![]() “I had a very talkative person … and at some point, I just had to concede and said I’d talk about Fredonia. “So, I was on my way back (from Las Vegas) and just like any good trip to Vegas, I was hoping that no one would sit by me, or that whoever sat by me wouldn’t want to talk.” “Every good story starts, of course, with a trip to Las Vegas,” says Jennifer Bacani McKenney, the instigator of the festival and a family physician at the Fredonia Regional Hospital. The inspiration for the festival came from a conversation two airline passengers had in 2015. Unlike many time-honored festivals in other Kansas towns, Sausage Fest started a relatively short time ago. ![]() There’s also the Wiener Weway, where participants scarf down a hot dog, drink a beverage and run with a Kielbasa baton in a relay around the town square. ![]() Join a scavenger search known as the Quest for the Gilded Banger. It’s the kind of event where you can sign up for the 5K Wiener Walk. It celebrates community but with a twist – double-entendres on male genitalia. A truly family-friendly festival, Sausage Fest takes place in the town square on the last Saturday night in August. Wilson, Dodge City’s Boot Hill and Harper all have testicle festivals, a showcase for deep-fried Rocky Mountain oysters.īut perhaps no festival in Kansas walks the line between bawdiness and boosterism quite like Fredonia’s Sausage Fest. WaKeeney has a Buzzard Bash, celebrating turkey vultures. Lindsborg’s plethora of festivals includes Svensk Hyllningsfest, which celebrates its Swedish heritage, and Vaffeldagen, a festival of waffles. Participants rock around the clock for a week in rocking chairs, sometimes raising more than $25,000 for community projects. Dinsmoor’s historic Garden of Eden.Įlk Falls celebrates its outhouses each year with a festival on the Saturday before Thanksgiving.Ĭuba has the Rock-A-Thon. Because, you know, the town is home to S.P. One doesn’t need to look hard to find a zany festival in Kansas. Wichita’s libraries offering far more than just books these days.Latinos enrich the culture and economy of Wyandotte County.How the Flint Hills Trail became the state’s longest ride. ![]()
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