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Lumberjack World Championships
Announces Final 2022 Schedule
Hayward, Wis. (July 13, 2022) – For over 60 years, Hayward, Wisconsin, has been home to the greatest and
most prestigious lumberjack and lumberjill competition worldwide, the Lumberjack World Championships
(LWC), a three-day celebration of timber sports. This year, from July 28 – 30, 2022, 99 competitors from
around the globe and across the nation will compete for a purse of nearly $72,000 in a variety of timber sports
disciplines.
Lumberjack World Championships athletes compete in twenty-four events, including, logrolling, boom running,
sawing, chopping, axe throwing, and speed climbing. Information on each unique timber sports discipline is
available at LumberjackWorldChampionships.com. Each day’s competition will culminate with a crowd favorite,
the team relay, combining speed climb, boom run, single-buck saw, underhand chop, and standing block chop
disciplines. LWC quarterfinal competitions begin on Thursday, July 28, with semifinal competitions on Friday,
July 29. The 62
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Lumberjack World Championships final competition will take place on Saturday, July 30, at
6:00pm in historic Lumberjack Bowl, Hayward, WI.
Each year, an estimated 12,000 spectators and fans flock to Lumberjack Bowl to witness the fierce competition
and to experience the celebration of timber sports on the festival grounds. Gates open at 11:30am daily, for
ticketholders. Spectators can try their hand (or feet!) at logrolling, grab lunch or dinner from one of the food
vendors, visit the unique experiential displays and vendors, pick up a souvenir in the Lumberjack Shop, and
enjoy music in the Swinging Axe Beer Garden. There is plenty of timber sports action for families and friends,
alike. LWC is three-days of hearty, international competition wrapped up in good, old, north woods fun.
Competitions begin daily at 11:30am with main evening competitions beginning at 6:00pm (Opening
Ceremonies at 5:45pm each evening). Tickets for Lumberjack World Championships are available at
www.lumberjackbowl.com.
“Historic Lumberjack Bowl is an amazing place to watch timber sports athletes compete and this year brand
new bleachers will greet fans as they settle in to watch the competition,” said Ben Popp, Executive Director,
Lumberjack World Championships Foundation. “From the action on the dock to the fun on the festival grounds,
it’s a terrific way to spend a weekend in the north woods!”
New in 2022, to kick-off LWC week, the Lumberjack World Championships Foundation is pleased to welcome
comedian Charlie Berens and his Midwest Survival Guide Tour to Lumberjack Bowl on Wednesday, July 27,
2022. Berens is host of the humorous Manitowoc Minute, an Emmy award-winning journalist and NYTimes
best-selling author of The Midwest Survival Guide.
The full daily schedule is available at www.lumberjackworldchampionships.com.
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Lumberjack World Championships 2022
Competition & Festivities
• Wednesday, July 27 – Charlie Berens, Midwest Survival Guide Tour
o Live from Lumberjack Bowl – Charlie Berens & the Midwest Survival Guide Tour. Gates open at
5pm for ticketholders. Food trucks, Swinging Axe Beer Garden, and unique vendors will be
available on the festival grounds preceding the show. Berens takes the stage at 7pm. Tickets
are available at www.lumberjackbowl.com. Tickets available for $30 and $40, PG-13
• Thursday, July 28 – Lumberjack World Championships Quarterfinal Competition
o Gates open at 11:30am, with competition qualifiers, demonstrations, unique vendors, food, and
fun throughout the day. Happy hour from 3-5pm in the Swinging Axe Beer Garden with live
music by Molly and the Danger Band. Professional Quarterfinals start at 6pm in the evening.
Tickets available at www.lumberjackbowl.com.
• Friday, July 29 – Lumberjack World Championships Semifinal Competition
o Gates open at 11:30am, with competition qualifiers, demonstrations, unique vendors, food, and
fun throughout the day. Happy hour from 3-5pm in the Swinging Axe Beer Garden, with live
music by Scott Kirby and special guest, Ed Willett. Professional Semifinals start at 6pm in the
evening. Tickets available at www.lumberjackbowl.com.
• Saturday, July 30 – Lumberjack Run, Lumberjack World Championships Competition
o In conjunction with Lumberjack World Championships, the Birkie’s Lumberjack Run 5K Run/Walk
starts and finishes in Lumberjack Bowl on the shores of Lake Hayward. Participants will receive
a T-shirt (while supplies last). Entry fees for ages 18 and over are $35 through July 27, $40 from
July 28 through 29th, and $45 on race day (July 30). Ages 17 and under are $10 through race
day. Learn more and register exclusively online at www.birkie.com.
o Gates open at 11:30am. Professional log rolling, axe throwing competitions, demonstrations,
unique vendors, food, and fun throughout the day. Happy hour from 3pm to 5pm with live music
from Steve Beguhn, American Idol finalist, in the Swinging Axe Beer Garden. World
Championship Finals start at 6pm in the evening. Tickets available at www.lumberjackbowl.com.
Tickets
Information about the Lumberjack World Championships, as well as reserved and general admission tickets,
are available by visiting www.lumberjackbowl.com. Visitors may purchase 3-day passes or individual day
tickets and are encouraged to purchase their tickets in advance. Tickets purchased at the gate are
charged an additional $5 convenience fee. Children ages four and under are free with paid adult entry
Darn Fine Sponsors
The following sponsors help make it possible to keep sawing, chopping, logrolling, speed climbing, boom
running, and axe throwing: ZIELIES, Asplundh, Backroads Coffee, Carlson M.D., Dinty Moore, Enbridge,
Lignetics, Guardian Pest Solutions, Hallett Ironworks, Ice Mountain, Indeck Energy and Grillers Gold, Johnson
Financial Group, L&M Fleet Supply, Lynn's Custom Meats, Menomonie Tribal Enterprises, Northern Lakes Co-
op, Park Ridge Distributing, Rink Tec, RTIC Outdoors, Sawyer County Record, Sevenwinds Casino,
Steakhouse & Lodge, STIHL and Midwest STIHL, Drink Wisconsibly, Truewerks, Timberworks, WRLS, WJMC,
WAQE, WKFX, American Birkebeiner Ski Foundation and Park Ridge Distributing.
About the Lumberjack World Championships Foundation, Inc.
The Lumberjack World Championships (LWC) began in 1960 to acknowledge the rich history of the logging
industry across the United States. Workday skills perfected in the forests of the nation became a past-time and
soon grew into an exciting and growing sporting event. Now in its 59
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year, the LWC is a three-day festival of
timber sports held in Hayward, WI each summer. www.lumberjackworldchampionships.com
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