NATIONAL HAMBURGER FESTIVAL 2014 - August 9-10, 2014 Saturday, 12-11pm Sunday, 12-7pm Lock 3 Park Downtown Akron, OH
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NATIONAL HAMBURGER FESTIVAL 2014 August 9-10, 2014 Saturday, 12-11pm • Sunday, 12-7pm Lock 3 Park • Downtown Akron, OH
ABOUT THE FESTIVAL
The 9th National Hamburger Festival celebrates media, including television, radio and print are 3 Park in beautiful downtown Akron. The festival
the invention of the hamburger. Back in 1885, always on-site for the annual event. raises money each year for one of Akron’s favorite
Frank and Charles Menches of Akron, Ohio were The citizens of Ohio and Akron Mayor Don charities, the Akron Children’s Hospital.
working as traveling concessionaires. Their travels Plusquellic have embraced the festival with open
Twenty restaurants serve up over 50 different
took them to the Erie County Fair in Western New arms making the event one of Ohio’s favorite
styles of burgers to hamburger connoisseurs from
York, where the brothers came up with the idea food festivals. The festival is held at historic Lock northeast Ohio and beyond. Enjoy family fun
to put some ground beef between two pieces
and entertainment with live music all
of bread. The rest is history. Every year,
weekend long. Crazy contests include the
hamburger afficiandos converge on Akron, SUPPORTING AKRON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL
Ohio Hamburger Eating Championship, a
Ohio for a real smorgasborg
burger cook-off, Miss Hamburger Pageant,
The National Hamburger Festival marks its a hamburger challenge between the
9th anniversary of serving as the national Akron Fire Dept. and Akron Police, and
celebration of the hamburger. Each year even a bobbing for hamburgers contest in
over 20,000 hamburger fans have enjoyed a kiddie pool full of ketchup.
family fun, great entertainment and one
The festival provides much civic pride for
of the largest assortments of hamburgers
the City of Akron as well as its citizens as
ever assembled in one place. The Food
they stake claim to the invention of the
Network filmed the festival for a segment
hamburger.
on their hit show “Unwrapped”. Local
EVENT DETAILS
LOCATION ADVERTISING DEMOGRAPHICS
Lock 3 Park - Downtown Akron, OH • PRINT - Akron Beacon Journal AVERAGEAGE: 39
• TV - FOX TV8 % COLLEGE EDUCATED: 80%
• RADIO - Rubber City Radio Group
DATES AVERAGE HH INCOME: $71,000
• Saturday, August 9th - noon to 11pm 54% MALE 46% FEMALE
• Sunday, August 10th - noon to 7pm MEDIA MARKETS
Akon, Ohio
Cleveland, Ohio CONTACT
CROWD ESTIMATE Drew Cerza (716) 565-4141
• 20,000+ patrons over two days Drew@hamburgerfestival.com
NATIONAL MEDIA COVERAGE
CNN & CNN Headline News
BENEFITING CHARITY Food Network - Unwrapped
• Akron Children’s Hospital Parade Magazine
Smithsonian Magazine
FESTIVAL CHARITY
The festival makes a donation every year to
Akron Children’s Hospital. Hospital volunteers
work at the festival helping to sell food and
admission tickets as well as beverages.
MEDIA COVERAGE TV, Radio and Print media are big fans of the festival as they feature stories about the festival throughout the week and the weekend. The National Hamburger Festival has been featured on CNN’s Headline News, the Food Network’s hit show “Unwrapped” and in PARADE Magazine’s “Eat your Way Across America” as one of the top 50 festivals in the country.
2013 PARTICIPATING RESTAURANTS Backyard Kettle Korn -- Valley City, OH Barley House -- Akron, OH Bob’s Hamburg -- Akron, OH Eat’n Park Restaurant -- PA & OH locations The Green Machine Food Truck -- Northfield, OH Honey Gourmet -- Akron, OH Kona Ice -- Akron, OH Max & Erma’s -- Fairlawn, OH Menches Brothers -- Fairlawn, OH Midway OH Boy -- Elyria, OH Quaker Corp. -- Wickliffe, OH Real Frut -- Mentor, OH Retro Dog -- Cuyahoga Falls, OH Smoke the Burger Joint -- Carrollton and North Canton, OH Spinelli’s -- Akron, OH Steel Trolley Diner -- Lisbon, OH The Basement Sports Bar & Grill -- North Canton, OH The Lockview -- Akron, OH The Stray Dog Cart -- Akron, OH White Castle -- Multiple Locations
RESTAURANT
BURGER
COOK-OFF
Participating restaurants have the
opportunity to enter their recipes
in a Burger Cook-Off featuring six
different categories. Much pride is
poured into the preparation and
presentation of all entries. The
winners took home bragging rights
to their restaurants.
AMATEUR
BURGER
COOK-OFF
Backyard grillers compete
to win the crown of best
Amateur Hometown Burger.
Hundreds enter their burgers
for consideration each year. The
recipes range from good old
traditional, to out of the box
ideas. The finalists have the
opportunity to wow the local
chef judges with their creation.
KICKOFF PRESS
CONFERENCE
Akron Mayor Don Plusquellic,
John Menches, and Festival Founder
Drew Cerza
David “Coondog” O’Karma
(middle right)
FESTIVAL
QUEEN PAGEANT
National Hamburger Festival Queen Pageant is
a display of world class pageantry. Akron’s most
beautiful ladies are on hand to display their talents,
poise and beauty. The contestants go through
preliminary judging to make it to the festival stage
for the finals. The winning Hamburger Festival Queen
makes several appearances to promote the festival
throughout the year.
OHIO HAMBURGER EATING CHAMPIONSHIP So you think you have the stomach for this contest? This is where we separate the kids from the big boys. Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to eat as many hamburgers you can in 10 minutes. THE KETCHUP BOWL: BOBBING FOR BURGERS It’s fun. It’s messy. It’s a contest like none other. Your mission is to pluck as many hamburgers from a baby pool filled with ketchup in 3 minutes. The winner received a free t-shirt. Saying this contest is a festival favorite is an understatement.
KIDS ZONE
The National Hamburger Festival
is a real family fun event. The Kids
Zone provided kids and parents the
opportunity to participate in arts and
crafts, face painting, and of course
hamburger eating and fun.
BABY BURGER
CONTEST
The Baby Burger contest is open to boys and girls
ages 2 to 5 years of age. Contestants wear their
Sunday Best- nothing formal is needed. There will
be the Baby Burger King or Queen, plus 1st runner
up and 2nd runner up.
ENTERTAINMENT & FUN FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY!
WHO REALLY INVENTED THE HAMBURGER? There is a dispute about who made the first Festival Emcee hamburger and bun in America. Have you David Lieberth ever wondered where the first hamburger on a bun came from? Which story you believe depends on your definition of a hamburger. Is it a hamburger when served on a bun? Is it a hamburger when served between two slices of bread? Or maybe it is the first flat slab of ground beef served. Judge James Murphy Most of the stories on the history of the hamburgers were before traditional media The Defendants and proper recording devices were available. The claims are based on the recollections of family members. For many people, which story or legend you believe probably depends on where you are from. At The Hamburger Hearings each city and family had representation that told their version of how the hamburger was invented. The verdict came back as a hung jury, and the vote was put out to the public via the web. After a month-long on-line vote at www.hamburgerfestival.com, the verdict was in. Hamburger Charlie of Seymour Wisconsin garnered 39% of the votes and was declared the winner in a close race. The Menches Brothers of Akron, OH had 31%. New Haven finished third and Athens, TX finished fourth. With a winner declared, there are rumors circulating throughout the hamburger community that an appeal may be filed.
2014 SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
SATURDAY, AUGUST 9TH SUNDAY, AUGUST 10TH
NOON-11PM NOON-7PM
12-8pm Family & Children’s 12-7pm Family & Children’s
activities/entertainment activities/entertainment
1:00-8pm Dennis George Original Variety Show 1:00-6pm Dennis George Original Variety Show
2-3:30pm Live Music - Jim Gill (Original Music) 1-3pm Live Music - Blues Duo
3:30-4pm “Bobbing For Burgers” Contest Bongo Joe and Little Steve-O
4-5pm Live Music - Ryan Humbert 1-1:30pm Baby Burger Contest
(Oringinal Music)
2-2:30pm Amateur Burger Cook-Off
5-5:30pm National Hamburger Festival
Queen Pageant
3-3:30pm Fire and Vice Hamburger Throwdown:
5:30- 6:30pm Live Music - Ryan Humbert Akron Police vs. Akron Fire
(Oringinal Music)
3:30-6:30pm Live Music - Finest Blues/Rock
6:30-7pm Hamburger Eating Contest The Juke Hounds
7:00PM Festival Ends
7:00-8pm Live Music - Ryan Humbert
(Oringinal Music)
8-8:30pm Restaurant Awards Ceremony
8:30-9:30pm Separate Ways the Band: The Ultimate
Tribute to the Music of Journey
9:30-10pm “Bobbing for Burgers”
10-11pm Separate Ways the Band: The Ultimate
Tribute to the Music of JourneyCONTACT US
FESTIVAL CONTACT:
Drew Cerza
716-479-6545
drew@hamburgerfestival.com
OFFICIAL WEBSITE:
HamburgerFestival.com
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