Oct. 29 Elberta Sausage Fest includes carnival, crafts

Oct. 29 Elberta Sausage Fest includes carnival, crafts
Combine 7,200 pounds of sausage made from a secret recipe developed by the founding fathers of Elberta with 250 venders selling everything from custom belt buckles to french roasted peanuts. Throw in a few hundred kegs of beer – both domestic and German – served in the festival’s own Bier Garten.
Add entertainment, a full fledged carnival and 38 years of tradition and you have it – The Bi-Annual Elberta Original German Sausage Festival, scheduled on Saturday, October 29 from 8 a.m. until 5 p.m. in Elberta Town Park. The park is located just north of Elberta’s only traffic light on Hwy.98 (just follow the crowd).
Besides Elberta’s famous German sausage & sauerkraut, the event will include continuous entertainment for adults and children. Other scrumptious foods will include German style filled cabbage, potato salad, goulash, red beans & rice, hamburgers, hot dogs, BBQ sandwiches, ice cream, popcorn and peanuts. There will be baked goods as well as arts & crafts for sale, and volunteers will serve plenty of other non-alcoholic beverages in addition to beer.
New this year is the Elberta Weiner Dash – 5K and 1 mile Fun Run the morning of the festival. Participants will follow a flat, certified 5K course through the country side. The registration fee (shirt included) for adults is $20 and $15 (shirt included) for kids 12 and under. To pre-register, visit events.com. Registration forms are also available at local running stores. Race day registration and packet pick-up will be available from 6:30 – 7:45 a.m. at Elberta Middle School.
Capt. Lee Lindblom (corner of U.S. Hwy 98 & Chicago St.), the Bellview Stumpfiddle Band and the North End Stompers will perform. Cloggers. Polka, country and German music will also be provided for entertainment.
The festival usually attracts close to 30,000 visitors. Public parking will be available and those with disabilities can get access from the west side of the festival, where volunteers with golf carts will be on hand to help them get into the festival grounds.
Call 251-986-5805 or visit sausagefest.elbertafire. com or facebook for more info