What To Know About The 2025 'Cold Front Duluth' Winter Festival

Duluth's annual winter celebration is coming up this weekend, offering a huge array of free fun for the entire family.

The 2025 Cold Front Duluth Festival is the 8th annual event of its kind hosted by the City of Duluth's Parks and Recreation Department at Bayfront Festival Park.

There's a whole day of winter fun in store for this year, plus there's some fresh snow in the forecast that will add to the winter vibes!

Here's a look at what you need to know about Cold Front Duluth 2025.

When and where is Cold Front Duluth 2025?

This year's event is scheduled for Saturday, February 1 at Bayfront Festival Park in Duluth.

Festivities get underway at noon on Saturday, with activities and events scheduled through 6 pm that evening.

It's also worth revisiting this - the whole event is free!

What events and activities are scheduled for this year's Cold Front event?

There is a whole slate of all-day activities as well as additional activities happening at specific times.

The activities scheduled for specific times are as follows:

12:00 pm - 3:00 pm: A series of 15-minute yoga sessions will be offered during this timeframe, which are all youth-friendly
1:00 pm - 4:00 pm: Hayrides
3:15 pm - 5:15 pm: Palm Swings Golf Contest
3:15 pm - 5:15 pm: Giant Ski Races
3:15 pm - 5:15 pm: Adult Volleyball
5:15 pm - 6:00 pm: Glow Front - A party on the ice rink with glow sticks and dance music
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm: Open skate

In addition, activities that will be available all day include things like a snow play area, a luge sledding hill, a cross-country ski loop, craft and activity stations, backyard curling, story strolls, and fat bike demos.

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There will also be some food! You'll be able to make s'mores at the on-site bonfires and enjoy hot chocolate. In addition, there will be some food trucks on site with food for purchase.

You can learn more about the various activities on the Cold Front website.

What's the weather supposed to be like?

As anyone who spends time outdoors in Duluth knows, you'll want to bundle up! Temperatures will be in the low 20s with some wind in the forecast, so you'll want to wear your warm winter clothes for sure!

Adding to the winter feel, snow is in the forecast, too. There's a chance of snow through much of the day on Saturday, meaning there will be fresh snow on the ground for the various snow-related activities.

The 15 Snowiest Winters On Record In Duluth History

Since the National Weather Service began keeping weather records in Duluth in the late 1800s, here are the 15 winters with the highest snowfall totals on historical record.

It is worth noting that the official records from 1941-today have been recorded at the area now known as the Duluth International Airport (away from the lake, on top of the hill). Before then, various locations closer to Lake Superior had been used for official weather recording data. For anyone that knows anything about how Lake Superior and the hill play a role in temperature and snow, you can see how this makes older records inherently different.

While these records note the "snowiest winters", they actually include all seasonal snowfall from July 1 through June 30 of the following year.

Gallery Credit: Nick Cooper - TSM Duluth