Maple Syrup Festival

Saturday, April 6, 2024 | 1-4 p.m.

Sap collecting, syrup cooking, demonstrations, and hot maple syrup sundaes await the whole family!

Before You Come

• The festival is ENTIRELY OUTDOORS – rain, snow, or shine. Please dress for the weather.
• It is usually extremely muddy, snowy, and occasionally icy out at the sugar shack. We HIGHLY recommend wearing boots or shoes that can get dirty.
  
• Please LEAVE DOGS AND PETS AT HOME. While we love them too, they are not allowed in the Abbey Arboretum.

Registration

Pre-Pay Online

Walk-ins welcome: CASH/CHECK preferred

• Outdoor U Members: $5-Adults; FREE-ages 17 & under
• Nonmembers: $10-Adults; $5-ages 4-17; FREE-ages 3 & under
• CSB+SJU Students: FREE thanks to support from CSB and SJU Senates
• Monastery Members: FREE

Parking

• Driving directions to Saint John’s University.
• Follow the signs on campus directing you to Science Lot #1 (lot P5 on the campus map).
• Check-in or register at the tent and wait for the shuttle to take you to the festival grounds.

Saint John’s Maple Syrup – A primer

Award-winning video produced by 2017 SJU graduates and founders of SSQTCH – Ian Fritz, Conor Murphy, and Patrick Reagan.