WurstFest

Boulder City Sunrise Rotary’s annual Fundraiser ~ (“Fun”raiser) takes place the last weekend of September in Bicentennial Park in Boulder City. This popular and successful annual event is Sunrise Rotary’s annual fundraising project and the proceeds go back into community activities, the largest of these being the alcohol and drug free, “All Night Graduation Party” hosted for the Boulder City High School graduating seniors. Planned to keep young adults safe on graduation night, the event takes lots of manpower and costs a great deal. However, it is Sunrise Rotary's most rewarding project!

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Come join us for our annual WurstFest!
Always the last Saturday in September.

By 11 a.m. The Rotary Bratgrillers start cooking the more than 4,000 brats, sausages and hot dogs to be served at this one day event. BCS Rotarians built and donated the grill in Bicentennial Park to be used for this event as well as to be used by the community.   Refreshing soft drinks, margaritas and beer are on tap and being poured by Sunrise Rotarians, family and friends, while still others host the Wine Tasting Pavilion.

The Classic Car Show  has become quite a tradition showcasing  several hundred  cars on display in the park from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

The silent auction (from 1 to 3 p.m.) includes donations from local and valley merchants, Rotarians and friends, including jewelry, theme baskets, gift certificates, artwork and lots of easy on the wallet items. For the delight of the children there is a no charge play area overseen by Rotarians and friends.

The largest piece to this fundraiser is the Live Auction running from 4 to 6 p.m. Zany Rotarian auctioneers and spotters, add fun to this popular event with bidders always in very vocal but friendly competion to purchase the items. Some items you can usually count on in this event are vehicles, golf and vacation packages, furniture, sports memorabilia, tandem bikes and donations from businesses and Rotarians.

The 5 member Dummkopf’s German Polka band, always a treat for the crowds, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. with their oom-pa music and comedy routines.  Musical artists are: Broomhilda on the keyboard, Saur on trombone, Kraut on horn, Hans Off on guitar and Otto B. Scott on drums.

The evening boasts a rockin’ good time  when the valleys top beach party band takes to Colorado  Street.  Tommy Rocker and his “Conched Out” Band (pronounced “konked” like the marine conch shell)  play the best of the Beach Boys, Bob Marley  and some good ol' rockn’ roll  combined with Jimmy Buffet's Margaretaville sounds, jokes, crowd sing alongs and just a great energized show. Bring your lawn chair or set on the grass in the surrounding parks.