Fred Scheer’s Lumberjack Show - Hayward, Wisconsin

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Thrilling Fun For The Whole Family
Fred Scheer’s Lumberjack Show
Hayward, Wisconsin

Chances are if you have ever been flipping through the channels on the television, and come upon a lumberjack competition, it was filmed in the area of Hayward, Wisconsin used for Fred Scheer’s Lumberjack Shows, and if not filmed there, then one of the Fred Scheer’s other Lumberjack Show arenas. It’s hard to keep flipping the channel after you stumble across it, as it’s so unique and interesting, the skills these lumberjacks possess.

These Fred Scheer’s Lumberjack Shows highlight this unique sport known to lumberjacks, utilizing skills such as sawing wood, climbing polls, and log rolling. Just watching the log rolling itself, you begin to wonder how they manage to compete in this, let alone stay on the logs, yet they make it look so easy. During the show, the performers provide enough entertainment and competition to lead to a very engaging afternoon or evening for the entire family. The competitions have been featured often on ABC’s Wide World of Sports, and on ESPN’s Great Outdoor Games.

Fred Scheer is both the founder of the Lumberjack Shows, and also a performer in the shows. Scheer has been in the lumberjack entertainment business for more than twenty years, so he truly understands the business well, knowing how to keep his customers on the edges of their seat. He has been competing himself for more than thirty years. So accomplished in the lumberjack skills, he has won nine World Championships.

The lumberjack events seen in the shows, while being very entertaining, also require much skill. What they seem most well-known for is their logrolling, or birling as it is called. It’s amazing how adept the performers are at this. The lumberjacks also compete in power sawing and cross-cut saws, going through thick sections of wood in mere seconds. Even more amazing is how they compete in springboard chopping, a way of notching a pole or tree, inserting a platform to stand on, and climbing up in this manner. For strictly pure entertainment value, lumberjacks also compete in speed carving with chain saws, and jousting on logs. During matinee performances, kids are invited down to cross cut with the lumberjacks.

Fred Scheer’s Lumberjack Show is located one mile south of Hayward, Wisconsin on Highway B. The show is performed from Tuesday through Sunday, from late May through early September. After the show, be sure to check in at the specialty shops in the Lumberjack Village, or come earlier in the day for breakfast or lunch at the Lake Cafe, with food served in the lumberjack style. Fred Scheer provides a unique day of fun for the whole family, and next time you see the lumberjacks on television when you’re flipping channels, you’ll know the special skills it takes.