# Kids Jingle Bell Dash — Germantown Christmas Festival > Event for families in the Milwaukee–Waukesha area (WI). Times are Central Time. - When: Sat, Nov 14 · 9:45 AM – 9:55 AM - Where: Firemen's Park, W162 N11900 Park Ave, Germantown, WI 53022 - Ages: Kids - Price: Kids Jingle Bell Dash $0; 5K Candy Cane Run/Walk $15 ($10 special student pricing) - Organizer: Germantown Area Chamber of Commerce - Official page: https://runsignup.com/Race/WI/Germantown/5kCandyCaneRunWalk - Last checked: Tue, Oct 27 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 Nov 2, 2026, with more added regularly. About: https://grassyknees.com/about Freshness: listings are re-checked on a daily research run (latest check 2026-11-01), 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/kids-jingle-bell-dash-germantown-christmas-festival--listing-68410c24a02899a607705f33 ## About The Kids Jingle Bell Dash is a free, short race for children that opens the Germantown Christmas Festival morning at Firemen's Park, about 15 minutes before the Candy Cane 5K Run/Walk starts. Children run a brief course from the park and back while parents cheer from the sidelines, and it is over in about ten minutes, which suits preschoolers and early-elementary kids who want to feel like real racers on a festival day. Registration is required through the Germantown Area Chamber of Commerce's race page even though there is no fee, and it closes at 9 a.m. on race morning. Families who want to keep going can sign up for the family-friendly 5K Candy Cane Run/Walk at 10 a.m., which winds through quiet neighborhood streets and welcomes tots in strollers; the 5K costs $15 ($10 student pricing) and festival T-shirts are sold separately. The rest of the festival, including the parade at 1:30 p.m. and Christmas in the Park with Santa, follows in the afternoon at the same park. ## Similar picks in Milwaukee - [Germantown Christmas Festival Parade and Christmas in the Park](https://grassyknees.com/milwaukee/activities/germantown-christmas-festival-parade-and-christmas-in-the-park--listing-57a471eb5173ae4a329d6c22) — Sat, Nov 14 · 1:30 PM – 4:45 PM · Firemen's Park and downtown Germantown parade route · All ages · checked Oct 27. The Germantown Area Chamber of Commerce's Christmas Festival fills a Saturday in mid-November, well before the December rush. 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