The inaugural Liebenthal Fall Festival will be held on Saturday, Sept. 19, and Crazy Horse 2.0 will be the headlining band providing entertainment from 8 to 11 p.m.
Earlier in the day, to start off the music at 11:30 a.m., The Hot Shots will play their traditional Mid-Western brand of lively polka music and waltzes. From 4 to 6 p.m., Brady Nichols and The High Plains Drifters take the stage.
The evening activities will provide the opportunity to grab a bite to eat from the food trucks, enjoy the ice cream social, visit the beer garden, or watch the beard competition at 6 p.m. The Beard Competition will feature five categories on which to be judged: the longest beard, scruffiest beard, best-groomed beard, and the beard the judges determine looks most like a Santa Claus beard. The last category will encourage young and old, or boys and girls, to participate in the best looking Fake Beard. All are welcome to enter and can register on-site prior to the start of the competition.
To kick off the activities for the day, a 3k Color Fun Run will be held at 9 a.m., and all age groups are welcome to participate. Participants will be “sprayed” with color dyes as they make their way through the course. The lineup will take place at 4th & Elm Streets.
Also set up and ready to start at 9 a.m. will be craft vendors, the beer garden and a tractor show. Several unique events will be the Stein Holding Contest at noon, the Skillet Throwing Competition at 1 p.m., and a Lime Stone Post Rock breaking demonstration. The Stein Holding Contest will have a Men and Women’s Division with a max of 20 contestants each. First come, first to compete. The Winner in each division will receive a commemorative Stein. Participants must be 21 years old.
The full schedule of events is available at www.rushcounty.org/liebenthal_fest
For updates – search for: Liebenthal-Fall-Fest facebook page. https://www.facebook.com/p/Liebenthal-Fall-Fest-61581148497665/For more information, questions, or to become a sponsor, contact the committee:Email: Liebenthalfallfest@gmail.com