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Fundraiser: Bend of the River Festival Tickets

WEM high school is selling tickets to Bend of the River Fall Festival to be held on the Minnesota State University campus in Mankato on the practice fields next to Blakeslee Stadium on Saturday, September 17, 2022. This all-day, all-ages, rain-or-shine event "will feature a Cornhole tournament, festival style foods, beer & beverages, interactive vendors, and more!" Those under 16 years of age must be accompanied by an adult.

Bring your own chairs. Gates open at 10:00 a.m. Music will start in the afternoon. Details will be available as the date of the event comes closer.

Musical performers:

Jimmie Allen, CMA New Artist of the Year
Priscilla Block
Jason Nix
IV Play, a local favorite

View the MSU Mankato campus map and parking information (The Blakeslee Football Stadium practice fields, where the festival is held, are located near the bottom center of page 2.)

WEM and other participating high schools will raise money through ticket sales and through donations made online and at the event. To ensure your ticket purchase goes to WEM, please use the link below. Tickets are $40 each, which is a $5 savings over purchasing them elsewhere. Of that, $10 per ticket will be donated to WEM athletics and activities.

Purchase Bend of the River ticket(s) to support WEM (Deadline is June 30, 2022!)

Donate to WEM athletics and activities online (with NO ticket purchase) (Read and follow the directions carefully.)

Pictures of Jimmie Allen, Priscilla Block, Jason Nix, and IV Play

Pictures of Jimmie Allen, Priscilla Block, Jason Nix, and IV Play

Kwik Trip Bend of the River Fall Festival

Author: Margo Kulseth E-Mail: mkulseth@wem.k12.mn.us