OZtoberfest
Oct
4
OZtoberfest
OZtoberfest
Mark your calendars for OCTOBER 4, 2025 for a FUN, FALL FAMILY CELEBRATION known as OZtoberFEST!
The streets of Downtown Wamego become the Yellow Brick Road with an OZ Costume Contest, Toto look-a-like contest, an Outdoor OZ Arts & Crafts Market, Classic Car Show, Wizard's Beer & Wine Garden, Munchkinland, Munchkin Junction and many more OZsome activities!
- OZtoberfest 10am - 4pm
- OPENING CEREMONY - 10am Outdoor Stage Downtown
- CRAFT VENDORS - 10 am to 4 pm
- CHILDREN'S ACTIVITIES - 10 am - 4 pm
- INFLATABLES: $10 All day wristbands
- FACE PAINTING
- FOOD TRUCKS
- WIZARD'S BEER & WINE GARDEN: Craft and domestic beers and Wines
- OZ COSTUME CONTEST- Outdoor Stage Downtown - 12 noon - NO registration required.
- TOTO Look-a-Like COMPETITION - Outdoor Stage Downtown - 1:00 pm - NO registration required.
- OZ CHARACTERS: Throughout the day indoors and out, look for OZ Characters for photo opportunities and more.
- OZ VIGNETTES: Photo ops, throughout the festival, indoors & out.
- WICKED WITCH BALCONY APPEARANCES!
- CARRIAGE RIDES with a Horse of a Different Color
- BUBBLES WITH GLINDA
- YELLOW BRICK ROAD SALE: Vanderbilt’s: Your Work Boot Center
- OZ WINERY: Sample their fine wines for purchase while you're in Wamego!
11:00am - OZ Guest Presentation
11:30am - Museum Unveiling
12:30pm - OZ Guest Presentation
2:30pm - OZ Guest Presentation
Munchkin Junction: Childrens crafts and events, starts at 10am & runs all day.
Munchkin Muffin March every hour starting at 11am.
Photo Ops with vignettes all day.
Vintage Oz Shop.
1:00 pm. Bring YOUR Toto to the Downtown Entertainment Stage to see if your dog is the next Toto look-a-like!
Costume Contest Outline:
Registration is NO longer required. Contest begins at 12 noon at the Downtown Entertainment Stage.
Two Age Groups: Under 18 and Over 18
There are 9 costume categories. Awards will be presented to the winners, in both age groups, of each category:
- Best Dorothy
- Best Munchkin
- Best Lion
- Best Scarecrow
- Best Tinman
- Best Glinda
- Best Wicked Witch
- Flying Monkey
- Wizard of OZ
Contestants will be called on stage by category starting with age group Under 18 then moving to Over 18. The Host will call contestants on stage according to type and age. Once all entries for Dorothy have been brought on stage they return to their seats and the Host will call up Munchkin entries and so on. All entries for a specific “character” return to their seats after the last entry walks across the stage.
- OZ Characters will be the judges.
- One winner per category per age group will then be announced.
Winners remain on stage for a group photo.
Follow the yellow brick road (Hwy 99) to the 8th annual classic car show, HEROES, HOT RODS & MOTORCYCLES along the 600 and 700 Blocks of Lincoln Ave.
FUELING PATRIOTISM BY HONORING OUR NATION’S MILITARY HEROES! Check out the HISTORIC MILITARY VEHICLES, ANTIQUE CARS, RAFFLES & SO MUCH MORE!
Registration Fee: Free with donation. Same day registration at 7th and Lincoln: 9am – 12pm
Raffle Drawings & Awards: 2pm
Heroes, Hot Rods, and Motorcycles is the signature fundraiser for the Kansas Honor Flight - Wamego High School Program! All of the registration donations and raffle monies will be donated to this organization. The Honor Flight has a mission to take veterans to Washington D.C. to see their respective memorials. Wamego High School proudly joined the Kansas Honor Flight Network in 2012. The Kansas Honor Flight - Wamego High School program pairs local students with area veterans for a memorable two-day trip to Washington D.C. National Honor Society students serve as guardians to the honored veterans. The trip is free to the veterans thanks to our financial partners and fundraisers, such as the Heroes, Hot Rods, and Motorcycles car show. www.whshonorflight.com.
The Heroes, Hot Rods, and Motorcycles car show and OztoberFest have become an Honor Flight Reunion venue for the Wamego High School organization. The veterans and the students come together once again to visit and reminisce.
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OUTDOOR OZ MARKET
Locally made Kansas items!
FOOD COURT
A variety of food trucks/tents. Something for everyone.
Beer & Wine
Sold from the Beer and Wine tent downtown, common consumption will allow you to walk and shop or enjoy the entertainment on Lincoln between 4th and 6th streets with your beverage.
PARKING
Parking is available on side streets and around the City Park. Festival is centrally located downtown, Lincoln Avenue, so it is easy to park and walk to this family event.
RESTROOMS
Porta Pottys are available throughout the festival.
EMERGENCY SERVICES
Emergency Services are located at the intersection of 6th & Lincoln.
