Activities

The heart and soul of the Queen City Sausage Festival is the enjoyment of our delicious sausages.  But, just like family gatherings, real magic happens when you headline the great food and support it with lots of fun and activities for all ages.  That is exactly what we do!  Here are the highlights!  Oh, by the way.  The there is admittance charge to the festival.

• Queen City Mug Slide: Try your luck by sliding a mug across the long game table with the target center at the end.  Win Queen City Sausages or festival t-shirt. 
• Big 6 Game:  Place your bets and spin the wheel!
• Corn Hole Game:  Free to festival visitors!
• 3 Daily Sausage Eating Contests:  This is fun!  Really fun!  One contest each day.  Contestants vie for the prizes and title while challenging each other to see who can eat the most Queen City sausages.  Look for the Brat eating Contest, New Beef and Swiss Contest, and the Footlong Hot Dog Contest.
• Recipe Contest:  The challenge is to see who can create the best, most creative recipe using Queen City sausages.  Our local panel of judges will taste and decide.  Prizes of course!
• Wardway-Weber Grill Sample Booth:  Stop by this deliciously educational booth.  Enjoy samples of Queen City sausages and enter your name for a chance to win a super deluxe Weber grill!
• Children’s Rides: Visit our FunLand family section for rides and game trailer.
• Fish Pond:  What child can resist?  Every player is a winner!
• Fab Jen Face Painting:  Fab Jen is a very rare talent.  Her face painting skills are “Hollywood” quality at “family friendly” prices.  Great for kids and adults!
• Two-Handed Mikey Caricature Artist:  Stop by this booth for an opportunity to be transformed!  See yourself from Mikey’s fun and unique cartoon perspective. 
• Magic Shows!  Presto Paul astounds, captivates, and entertains!  We challenge you to try to figure out how he performs his magic!
• Hamsters Water Balls:  Find out what happens when you climb into a plastic ball, launch into a huge swimming pool, and begin rolling around like a hamster.  Fun!  Fun!  Fun!
• Visit the Christian Moerlein Bier Garten:  Relax and enjoy live acoustic music and take in the scenic Ohio River and Downtown Cincinnati skyline.
• Free-Continuous, Live Entertainment:  Center stage is the place for live, local, lite rock music. 
• Stop by the “Cooking Show” Booth:  Local chefs will demonstrate creative uses and recipes using Queen City sausages.
• Putt-Putt Game:  Show your golf skills and have a chance to play the progressive split the pot!!  Challenging and rewarding!
• Souvenirs: The Queen City Sausage Company booth offers “Official” 2011 Festival t-shirts and other gear.
• Queen City Sausage Shop:  See what is new and purchase the best selling Queen City Sausages and Goetta at special festival only prices.