2011 Schedule of Events

10:00 Bags Tournament Registration (outside)
11:00 ChiliFest 2011 begins!
Opening Ceremony
  • Color Guard - N. Mankato Legion Post 518
  • National Anthem - Law Enforcement Five
  • Fallen Soldier Display
  • Chaplain Blessing
Chili Competition Begins
Silent Auction opens (Outside tent)
Festival Kids Zone opens (inside Buster's)
Flag Retirement Begins
Bean Bag Tournament Begins
11:30 Celebrity Judging Begins
Fish Frye (the band, not the food) begins
1:30
  • Brief Program on Blue Earth-Nicollet County Vietnam Veteran's Memorial by Tom McLaughlin and Rett Syndrome by MaryAnn Nelson
  • Celebrity Judges' Winner Announced
3:00 Silent Auction ends
People's Choice Voting Ends
3:15 People's Choice Winner Announced
Silent Auction Winners Posted
3:45 Raffle drawing
4:00 ChiliFest 2011 ends