Today at 11 a.m. marks the beginning of the World’s Largest Brat Fest (www.bratfest.com) on Williow Island, near the Alliant Energy Center in Madison. The festival lasts throughout the Memorial Day weekend and features a great variety of entertainment, local celebrity cashiers, and more Johnsonville Brats, Oscar Mayer Hotdogs, and Boca Brats than you’ve ever seen before. The goal? To raise funds for local charities and break the event’s self-proclaimed word record of 189,432 brats sold. If stacked end-to-end, that’s almost 19-miles of brats! And since the event is actually only open for 34 hours, that’s almost 100 brats per minute. Over its 22-year history, the festival has sold 1,890,596 brats to raise more than $501,000 for more than 70 nonprofit groups.
One of the biggest changes to this year’s event is a hefty price increase of fifty cents for brats, Boca brats, hotdogs, and soft drinks–so you better be ready to throw down. With a 50% price increase, it’s gonna cost you $1 for a hotdog, and $1.50 for a brat, Boca brat, or soft drink. Also, the event has added “Johnsonville” to its official name, garnering a big brat donation–the first 150,000–from Johnsonville Sausage Co.
I don’t know about you, but I plan to make a stop at the Brat Fest tomorrow afternoon. I’ll be doing my part to contribute to a new world record and charity. Also, the finish line of the half-marathon that I’m running on Sunday conveniently ends at the Brat Fest, so maybe I’ll have a few more then, too.
And please don’t forget your Brat Fest souvenirs! You can buy all your brat gear at the festival, or online at www.bratgear.com.
One of the biggest changes to this year’s event is a hefty price increase of fifty cents for brats, Boca brats, hotdogs, and soft drinks–so you better be ready to throw down. With a 50% price increase, it’s gonna cost you $1 for a hotdog, and $1.50 for a brat, Boca brat, or soft drink. Also, the event has added “Johnsonville” to its official name, garnering a big brat donation–the first 150,000–from Johnsonville Sausage Co.
I don’t know about you, but I plan to make a stop at the Brat Fest tomorrow afternoon. I’ll be doing my part to contribute to a new world record and charity. Also, the finish line of the half-marathon that I’m running on Sunday conveniently ends at the Brat Fest, so maybe I’ll have a few more then, too.
And please don’t forget your Brat Fest souvenirs! You can buy all your brat gear at the festival, or online at www.bratgear.com.
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you, my dear, rock the blog world! plus ...brat fest! Im so jealous!
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