Welcome to the Dragging the Gut Festival webpage. I hope you'll join us in 2012 for the third year of re-living the old days of cruising like "American Graffiti" on the main street. We're working out the details and hope to have more information to post before too long. As always we'll be collecting food for the local YCAP Food Bank and plan to have live bands and food together with Dragging the Gut.
Portland's KINK 101.9 FM is the official radio station of the Dragging the Gut Festival 2012! KINK will help by promoting the festival over their air, and their afternoon drive-time personality Steve Pringle will MC at the festival's music area on Saturday, Aug. 25th from 5-7 p.m. Thank you Steve Pringle & KINK Radio for helping make the 3rd Annual Dragging the Gut Festival the best yet!!
Here's the tentative festival schedule in Downtown McMinnville:
Friday, August 24, 2012
- Friday night party at McMenamin's Hotel Oregon in Downtown McMinnville. Featuring a live band, open to all ages - free admission. 6 -10 p.m. No host socializing later after party at hotel.
- Dragging the Vine: an industry style wine tasting at "Noah's ... A Wine Bar" two doors down from Hotel Oregon. Friday 4 - 7 p.m., & Saturday 1 – 4 p.m. Admission pricing and details to be announced.
Saturday, August 25, 2012
- Live bands & food booths at 3rd & Irvine at parking lot of the 1st Assembly of God Church: noon - 10 p.m. free admission, all ages.
- Dragging the Vine: an industry style wine tasting at "Noah's ... A Wine Bar" two doors down from Hotel Oregon. Friday 4 - 7 p.m., & Saturday 1 – 4 p.m. Admission pricing and details to be announced.
- The Ezra Koch Car Show on the end of 3rd St. at the Saint James Catholic Church: noon - 5 p.m. Food available for purchase from the Knights of Columbus food booth. Free admission to event for the public. Car registration required for cars participating in show $15.
- MAIN EVENT: Dragging the Gut: 5 p.m. - midnight on open street, all cars welcome. Please obey all normal traffic laws.
Check out the various pages here by clicking on the tabs above. Check out the News/Photos/Video page with all kinds of news and picture/video links. The History tab lets you look back at the first two Dragging the Gut Festivals. Thanks for visiting this website and don't forget to save the date for the 3rd Annual Dragging the Gut Festival Fri. & Sat., Aug. 24-25, 2012.
Thanks,
Ruben Contreras, Jr.
Festival Founder
Contact@DraggingTheGutFestival.com
