Huge brat loaded with sauerkraut and spicy mustard? Check.
Turkey legs and funnel cakes? Check, check.
German bands at different stages, the chicken dance and true German attire? Check, check, CHECK!
If you have never been to Wurstfest in New Braunfels, Texas this is your year to go. It is honestly one of my favorite weekends of the year, just behind TX/OU weekend, I might even like it more than Christmas. This will be my 5th Annual Wurstfest and every year it gets better.
I have had pledges, parents, and buses drive me…but whatever your form of transportation, make sure you are NOT the driver! Pitchers upon pitchers of beer will be entering your bloodstream but don’t fret, you get to take a souvenir home with you. All cups and pitchers are yours to keep,
and I promise you will have a tower.
Last year was the first t
ime I actually ventured from the Big Tent/Little Tent area. (It is very easy to get caught up dancing with cute old men to German music.) They have rides that are sure to entertain you while you are not drinking, eating, or dancing.
2008 Winners of the Wurstfest Waltz Contest (left)
Wurstfest opens on weekdays at 5 pm, and Saturdays and Sundays at 11 am. Wurstfest closes at 12 Midnight on Thursday and Frid
ays, 10 pm Sunday through Wednesday, and 1 am on Saturdays and at 10 pm on the last Sunday.
Festival admission is $8.00 ($6.00 if purchased by Thursday, October 29) and
includes access to all entertainment areas including the Wursthalle. For group rate information and special day discounts, call 830/625-9167 or 1-800-221-4369.
The festival begins this weekend, October 30, saluting sausage for ten days ending Sunday November 8. Get your crew together and get a driver and I will see you in New Braunfels! After all… THE BEST TIMES ARE THE WURST TIMES!!!
