The things to do in Green Bay come back to a handful of places: Lambeau Field and its Hall of Fame, a theater or arena stage, and the east shore of the bay, where Bay Beach sells its rides by the quarter. Add a Wednesday evening on Broadway in summer, a tubing hill next to the stadium in winter, and a supper club or sports bar at the end of the day, and you have a full weekend.
One thing the visitor maps rarely say: several headline spots sit just over the city line, with the Resch Center, the Titletown District and the National Railroad Museum all inside the Village of Ashwaubenon, and the NEW Zoo up in Suamico. They all use Green Bay addresses, and none of that changes your plans, but it explains why the signs keep changing as you drive. This guide says which is which, covers game, shows, kids, food, nightlife and winter, and points you to the deeper guides for each.
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What is there to do at Lambeau Field when there is no game?
Book a stadium tour with the Packers Hall of Fame, then walk over to Titletown next door. On home-game weekends the tours are sold as packages and often sell out, so buy ahead.
Lambeau Field is the home of the Green Bay Packers, on the city's west side, and it opened in 1957. Wikipedia lists its capacity at 81,441 and calls it the oldest continually operating NFL stadium. Without a game ticket, the building is still worth the visit for the bowl itself and for what the club has packed into the atrium.
The Packers Hall of Fame is the part of the visit you can do without a tour booking. The tours come in several kinds: the Classic, Champions and Legendary stadium tours, a Heritage Trail Trolley Tour around the city's Packers history sites, Alumni Tours led along the 60-minute Classic route, and Art Tours before select home games. Tickets go through packershofandtours.com, and a tour ticket is good for its date and time slot, while Hall of Fame admission is good all day.
Game day changes the rules: there are no stadium tours, and the Hall of Fame stays open to ticketed guests until kickoff. Tours do run the day before and the day after each home game, sold as a Combo Package (tour plus Hall of Fame) or an Ultimate Package that adds the trolley tour. If your trip is built around a Sunday game, Saturday morning is the time to see the building.
Titletown is two things at once: the city's old nickname, and the name of the 45-acre district the Packers built beside the stadium, which opened in 2017. It sits on the west side of Lambeau, inside Ashwaubenon, with a 14-acre park and plaza, the Ariens Hill tubing run, a seasonal ice rink, Hinterland's brewery and restaurant, and the Lodge Kohler hotel. On a non-game afternoon the plaza is a free place to let kids run and to get the stadium photo without a crowd in it.
Once the tour is done, the next question is food, and the strip along Holmgren Way and Lombardi Avenue has the answer, with the restaurants and bars near Lambeau Field sorted from tailgate halls to sit-down dinners.
Where can you see a show or concert in Green Bay?
Three stages cover almost everything: the Historic Meyer Theatre downtown, the Weidner Center on the UW-Green Bay campus, and the Resch Center by Lambeau for arena tours and hockey. Pick by the size of the night you want: a theater seat, a concert hall, or an arena floor.
The Historic Meyer Theatre at 117 South Washington Street is the downtown room, an ornate 1930s-era theater with gilded detailing, paintings and sculpture. PMI Entertainment Group manages it, and the program runs from musicals and plays to family theater, concerts and film festivals. It keeps a steady event calendar on Local Eyes, so check the listing for what is on this month.
The Weidner Center sits on the UW-Green Bay campus on the east side, about 4.7 miles from downtown, and it opened in 1993. Its main hall, Cofrin Family Hall, seats 2,021 over three levels. This is where touring Broadway lands, and the 2026-27 season announced in July brings Cirque Dreams Holidaze in December, then Clue, The Book of Mormon and THE WIZ in 2027. Between those, the listing shows orchestra concerts, ballet and children's shows.
The Resch Center stands directly across the street from Lambeau Field and has a Green Bay mailing address, though it sits inside Ashwaubenon. Brown County owns it, it opened in 2002, and it seats 8,709 for hockey. Its regular tenants are the Green Bay Gamblers of the USHL, the Green Bay Blizzard indoor football team and UW-Green Bay men's basketball, with big touring concerts in between. The Resch keeps a full event calendar on its Local Eyes listing, so check it before you plan a night around the area.
Smaller rooms fill in the gaps, from bar stages near the stadium to free summer concerts downtown, and live music in Green Bay is sorted by venue size, from the arena down to the bar stages.
What is downtown Green Bay like for a visitor?
Compact and easy on foot: the downtown core straddles the Fox River, with Broadway on one side, Washington and Adams Streets on the other, and the Wednesday market as the big summer draw. The river is the Fox River, shortened to the Fox, and you will cross it more than once in an evening.
The market sits in the Broadway District, the stretch of Broadway that also holds restaurants, bars and event halls in old commercial buildings. Outside market season it is quieter, and a weeknight walk there is mostly about dinner.
Across the river, the CityDeck is the boardwalk along the Fox riverfront, a free place to sit by the water. The non-profit Downtown Green Bay, Inc. promotes the district and lists DJ on the Deck nights, a Saturday farmers market and Segway tours of the river and public art. The Neville Public Museum is downtown too, with rotating exhibits, and the trailhead for the Packers Heritage Trail is right outside it.
For dinner on the east side of the river, Republic Chophouse on North Adams Street is the steak-and-seafood room, open for dinner from 5 p.m. daily. A block up, Hotel Northland at 304 North Adams Street is a downtown hotel, about 0.2 miles from the Meyer, so a show night needs no car.
Shops, brunch spots, the riverfront and the theater district all fit into an evening in downtown Green Bay, which is walkable once you have parked.
What are the best things to do in Green Bay with kids?
Start with Bay Beach Amusement Park and the Bay Beach Wildlife Sanctuary across the street, then add the NEW Zoo in Suamico and the National Railroad Museum in Ashwaubenon. Those four fill two days without repeating, and two of them cost next to nothing.
Bay Beach Amusement Park
Bay Beach is the old-fashioned park on the east shore, where ride tickets cost 25 cents each. It opened for the 2026 season in early May, with weekend hours of 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the start and weekday opening from May 19. Kiddie rides are free on select weekdays, general parking is largely free, and the $7 premium lot closer to the entrance pays for lot repairs. The park manager told WFRV that about $20 covers a lot of fun, and a larger West End train now runs round trips across the park.
The season ends in autumn, so check the city's Bay Beach page for closing dates before you promise anyone a ride.
Bay Beach Wildlife Sanctuary
The sanctuary is a 535-acre wildlife refuge with free admission, and Islands calls it Green Bay's largest park. It has a 4.8-mile trail network, live animal exhibits including gray wolves, and a rehab center that takes in more than 6,500 sick, injured or young animals a year. The city's hours page lists the trails open 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at 1660 East Shore Drive, so check before you go.
NEW Zoo and Adventure Park
The NEW Zoo, short for Northeastern Wisconsin Zoo, is in Suamico, north of the city, and its Adventure Park adds a zip line, ropes course and climbing tower, plus a course for children aged three to six. In 2026 the Adventure Park ran 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. through Labor Day, so treat it as a summer add-on.
National Railroad Museum
The National Railroad Museum has a Green Bay address at 2285 South Broadway, but it sits in Ashwaubenon on the Fox River. Admission is $15 for adults and $10 for children 2 to 12, with seasonal train rides at $6 a person from May through October. The big draws are Union Pacific's Big Boy, locomotive number 4017 and one of the largest steam locomotives ever built, and the train General Eisenhower and his staff used in Europe during World War II. From April through December it opens Monday to Saturday at 9 a.m. and stays open until 8 p.m. on Tuesdays.
Indoor and summer extras on the east side
Discover Green Bay's east-side page points families to the Children's Museum of Green Bay, a hands-on museum where the digestive system exhibit lets kids follow food through the body. In summer the same page sends you to the Joannes Aquatic Center, with a heated pool, a zero-depth wading area and two 23-foot water slides, so check the city's pool schedule before you go. Off-season, it suggests a day pass at the Salvation Army Kroc Center, whose splash play area has water cannons, slides and a tipping bucket. None of these are on Local Eyes yet, so book or check hours on their own sites.
A rainy-day option
The Ashwaubenon Bowling Alley on Allied Street in Ashwaubenon has 60 lanes, a bar, a restaurant, an arcade and glow-in-the-dark nights, about 4.5 miles southwest of downtown. It is the backup plan when the weather turns on a beach day.
Where do locals go for gardens, trails and time outside?
The Green Bay Botanical Garden on the west side is the place for planted ground, and the Fox River State Trail or the sanctuary trails cover a walk or a bike ride.
The Fox River State Trail starts near downtown, at Porlier and Adams Streets just south of the Mason Street Bridge, and runs 25 miles south along the river. About 11 miles are asphalt and 14 crushed stone. The DNR's trail page says a state trail pass is needed for biking, in-line skating and horseback riding for anyone 16 and older, so check the current rules before you ride. Walking a stretch from downtown and back is the easy version.
In the Allouez stretch the trail runs between Green Bay and De Pere, and Discover Green Bay names it the best free attraction in Allouez. Pair it with lunch on Webster Avenue and you have an easy half day.
A note on golf, since visitors ask: the two courses in the city's listings, Oneida Golf Club and Green Bay Country Club, are private member clubs, so they are not a round you can book on a visit.
Where should you eat in Green Bay?
Downtown for a steak or a riverfront dinner, the streets around Lambeau for pre-game food, and a Friday fish fry or a supper club for the Wisconsin classic. Nobody visits Green Bay for the diet.
Lorelei Inn on South Webster Avenue in Allouez serves German and American food, from sauerbraten and schnitzel to the house Reuben. Travel Wisconsin lists 11 beers on tap, six of them European imports, and Discover Green Bay names Oktoberfest at the Lorelei as the buzziest event in Allouez. The murals in the dining room are worth the look on their own.
Taverne in the Sky is the rooftop bar and restaurant at Lodge Kohler, the hotel in the Titletown District, and it overlooks Lambeau Field from the fifth floor. Lodge Kohler's site lists it open for lunch and dinner, with open-flame rotisserie cooking.
Supper clubs deserve their own trip, and Green Bay supper clubs run from old roadhouses out past the city edge to a modern version near the stadium.
For a wider list by neighborhood and budget, Green Bay restaurants go from schnitzel houses to chophouse steaks.
What is there to do in Green Bay at night?
Watch a game with a crowd at a sports bar, catch a show, or head to the bars along Holmgren Way across from Lambeau.
Anduzzi's Sports Club on Kepler Drive is the east-side branch of a local sports-bar group, about 4.2 miles southeast of downtown. Discover Green Bay calls its happy hour the "Best Happy Hour in Green Bay" and lists it from 1 p.m. with 2-for-1 rail and call mixers, beer and wine, so check the current deal before you go. The menu runs to burgers, wings and pizza, with fish bowls and giant margaritas at the bar, and the listing keeps a steady calendar of events and live music.
Stadium View at 1963 Holmgren Way in Ashwaubenon is the big Packers bar a block from Lambeau, family owned since 1992, with tailgate parties and event halls. It is about 0.15 miles from the Resch Center.
For a quieter night, the hotel bars downtown and the Lorelei's taps make a better choice than the stadium strip on a Saturday in October. Dive bars, taprooms and game-day rooms across the city are covered in bars in Green Bay, sorted by the kind of night you want.
What can you do in Green Bay in winter?
Tube Ariens Hill and skate at Titletown, walk the Garden of Lights at the Botanical Garden, and catch a Packers game, Gamblers hockey at the Resch Center or a touring show at the Weidner. Winter here is long, so the city has made a season of it.
Titletown's 2026-27 passes are on presale through October 31, at $9 for a daily tubing pass, $14 for daily skating, or $20 for both. Season passes run $50 for tubing, $120 for skating and $154 for both. There is no fixed opening day: the Packers announce it once the weather allows them to make ice and snow. Bring layers and waterproof gloves for the hill.
The Garden of Lights at the Botanical Garden is a 1-mile lit path, open 4:30 to 9 p.m. on select nights from November 27 to December 30 in 2026. Check the garden's site for ticket details before you go.
The Bay Beach Wildlife Sanctuary trails turn into cross-country ski trails after snowfall, and admission stays free. Indoors, the Gamblers play hockey at the Resch Center through the winter, and the National Railroad Museum stays open all year, with shorter hours from January through March.
What are the free things to do in Green Bay?
The wildlife sanctuary, a walk around Bay Beach, the Wednesday market, the CityDeck, the Fox River State Trail on foot and the Titletown plaza all cost nothing. Here is what makes each one free:
- Bay Beach Wildlife Sanctuary: free admission, with 535 acres of trails and animal exhibits.
- Bay Beach Amusement Park: general parking is largely free and you pay only for the 25-cent ride tickets you use.
- Farmers Market On Broadway: free to browse on summer Wednesday evenings.
- CityDeck: a public boardwalk on the Fox riverfront.
- Fox River State Trail: walkers need no pass on the DNR's list, which names the pass for bikes, skates and horses.
- Titletown: the 14-acre park and plaza next to Lambeau is open to walk around without a ticket.
- Lambeau Field from outside: walking around the stadium exterior costs nothing on a non-game day.
Where are Green Bay's attractions, and how do you get around?
You need a car. Downtown is walkable, but Lambeau, the Resch Center and the Holmgren Way bars sit about 2.3 miles southwest of the downtown core, and the rest spreads out from there.
Straight-line distances from downtown: the Botanical Garden is about 4.4 miles west, the Weidner about 4.7 miles east, Anduzzi's on Kepler Drive about 4.2 miles southeast, and Lorelei Inn about 1.4 miles south. Bay Beach and the sanctuary are on the east shore, the NEW Zoo is north in Suamico, and the railroad museum is south along the river in Ashwaubenon. On a Packers home weekend, plan around stadium traffic.
Austin Straubel International Airport, code GRB, is the local airport, and for a visitor the simplest base is downtown, where Hotel Northland puts the Meyer and the riverfront on foot. From there, the rest of the list is a matter of picking a direction.
Green Bay rewards a visitor who plans one thing per part of town and does not try to cross the city four times a day. Do the stadium and Titletown together, the east shore together, downtown on foot, and save the drive to Suamico for a morning.
How should you plan a weekend of things to do in Green Bay?
Split the city into three trips and the weekend plans itself: the stadium side, the east shore, and downtown. Friday night, eat on Adams Street and see whatever is on at the Meyer. Saturday morning, do the Lambeau tour and the Hall of Fame, walk Titletown, then spend the afternoon at Bay Beach and the sanctuary. Saturday night belongs to Holmgren Way or a show at the Resch. Sunday, give the morning to the railroad museum or the Botanical Garden, and if it is a summer Wednesday instead, swap a slot for the Broadway market.
In winter, trade the beach for Ariens Hill and the Garden of Lights, and keep the museum, which is warm and open all year. Whatever the season, the stadium will be there, and so will a crowd that wants to talk about it.
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Published September 21, 2026
