Ringling House

A Ringling Murder Mystery Dinner
2024-04-27 17:00 - 21:00 (America/Chicago) | Ringling House Bed & Breakfast, 201 8th Street, Baraboo, WI, 53913, United States
Are you ready for a thrilling and unforgettable experience? Imagine enjoying a delicious dinner while trying to solve a murder mystery in a beautiful mansion, using historic figures from Baraboo’s past. Well, look no further than our exciting hands-on dinner theater! Who did it, where’d they do it, how did they do it? These questions will answered, and historical facts will be revealed, with our latest Mystery Dinner Event: an original and historic Murder Mystery Dinner Event written by Baraboo’s own Ben Bromley.

What: A Ringling Murder Mystery Dinner
When: Saturday, April 27, 2024, 5 pm.
Where: Ringling House Bed & Breakfast, 201 8th St., Baraboo, WI 53913
Cost: $59.00, includes 1 free drink, dinner, and a whole lot of fun with murder!

About the The Ringling Murder Mystery:

It’s 1910, one hour before the start of circus season party at the home of Charles Ringling, a celebration for the owners and performers of the Ringling Brothers Circus 1910 season. A murder has taken place at the residence, just as guests are arriving to the party. Crutches the Clown, longtime Ringling performer and half the comic duo of “Crutches and Chuckles” has been found dead, strangled with a violin string, in the homes historic elevator.
As the circus owners and their staff assemble for the evenings gathering, a Criminologist arrives to launch an investigation.

PLEASE NOTE: All tickets must be purchased by Wednesday, April 17, 2024, by midnight to allow time for part distribution. In addition, due to the complexity of arranging these events, there will be NO REFUNDS if your cancellation is made within 10 days of the event.

Approximate Schedule of the evening:
5:00 – 5:30 – Mix & Mingle
5:30 – Round 1, part A – Introductions
5:45 – Round 1, part B – Rumors
6:15 Dinner is served in the Dining Room
6:30 Round 2 in Dining Room – Motives
7:00 Round 3 in Parlor – Opportunity
7:30 Round 4 in Parlor – Method
8:00 Voting & Final Statements
What to expect at our murder mystery dinners:
As a participant, you’ll receive a role to play, materials to help you solve the mystery, and of course, dinner and one drink ticket. But here’s the real kicker – you could end up being the murderer, or an innocent bystander. It’s all part of the fun!
So, what are you waiting for? Bring your best detective skills and your creative costume to the party, and let’s solve the mystery together. And hey, if things get too intense, you can always sip on some wine, beer, or soda (available for purchase) to calm your nerves. Don’t miss out on this one-of-a-kind experience – book your spot at the Mystery Dinner today!
Prizes will be awarded for: Best Detective, Best Costume, Best Actor, and maybe more!
This murder mystery is brought to you by:
Ben Bromley
Proceeds from sales will benefit:
Friends of the Charles & Henry Ringling Estate

The Great Glittersby Murder Mystery Dinner
2024-03-09 17:00 - 21:00 | Ringling House Bed & Breakfast, 201 8th Street, Baraboo, WI, 53913, United States
Are you ready for a thrilling and unforgettable experience? Imagine enjoying a delicious dinner while trying to solve a murder mystery in a beautiful mansion? Well, look no further than our exciting hands-on dinner theater – the Mystery Dinner! Who did it, where’d they do it, how did they do it? These questions will answered with our latest Mystery Dinner Event!

What: The Great Glittersby Murder Mystery Dinner
When: Saturday, March 9, 2024, 5 pm.
Where: Ringling House Bed & Breakfast
201 8th St., Baraboo, WI 53913

About the The Great Glittersby Murder Mystery Dinner:

It’s 1923, and the party seems endless at Jay Glittersby’s New York mansion…until a shot rings out, and an unwelcome guest is found dead. Was the motive revenge, jealousy, or greed? Is the murderer a flapping dancer, a jazzy musician, or a slyly deferential server?

**PLEASE NOTE: All tickets must be purchased by Wednesday, March 6, 2024, by midnight to allow time for part assignment and distribution! In addition, due to the complexity of arranging these events, there will be NO REFUNDS if your cancellation is made within 10 days of the event.
Approximate Schedule of the evening:
5:00 pm arrival, pictures & cocktail hour
5:30 pm Round 1 of the Game is started
6:15 pm dinner is served Round 2 Starts
**** Murder Happens ****
7:30 pm vote & guess on suspects
8:00 pm Round 3, confessions
8:30 pm Awards & Prizes
Cost: $59.00 includes 1 free drink, dinner, and a whole lot of fun with murder!

What to expect at our murder mystery dinners:
As a participant, you’ll receive a role to play, materials to help you solve the mystery, and of course, dinner and one drink ticket. But here’s the real kicker – you could end up being the murderer, the victim, or an innocent bystander. It’s all part of the fun!
So, what are you waiting for? Bring your best detective skills and your creative costume to the party, and let’s solve the mystery together. And hey, if things get too intense, you can always sip on some wine, beer, or soda (available for purchase) to calm your nerves. Don’t miss out on this one-of-a-kind experience – book your spot at the Mystery Dinner today!

This murder mystery is brought to you by:

Proceeds from sales with benefits:
Friends of the Charles & Henry Ringling Estate

Valentines Day Dinner and Social
2024-02-10 17:30 - 20:30 | Ringling House Bed & Breakfast, 201 8th Street, Baraboo, WI, 53913, United States
Have you always wanted to see the inside of the Ringling House Bed & Breakfast, but don’t want to stay overnight? Here is your chance to have an elegant dinner in our quarter-sewn oak dining room, and socialize with both locals and guests of the Bed & Breakfast
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Schedule: 5:30pm social hour with light appetizers, cash bar (2 free drinks), and get to know you games.
7pm dinner
Menu: Tuscan Gnocchi Soup
Winter Salad
Surf & Turf
Champagne Truffles with Champagne Spritzer
Cost: $55.00 per person or $100.00 per couple

We have partnered with the Relish Tray Bistro to bring you this elegant and romantic experience!

Historic Holiday Tour & Social at the Ringling House B&B - 3pm
2023-12-10 15:00 - 17:30 | Ringling House Estate
Historic Holiday Tour & Social at the Ringling House B&B – 3pm
Join us for a guided historic tour of the Ringling House Bed & Breakfast, all decked out for Christmas!
Date: Sunday, December 10th at 3pm.
Price: $15.00, limited tickets, get your tickets now!
Hear the history of the Ringlings, their early years, and the start of the circus in Baraboo. View some historic items the Ringlings owned, and sit at Henry Ringlings’ dining room table and enjoy some Christmas Treats, Coffee, Tea, and Jean Ringlings’ decadent hot cocoa! This is a popular tour, so get your tickets before we are sold out!

Tentative schedule:
3:00-4:00pm Home Historic Tour
4:00-5:00pm Christmas Social including Tea, Coffee, Hot Cocoa, aperitifs, and desserts. Mix & mingle
4:45 pm Wear your favorite Christmas sweater and get entered into a drawing for a free Ringling House Mug (a $18.00 value).

** All funds go to the Friends of the Charles & Henry Ringling Estate, a non-profit group created to assist with the maintenance of the House, Carriage House, Conway Cottage, and Barn on the Ringling Estate.

Sold out - Historic Holiday Tour & Social at the Ringling House
2023-12-10 12:00 - 14:30 | Ringling House Estate
Historic Holiday Tour & Social at the Ringling House B&B
Join us for a guided historic tour of the Ringling House Bed & Breakfast, all decked out for Christmas!
Date: Sunday, December 10th at noon.
Price: $15.00, limited tickets, get your tickets now!
Hear the history of the Ringlings, their early years, and the start of the circus in Baraboo. View some historic items the Ringlings owned, and sit at Henry Ringlings’ dining room table and enjoy some Christmas Treats, Coffee, Tea, and Jean Ringlings’ decadent hot cocoa! This is a popular tour, so get your tickets before we are sold out!
Tentative schedule:
12:00-1:00 Home Historic Tour
1:00-2:00 Christmas Social including Tea, Coffee, Hot Cocoa, aperitifs, and desserts. Mix & mingle
1:45 pm Wear your favorite Christmas sweater and get entered into a drawing for a free Ringling House Mug (a $18.00 value).

** All funds go to the Friends of the Charles & Henry Ringling Estate, a non-profit group created to assist with the maintenance of the House, Carriage House, Conway Cottage, and Barn on the Ringling Estate.

Little Shop of Rocky Horrors Murder Mystery Dinner
2023-04-29 17:00 - 21:00 | Ringling House Estate
Who did it, where’d they do it, how did they do it? These questions will answered with our latest Murder Mystery Dinner Event!
What: Little Shop of Rocky Horrors Murder Mystery Dinner
When: Saturday, April 29, 2023, 5pm.
Where: Ringling House Bed & Breakfast
201 8th St., Baraboo, WI 53913

About the Little Shop of Rocky Horrors Murder Mystery Dinner:

A local theater group is putting on a production of Little Shop of Horrors. The entire cast travels out to a country estate to shoot publicity photos, but a sudden rainstorm forces them to take shelter in the manor house. Inside, they are shocked to find a huge raucous party of odd characters going on, led by the twin scientists Curry and Cox N. Furter.
They are even more shocked when their director/photographer, Rogaire Corperson, who has been poking into corners to take intrusive pictures, is found dead at the bottom of the elevator shaft.
Who pushed her in? Was it a cast member who hated her direction? A partygoer who resented her nosy camera? Or was it—YOU?

**PLEASE NOTE: All tickets must be purchased by Wednesday, April 19, 2022 by midnight to allow time for part assignment and distribution! In addition, due to the complexity of arranging these events, there will be NO REFUNDS if your cancellation is made within 10 days of the event.
Approximate Schedule of evening:
5:00pm arrival, pictures & cocktail hour
5:30pm Round 1 of Game is started
6:15pm dinner is served Round 2 Starts
**** Murder Happens ****
7:30pm vote & guess on suspects
8:00pm Round 3, confessions
8:30pm Awards & Prizes
Cost: $59.00 includes 1 free drink, dinner and a whole lot of fun with murder!
What to expect at our murder mystery dinners:
This mystery dinner is a hands on dinner theater in which the “show” is a murder mystery, and the diners are invited to participate in solving the mystery as they eat, and mingle among each other. Everyone will be given a part to play, dinner and 1 drink ticket, and be expected participate in the mystery to solve, and materials to help you solve the murder. You could end up being the murderer, the murdered, or an innocent bystander. This is part of the fun. You will need to provide your own costume for your part, and pay for any extra drinks (wine, beer or soda) outside of your complimentary drink.
This murder mystery is brought to you by:

Proceeds from sales with benefit:
Friends of the Charles & Henry Ringling Estate
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12/18/2022 - Holiday Tour of Ringling House
2022-12-18 12:00 - 14:00 | Ringling House Estate
Historic Holiday Tour & Social at the Ringling House
Join us for a guided historic tour of the Ringling House Bed & Breakfast, all decked out for Christmas! Wear you favorite Christmas sweater and get entered into a drawing for a free Ringling House Mug (a $18.00 value).
Date: Sundays, December 4, 11 and 18th at noon.
Price: $15.00, limited tickets, get your tickets now!

Tentative schedule:
12:00 – 1:00 Home Historic Tour
1:00-2:00 Christmas Social including Tea, Coffee, Jean Ringling’s Hot Cocoa, aperitifs, deserts. Mix & mingle
1:45pm Drawing for mug..

** All funds go to the Friends of the Charles & Henry Ringling Estate, a non profit group created to assist with maintenance of the House, Carriage House, Conway Cottage and Barn on the Ringling Estate.

12/11/2022 - Historic Holiday Tour & Social
2022-12-11 12:00 - 14:00 | Ringling House Estate

12/4/2022 Historic Holiday Tour and Social
2022-12-04 12:00 - 14:00 | Ringling House Estate
Historic Holiday Tour & Social at the Ringling House
Join us for a guided historic tour of the Ringling House Bed & Breakfast, all decked out for Christmas! Wear you favorite Christmas sweater and get entered into a drawing for a free Ringling House Mug (a $18.00 value).
Date: Sundays, December 4, 11 and 18th at noon.
Price: $15.00, limited tickets, get your tickets now!

Tentative schedule:
12:00 – 1:00 Historic Home Tour
1:00-2:00 Christmas Social including Tea, Coffee, Jean Ringling’s Hot Cocoa, aperitifs, deserts. Mix & mingle
1:45pm Drawing for mug..

** All funds go to the Friends of the Charles & Henry Ringling Estate, a non profit group created to assist with maintenance of the House, Carriage House, Conway Cottage and Barn on the Ringling Estate.

BaraBlues Music Festival
2022-10-01 14:00 - 21:00 | Ringling House Estate
The Ringling House Bed & Breakfast will host the Bara-Blues Music Festival
WHEN: October 1, 2022 from 2:00pm – 9:00pm
WHERE: Ringling House Bed & Breakfast grounds, 201 8th St, Baraboo, WI 53913
WHO: Dead Henry, Tully Trio, Gary Frisch, The Blues Disciples
Food Trucks! Beer! Wine! Soda! Bring a lawn chair, stay a while, and enjoy filling your day with some of the best soulful blues music in the area!
Bob’s BBQ Emporium will be there with his food truck. BBQ and blues just go together.
Admission to event is a good will offering. Please consider purchasing beer, wine, soda, water, and food from vendors on site to help defray costs of festival No Carry Ins Allowed.

Baraboo Mystery Weekend VIP Package
2022-04-02 10:00 - 2022-04-03 17:00 | WI
Ringling House Bed & Breakfast hosts VIP package for Baraboo Mystery Weekend “In the spirit of Murder” on April 2-3, 2022 in Downtown Baraboo
Tickets can be purchased when booking your room at the Ringling House Bed & Breakfast for the nights of April 2 & 3
What we offer to guests that register for the package at the time of booking:

Seamless check in – checking into the bed & breakfast checks you into the game. You will be presented with their Newspaper, map, and entry form at that time. You will not need to stand in line at Mystery HQ to check-in and can pre-read to get a head start on the other players.
A 10% lodging discount using the code spirit .
A wine & cheese reception on Friday evening April 1 for all guests staying at the Bed & Breakfast for the 2 night minimum.

For more information and specifics about the Murder Mystery Game itself, or to purchase tickets when not staying at the Bed & Breakfast, see https://www.baraboomysteryweekend.com/

12/19/2021 - Christmas Tea & Tour at the Bed & Breakfast
2021-12-19 12:00 - 14:00 | Ringling House Estate
Christmas Tea & Tour at the Bed & Breakfast
Revel in elegance with a guided historic tour of the Ringling House, all decked out for Christmas! Wear you favorite Christmas sweater and get entered into a drawing for a free Ringling House Mug (a $18.00 value).
Date: Sundays, December 5, 12 and 19th at noon.
Price: $12.00, limited tickets, get your tickets now!

Tentative schedule:
12:00 – 1:00 Home Historic Tour
1:00-2:00 Christmas Tea, Coffee, Jean Ringling’s Hot Cocoa, aperitifs, deserts. Mix, mingle, sing Christmas Carols.
1:45pm Drawing for mug.

** All funds go to the Friends of the Charles & Henry Ringling Estate, a non profit group created to assist with maintenance of the House, Carriage House, Conway Cottage and Barn on the Ringling Estate.

12/12/2021 - Christmas Tea & Tour at the Bed & Breakfast
2021-12-12 12:00 - 14:00 | Ringling House Estate

12/05/2021 - Christmas Tea & Tour at the Bed & Breakfast
2021-12-05 12:00 - 14:00 | Ringling House Estate
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Revel in elegance with a guided historic tour of the Ringling House, all decked out for Christmas! Wear your favorite Christmas sweater and get entered into a drawing for a free Ringling House Mug (a $18.00 value).
Date: Sundays, December 5, 12 and 19th at noon.
Price: $12.00, limited tickets, get your tickets now!

Tentative schedule:
12:00 – 1:00 Home Historic Tour.
1:00-2:00 Christmas Tea, Coffee, Jean Ringling’s Hot Cocoa, aperitifs, deserts. Mix, mingle, sing Christmas Carols.
1:45pm Drawing for mug.

** All funds go to the Friends of the Charles & Henry Ringling Estate, a non profit group created to assist with maintenance of the House, Carriage House, Conway Cottage and Barn on the Ringling Estate.
