Staff report
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Ohio’s “eatingest” festival officially starts three days of parades, entertainment and of course food today in the streets of downtown Bucyrus.

Opening ceremonies are set for noon at the Century Link Stage. Tonight’s parade begins at 7 p.m. The Junior Princess Contest is at 5:30 and the Queen’s Pageant is at 8 o’clock this evening. This year’s big concert at the FC Stage is Aaron Tippin on Friday night.

Check the Photos page daily at www.crawfordcountynow.com for new photo galleries of all the activities of this year’s Bratwurst Festival.

Thursday’s scheduled events at the 2014 Bratwurst Festival.

CENTURY LINK STAGE
12:00 p.m. Opening Ceremonies
1:00 p.m. Bratwurst Eating Contest
2:30 p.m. Pigtail Contest
3:00 p.m. Ice Cream Eating Contest
4:00 p.m. Pretty Baby Contest
5:30 p.m. Jr. Princess Contest
7:00 p.m. Parade
8:00 p.m. Queen’s Pageant

GERMAN HERITAGE CENTER
2:00 p.m. Ken and Mary
3:00 p.m. Mike and Larry
4:00 p.m. Richard Wiener
5:00 p.m. Ken and Mary
6:00 p.m. Sam Benedict
8:00 p.m. Eric Sowers