JAY — The town of Jay Community Recreational Centre and the Jay Focus Group are teaming up to bring on the fun at Jay Oktoberfest on Saturday, October 7.
Activities begin with a Pumpkin Pi(e) 3.14-kilometer race at the Jay Community Recreational Centre.
“This will be a wonderful celebration of fall,” said Peggy Loux, Jay Focus Group and select board member.
Registration is at 8:30 a.m., and the race start is at 9. Other activities include a pumpkin carving and decorating contest, as well as a chili-cooking contest.
From 9 a.m. until 4 p.m., kids and adults alike can play Oktoberfest games in downtown Jay, including pumpkin and gourd bowling, crabapple chip and putt, apple croquet, cornhole, candy corn toss, apple flingshot, small pumpkin launchers, and pumpkin trebuchet to name a few.
Lynx Mountain Guides will provide a Tyrolean adventure from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
All activities are in downtown Jay and games require tickets, which will be available for purchase at the event. There will also be over 20 vendors on site to show their wares.
The Jay Village Inn is hosting the band Neighbors Hate Us from 1 to 4 p.m. Oktoberfest food and drink specials will be on the menu.
Contest winners will be announced during the music in the afternoon.
Proceeds from the event go towards trail development and maintenance at the Jay Community Recreational Centre.
For more information, go to jayvt.com, or .
