{"id":82075,"date":"2018-09-11T17:06:43","date_gmt":"2018-09-11T21:06:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=82075"},"modified":"2018-09-11T17:06:43","modified_gmt":"2018-09-11T21:06:43","slug":"artsquest-seeking-entries-for-inaugural-karl-ehmer-bratwurst-eating-competitions-at-oktoberfest-oct-6-13","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=82075","title":{"rendered":"ArtsQuest Seeking Entries for Inaugural Karl Ehmer Bratwurst Eating Competitions at Oktoberfest Oct. 6 &#038; 13"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>BETHLEHEM, PA\u2014 Calling all brat lovers! In a challenge of human vs. meat, the strong-willed and strong-stomached will battle it out to see who the champions of The Karl Ehmer Bratwurst Eating Competitions will be at the 8<sup>th<\/sup> Annual Oktoberfest at SteelStacks, <span data-term=\"goog_672451327\">Oct. 6 &amp; 13<\/span>, <span data-term=\"goog_672451329\">6:30 p.m.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>While the world record of 70 brats in just 10 minutes was set by the legendary Joey Chestnut in 2013, contestants in The Karl Ehmer Bratwurst Eating Competitions face a smaller feat. The first contestant to finish 15 Karl Ehmer brats in each competition will be crowned the winner and receive a $250 cash prize. Brats will be served bun-less and contestants will be given water to help wash the brats down.<\/p>\n<p>Those interested in competing must contact ArtsQuest Cinema &amp; Comedy Programming Assistant Rickey Negron at <u>rnegron@artsquest.org<\/u> to apply. There is no cost to participate and registration will close two days prior to each competition.<\/p>\n<p>Now in its eighth year, Oktoberfest presented by Lehigh Valley International Airport (ABE) is a free festival that features German food, beer and live music, as well as attractions like the exciting Beer-Lympics competition, popular dachshund races, Yuengling Oktoberfest 5k,\u00a0local artisans and more! Festival dates are <span data-term=\"goog_672451330\">Oct. 5\u20137<\/span> &amp; 12-14. Hours are Fridays, <span data-term=\"goog_672451331\">5-10 p.m.<\/span>; Saturdays, <span data-term=\"goog_672451332\">noon-10 p.m.<\/span>; and Sundays, <span data-term=\"goog_672451333\">noon-6 p.m.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>For more information, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.steelstacks.org\/oktoberfest\">www.steelstacks.org\/oktoberfest<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Information and image provided to TVL by:<br \/>\nMark Demko, ArtsQuest<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.artsquest.org\/\">http:\/\/www.artsquest.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class='adkingprobanner sidebar banner3023'><a href='http:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/' target=\"_blank\" data-id='3023' data-ga='{\"campaign\":\"\",\"banner\":\"\",\"implemented\":\"universal\",\"imp_action\":\"Impression\",\"click_action\":\"Click\"}'><img src='https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/inpostblank.jpg' alt='' \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class='adkingprobanner sidebar banner7036'><a href='http:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com' target=\"_blank\" data-id='7036' data-ga='{\"campaign\":\"\",\"banner\":\"\",\"implemented\":\"universal\",\"imp_action\":\"Impression\",\"click_action\":\"Click\"}'><img src='https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/inpostblank.jpg' alt='' \/><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?post_type=adverts_posts&p=7036\" class=\"read-more\">Click here to read more... <\/a>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":82076,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[14,69,482],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-82075","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-calendar-events","category-in-the-valley","category-press-release-2"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Bratwurst.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82075"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=82075"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82075\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/82076"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=82075"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=82075"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=82075"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}