Largest Brat Fest

The Brat Fest Event was held on every Memorial Day at Madison, Wisconsin   by Tom Metcalfe. Metcalfe was the owner of Sentry Foods located in Hilldale Mall. The event was initially intended as a customer appreciation   event for people who shopped Metcalfe’s Sentry Grocery  but soon the event  took to a  shape of a fundraising programme for local charities. Madison’s Brat Fest can be rightly described as  awesome which is a sum of  Brats, music, charity and Wisconsin  the place. Brat Fest is 4 days filled with music, food and fun in the heart of downtown Madison, Wisconsin.  The Fest is all about eating Brats  but more importantly it is about giving back to the community. The Brat Fest is held on  the Memorial Day weekend every year  irrespective of whether it rains or sun shines   the proceeds  benefit  charities. In turn local charities help to  staff  the event. Brat Fest is also about enjoying good food at great prices while celebrating Wisconsin’s heritage and the people who make Madison a great place to live.

 A total 209,376 brats were sold at that  year's Brat Fest on Willow Island at the Alliant Energy Center grounds in Madison - setting the new world record for the Largest Brat Fest. The organizers said that the current record  tops the record set in  2009  by 624 brats. The brats were laid from end to end and would have easily stretched  nearly 20 miles the previous year.  It was a fun weekend for tens of thousands of people who have two things in common -- helping a good cause and sharing a love for brats. Tim Metcalfe organizer of the Brat Fest propounded his own theory  to reason the popularity of brats there. Brats indicate German Heritage  and it also says something about their work, sports team  and the end of winter. About 27 years ago the  Brat  Fest was being conducted in Sentry Hilldale Parking lot but today is pulling crowds at  Willow Island by Alliant Energy Center. Bratwurst is considered a s the soul food of Wisconsin.

The largest brat fest counted to 209376 brats  that got sold during the fest at Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America on June 6, 2010.