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Beef-A-Rama
Minocqua, WI · Food & Drink
- When
- September 26, 2026
- Where
- Downtown Minocqua, Oneida St · Minocqua · WI
- Cost
- Not confirmed
- Status
- Confirmed from the organizer's published schedule
A one-day downtown street festival in Minocqua built around a competitive beef-eating contest, run by the local chamber of commerce for more than sixty years. It draws upward of 12,000 people to Oneida Street on the last Saturday of September. The contest is the festival's centerpiece alongside food and craft vendors.
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