Oktobrewfest taking shape

Vendors are lining up for Main Street’s upcoming Oktobrewfest event to be held Saturday, September 26.

Six non-food vendors have made commitments and will feature handmade crafts and gifts, jewelry, Scentsy products, and 307 Beard products.

Additional sponsor booths will line the streets along with seven food vendors providing guests with everything from brats to kettle corn and German chocolate funnel cakes to caramel apples.

Main Street Thermopolis board president, Stefanie Gilbert is still encouraging more local non-food vendors to purchase booth space to highlight their unique, local crafts.

The Farmers Market will continue to run Saturday mornings until October and as the two events will be overlapping downtown areas, Gilbert commented that inviting the group to participate in Oktobrewfest might be a good idea. She made plans to contact the Master Gardeners about sharing downtown space for both events.

Keep your eye out for Oktobrewfest posters going up around town as well as neighboring communities. Main Street members are working hard to get the word out about this fun event which will have fun and games for kids and adults.

A kid’s play area will be designated on the South end of 5th Street and adult games will be spread out with tournaments for the popular game “Corn Hole” and minnow races.

Music will be streaming throughout the event. The original scheduled band unfortunately cancelled, but Gilbert announced that she had lined up Worland band Shark Twain who has a large following and will hopefully bring spectators from the North.

A pick-up/drop-off area for the Senior Center sponsored by Safe Rides and Teton Distributing was decided to be at the turnaround on 6th Street and Broadway. The board decided this was a highly visible location that would encourage more participation in safe rides while being close to main events.

Main Street Manager, Lea Schoenewald, has been lining up historic tours for the event. She has been in contact with business owners from Needful Things, One Eyed Buffalo, Owl Creek Graphics, Storyteller, and Black Bear Café.

Final details for the event included setting a deadline of September 10 for ordering Oktobrewfest t-shirts which will hold the same logo as last year but on a heather burnt orange shirt and approving the purchase of plastic mugs.

Both items were approved and a follow-up meeting was scheduled for September 9.