The ninth annual Mount Angel Wurstfest is a last chance to eat, drink and be merry before Ash Wednesday, March 1, which for Christians is the start of the austere and holy season of Lent. This year’s Wurstfest Friday, Feb. 24 and Saturday, Feb. 25 is 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. at the Mount Angel Festhalle, 500 S. Wilco Hwy., […]
Before you give up chocolate or television or meat during the Lenten season, take the opportunity to have some fun. Known as the Mardi Gras of Mount Angel, the Mount Angel Chamber of Commerce Wurstfest is a chance eat, drink and be merry before the Lenten season begins. Wurstfest is always held on the weekend before Ash Wednesday, which this […]
Is it possible in one weekend to celebrate Valentine’s Day, Oregon’s birthday, have one last blast before the Lenten season begins on Ash Wednesday and get a kick start on health goals? Only if you are willing to have the best of times at the Wurstfest. The seventh annual Mount Angel Wurstfest is 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Friday, Feb. […]
By Kristine Thomas The “wurst” festival in Mount Angel invites guests to learn a new German word and partake in a new tradition – Fasching. “Fasching is the German Mardi Gras celebration,” Kathy Wall of the Wurstfest committee said. “Many years ago, Fasching was celebrated in Mount Angel, and we are bringing back the tradition and encouraging people to celebrate […]
Sausage, strudel, pretzel, beverages, dancing, non-stop music and a lot of fun will make Mount Angel’s fourth annual Wurstfest come alive.
Gervais resident Bruce Hunt tries to avoid going to festivals for his wife, Phyllis, and his company, Hunt’s Hazelnuts. “I usually try to work behind the scenes delivering product and letting others work the counter,” he said.
The 2010 Northwest Festivals Conference Ovation Award Ceremony recognized Mount Angel’s Wurstfest 2009 as Best New Festival or Event in Oregon, Oktoberfest was honored as the Best Cultural and Heritage Event for 2009 and Oktoberfest Public Relations Director Jerry Lauzon is the Oregon Festival and Event Industry’s Volunteer of the Year for 2009.
The second annual Wurstfest is Feb. 12 – 14. This year’s festival includes and additional night of fun, an elimination-style Valentine’s dance to find the couple married the longest and gifts for the ladies who attend the festival on Valentine’s Day.
Mt. Angel is throwing another party and this time it is to celebrate the end of winter, the beginning of Lent and the gastronomic wonders of German sausage (wurst). The event, cosponsored by Oktoberfest and Mt. Angel Chamber of Commerce, is set to take place in the Oktoberfest Building in Mt. Angel on Saturday and Sunday, Feb. 21 and 22. It will be a place for families to come, eat, drink and be merry in all matters Bavarian.
