Catsup Bottle Fest

It's finally here: the 11th annual World's Largest Catsup Bottle
Festival Birthday Party and Car Show Bash.

Sunday, July 12, 2009
10:00 am - 5:00 pm
American Legion Post 365
1022 Vandalia (Rt. 159)
Collinsville, Illinois

The event features ketchup tasting, hot dog (smothered in ketchup) eating contest, food vendors, craft booths, and live music. Old-fashioned birthday party games will include musical chairs, pass the ketchup, a hula hoop competition, water balloon toss, and our own special version of spin the bottle.

Other highlights of the day are Trailnet's Big Bottle Bicycle Ride (beginning at 7:30 am), 3 to 6 year old girls and boys competing for the titles of Little Princess Tomato and Sir Catsup, and The C.I.A. "Cruzin' In Antiques" classic and custom car, truck and motorcycle show.

Log on to www.catsupbottlefestival.com for more details.

Hope to see you Sunday!

Got Content?


EditorWe welcome your Route 66 news, stories, photos and events for publication in our newsletter or on our web site!

Submit it here

Send us your change of address to:
Membership
110 W Howard St
Pontiac, IL, 61764
or use our handy contact form

Learning to use our calendar puts the fun and adventure of Route 66 at your fingertips. It's easy to discover the when, what and where of events along the road.

Here's How!

Stay up to date with Route 66 Association happenings with regular updates by President Catherine Stevanovich

Read The President's View

Highway GuideWatch Route 66 evolve into The Mother Road  with maps and highway guides from 1917-1992 courtesty of the official Illinois Digital Archives.