OZtoberfest
OZtoberfest
OZtoberfest
Mark your calendars for OCTOBER 5, 2024 for a FUN, FALL FAMILY CELEBRATION known as OZtoberFEST! Join us in downtown Wamego for a variety of activities including our OZ Costume Contest, Toto look-a-like contest, an Outdoor OZ Market, Classic Car Show, Wizard's Beer & Wine Garden, Munchkinland, Munchkin Junction and many more OZsome activities.
Coming Soon!
- WIZARD'S BEER & WINE GARDEN: Craft and domestic beers and Wines - 11am – 7pm
- CARRIAGE RIDES- Horse of a different color 11a-5p Load at 6th and Lincoln
- CRAFT VENDORS - 10 am to 5 pm
- CHILDREN'S ACTIVITIES - 10 am - 5 pm
- FACE PAINTING
- FOOD TRUCKS
- CARRIAGE RIDES with a Horse of a Different Color
- OZ COSTUME CONTEST- Emerald City Stage in front of Columbian 12 noon-NO registration required.
- TOTO Look-a-Like COMPETITION - Emerald City Stage 1:00 pm
- FOOD VENDORS: Variety of great food and drinks
- INFLATABLES: $10 All day wristbands
- OZ CHARACTERS: Throughout the day indoors and out, look for OZ Characters for photo opportunities and more.
- STORYTIME with Dorothy:
- OZ VIGNETTES: Photo ops, throughout the festival, indoors & out.
- TOTO’S TACOZ! OZsome fresh-mex fare with big taste. Indoor, patio-style seating offers plenty of room for you to enjoy local favorites like Yellow Brick Burro’d, Tin Man Black Bean Burrito and Munchkin Tacoz.
- WICKED WITCH BALCONY APPEARANCES
- 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! Serving 4 free samples( customer choices!) all day Saturday.
Emerald City Stage-In front of Columbian
10am- Introduction of Special Guests
10:30am- Munchkin look-a-like Contest
11am- Yellow Brick Road Rock Band
12pm- Oz Costume Contest
12:30pm-Toto Look-a-Like Contest
1pm-Break
2pm-Kanvas Dance Company
3pm- Heartland Harmony Chorus
4pm- High Voltage
4:30pm- WHS Jazz Band
OUTDOOR OZ MARKET
Locally made Kansas items!
FOOD COURT
- A variety of food trucks/tents. Something for everyone.
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.
10am- The Trial of Dorothy
12pm-John Fricke Presentation-85th Anniversary
2pm- Q& A with Special Guests
3pm-The Trial of Dorothy
- Munchkin Muffin March every hour starting at 11am.
- Munchkin Junction starts at 10am & runs all day.
- Photo Ops with vignettes all day.
- Vintage Oz Shop.
10:30am- Bench Reveal
Jane Doll Talk- 11am, 1pm & 3pm
JP Tour- 11:30am, 1:30pm & 3:30PM
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.
CURRENCY
Most vendors will only take cash. There are ATM’s located at Landmark National Bank on Lincoln and Bank of the Flint Hills, located on 5th Street.
LOST CHILD
Please come to information booth, centrally located at festival. Police will assist.
EMERGENCY SERVICES
Emergency Services are located at the intersection of 6th & Lincoln.
Costume Contest Outline:
Registration is NO longer required. Contest begins at 12 noon.
Two Age Groups:
o 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.
1:00 pm. Bring YOUR Toto to Emerald City Stage (in front of the Columbian Theatre) to see if your dog is the next Toto look-a-like!
