Shawnee on Delaware, PA - Come experience the best of the wurst! Shawnee Mountain Ski Area will be hosting the 2nd Annual Poconos’ Wurst Festival this July 17th & 18th with all the brews, brats, and music you could want.
With both Polish and German themes, the event will feature 3 stages of music, traditional costumed dance performances, Dachsund “hot dog” races, ethnic craft vendors, and plenty of wursts, wieners, kielbasa, pierogies and crafted brews. Kids’ entertainment will also include “Ski” the Polish Magician, juggling shows and face painting.
Eighteen-time Grammy Award winning Jimmy Sturr and his Orchestra will be headlining the event. “America’s Polka King” will be performing on Saturday, July 17th with his ensemble on our main stage. Joe Stanky and the Cadets from Nanticoke, PA will also be playing on Saturday as well as The Austrian Boys German quartet from Connecticut and The Schwarzzenegger Connection from the Catskills region of New York. Sunday’s entertainment headliner will be Grammy Award winning Walt Groller and his Orchestra from southern Pennsylvania. This band, said to create the “happiest music in the world”, will have you clapping your hands, singing along, and dancing to traditional melodies and lively polkas. Also playing on the main stage on Sunday, one of the hardest working Polka bands in the Northeast, Pennsylvania’s own John Stanky and the Coalminers. The Schwarzzenegger Connection and The Austrian Boys will also join us again on Sunday, July 18th. Other entertainment will include Krzysztof the strolling Polish Accordion Player, the Janosik Polish Dance Ensemble from Philadelphia, PA on Saturday and the United German Hungarian Dancers from Langhorne, PA on Sunday. Make sure to bring your lederhosen and beer steins to this Oktoberfest in July!
The Poconos’ Wurst 5K Trail Run will be held in conjunction with Sunday’s festivities. Benefiting the Pocono chapter of Girls on the Run, the race starts at 8:30am. The trail course is geared for beginner/novice runners and walkers and will be held on the grounds of the Ski Area on a tree lined open trail. Race participants will receive free admission to the festival on Sunday.
The festival and race will be held rain or shine. Advanced Festival Admission Tickets, Adults $12 and Children ages 5 – 12 $10, age 4 and under FREE, are now on sale. Plenty of FREE onsite parking is provided.
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