activities/ofrenda-display-for-dia-de-los-muertos-at-mpm--listing-07d5aec415affed90ed271b0) — Oct 12 – Nov 23 · Milwaukee Public Museum · All ages · With admission · checked Oct 24. The museum sets up an authentic traditional ofrenda, the temporary altar families build for Día de los Muertos, with information about the pre-Hispanic roots of the holiday that… - [Twilight & Treat — Andrew Douglas MS Twilight Center](https://grassyknees.com/milwaukee/activities/twilight-and-treat-andrew-douglas-ms-twilight-center--listing-2ac3a81a3d40c5d246b99a53) — Fri, Oct 30 · 5:00 PM – 8:00 PM · Andrew Douglas MS Twilight Center · Free · checked Oct 24. Milwaukee Recreation's free annual Halloween celebration at its Twilight Centers, the evening drop-in spaces it runs in Milwaukee Public Schools buildings. Families can… - [Sugar Skull! A Día de Muertos Musical Adventure](https://grassyknees.com/milwaukee/activities/sugar-skull-a-dia-de-muertos-musical-adventure--listing-19182409676a07d8da7cfa2d) — Fri, Oct 30 · 7:00 PM · Uihlein Hall, Marcus Performing Arts Center · Paid · checked Oct 24. A touring bilingual, bicultural musical for young audiences and families that uses traditional regional music and dance from Mexico to tell the story of twelve-year-old Vita… ## More for families - [This weekend in Milwaukee](https://grassyknees.com/milwaukee/this-weekend) (Markdown: https://grassyknees.com/milwaukee/this-weekend.md) - [Things to do with kids in Milwaukee](https://grassyknees.com/milwaukee) (Markdown: https://grassyknees.com/milwaukee.md)