Meat-a-palooza

Thursday, August 12, 2021
6:00 – 9:00 pm

Tickets & Additional Details available April, 2021. 

Highlights from 2020’s Meat-a-palooza include: 

A 21+ event

• Sample lots of different meats, including pork and beef
• NEW! Like your meat sample? Purchase a full serving from the vendors!
• Enjoy local craft beer samples
• NEW! Try local spirits
• New! Like your local wine sample from Trio? Purchase a glass or a full bottle!
• Meet the farmers and experts behind the product
• Watch a butcher talk about the different cuts of pork
• Enjoy live entertainment from Aidan & Jordan, an acoustic duo 
• Enter for a chance to take home freshly-cut pork
• Purchase decadent desserts from Lacey’s catering

2020 Vendors:

Beverages:

• Half Pint Brewing Co, Waseca
• LocAle Brewing Co, Mankato
• Ward House Brewing, Waseca
• Harmony Spirits Distillery, Harmony
• Trio Coffee, Wine & Ale House, Waseca
• Fermentals Brew Club, Southern MN

Meats:

• TNT Eats Food Truck, Mankato
• Bummy’s BBQ, Kiester
• 507 Food Truck, Mankato 
• Depot Bar & Grill, Faribault
• Lacey’s Catering, Wells

COVID-19 Update: This event primarily will be outside with fresh air, safe social distancing, and plenty of sanitization measures in place to ensure your safety.  Masks* will be required when you are indoors visiting two of the vendors/learning stations.  Public restrooms, hand-washing stations, and hand sanitizer are all available on-site.

Please bring your own lawn chair to safely social distance with your friends outdoors. And bring a cooler, in case you win free, freshly-cut pork courtesy of the MN Pork Board. 

* This is a requirement according to MN Executive Order 20-81. Farmamerica can provide you with a free disposable mask if you forget to bring your own.

Meat-a-palooza is an annual fundraiser for Farmamerica’s educational programming

Sponsored by the MN Pork Board