Running of the Meatballs is a unique and hilarious downhill race of thousands of “meatballs” (brown painted golf balls). It is not only fun to watch but an important fundraiser for the museum’s ongoing historic building renovation projects.
Join us for the Running of the Meatballs during Scandia’s Taco Daze festival on the first Saturday after Labor Day. Running of the Meatballs is our annual FUNdraiser. You purchase a meatball (really the number on a meatball), and then cheer your meatball on, as it rolls down Oakhill Road before the Taco Daze parade. You do not need to be present to win.
Tickets are $5 apiece and can be purchased in the gift shop or from a roaming ticket seller before the race that starts shortly before the Taco Daze parade on Saturday, September 7th, 2024.
The meatballs are released and roll wildly down Oak Hill Road into the chute. Prizes are awarded to the first 10 balls down the hill as well as the last one.
Meatballs are $5 each.
You can buy your meatballs ahead of time in the Gammelgården Museum of Scandia Butik, or you can buy them during Taco Daze until 3 pm, or until we run out.
Phone: (651) 724-7872
Email: director@gammelgardenmuseum.org
2024/09/07 - 2024/09/07
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Gammelgården Museum
20880 Olinda Trail North, Scandia, MN 55073
A free parking lot is available on museum grounds including accessible parking spots for persons with disabilities.