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Senior Excursions are popular day trips for anyone ages 50+. Pre-registration is required, space is limited and payment is required at the time of registration. See Department and Refund Policies here and Senior Excursion Policies here.

Pick up and drop off locations for each excursion are designated with the following:
-SSNC: South Side Neighborhood Center; 1300 South 6th Street
-Sam’s Club: Parking Lot - South End; 1211 Crossing Meadows Drive

Clauson Family Music Show, Christmas on the Farm (#549005-151)

Coloma, WI
Friday, November 8, 2024
Ages 50+   |    Min: 40    Max: 44
**Registration Full**
Enjoy a delicious Christmas dinner followed by a live show filled with holiday music sure to put you in the Christmas spirit!
Bus pickup: SSNC @ 9:30am; Sam’s Club @ 9:45am; Return to La Crosse at approximately 5:00pm

White Christmas at the Chanhassen Dinner Theatre (#549005-95)

Chanhassen, MN
Wednesday, November 13, 2024
Ages 50+   |   Min: 45    Max: 50
**Registration Full**
Coming to Chanhassen Dinner Theatres’ Main Stage for the first-time, ever – it’s White Christmas!  Based on the beloved, timeless film, this heartwarming musical adaptation features seventeen Irving Berlin songs and a book by David Ives and Paul Blake. White Christmas is a festive celebration of romance, friendship, and the magic of Christmas. 
Bus pickup: SSNC @ 7:30am; Sam’s Club @ 7:45am; Return to La Crosse at approximately 7:30pm

Christmas in the Dells at the Legacy Dinner Theatre (#549005-152)

Wisconsin Dells, WI
Tuesday, November 19, 2024
Ages 50+   |    Min: 45    Max: 50
**Registration Full**
Christmas in the Dells Dinner Show is the LARGEST and MOST SPECTACULAR Christmas show in the Mid-West! Enjoy an incredible cast that includes talented singers, dancers, comedians, figure skaters, pyrotechnics, laser lights, giant video screens, and a huge band spotlighting the orchestral sounds of an amazing brass section. 
Bus pickup: SSNC @ 11:15am; Sam’s Club @ 11:30am; Return to La Crosse at approximately 6:30pm 

Divas at the Middleton Performing Arts Center (#549005-152)

Middleton, WI
Saturday, November 23, 2024
Ages 50+   |   Min: 40    Max: 44
Registration Fee: $78   |   **Registration Deadline: Friday, November 1, 2024**
A celebration of the biggest hits by the greatest divas in pop music history! Spanning four decades of chart-topping hits from the 1960’s through the 1990’s, Divas covers hits by Aretha Franklin, Carole King, Celine Dion, Whitney Houston, Cher, Dolly Parton, Donna Summer, and many more! 
Dinner is on your own at Sauk City Culver’s, the first Culver’s in the State, before the performance.  Bus pickup: SSNC @ 3:00pm; Sam’s Club @ 3:15pm; Return to La Crosse at approximately 12:30am

Holiday Lights Trolley Tours (#549005)

La Crosse, WI
Tuesday, December 3; Thursday, December 5; Tuesday, December 10; & Thursday, December 17, 2024
Age 50+   |    Min: 24    Max: 26
**Registration Full**

Enjoy the Rotary Lights without having to drive in this festive evening! Take a heated trolley ride through Rotary Lights at Riverside Park. Bring a food item to donate to Rotary Lights if you would like.  Dinner is included in the cost at Waterfront Restaurant.
Trolley pickup SSNC @ 4:45pm; Return to SSNC at approximately 7:30pm  

Miracle on 34th Street at the Fireside Theatre (#549005-148)

Fort Atkinson, WI
Thursday, December 12, 2024
Ages 50+   |    Min: 40    Max: 54
Registration Fee: $124   |   **Registration Deadline: Tuesday, November 12, 2024**
Based on the beloved Christmas movie, Miracle on 34th Street, is a big brassy Broadway musical with a heart. When Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade needs a new Santa, enter Kris Kringle – a sweet and jolly old man who claims that he is the real Santa Claus. A funny, warm, tuneful, and inspirational musical as Kris must prove his claim in court and teach his cynical neighbor and her daughter to believe in the goodness and love that is Christmas. 
Bus pickup SSNC @ 7:15am; Sam’s Club @ 7:30am; Return to La Crosse at approximately 7:30pm   

Kriskindlmarkt (#549005-154)

Sparta, WI
Friday, December 13, 2024
Ages 50+   |    Min: 40    Max: 48
Registration Fee: $21   |   **Registration Deadline: Monday, November 25, 2024**
Kriskindlmarkt is an outdoor, traditional European-style market with local artisans of all kinds located centrally in downtown Sparta! Visit booths in Mueller Square, on the Water Street Bridge, and both sides of the Love Lock Bridge in the Creekside and Love Lock Villages. One of Wisconsin’s best outdoor Christmas markets with over twenty-seven shops to choose from! Dinner is on your own.  
Bus pickup: SSNC @ 2:15pm; Sam’s Club @ 2:30pm; Return to La Crosse at approximately 7:00pm

Funny Girl at the Overture Theatre (#549005-155)

Madison, WI
Sunday, January 5, 2025
Ages 50+   |    Min: 45     Max: 50
**Registration Full**
The sensational Broadway revival dazzles with celebrated classic songs, including “Don’t Rain on My Parade,” “I’m the Greatest Star”, and “People.” This bittersweet comedy is the story of the indomitable Fanny Brice, a girl from the Lower East Side who dreamed of a life on the stage. 
Lunch is on your own at Culver’s.  
Bus pickup: SSNC @ 8:15am; Sam’s Club @ 8:30am; Return to La Crosse at approximately 7:15pm

Top of The World, a Carpenters Tribute at the Middleton Performing Arts Center (#549005-156)

Middleton, WI
Saturday, January 25, 2025
Ages 50+   |    Min: 40    Max: 44
Registration Fee: $78  |   **Registration Deadline: Friday, January 3, 2025**
Sit back and enjoy as Debbie and her Carpenters Tribute Band take you on a nostalgic journey through the Carpenters’ greatest hits while sharing some of the backstories behind the music. Dinner is on your own Sauk City Culver’s, the first Culver’s in the State, before the performance.   
Bus pickup: SSNC @ 3:00pm; Sam’s Club @ 3:15pm; Return to La Crosse at approximately 12:30am

Winter Dance Party at the Sheldon Theater (#549005-156)

Red Wing, MN 
Sunday, February 2, 2025
Ages 50+   |    Min: 40    Max: 46
Registration Fee: $69   |   **Registration Deadline: Friday, January 10, 2025**
Bus pickup: SSNC @ 12:00pm; Sam’s Club @ 12:15pm; Return to La Crosse at approximately 7:30pm

A Beautiful Noise, The Neil Diamond Story at the Overture Theatre Madison (#549005-158)

Madison, WI
Sunday, March 23, 2025
Ages 50+   |    Min: 45    Max: 50
**Registration Full**
Bus pickup: SSNC @ 8:15am; Sam’s Club @ 8:30am; Return to La Crosse at approximately 7:15pm

Looney Lutherans at the Sheldon Theatre (#549005-58)

Red Wing, MN
Sunday, April 13, 2025
Ages 50+   |   Min: 40    Max: 44
Registration Fee: $59   |   **Registration Deadline: Friday, March 21, 2025**
Bus pickup: SSNC @ 12:00pm; Sam’s Club @ 12:15pm; Return to La Crosse at approximately 7:00pm

Mouse Trap at the Guthrie Theatre (#549005-131)

Minneapolis, MN
Wednesday, April 23, 2025
Ages 50+   |    Min: 45    Max: 50
Registration Fee: $73  |   **Registration Deadline: Tuesday, February 25, 2025**
Bus pickup: SSNC @ 7:30am; Sam’s Club @ 7:45am; Return to La Crosse at approximately 7:30pm

Wicked at the Overture Center (#549005-49)

Madison, WI
Thursday, July 10, 2025
Ages 50+   |   Min: 45    Max: 50
Registration Fee: $158   |   **Registration Deadline: Tuesday, May 27, 2025**
Bus pickup: SSNC @ 8:15am; Sam’s Club @ 8:30am; Return to La Crosse at approximately 7:15pm

Grease at the Chanhassen Dinner Theatre 

Chanhassen, MN
Wednesday, May 14, 2025  |   **Registration Deadline: Monday, April 15, 2025** (#549005-161)
Ages 50+   |    Min: 45    Max: 50
Registration Fee: $112 
Bus pickup: SSNC @ 7:30am; Sam’s Club @ 7:45am; Return to La Crosse at approximately 7:30pm