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Eight days of goetta: Goettafest expands to two cities, two weekends

Posted on July 29, 2021

NEWPORT, Ky. (WKRC) – Goettafest is back and bigger than ever.

This year, the festival is happening in two cities over the course of two weekends.

“We’ve been in Newport for years, and now that Covington has that new Covington plaza, we decided, ‘Hey, what a great opportunity to come back to Covington,’ because that’s where our factory is anyway,” director of marketing for Glier’s Meats Kerry Schall said.

Attendees will be able to start their day at Newport’s Festival Park and end it at the brand new Covington plaza, or vice-versa.

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Glier’s Goettafest Returns to Newport, Expands to Covington

Posted on July 7, 2021

NEWPORT, KY (WXIX) – Glier’s Goettafest is expanding to Newport and Covington and will take place over two weekends for a total of eight days.

The celebration of goetta will be held from July 29 through Aug. 1 and Aug. 5 through Aug. 8.

Queen City Riverboats will take people from Goettafest East at Newport’s Festival Park to Goettafest West at the new Covington Plaza.

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Goetta Have It

Posted on July 16, 2019

Glier’s Goettafest, an annual festival featuring the locally revered cuisine, is expanding into an eight-day event over two weekends. This year’s festival will take place at Newport’s Festival Park on the Levee July 25-28 and Aug. 1-4.

The first Goettafest was originally a thank you party for customers, says Kerry Schall, marketing director and special events coordinator at Glier’s Meats, Inc. The small goetta gathering was a big hit and the event gradually evolved into what it is today.

“We just couldn’t believe the support that the community had for this festival,” says Schall. “The next year, it became much more of a production and it has grown and grown ever since.”

Almost 20 years later, Goettafest is no longer a small party for goetta fanatics—the event hosted over 200,000 people in 2018 and Schall estimates over 300,000 festivalgoers will attend the double-weekend celebration this year.

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