Saturday, May 31, 2025 – 5-8 pm
We’re Trying Something New
Every community has its stories, and every solar project began with someone getting excited about generating their own power – or frustrated with the existing energy infrastructure. At this, our 4th annual Solstock Festival, the Couillard Solar Foundation will be giving a handful of groups from around Wisconsin an opportunity to share their story with the festival’s attendees. All participating groups will receive a prize, and they will be able to accept donations on the day of the event.
Audience members will cast votes for the group they feel should receive extra support, and that group will take home 10 kW of solar panels, a value of approximately $3000. The first two runners up will receive 5 kW panels worth roughly $1500, and there will be other prizes as well.
Come Ready to Have Fun and Purchase Tickets to Vote and For Our Raffle!
Location: The Couillard Solar Foundation Solar Pavilion
10 Liberty Street, Deerfield WI 53531
Pavilion is located behind the CSF Offices. Look for the orange “Solar Event Today” sign.
Donations to the Couillard Solar Foundation gratefully accepted.
Food & Beverages for Sale
A portion of your food purchase goes to the foundation to support our Solar for Good and Solar on Schools programs. With your help we can continue to help Wisconsin nonprofits install their own solar energy systems.
What to Bring!
A reusable water bottle if you have it! Camping utensils if you have them! Our goal is to make Solstock zero waste. Cash will be accepted for all activities, food, and raffles. Lawn Seating – Bring a blanket or folding chairs.
Solstock Line-Up
| 5 PM- 6 PM | Registration |
| 5:30-7:30 PM | Activities: Lawn Games | KEEP Kit | Planting Station | Raffles & Silent Auction | Pizza/Baked Goods/Soda For Sale |
| Sponsor/Business Booths: | | |
| 5:00-5:30PM | Networking/Socializing |
| 5:30 PM | CSF Master of Ceremonies Welcome |
| 5:30 PM | Band: The Mike Cornell Approach |
| 5:40 Pm | Poetry reading – to be confirmed |
| 5:45 PM | Dane County Humane Society Flight Pen Video |
| 5:50 PM | CSF MC Introduces Storytelling Event/Voting Process |
| 5:55 PM | Solar Project Story 1 |
| 6:00 PM | Sustainability in Business – Featuring a Sponsoring Business |
| 6:05 PM | Solar Project Story 2 |
| 6:10 PM | Sponsor Presentation 1 |
| 6:15 PM | Solstock MC – 1st Raffle Prize Drawing |
| 6:20 PM | Solar Project Story 3 |
| 6:25 PM | Sponsor Presentation 2 |
| 7:30 PM | Sustainability in Business – Featuring a Sponsoring Business |
| 7:35 PM | 2nd Raffle Prize Drawing |
| 7:40 PM |
Solar Project Story 4 |
| 7:45 PM |
Sponsor/Sustainability in Business Presentation Last Call Beer |
| 7:50pm |
Raffle Grand Prize drawing |
| 8:00 |
Solar Story Winners Announced |
| 7:55 PM |
Final Announcements Winners pick up prizes between 7:45-8 pm Pay at the registration booth and show your receipt at the Silent Auction Table |
Help Us Meet Our Goal
We’re raising funds to bring solar power to Wisconsin nonprofits—schools, shelters, food banks, community centers, and more. Every $200 raised provides one solar panel to a nonprofit in need, helping them lower utility costs and invest more in their mission.
With your support, we hope to raise $5,000 at this year’s Solstock Storytelling Festival, bringing clean energy to even more organizations across the state. Thanks to programs like Solar for Good and Solar on Schools, CSF has already helped over 275 Wisconsin nonprofits go solar—and we know this is just the beginning.
Thank You Sponsors
If you can’t attend, please support us by giving to the Couillard Solar Foundation.
Every dollar the foundation spends results in over $11 spent to add solar to Wisconsin’s energy grid. Our grant programs serve Wisconsin nonprofits such as:
- Schools
- Libraries
- Service organizations such as YMCAs, Boys & Girls Clubs
- Homeless shelters, women’s shelters and food pantries
- Senior Housing
- Humane Societies and other animal conservation groups
- Conservation and sports organizations
- Churches and other houses of worship
In turn, these groups meet their own renewable energy and conservation goals, and have more money to spend on their own missions to help Wisconsin residents.